“This is quite true” Geoffrey Palmer reads Evelyn Waugh letter to his wife (31st May 1942)
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Letter taken from More Letters Of Note, compiled by Shaun Usher (Canongate)
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As World War II raged in May of 1942, three years before the publication of what has since become his best-known novel, Brideshead Revisited, English author Evelyn Waugh was in fact a newly-assigned member of the British Army’s Royal Horse Guards, a cavalry regiment then stationed in south-west Scotland to which he had recently been transferred. Back home, in dire need of some light relief, his wife of 5 years, Laura, was steadfastly holding fort whilst just weeks away from giving birth to their fourth child, Margaret. Entertainment soon arrived, in the form of a letter from her husband in which he expertly and with pitch-perfect comic timing told the story of a tree stump on the Earl of Glasgow’s estate.
Geoffrey Palmer OBE is an English actor known for his roles in British television sitcoms playing Jimmy Anderson in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Ben Parkinson in Butterflies and Lionel Hardcastle in As Time Goes By opposite Judi Dench for over a decade. His distinctive voice also gave him a career in advertising and television voiceovers, and as the narrator for the BBC series Grumpy Old Men and Grumpy Old Holidays. Geoffrey Palmer narrated audiobooks and he regularly voices books for the blind.
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RIP Geoffrey Palmer. Sad day for the world of acting.
I always saw Geoffrey Palmer as a British Walter Matthau - that same wonderfully laconic delivery and performance. Two much-missed men who brought such pleasure to so many.
It's a total shock hearing of the passing of this incredible, gifted actor that we have come to know through television and film. My heart his hurting and my eyes are heavy with tears. The numerous characters he chose to portray are too many to mention here. Geoffrey Palmer will be best remembered as "Lionel" in "As Time Goes By". We loved and enjoyed watching him and he will live on forever in the films. His film legacy is enormously rich and he shall never be forgotten by his fans. Rest In Peace Geoffrey Palmer. Prayers and condolences to the surviving members of his family.
Eternal be Geoffrey Palmer's memory!!! He has left quite a legacy.
My Dad would have loved this story. He often told stories about someone using way too much dynamite to blow clear debris from below the base of a bridge or to take out a railway line during WWII.
The former story was always told with the same tone as this one. “I could have told them that it was far too much TNT…”
I wish he was here to tell it for the thousandth time.
He’d be snorting with laughter by the end of the story…
Love Geoffrey Palmer!! Very distinctive voice!! As Time Goes by!!💗
Mr. Palmer, You probably won't see this Comment, but we want to thank you for the literally decades of entertainment you have provided us, and the world. The list of great shows you've done is lengthy. We think our favorites of yours are Fairly Secret Army, and Reginald Perrin. Best to you and your family. Angela and Dave Peck
Double that!
dapeck60 Triple that!
Wish he was still with us, six years later.
Rest In Peace, dear man...
Farewell to a man of true class. RIP
I grew up watching him on PBS as a kid. As time goes by is still one of my favorite shows.
I. Loved. This. Man
So funny, until that very end. A little alarming.
Aren't we all so blessed to have this on record?
Rest in peace 🌹
I loved him with Judi Densch in "As Time Goes By". Excellent performances by all.
“This is quite true” Geoffrey Palmer reads Evelyn Waugh letter to his wife (31st May 1942)
What an excellent text... and what an excellent reading of it. Quite hillarious
Ah, Yes, Evelyn Waugh & Brideshead Revisited and how many times did we watch those QE2 scenes, especially the deck sequence in a live storm? April 10, 2016 is the 50th Anniversary of Waugh's early death (62) and a publication of his works is due this year; and, what better person is there, to share some of this with us, than Geoffrey Palmer? We sure admire this guy in America.....
Kid McClain Good to know about the new publication of his works. Thank you
R.I.P
Lionel!!!
Jerry Bruckheimer needs to make this into a movie.
I met him and his wife for dinner once…in Amersham….he lived nearby.
S.I.P. Geoffrey from Strika
used to light a gob of C4 in the bottom of a tin can to keep warm some nights. stuff burns well.
Waugh was the most spiteful writer there's ever been.
But the man could write.
This story describes the Australian government's response to covid, except we won't be getting a sorry any time soon.
A Land of Tyranny!