#Robert Sidaway

[demigodofhoolemere]

Rest In Peace Robert Sidaway, who played Avon in The Savages and Captain Jimmy Turner in The Invasion. He passed away earlier this month at 82. 💗

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Robert Sidaway (1942- 2024), Star of Doctor Who's The Savages and The Invasion

Robert Sidaway (1942- 2024), Star of #DoctorWho's The Savages and The Invasion

Sadly, another Doctor Who actor has left us: Robert Sidaway who featured in two Doctor Who adventures with both William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton; he’s most remembered for playing UNIT Captain Jimmy Turner in the Troughton epic, The Invasion. Born in Wolverhampton on the 24th January 1942, he attended the Tettenhall College in Wolverhampton and later Trent College in Long Eaton. He began…

[cleowho]

“...the streets are packed with Cybermen.”

The Invasion - season 06 - 1968

[mariocki]

Out of the Unknown: The Midas Plague (1.12, BBC, 1965)

"You do not seem to understand, Morrey. This is no excuse for your present idleness. We are undergoing a severe economic crisis. The people of this land are being asked to let out their belts, take their shoulders off the wheel. They have to eat more, drink more, drive more cars, wear out more clothes, and generally enjoy themselves more - and work less. This country is over-producing. Our automatic factories, our robots, are making much too much of everything, and it has to be consumed! Want not, Morrey, waste not."

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The Jewish Socialists’ Group takes its banner to many protests and marches but, for us, the commemoration of the Battle of Cable Street of October 1936, a pivotal moment in the fight against fascism in Britain, has a special meaning.

Fascism was advancing across Europe. Mussolini had already taken power in Italy, Hitler in Germany, and in many countries fascist movements were growing rapidly. In July 1936, Franco launched his devastating war on other Spanish people who dared to elect a progressive, democratic government, though one of Franco’s generals claimed: “Our war is not a Spanish Civil War but a war of western civilisation against the Jews of the entire world.”

Here in Britain, with nearly 3 million unemployed, hunger and hopelessness, and a loss of faith in conventional politics, a wannabe aristocratic politician, with financial backing from Mussolini in Italy and generous capitalists here, wanted to make a show of strength in East London where his movement – the British Union of Fascists – had its biggest branches. Those East End branches formed a horseshoe around the Jewish enclave, where 60,000 Jewish people, were trying to find enough work to eke out a living, mainly as tailors, shoemakers, cabinetmakers, market traders and shop assistants.

He chose the fourth anniversary of the founding of his movement to try to invade their streets with thousands of uniformed, jackbooted fascists, to abuse, threaten and intimidate them. Mosley sought support especially from the East End’s other large minority – Irish Catholics – but, on the day, the most unionised sectors of the Irish, dockers and railway workers united with the mass of Jewish East Enders and other non-Jewish anti-fascists to blockade the streets. In Cable Street they built barricades together. Seven thousand police could not clear a path for the fascists to march, as they had been ordered to by John Simon, the Liberal Home Secretary of a Tory-dominated National Government.

Earlier that week he had rejected a petition with nearly 100,000 signatures collected in just two days, calling for the march to be banned. It was drawn up by the Jewish People’s Council Against Fascism and Antisemitism (JPC) – a militant local grassroots coalition, formed with the aim of mobilising local Jews and uniting with non-Jewish anti-fascists to build an anti-fascist majority in the area. Within hours of the Home Secretary rejecting their call, the JPC was printing leaflets addressed to “Citizens of London” stating loud and clear: “This march must not take place!”

The formation of the JPC was also a direct response to the abject failure of the Jewish community’s self-proclaimed leaders – the Board of Deputies – to do anything to support the East End Jews under siege. They had told them they were exaggerating and arrogantly brushed aside the local Jewish community’s claims of police partiality towards the fascists.

We will not forget how the Board of Deputies and the Jewish Chronicle told Jews to stay indoors, claiming that any involvement in public demonstrations against Mosley would aid antisemites. It was their aloofness, their complacency, their lack of care towards London’s largest working class Jewish community that was aiding the antisemites.

Neither will we forget how the Board’s Vice-President and leader of the United Synagogue, Robert Waley Cohen, condemned antisemitism at a meeting of Jewish ex-serviceman in the summer of 1936 while telling them that Jews were prospering in Italy under Mussolini’s fascist regime, and that he himself was attracted to aspects of fascist ideology. Fortunately, the Jewish community completely ignored the wisdom and advice of their “leaders”.

