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Reply | Half decent tv
at 14:01 26 Nov 2024
Seeing it appear on iplayer last night, I decided to start rewatching BBC's 2005 production of Bleak House that I enjoyed when it first aired.
Well, I think it's even better the second time around. For me, this has to be the best literary adaptation I have ever seen, and dare I say it, it actually enhances Dicken's novel with its fabulous evocation of 1830's London and brilliant casting. And the exceptional script and clever structure accentuate the fact that Bleak House is essentially a crime thriller.
But it's worth watching as a social history document alone, because you get a visceral sense of just how horrific the lives of many people were back then, living cheek-by-jowl with the sumptuous late-Georgian splendour of the rich.
I think it's so good, I suggest taking your time to fully absorb everything that's going on, because even the sets are worth lingering over - especially the incredible interiors. It's just feckin fantastic! A great series to lead you into Christmas. |
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Reply | Cifuentes gone?
at 13:25 26 Nov 2024
On the 1888-1915 series Ordnance Survey map you can see the outline of what would have been Shepherd's Bush FC's ground, boundaried on three sides by a school and the houses of Ellerslie and Loftus Roads - exactly as it is now - and the fields of Old Oak Farm to the North. South Africa Road didn't exist then. Shepherd's Bush FC were disbanded in 1915 and we moved in in 1917.
So clearly the answer is we need to change our name to Shepherd's Bush FC to appease the unhappy Life in the Bush of Ghosts. [Post edited 26 Nov 13:30]
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Reply | Cifuentes gone?
at 14:49 25 Nov 2024
Yes, I thought as much, but I decided to clarify it anyway.... |
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Reply | Cifuentes gone?
at 14:34 25 Nov 2024
Huh? I'm referring to this post:
"marti gone - announcement imminent
met with CN this morning, submitted resignation
list of candidates been around since summer - club always were prepared after he tried leaving in summer " |
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Reply | Cifuentes gone?
at 14:07 25 Nov 2024
I've just heard that Marti is at the training ground. Odd for someone who has apparently resigned. |
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Reply | Kieran Petrie
at 12:43 24 Nov 2024
Playing him would definitely be an experiment. |
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Reply | Rangers v the Oat Cake Eaters match thread
at 12:47 23 Nov 2024
With no recognisable striker and only one relatively creative midfielder we'll be lucky to scrape a draw. The situation with so many key players still out looks dire. Our only strength lies in set-pieces, where Cook, Dunne and Field can be dangerous. Apart from that it has to be a backs-to-the-wall effort not to concede. Heart says 0-0, head says heartbreaking loss. |
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Reply | Traffic Warning….
at 16:20 21 Nov 2024
Rivercourt Road runs alongside my alma mater, so one side of it is nearly all school buildings... we used to chuck water bombs at the passing cars. How sad the current crop will no longer be able to avail themselves of this extracurricular activity. |
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Reply | Bluesky
at 09:10 15 Nov 2024
Thought I'd try an experiment and use 'for you' for a change and see what came up. To my surprise (after reading what's been said in this thread), it was all revelant to what I'm interested in. No porn, no mad, unhinged rants, or any weird stuff, and no ads... just current affairs and sports stories, along with some literature and music....
I'm not exactly sure how algorithms work, but.... 🤔 |
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Reply | Bluesky
at 18:03 14 Nov 2024
Well that's strange, it really isn't my experience... I'm wondering whether it's your browser? I use firefox with adblock... I don't get any unwanted ads, I get a chronological feed from a broad spectrum of sites and people... not sure what else to suggest. |
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Reply | Bluesky
at 17:05 14 Nov 2024
Why don't you just stop using 'for you' then, and use 'following' instead?
If you follow a broad selection of news sites of whichever political bent you like, along with people you find interesting, you'll get an informative and often fascinating chronological feed with all sorts of links to other stories to follow if you choose.
At least that's how it works for me. |
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Reply | Bluesky
at 11:30 14 Nov 2024
You've sold it to me, I'm moving over. But first I will need to do a Guardian-style flounce to announce to my ten followers that I am leaving X, because, well... errr... Muskrat...
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Reply | Bluesky
at 19:33 13 Nov 2024
😄 |
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Reply | A Shrew Appointment
at 18:27 13 Nov 2024
I wonder if they'll be known as the Blue Suede Shrews from now on. |
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Reply | Bluesky
at 14:17 13 Nov 2024
A brilliant evisceration of the floundering Guardian.
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Reply | Bluesky
at 11:51 12 Nov 2024
Well, since you asked, here's an example:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68409929
You might think this is a good thing, but in reality, it's massive government overreach in an attempt to suppress opinions that differ from Trudeau's (and his allies) cultural orthodoxy. It is the proverbial slippery slope towards a kind of totalitarianism. You think I'm exaggerating? Well (for example), if this law is passed, it could enable judges to put people under house arrest if they’re viewed as likely to commit a hate offence. No actual crime would be required for this type of punishment.
And then there's the issue of who monitors this (under Canada's proposals, this doesn't have to be a judge, it could be anyone they employ to do it), and also, of course, there is the question of "quis custodiet ipsos custodes?: who guards the the guards? Who decides what is 'acceptable' and what is 'not acceptable'?
"Hate speech" is, IMHO, an Orwellian crime. It is akin to 'thought crime'.
When you refer to 'people on the right' I'm not sure if you mean me, but a) I certainly don't consider myself to be right wing, or any wing, for that matter. And b) I would never want any book banned. I am an advocate of full fat free speech, warts and all. |
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Reply | Bluesky
at 08:55 12 Nov 2024
I'm honestly surprised to hear people reporting their twitter feeds being swamped by stuff, because that is not my experience at all. I don't get any porn-related stuff, or any of the other unwanted stuff that you're reporting. Can it be that you're simply using it the wrong way? What I mean is that you have two basic viewing options: 'For you' or 'Following'. So I use 'Following' and that's it: I get the feeds I've chosen.
Regarding Elon Musk's take-over - personally speaking - and not wanting to start a tirade of opposing views - I'm glad he supports free speech. I am genuinely terrified by the attempts to shut free speech down by so-called Liberal regimes, who seem to want to completely control the narrative - under the aegis of so-called hate speech and so on - in order to stop anyone posting things they don't like.
Sure, many of you will disagree, but that's fine, that's free speech! Vive la difference - who wants cultural orthodoxy?? |
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Thread | 11.11
at 11:00 11 Nov 2024
In memory of my grandfathers and grandmothers who served in WW1, my uncles and and grandfather who served in WW2 and all of those who served and gave their lives to protect the freedom of this country. From the bottom of my heart: thank you.
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