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2 January 2025<\/time>\n <\/p>\nLord Julian Fellowes is largely confined to a wheelchair.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nLord Julian Fellowes is using a wheelchair<\/p>\n\nThe ‘Downton Abbey’ creator has been stricken by spinal stenosis – a narrowing of the spinal canal that can put pressure on the spinal cord – and although he has undergone an operation to address the problem, he’s not recovered as well as he had hoped to.<\/p>\n\nHe told the Daily Mail newspaper’s Eden Confidential column: “It’s true that I do spend too much time in a wheelchair these days.<\/p>\n\n“About 40 years ago, I was diagnosed with spinal stenosis, probably resulting from an early slipped disc. I had an operation and, after quite a long convalescence, I was well again, dancing, riding and the rest.<\/p>\n\n“Unluckily, a couple of years ago, I was told the condition had returned and, after another operation, I was obliged to recognise that my powers of recovery at 75 were not quite what they had been at 35. Which, I suppose, is no great surprise.”<\/p>\n\nBut Julian doesn’t feel “unlucky” because other people have “far worse” health issues to deal with.<\/p>\n\nHe added: “I am not entirely immobile, but I do have to remain sitting for most of the time. I don’t consider myself unlucky in this. Other people have far worse to put up with.”<\/p>\n\nDespite his health issues, Julian has no plans to slow down as he’s got a third ‘Downton Abbey’ film in post-production and filming on a third series of ‘The Gilded Age’ – which he also created – underway.<\/p>\n\nAnd just a week ago, the 75-year-old screenwriter announced he will be adapting Donna Leon’s acclaimed ‘Detective Brunetti’ series into a TV series after his friend and mentor, Ileen Maisel, originated the idea but passed away last year aged 68.<\/p>\n\nSet in Venice, the series will follow Detective Commissario Brunetti as he solves crimes in the Italian city. <\/p>\n\nThe plotline reads: “Unhappy detectives are all alike; a happy detective struggles to stay happy in their own way. In fading Venice, far from the tourist crowds, detective Commissario Brunetti faces a daily battle to protect his city, and his family, from the harsh realities of murder, corruption, and of course the interference of his aristocratic in-laws.”<\/p>\n\nThe first novel, ‘Death at La Fenice’, was published in 1992 and the 33rd tome, ‘A Refiner’s Fire, earned rave reviews upon its release this year.<\/p>\n\nIleen and the author are credited as executive producers along with Julian, Gesine Lubben, PK Fellowes and Lawrence Elman.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n<\/p>\n \n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2 January 2025 Lord Julian Fellowes is largely confined to a wheelchair. Lord Julian Fellowes is using a wheelchair The ‘Downton Abbey’ creator has been stricken by spinal stenosis – a narrowing of the spinal canal that can put pressure on the spinal cord – and although he has undergone an operation to address the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[10287],"class_list":{"0":"post-141567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-lord-julian-fellowes"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Lord Julian Fellowes is largely confined to a wheelchair.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Lord Julian Fellowes is using a wheelchair<\/p>\n
\nThe ‘Downton Abbey’ creator has been stricken by spinal stenosis – a narrowing of the spinal canal that can put pressure on the spinal cord – and although he has undergone an operation to address the problem, he’s not recovered as well as he had hoped to.<\/p>\n
\nHe told the Daily Mail newspaper’s Eden Confidential column: “It’s true that I do spend too much time in a wheelchair these days.<\/p>\n
\n“About 40 years ago, I was diagnosed with spinal stenosis, probably resulting from an early slipped disc. I had an operation and, after quite a long convalescence, I was well again, dancing, riding and the rest.<\/p>\n
\n“Unluckily, a couple of years ago, I was told the condition had returned and, after another operation, I was obliged to recognise that my powers of recovery at 75 were not quite what they had been at 35. Which, I suppose, is no great surprise.”<\/p>\n
\nBut Julian doesn’t feel “unlucky” because other people have “far worse” health issues to deal with.<\/p>\n
\nHe added: “I am not entirely immobile, but I do have to remain sitting for most of the time. I don’t consider myself unlucky in this. Other people have far worse to put up with.”<\/p>\n
\nDespite his health issues, Julian has no plans to slow down as he’s got a third ‘Downton Abbey’ film in post-production and filming on a third series of ‘The Gilded Age’ – which he also created – underway.<\/p>\n
\nAnd just a week ago, the 75-year-old screenwriter announced he will be adapting Donna Leon’s acclaimed ‘Detective Brunetti’ series into a TV series after his friend and mentor, Ileen Maisel, originated the idea but passed away last year aged 68.<\/p>\n
\nSet in Venice, the series will follow Detective Commissario Brunetti as he solves crimes in the Italian city. <\/p>\n
\nThe plotline reads: “Unhappy detectives are all alike; a happy detective struggles to stay happy in their own way. In fading Venice, far from the tourist crowds, detective Commissario Brunetti faces a daily battle to protect his city, and his family, from the harsh realities of murder, corruption, and of course the interference of his aristocratic in-laws.”<\/p>\n
\nThe first novel, ‘Death at La Fenice’, was published in 1992 and the 33rd tome, ‘A Refiner’s Fire, earned rave reviews upon its release this year.<\/p>\n
\nIleen and the author are credited as executive producers along with Julian, Gesine Lubben, PK Fellowes and Lawrence Elman.<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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