Richard and Olivia attended the Burns Night Supper recently in aid of Sargent Cancer Care for Children. You can click here for a pic of them.

Denise says that she was watching BBC News last night on satellite they had a piece on the house which was used as Gosford Park. It is Wrotham Park and is in south-west London relatively near Pinewood/Entree studios. Built in 1759 in the popular Palladian style it has been occupied by the same family for nearly 250 years. (sorry she didn’t catch their surname.) It has been used for filming before – Lady Chatterley’s Lover and episodes of Morse.

According to the report whilst the upstairs rooms were used for filming the downstairs is entirely studio filmed. The present owner stated that the money the house earned contributed towards its upkeep.

As the film is officially released today its review was given the prime slot in The Independent’s Friday Review. Bits of interest:

“Antagonisms are rife down here too, between Mrs Wilson and the cook (Eileen Atkins) between head housemaid Elsie (Emily Watson) and the new Scots valet Henry (Ryan Philippe), between the first footman (Richard E Grant) and anyone he thinks he can lord it over. The society in which the upper hand matters to no one doesn’t exist.”

“The size of the cast more or less precludes the possibility of a star turn, yet even with relatively little to do, some performers excel. I love Richard E Grant’s snitty footman, flaring condescension down his nostrils ….”

Also it seems that REG has finally made it into the colour print ads for Gosford Park! You can see the new – and greatly enhanced – rendition of the print ad here, courtesy of The Independent.