[Duncan Gillies MacLaurin]

Inspired by Jayne Osborn, I sought out Brian Allgar when I was in Paris recently. I visited him at his pad and spent a warm and wonderful evening with him and his wife, Françoise. The first part of the evening was spiced by the company of a good old friend of his, Andrew Duncan-Jones, a very erudite and literary guy. Brian and I would seem to have a lot in common. Here are a couple of photos taken in accordance with Spherian custom. In the one of us two Brian is wearing my cap, a souvenir from Dublin.

Duncan

[John Whitworth]

Good Heavens. Brian is actually OLDER than me. It does shows you what Paris France can do for you.The cap's a bit of a disaster though, isn't it? Has it been soused in Guinness? Le chapeau est un peu disastreux... naw I give up.

[Susan d.S.]

Fun! Thanks for posting, Duncan.

[Skip Dewahl]

Originally Posted by John Whitworth

Good Heavens. Brian is actually OLDER than me. It does shows you what Paris France can do for you.The cap's a bit of a disaster though, isn't it? Has it been soused in Guinness? Le chapeau est un peu disastreux... naw I give up.

No one wears berets in Paris nowadays, eh, Whitworth? Now, now, no splitting hairs by calling it a Tam, you hear. Hey, John, is it just me who thinks that Allgar looks like a well-known British actor? I can't think of the name just now, but can you?

[Charlotte Innes]

No, Brian looks like Dick Davis!! Thanks for posting, Duncan. Would love to meet you both one of these days.

Charlotte

[Michael Cantor]

Yes, but Dick Davis looks like that famous English actor - you know - what's-his-name - the guy who was in that movie about the war - who had the good-looking girlfriend. John Whitworth, on the other hand, resembles Jean Paul Belmondo. I think it's a thuggish, yet feline grace thing.

[John Whitworth]

God Heavens, Michael, that's the nicest thing practically anyone has ever said about me. And it is true that in the days when I smoked cigarettes Gauloises were my preferred brand.

What English actor who was in 'the film about the war'? John Mills? Robert Donat? I think they all had good-looking wives.

[Brian Allgar]

Of course I'm older than you, John. I was at Oxford two years before you, and not because I was precocious.

As for the remarkable cap that I borrowed from Duncan, I didn't think it would be tactful to flaunt the amount of hair that I still possess.

[Jayne Osborn]

...is it just me who thinks that Allgar looks like a well-known British actor? I can't think of the name just now, but can you?

Skip,
You're absolutely right! It was the first thing that came into my head, too, when I looked at the photo of Brian. The bad news is... I can't think of which actor we both have in mind! I'm sure it'll come to me, though.

Inspired by Jayne Osborn, I sought out Brian Allgar when I was in Paris recently.

Duncan,
It's so nice of you to post that this meeting was my suggestion. Of course, in the original equation, I was intending to be there too! After the fun you and I had in Edinburgh - and the way Brian frequently makes me howl with laughter - I was looking forward to the three of us getting together. Having builders working on the house put paid to that.

Never mind, I'm still planning a trip to Paris (not that I need an excuse, but I'm taking my older daughter as my birthday present to her); it will have to be after the New Year now as we both have too much going on till then.

Thanks for posting this, Duncan, and I'm glad you had a good time.

Jayne

[Susan d.S.]

I had the same thought, that Brian looks like some well-known British actor, unsure which one. I think this is its own category of generic compliment...you know, the one...