The people, though, that the Jewish Socialists’ Group remembers most, and with immense pride and affection, are the parents and grandparents of many of our members who courageously took to the streets that day to defend the East End as a multicultural area where all communities would be able to live in harmony.

And we remember the unity in action of those who did most to mobilise the resistance that day, whether from the JPC, the Communist Party, the Independent Labour Party or the Labour League of Youth, and the local trade unions. We especially honour the 200 or so East Enders who continued their anti-fascist activities after Cable Street by joining the International Brigades fighting against Franco in Spain. Thirty-six of these local volunteers for liberty did not return; they lie buried in the Spanish soil.

While they were fighting in Spain, the movement here cemented the victory on the streets with a brilliant campaign to bring together the very communities that Mosley had tried to divide against each other – the Irish and the Jews. This joint campaign, under the auspices of the Stepney Tenants Defence League, saw more than 20 rent strikes against slum landlords. With both communities working closely together, it was much harder for the fascists to advance their politics of hate.

For us – as Jewish socialists, anti-racists and anti-fascists – this is a living history. Fascism was defeated then but returned to the East End streets in the 1970s through the National Front and the British Movement. Their antisemitism was intact but their principal targets were the Bengali communities that had settled in the same streets and worked in similar conditions in the clothing industry as the Jews had in the 1930s. New grassroots movements, led by Bengali youth, spearheaded the resistance to fascist intimidation and daily institutional racism, and they found allies in a similar way to the JPC in the 1930s.

We are proud that our rally this year, on Sunday 3rd October, will be co-chaired by a Jewish Socialists’ Group member and a Bengali activist – two communities brought together by a history of resistance to racism and fascism and we pledge ourselves to continue the fight against fascism and all racism and bigotry today. Please join us!

Cable Street 85th Anniversary march and rally

Assemble 1pm Junction of Cable Street, Leman Street and Dock Street.

Marching to the Cable Street Mural/St George’s Gardens.

Speakers include:

Apsana Begum MP, Jeremy Corbyn MP (Project for Peace and Justice), Rabbi Herschel Gluck, Mick Lynch Gen Sec RMT, Amina Patel (Unison), Abdul Chowdhury (NEU), Noorahmed Uddin (Altab Ali Foundation) Joginder Bains (Indian Workers Association-GB) Julia Bard (Jewish Socialists’ Group), Rob Griffiths, (Communist Party), Weyman Bennet (Stand Up To Racism) Marlene Sidaway (International Brigades Memorial Trust), and relatives of the activists of 1936: Michael Rosen, Ruth Levitas, June Legg and JVL member Tony Booth.

Co-chairs: Julie Begum (Swadhinata Trust), David Rosenberg (JSG)

[stuffedgrapeleaves]

hey what r your top spatial anth book/article recs? :') im super into it but i havent gotten into any classes on it yet.

I'm so glad you asked me this so I could have a little academic spiral, as a treat

As a heads up, my interests mostly lie in absence-presence, memory/memorial spaces, and the way death lives within the landscape, but I've tried to add all the major works I could think of too 😊🌟

Maddrell and Sidaway. (2010). Deathscapes: Spaces for Death, Dying, Mourning and Remembrance.

This is my personal favourite because it really shows the interdisciplinary nature of this space. It's a really good jumping off point for the major theories and authors, not just on deathscapes lmao, and honestly I might just be a little in love with the way Avril Maddrell sees the world.

Les Roberts. (2018). Spatial Anthropology: Excursions in Liminal Space

This is the first comprehensive work on spatial anthropology in its many forms. Endlessly beautiful and moving to read.

Nora, P. (1989). Between Memory and History: Les Lieux de Mémoire.

Pierre Nora's work established the anthro concept of sites of memory, so if you can get your hands on a copy, it's kind of essential reading.

Ballinger, P. (2003). History in Exile: Memory and Identity at the Borders of the Balkans.

Pamela Ballingers work here is on memoryscapes and the connection between historical memory and cultural identity when the place of meaning undergoes radical transformation. This is the connective tissue between Appadurai's -scapes theory and literally every other work on emotional landscapes.

Harrison, R. (2003). The Dominion of the Dead.

This book broke my personality for the entirety of July 2019. It's a super dense read but what's there is...truly phenomenal.

Hallam, E., & Hockey J. (2001) Death, Memory and Material Culture.

Maddrell, A. (2013) Living with the Deceased: Absence, Presence and Absence-presence.

Meyer, M. (2012). Placing and tracing absence: A material culture of the immaterial.

