Tessa Jowell

Fond memories of Tessa Jowell in her cheeky leathers, surveying her ‘manor’ from a rooftop in Peckham, 2015.

Her leaving do in Parliament was an extraordinary thing: the love for her was so palpable. She was one of those politicians who remembered above all to be a person. She kept it real.

RIP

Tessa Jowell
“One London” shoot, 2015
photo – Dominic Minghella

 

UPDATE: On behalf of Tessa’s family, we put together a tribute film for Tessa, which was shown at her Memorial Service.  Contact Contact Island Pictures for further details.

5 tests for Brexit

Yesterday, in a style oddly reminiscent of Gordon Brown, Prime Minister Theresa May set out five tests for a Brexit deal:

  1. It must respect the referendum result.
  2. It must be a lasting accord.
  3. It must protect jobs and security.
  4. It must be “consistent with the type of country we want to be as we leave: a modern, open, outward-looking, tolerant European democracy”.
  5. It must strengthen “our union of our nations and our people”.

 

Here are the tests she should have set (with thanks to Sam Lowe @SamuelMarcLowe):

  1. Does it keep the Irish border invisible?
  2. Does it leave us better off, or worse off, than if we had remained?
  3. Does it strengthen, or weaken, our international standing?
  4. Does it leave people free to work and live where they like across a continent?
  5. Does it fix the problems we face?

 

The Knightfall Scroll

I could not bid farewell to Knightfall without saying the hugest of thank-yous to the wonderful people who helped me shepherd Season One to the screen.

We fought battles together; we braved the elements; we arose phoenix-like from the ashes of a devastating fire. Our bond is survival. Our bond is family.

And I thank each and every one of you. You are heroes, and your names are hereby added to my own not-so-secret Scroll. (But forgive me if I don’t swallow it.)

By the grace of God, may the Templars continue to thrive for many more seasons!

Dominic

 

THANK YOU

Everyone at History, A+E Studios, Stillking, The Combine, Midnight Radio, Pakt Media, Technicolor, Encore and Island Pictures

and these, and many more:

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Ripley Cafe Arcari

I love this photo from Ripley, not least because you can just see the “Cafe Arcari” logo in the background.

I remember Anthony being greatly amused when the studio was talking to him about the “Cafe Arcari” scene as if the Cafe Arcari were a real place. When in fact it was a little affectionate nod from him to our Mum, and her maiden name.