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aliculture: April 2013
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Once again, I try to keep track of films I've seen, books I've read, and other bits of 'culture'. Wednesday, April 17, 2013. An engaging, too good-to-be-true, movie about racial attitudes to black maids in Mississippi in the 1960s. In the end I found it a bit lightweight. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Book,film etc. blogs. May on short story. Writer in the north. To read.or watch. The Reader - film. Mark Forsyth -The Etymologicon. Steinbeck - Grapes of Wrath (a re-read). As You Like It.
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D Williams - Wild Wolf Publishing
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David Williams grew up as one of seven children in a mining community in the North East of England, a childhood he has written about with humour and affection in his popular collection of short stories. We Never Had It So Good. A member of The Society of Authors, David Williams is a regular contributor to the Society’s magazine. As Close As You Are To Me. Is David’s third novel for Wild Wolf. His thriller. And his historical novel about the railway pioneers. Mr Stephenson’s Regret. David Williams has bee...
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aliculture: Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey
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Once again, I try to keep track of films I've seen, books I've read, and other bits of 'culture'. Tuesday, October 29, 2013. Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey. It's been a long time since,I read any Jane Austen, but my curiosity was aroused by the recent project to have the books rewritten by modern authors. Val MacDermid, the crime writer,is to tackle this one. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey. Book,film etc. blogs. May on short story. Writer in the north. The Reader - film.
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aliculture: Playboy of the Western World by JM Synge
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Once again, I try to keep track of films I've seen, books I've read, and other bits of 'culture'. Thursday, June 12, 2014. Playboy of the Western World by JM Synge. All in all though - very entertaining and full of humour. And I hadn't realised that "playboy" meant "trickster. Labels: Playboy of the Western World. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Remains of the Day - film, then book. Playboy of the Western World by JM Synge. Book,film etc. blogs. May on short story. Writer in the north.
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aliculture: A Midsummer Night's Dream at Tolethorpe, Stamford.
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Once again, I try to keep track of films I've seen, books I've read, and other bits of 'culture'. Tuesday, August 6, 2013. A Midsummer Night's Dream at Tolethorpe, Stamford. This is a play I studied when I was eleven and it's one I remember pretty well. Sure, Leonie had reminded me of the "wild thyme" speech - she was learning it by heart with her kids, and involved me. Labels: Midsummer Nights Dream. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Midsummer Nights Dream at Tolethorpe, Stamford. May on short story.
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aliculture: March 2013
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Once again, I try to keep track of films I've seen, books I've read, and other bits of 'culture'. Friday, March 22, 2013. Jane Eyre (1940 version). Very rushed through and a lot of the essential story line and development omitted. With a young Elizabeth Taylor as Helen, the girl who dies of TB in Lowick Hall. Screen play partly by Aldous Huxley. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Jane Eyre (1940 version). Book,film etc. blogs. May on short story. Writer in the north. To read.or watch.
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aliculture: May 2013
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Once again, I try to keep track of films I've seen, books I've read, and other bits of 'culture'. Wednesday, May 15, 2013. I started to read the book, but Victor Hugo goes on a bit for 21st century tastes. I think the film covered the chapters I've read in about ten minutes. Not impressed though - too sentimental for my tastes, too dark and dismal in colouring, and I can't remember any of the songs - they sounded the same to me. Links to this post. Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Drop Dead Fred (1991). Http:/ www&...
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aliculture: Les Miserables
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Once again, I try to keep track of films I've seen, books I've read, and other bits of 'culture'. Wednesday, May 15, 2013. I started to read the book, but Victor Hugo goes on a bit for 21st century tastes. I think the film covered the chapters I've read in about ten minutes. Not impressed though - too sentimental for my tastes, too dark and dismal in colouring, and I can't remember any of the songs - they sounded the same to me. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Drop Dead Fred (1991). May on short story.
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aliculture: Voice of the Fire by Alan Moore - a review in episodes . . .
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Once again, I try to keep track of films I've seen, books I've read, and other bits of 'culture'. Saturday, June 8, 2013. Voice of the Fire by Alan Moore - a review in episodes . . . I downloaded this after visiting Thomas Tresham's unfinished summer lodge, Lyveden New Bield. By Alan Garner, which I love. June 9th: I'm still struggling through this bit, and not sure how much of the story I'm following. Keep skipping pieces and getting annoyed with the syntax. I think I shall not return to read the book.
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aliculture: May 2012
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Once again, I try to keep track of films I've seen, books I've read, and other bits of 'culture'. Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Macbeth at Roundhouse - TV. Dark, dramatic (at first it seemed a bit much) but very gripping. Links to this post. Monday, May 7, 2012. The King and the Playwright - TV. A BBC 4 TV series about how Shakespeare developed after 1603 and the death of Queen Elizabeth I. I has certainly helped me to see the plays in a wider context. Links to this post. Eve Loiseau as Piaf. Links to this post.
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