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Holland (2006)

Marianne Breslauer self-portrait, Berlin, 1933

Spring ‘Magnolia Blossoms’ Stained Glass Window.

Oh Darling!

“Whilst in a meeting with someone from Handmade films… the door opened and George himself popped his head round, apologized for disturbing us and then enquired if I’d like a coffee. Speechless” - JaneFranklin1, Twitter (2018) “I went to his private office at Handmade Films to talk to [Harrison] for a program I was making about Rickenbacker guitars. […] When George arrived he was dressed in dark clothes you barely noticed, which generally means they cost a fortune, and was as friendly and open as if he’d wandered in to chat to an old mate about football or gardening or the weather. He was also absolutely beautiful. I mean, I’m not gay or anything, but I know a good-looking chap when I see one, and George Harrison was way beyond handsome. His dark hair was still lustrous, and he peered from beneath it with deep, twinkling eyes and the suggestion of a Merseybeat-era cheeky grin. He was carrying a plain, brown paper bag, which he put on the coffee table. What does George Harrison carry around in a brown paper bag, I wondered? Well, that was his business and I didn’t feel it was appropriate to ask. We conducted the interview and he recalled how difficult it was to get hold of good instruments in the early days, and the joys of finally getting his hands on a decent guitar like a Rickenbacker. After the tapes had been turned off he poured us a cup of tea, picked up the paper bag and said, ‘Oh, there’s some flapjacks my wife has made here. Would you like one?’ I don’t know why I remember that moment so vividly, but it just seemed amazing that in his position, when he could send any one of a number of lackeys out to buy whatever pastries his heart desired, that he would choose to carry around home-baked flapjacks in a brown paper bag. It seemed indicative of a man who’d been able to maintain a degree of normality despite having lived one of the most extraordinary lives anyone had lived ever.” - Mark Radcliffe, Thank You For The Days: A Boy’s Own Adventure In Radio and Beyond

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