Ian Dury and performed the theme song "Profoundly in Love with Pandora" for the television series "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾" (1985), based on the book of the same name by Sue Townsend, as well as its follow-up, "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole" (1987). Dury turned down an offer from Andrew Lloyd Webber to write the libretto for "Cats" (from which Richard Stilgoe reportedly earned millions). The reason, said Dury, "I can't stand his music." When AIDS first came to prominence in the mid-1980s, Dury was among celebrities who appeared on UK television to promote safe sex, demonstrating
The Diary of One Who Disappeared The Diary of One Who Disappeared The Diary of One Who Disappeared () is a song cycle for tenor, alto, three female voices and piano, written by Czech composer Leoš Janáček. On May 14, 1916, the "Lidové noviny" newspaper published verses titled ""From a Pen of the Self-taught Writer"". This "diary in poems" tells the story of a village boy who falls in love with the young gipsy girl Zefka (Žofka), and decides to leave his family and village with her. The verses made a deep impression on Leoš Janáček (cooperator of "Lidové noviny" in that time), and he decided