I began my evening watching Stephen Frears THE QUEEN. An interesting film, very enjoyable, and, at least if the movie is to be believed, the moment when a monarch who had become insulated from her subjects learned that the world and its people had changed and had different expectations of their sovereigns. Helen Mirren was superb (her walk among the flowers at Buckingham Palace could be a master class for actors), and I was just as impressed with the jaunty Michael Sheen as Tony Blair.