My Favorite Things Beginning with T, U, V, W, and Y

T

• Author and/or poet: Elizabeth Taylor (d. 1975), Tennyson
• Book: The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins, They Loved to Laugh by Kathryn Worth
• Film: The Trouble with Angels; Truly, Madly, Deeply; A Touch of Class; The Turning Point (1977)
• Actor: Spencer Tracy
• Actress: Emma Thompson
• Composer: Tosti
• Opera: Tosca
• Food: tiramisu, trout

U

• Book: Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mays
• Film: Under the Tuscan Sun

V

• Author and/or poet: Virgil
• Book: A Village in a Valley by Beverley Nichols
• Composer: Vivaldi, Verdi

W

• Author and/or poet: Wordsworth, Mary Wesley
• Book: William by E. H. Young
• Fictional character: Wilmet Forsyth (A Glass of Blessings, Barbara Pym)
• Film: When Harry Met Sally, Working Girl, Where the Boys Are (1960)
• Actor: Tom Wilkinson
• Actress: Kate Winslet, Julie Walters
• Composer: Hugo Wolf
• Opera: Werther
• Food: watermelon, but I've become allergic to it

Y

• Author and/or poet: E. H. Young
• Film: You've Got Mail
• Actor: Michael York
• Actress: Loretta Young
• Food: yogurt