Huyssen, A. (1995). Twilight Memories: Marking Time in a Culture of Amnesia.

Meyer, M. (2008). The Material Presence of Absence: a Dialogue Between Museums and Cemeteries.

I hope this helps!! 💕

[moviesandmania]

Cult-Tastic!: Tales from the Trenches with Roger and Julie Corman - series

Cult-Tastic!: Tales from the Trenches with Roger and Julie Corman – series

Shout! Factory TV, the digital entertainment streaming service, is set to launch its first original digital docuseries Cult-Tastic!: Tales from the Trenches with Roger and Julie Corman. Created, written and co-produced by Ashley Sidaway and Robert Sidaway, the thirteen-part series about the life and work of Roger and Julie Corman, provides viewers an extraordinary look inside the Cormans’…

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@slumberingscarlet @miss-loonylove

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Inside  Estudio

‘Centenario de los estudios Paramount’, Días de Cine, RTVE, VE.

'The legend of Hammer mummies', Donald Fearney, 2013, VO.

'The legend of Hammer vampires', Don Fearney, Jim Groom, 2008, VO.

'Hammer. The studio that dripped blood!', David Thompson, 1987, VO.

‘A history of horror with Mark Gatiss: Capítulo 2. Home counties horror’, John Das, Rachel Jardine, 2010, VO.

Sobre la Hammer en el renacimiento de la mano de Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee y otros nombres del terror.

'The world of Hammer', Robert Sidaway, 1990/94, VOSE.

1. ‘Hammer stars: Peter Cushing’.

2. ‘Dracula & the undead’.

3. ‘Lands before time’.

4. ‘Vamp’.

5. ‘Wicked women’.

6. 'Trials of war'.

7. ‘Sci-Fi'.

8. 'Mummies, werewolves & the living dead'.

9. 'Chiller'.

10. ‘The curse of Frankenstein’.

11. ‘Hammer stars: Christopher Lee’.

12. ‘Hammer’.

13. 'Costumers'.

‘Centenario de Universal Studios’, Días de Cine, RTVE, VE.

'MGM. Cuando el león ruge' ('When the lion roars'), VE.

'The last moguls', Christopher Sykes, Omnibus, BBC, 1986, VO, SE en YouTube.

Trata sobre los Go-Go boys israelís Menahem Golan y Yoram Globus en el apogeo de su carrera cuando todo el mundo estaba trabajando para Cannon Films.

'Menahem Golan on Shooting Versace', VO.

'Electric boogaloo: La loca historia de Cannon Films', ‘Electric boogaloo: The wild, untold story of Cannon Films’, Mark Hartley, 2014, VOSE. 

Un pequeño apunte sobre Menahem y sus varios apellidos ya que siempre hubo un poco de confusión; Menahem Globus y Menahem Golan nunca fueron hermanos y en realidad se trató de la misma persona: Menahem Globus cuando era pequeño cambió su apellido por el de Golan. Por otra parte Yoram Globus tampoco era su hermano, era su primo y socio.

Sobre la Cannon Films, la creencia de que ambos la fundaron es errónea ya que en realidad la compraron en EEUU.

Con el tiempo todo hemos visto lo que ocurrió, producciones malas, otras peores, bastantes regulares, alguna infumable y por en medio alguna medio aceptable. Aún así todos hemos sido Go-Go boys, hemos visto sus películas, e incluso con la peor hemos pasado un rato.

En el pasado Festival de Cannes se programó el documental sobre la vida de Menahem Golan, lógicamente también sobre la de Yoram Globus, y unos meses más tarde, en agosto, Golan falleció en su país natal, Israel, por una parada cardiorespiratoria.

Presenta una cinefilia sin complejos, descaro y dos grandes cerebros, el de Menahem Golam y Yoram Globus, analizando las demenciales estrategias publicitarias con que la productora sacudió los cimientos de Hollywood sin la ayuda de un buen contable.

'The Go-Go boys: The inside story of Cannon Films', Hilla Medalia, 2014, VO.

★ Vídeo.

‘Warner Bros.: Una historia para el recuerdo’ ('You must remeber this: The Warner Bros. story’), Richard Schickel, 2008, VO.

Documental con cinco horas de duración en una producción de Lorac asociada a la Warner Bros. Entertainment, que presenta un recorrido de 85 años dentro del legado de la Warner Bros.

El galardonado cineasta y crítico Richard Schickel es su director, guionista y productor, y Clint Eastwood el productor ejecutivo y narrador. Se estrenó a nivel nacional en 2008.

