McQ in French Unlike most fans of the Duke, I liked his cop films of the 1970s. McQ was, apparently, called Un silencieux au bout du canon, after a line in the movie in English, referring to the MAC-10 ‘Ingram’ sub-machine gun.
Meanwhile, in Phuket Saruman meets Simon Templar. Or was that Dracula and Lord Sinclair?
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three I love this film. Robert Shaw was one of the best villains ever. And it’s probably Walter Matthau’s best performance. The score was amazing. Shows you don’t need explosions every second to make a thriller. Shame they keep remaking it—both the Edward James Olmos and the John Travolta ones struggle by comparison.
1974 Ford Granada Coupé (by old school paul)
Haut de gamme Ah, 1974. Ford begins using the Ghia name as a trim level to make things seem posher.
Vauxhall Ventora advertisement (1974)
I’m sold!
The last Vauxhall Ventora The 1970s were an interesting time. There was a lot of good typography selling crap cars.
Hello Dolly Dolly Parton sings ‘I Will Always Love You’ in 1974, a year after she wrote it. It seems more real and heartfelt performed by the composer of the song.
As one YouTube commenter wrote, ‘When Whitney sings it, I think of how great a singer Whitney is / When Dolly sings it, my heart breaks from the beauty of the song and message’.
Haggerty started it Could Patrick Mower be the first actor to say ‘Get your trousers on. You’re nicked’ on telly? I’m pretty sure this phrase comes from Special Branch and not The Sweeney.
Quick and mostly irrelevant thoughts from a 
