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My Big Fat Non Greek Holiday

miashropshire wrote 2 days ago: Where I am Not Holidaying I have just checked my bank account, and have approximately £-700. So I … more →

Tags: Greek islands, swine flu

Summer sea ice has vanished in the Arctic!2 comments

thingsbreak wrote 1 week ago: Sea ice has disappeared completely during the summer. Intermittent winter ice is all that remains. … more →

Tags: Climate change, Paleoclimate, alan kemp, Arctic, Carbon Cycle, carbon pump, Feedback, Jennifer Pike, Late Cretaceous

Tuesday Trivia: The Wet Shirt1 comment

Lady Ashley wrote 1 week ago: If Pride & Prejudice 1995 is remembered for nothing else, Mr. Darcy’s wet-shirt scene will … more →

Tags: Jane Austen's Novels, Trivia, Colin Firth, Pride & Prejudice, wet shirt

Meatballs!

andrewmarkdavies wrote 1 week ago: John Henshaw, who plays Meatballs in Ken Loach’s new film Looking for Eric, is the latest acto … more →

Tags: gangs, manchester, Angels with Manky Faces, Eric Cantona, ken loach, Scuttlers, Smug Roberts, twisted wheel

New movie of 'Middlemarch' 2 comments

Judy wrote 3 weeks ago: There was an article in the Independent newspaper here in the UK a few days ago  about the forthcomi … more →

Tags: Costume drama, George Eliot, Martin Scorsese, Sam Mendes

Daniel Deronda (2002)10 comments

Judy wrote 3 weeks ago: After watching the Andrew Davies version of Middlemarch, I was keen to see his other major George El … more →

Tags: Costume drama, George Eliot, Barbara Hershey, BBC, Daniel Deronda, Daniel Evans, Edward Fox, Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Dancy

New Middlemarch3 comments

Lady Ashley wrote 1 month ago: Comingsoon.net reports that Sam Mendes has signed a two-year deal with Focus Features that includes … more →

Tags: News, Other Authors, Sam Mendes, Middlemarch

Preview of Angels with Manky Faces at the Bluecoat, Liverpool

andrewmarkdavies wrote 1 month ago: A special preview of Angels with Manky Faces will be held in the upstairs bar of the Bluecoat, Liver … more →

Tags: gangs, History, Angels with Manky Faces, Bluecoat, Liverpool, MaD Theatre Company, Unity

This is how it feels

andrewmarkdavies wrote 1 month ago: Clint Boon of the Inspiral Carpets has re-recorded This is how it feels as the soundtrack for one of … more →

Tags: gangs, manchester, Clint Boon, Inspiral Carpets, Scuttlers, suffragettes, this is how it feels...

Angels with Manky Faces

andrewmarkdavies wrote 1 month ago: A Bengal Tiger and his molls: Rosie Phillips, Jack Williamson, and Abi Gunning. Preparations for Ang … more →

Tags: gangs, manchester, Angels with Manky Faces, MaD Theatre Company, Scuttlers

Little Dorrit's Conclusion3 comments

Lady Ashley wrote 2 months ago:  Sunday saw the conclusion ofLittle Dorrit on PBS Masterpiece—and what a conclusion it was. F … more →

Tags: Reviews, Dickens's Works, Masterpiece Classic, victorian era, little dorrit

New edition of The Gangs of Manchester

andrewmarkdavies wrote 2 months ago: A revised edition of The Gangs of Manchester is now out. The new edition is a smaller-sized paperbac … more →

Tags: gangs, manchester, ancoats, Scuttlers

Middlemarch (1994)8 comments

Judy wrote 3 months ago: After enjoying a repeat viewing of the 1995 Pride and Prejudice, I decided to re-watch another major … more →

Tags: Costume drama, George Eliot, Anthony Page, BBC, Douglas Hodge, Jonathan Firth, Jonathan Hackett, Juliet Aubrey, Michael Hordern

Bits n' Pieces April 164 comments

Lady Ashley wrote 3 months ago: This looks interesting. COSTUME-CON is an annual conference about costumes. The convention has its r … more →

Tags: News, Jane Austen's Novels, Masterpiece Classic, quizzes & fun stuff, costumes, interviews, Costume-con, Sally Hawkins, Never Let Me Go

Welsh Labour Leadership2 comments

jatwilliams wrote 3 months ago: This week, it has been rumoured that both the Health Minister (Edwina Hart) and the Education Minist … more →

Tags: Welsh Labour, Rhodri Morgan, Peter Hain, Carwyn Jones, Huw Lewis, Jane Hutt, edwina hart, Leighton Andrews

Little Dorrit Recap & Review of Episode Two on Masterpiece Classic4 comments

Laurel Ann wrote 3 months ago: Affairs of the heart populate episode two with hopes and aspirations for all of the unattached char … more →

Tags: Masterpiece Classic, Charles Dickens, Claire Foy, Little Dorrit 2008, Matthew MacFadyen

Sense and Sensibility, 2008

janeaustensequels wrote 4 months ago: I watched the lovely BBC adaptation of Sense and Sensibility yesterday for the umpteenth time. I rea … more →

Tags: sense and sensibility, Willoughby's Return, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility 2008, Charity Wakefield, Hattie Morahan, Dan Stevens, Dominic Cooper, David Morrissey

Austen at Large: Darcy and Davies: Adapting Mr. Darcy from the Novel to the Screen11 comments

Virginia Claire wrote 4 months ago: Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen’s most popular if not most adapted novel, and  its famous … more →

Tags: Austen Adaptations, Austen at Large, Pride & Prejudice Movies, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet, Pride and Prejudice (1995), Movies

Manchester Histories Festival

andrewmarkdavies wrote 4 months ago: Andrew Davies is giving a talk based on The Gangs of Manchester as part of the Manchester Histories … more →

Tags: History, gangs, manchester


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