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Dec 24, 2022Dec 20, 2022Michael Carty

MJCarty.com: Top 5 posts of 2022

I present the five most-read posts of 2022 on MJCarty.com. If you have taken the time to read any words on this wee blog of mine this year, you have my heartfelt gratitude. 

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Oct 15, 2022Oct 10, 2022Michael Carty

Imagination can be trained

What is the best way to get your creativity firing on all cylinders?

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Sep 17, 2022Oct 16, 2022Michael Carty

The not-so-immaculate conception of Basil Fawlty

BASIL! When was Basil Fawlty created? The first episode of Fawlty Towers was broadcast 47 years ago this week. We can also pinpoint the day on which Basil was conceived, via Michael Palin’s The Python Years: Diaries 1968-1979.

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Feb 5, 2022Feb 5, 2022Michael Carty

The Palin principle

Michael Palin’s diaries from 50 years ago this month paint an oddly familiar picture of gloomy times with an underlying absurdity and silliness.

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Jun 27, 2020Jun 27, 2020Michael Carty

My top 5 podcasts of 2020 (Part one)

What are the best podcasts of 2020? My pick of the podcasts that have meant the most to me in the first six months of 2020, featuring: Steve Silberman; David Crosby; Richard Herring; Michael Palin; Shereen Daniels; Rosey Jarvis; Scott Adams; Naval Ravikant; Moodie Black; Myke C-Town; and Chief.

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Jan 25, 2020Mar 28, 2020Michael Carty

Michael Palin’s beautiful friendship with Terry Jones

Sir Michael Palin’s words about the dearly departed Terry Jones are the simplest and most beautiful tribute to true friendship.

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Jul 25, 2015Michael Carty

Is this the real life?

Real life? Just fantasy? Is it high time you took just one day out of life to escape from reality? What, truly, is life’s purpose? Is society nought but a cock-up? It is a truth all but universally acknowledged in blogging circles that around this time of year – as people head off on their […]

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Jul 8, 2014Oct 10, 2020Michael Carty

Monty Python’s Bicycle Repairman sketch: It was 45 years ago today

Bicycle Repair Man’s superhero origin story took place on the first ever day of filming for Monty Python’s Flying Circus, with cameras starting to roll on Tuesday 8 July 1969!

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