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Victoria Regina: Winter (1.4, Granada, 1964)

"What is one to do? There are so many of them - far too many, as you say - and social conditions make it so difficult, you can't get rid of ignorance in a day, Mrs. Clayton!"

"No, nor in a lifetime if one does nothing. Indifference, prejudice, class distinction; all help."

"Help?"

"Have helped, most certainly, to make Windsor what no self-respecting place ought to be."

"Would you wish to get rid of class distinction, Mrs. Clayton?"

"I would wish to get rid of anything, ma'am, which prevents people from recognising their responsibilities."

#victoria regina #classic tv #granada #winter #1964 #laurence housman #peter wildeblood #stuart latham #patricia routledge #max adrian #jameson clark #dorothy reynolds #lloyd pearson #kevin brennan #rosamond burne #ernest milton #ian wilson #george curzon #charles cullum #john h. moore #christopher steele #having been in some ways sidelined by the plot of Albert's death in Autumn‚ Victoria is once again centre stage for Winter. dealing with #her final decades as queen‚ the play opens on VR receiving old friend Disraeli (a welcome return for Max Adrian‚ here playing Disraeli as #an old and tired man compared to the twinkling politician of Autumn) before quickly taking in meetings with a reformer of public life and #then a group of bishops. the effect is to present a queen who is as strong of spirit and mettle as she ever was‚ but who is gradually #living out of time and touch with her country; Mrs Clayton is something of a grotesque and the scene clearly has a comic element‚ but she's #also right when she talks about improving conditions for the poor and updating infrastructure. even the bishops are able to appreciate #changing times and evolving views. but Victoria is so steeped in tradition that she risks belonging to an age entirely separate from her #people. Housman was a gay‚ feminist reformer so it's fairly obvious where his sympathies lie‚ but he also lived through the period this ep #covers: his portrait of the queen is not without affection‚ and the series ends on a note of public celebration with the diamond jubilee

Obit of the Day: Capturing Baltimore's Sorrow

On March 29, 1984 the owner of the Baltimore Colts, Bob Irsay, packed up the entire organization into Mayflower moving vans to drive one thousand miles west to Indianapolis. Lloyd Pearson, a Baltimore Sun, photographer who captured the ups and downs of Charm City's history for twenty years, was there. His photograph, above, became the symbol of Baltimore having its heart ripped out by Irsay and the NFL.

Random note: Baltimore got a new team, the Ravens, in 1996. Ironically, the Ravens left Cleveland in the same way the Colts left Baltimore. I don't think Baltimore fans felt too guilty. Cleveland got a new Browns franchise in 1999.

Pearson, who died at the age of 90, had dreams of becoming an animator. Before serving in the Navy in World War II, he worked on Walt Disney's Pinocchio but not for very long because "he got tired of drawing raindrops." He took up photography during the war and never turned back.

You can see more of Pearson's work here.

(Image is copyright Lloyd Pearson/Baltimore Sun, but is courtesy, of course, of the Indianapolis Star.)

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