Richard is hosting a second charity clay pigeon shoot at the Holland And Holland Ground in Ruislip, on the edge of London on Thursday the 12th September to raise further bursary funds for the Waterford-Kamhlaba school in Swaziland. Lord Richard Attenborough is also a fellow trustee of the school and should be in attendance.

Last year’s clay pigeon shoot raised £100,000, which translated into one and a half million in the Swaziland currency, and the charity is hoping to raise a similar amount this year. The cost of a team of four is £1000 and includes breakfast, endless shooting on a variety of stands, celebs, champagne reception, three course lunch, goody bag, ‘entertainment’ and an auction.

As before, every penny raised goes to the bursary fund. The costs of staging the shoot are covered by the generous sponsorship of HSBC Bank. guaranteeing that whatever we raise, or get donated, goes to the bursary fund. Richard says he’s like a rottweiler when it comes to this, as so often money donated to charity gets waylaid into paying admin. NOT HERE!

So if there are any ‘shooters’ out there who want to put a team of four together, then let us know here at the Temple and well pass it on to Richard.

There’s been nothing but good things said about Richard’s recent Temple Report. If you haven’t yet checked it out then what are ya waiting for! ;-)

Jolie sent me a transcript of an interveiw REG did with British comedienne Victoria Wood on the eve of her stand-up comedy show late last year. The interview appeared in the programme for the show. A bit different having REG be the interviewer rather than the interviewee!

REG first worked with Victoria on “Victoria Wood With All The Trimmings” a number of years back. For now though you can check out the interview here and see what you think of Richard’s interviewing skills. Move over Parkinson! There’s a new boy in town!

Jolie has sent me an article on Richard from The Sydney Morning Herald from about the time he was in Australia filming Hildegarde (still to find a general release at this time). You can find that here.

Also Jenna informs me that Blackstar has the Jack & Sarah DVD on sale for £9.99.

And finally more on the “Secret History” series. According to Richard:

“the ‘comet cover up’ was a one-off narration. i have not done any of the subsequent programmes.”

So there ya have it!

Robert Altman has written the Introduction to this book which was published in April 2002.

Paperback
Newmarket Press
ISBN: 1557045313.

20 B&W film stills and the film’s complete credits are included in the book.

The book is available through Amazon.com.

“The ‘incident’ got transmuted in the local press who reported that ‘Richard E. Grant was rushed to hospital when a piece of the set hit his head during the storms’ etc. prompting a flurry of phone calls from people assuming I was out for the count.”

Richard’s first “Exclusive Temple Report” is up on the website and ready for perusal for one and all. These reports will be, hopefully, fairly regular – time permitting on Richard’s behalf of course. He does write quite a bit so we should be OK. You can read Richard’s first installment here.

Thanks to both Richard, and the person – or persons – who first planted the seeds of this idea for me a month or so ago. You know who you are! (but I don’t…..I’ve forgotten….)