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Showing posts with label film. Show all posts
Showing posts with label film. Show all posts
Wednesday, 27 March 2024

License to Sing

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Among the many days that have traditional names ascribed to them (e.g. New Year’s Day, Shrove Tuesday, Mother’s Day) is Spy Wednesday, which...
Wednesday, 1 November 2023

Day Of The Dead: Out Of His Hollywood Tree

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We’re halfway through what the Christian Church calls Hallowtide. This is the 3-day period of remembrance and devotion to our ancestors. It ...
Thursday, 29 April 2021

Oscar's Queer Awards

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The covid pandemic may have disrupted film production over the past year but is hasn’t disrupted the awards season where it seems that quota...
Sunday, 20 December 2020

Advent 4: Scrooge

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One of the constant elements of a 21st century Christmas is the classic ghost story “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. Ever since it wa...
Saturday, 26 September 2020

80 More Gays Around the World: Part 21) Stage, Screen and Censorship

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Last time on “80 More Gays”: Mathematician 55) Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850-1891 ) is buried in the same cemetery as 56) Mauritz Stiller (1883-...
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Monday, 21 September 2020

Heritage Spotlight: Flower Power To The Rescue

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  Prospect Cottage and Derek Jarman’s Garden. Six months ago it would have been inconceivable to visit any heritage site. With the pandemic ...
Friday, 11 September 2020

80 More Gays Around the World: Part 20) Swedish Legacies

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Last time on “80 More Gays” : 53) Narses (c.478-c.568) , one of the greatest military commanders of the Byzantine Empire, was open about ...
Monday, 13 July 2020

80 More Gays Around the World: Part 16) A Super Continent

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Last time on “80 More Gays” : 40) William Plaine (d.1646) was an ancestor of 41) Vincent Price (1911-1993), whose daughter 42) Victoria ...