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period drama meme [2/4 couples]: Emma Woodhouse and Mr Knightley

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This film was a collaboration between me, Johnny, his sister Lillie and my wife Hanna-Katrina (who took the photographs that feature in the dream sequences). It also features Johnny’s daughter Ida, who at the time [2017] was less than one (!) it was a family affair. We had very ambitious hopes to do a series of interlinking films with big, abstract themes and this film was to be the first of those, but because of Johnny's schedule it became impossible. That said, the women that arrive in the van are characters in the other videos I made for Johnny, so there is a connection between them all. Raising the Dead tells the story of a young woman’s attempt to reconcile with grief through a possibly possessed possession. The film was described as "beautiful" by The Independent, which was nice.

From Simon Ryninks' instagram (x)

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“I started writing songs at school, but it was a private thing. I never performed one of my own songs at a JFP – it would never have occurred to me.” His musical conversion happened at an open mic night in Greenwich Village, New York, where he first encountered the US antifolk scene. “It was very specific to a particular group of people. They were playing very beautiful and very true music. There was nothing like it in London. Emmy the Great had already done some gigs and we started up a night in the style of antifolk and called it Apocalypso. It was all a bit DIY, really.”

Johnny interview at Bedales in May 2011 (x)

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“I’d never seen music as a career option, but I started playing some gigs with other OBs. For a couple of years, I went everywhere with my guitar strapped on my back. I’d busk on the South Bank to get enough money to travel round London and would do a gig the same night.  I did a night somewhere almost every day as well as two jobs and drama school. I was full of energy and enthused by it all.”

Johnny interview at Bedales in May 2011 (x)

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"...he took up a place at the respected Webber Douglas drama academy in Brompton, where he put his head down and lost himself in work. He struggled at first: 'My problem was that, to begin with, I couldn’t relate to the other students. I couldn’t see why they were bloody cart-wheeling down the corridors, so pleased to be at drama school. For me, acting was an entirely natural thing to do; I grew up seeing my father doing it.'"

Johnny interview at Bedales in May 2011 (x)

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"...by the time he arrived at Bedales on his second music scholarship, he was already master of his violin and trumpet and ready for change. Bedales was a culture shock, to put it mildly. 'I was wide-eyed at the freedom of choice. I was encouraged to be creative for the first time, taught myself the guitar and had the chance to mould my music to what I wanted to do. It took me a couple of years to relax into my own identity.'"

Johnny interview at Bedales in May 2011 (x)

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Historic performance of the beautiful 'Song with no Name', writen by Johnny and Rob, sang in hommage to the veterans and departed, on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day. (x)

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Johnny and Rob through the marshes of East London, for Eleven Magazine. (x)

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Pictures of the Hay Festival, from Nils Rockafella Robins (ig: rockaroflfella) (x)

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How could I ever leave him? He can remove with you to Donwell. You know he never would. He could not stand it.

EMMA. (2020) dir. Autumn de Wilde (requested by anonymous)

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“I think my best stuff is still quite private. The more it resonates with me, the more I guess it must resonate with other people. My records have been episodic. I wrote the first album (A Larum) on tour with Propeller, and that’s why it’s all about travelling and new places. The second, (Been Listening), was written around London when I was doing different things.”

Johnny interview at Bedales in May 2011 (x) Picture by Andy Sheppard.

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Portrait from the Hay Festival, by Billie Charity. (x)

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Edit: I just noticed Rob's little tambourine lol I love him

I've finally managed to see Johnny Flynn and Robert McFarlane live! They've ruined live music and poetry forever... I've genuinely not seen such a well thought out performance before?! And Flynn performed every song solo, switching between guitars, and did it flawlessly!? I've been spoiled tonight. Still got chills from Burial Blessing, and I may have shed a tear at one point

(Excuse the bad photo, I almost forgot to take a picture at all!)

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Andrew Scott & Johnny Flynn - RIPLEY (2024) "II SEVEN MERCIES"

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Great news! (i loved the pic too lol)

"Johnny and The River Band will be playing the Eventim Apollo this September as part of Transgressive HQ’s 20th anniversary celebrations. Pre-sale Wednesday (tomorrow, 29/05) 10am, on sale Friday 10am. Sign up to Johnny’s mailing list to receive pre-sale access tomorrow."

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LOVESICK | “Evie (Again)”

Tom Edge: “Discovering that Evie has had a relationship that was deeply meaningful to her, and in another world she might have been married to someone else — and happily — that moment really threatens to burrow under [Dylan’s] skin. Where we really wanted to land him was to greet Evie’s telling him of why she’s upset; her candor in that moment means she doesn’t dismiss it or downplay it. And rather than make it all about him, he tries to listen to her.” 

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The Lovers is now available on Sky! Yay!