'Amicus inside the Fear Factory', 2003, VO.

‘Hollywood the golden years: The RKO story', 1987–, VO.

'Movies that mess with the studio logo', VO.

'Restaurando los clásicos de la Universal', VOSE.

'Breve historia de los estudios Republic', VOSE.

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Shout! Studios, Ace Film HK, and Friendship Films announce production alliance for a new docu-series CORMANS' HOLLYWOOD

Shout! Studios, Ace Film HK, and Friendship Films announce production alliance for a new docu-series CORMANS’ HOLLYWOOD

Shout! Studios, the multi-platform filmed entertainment distribution and production arm of Shout! Factory, Ace Film HK Company, and Friendship Films have teamed up to produce CORMANS’ HOLLYWOOD, a new multi-part docu-series about the life and works of Roger and Julie Corman. Created, written, and co-produced by Ashley Sidaway and Robert Sidaway, the series (13 x 50 mins.) explores the illustrious…

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Day ONE Matches

also on the TWITTER FEED with photos ... 

Men's Qualifying Round Two: 

Julian Tomlinson 3-0 Michael Ross        11/8, 11/9, 11/6 (38m) Stuart McGregor 3-0 Mike Lowery           11/5, 11/7, 11/3 (26m) Matt Sidaway 3-1  Emyr Evans       8/11, 11/8, 11/7, 11/2 (41m) Taminder Gata-Aura  3-0 Harry Falconer     11/5, 11/4 rtd (14m) Patrick Rooney 3-0 Matthew Broadberry  11/6, 11/4, 11/4 (23m) Mark Fuller 3-2  Adam Corcoran 11/6, 8/11, 11/7, 7/11, 11/3 (57m) Chris Leiper 3-0 Dominic Hamilton           11/9, 11/4, 11/7 (21m) Kevin Moran 3-0 Josh Taylor                   11/4, 11/4, 11/6 (24m) Kyle Finch 3-0 Oliver Rawlins                   11/7, 11/3, 11/5 (24m) George Parker 3-1 Nick Wall        11/7, 6/11, 11/6, 11/5 (40m)  Jamie Henderson 3-1 Robert Dadds  11/13, 11/9, 11/7, 11/5 (45m) Lewis Doughty 3-2 Sam Todd  8/11, 11/9, 11/9, 6/11, 11/6 (53m) Ashley Davies 3-2 Alex Phillips  6/11, 11/4, 11/8, 8/11, 11/8 (46m) 

Women's Qualifying Round One: Kace Bartley 3-0 Sam Ward      11/7, 11/4, 11/4 (18m) Victoria Temple-Murray 3-0 Robyn Hodgson  11/4, 13/11, 11/4 (25m) Lily Taylor 3-0 Katorina Allen     11/6, 11/7, 11/7 (18m)

Men's Qualifying Round One:

Rory Stewart  3-0 Chris Longman  11/5, 12/10, 11/8 (31m) Michael Ross 3-0 Richard King        11/5, 11/6, 11/3 (21m) Neal Brooker 3-0 Joel Shields          11/5, 11/3, 11/2 (17m)  Matt Sidaway 3-0 Nathan Mayers     11/3, 11/5, 11/5 (15m) Taminder Gata-Aura 3-0 Christian Ogden 11/5, 11/4, 11/6 (18m) Adam Corcoran 3-1 Oliver Harris  9/11, 11/9, 11/3, 11/7 (51m)   Dominic Hamilton 3-0 Dylan Martens 11/4, 11/8, 11/9 (20m) Josh Taylor 3-2 Charlie Cowie 12/10, 11/13, 6/11, 13/11, 11/9 (68m) Oliver Rawlins 3-0 Craig V-Wallace   11/6, 11/3, 11/7 (39m) Nick Wall 3-1 Stuart George    9/11, 11/8, 15/13, 11/4 (49m)  Robert Dadds 3-0 Daniel Wells    11/6, 11/7,11/4 (23m) Sam Todd 3-1 Daniel McGinn    11/5, 11/7, 8/11, 11/5 (32m) Alexander Phillips 3-0 Thomas Regan  11/2, 11/3, 11/1 (16m)  

[cleowho]

“We’ll get them back.”

The Invasion - season 06 - 1968

[mariocki]

Villains: His Dad Named Him After the General (1.2, LWT, 1972)

"I don't like any of it. I don't wanna go to Caracas, or Venezuela, or wherever it is we're supposed to end our days. Why didn't you stay in jail? I didn't mind waiting. Well, I did I suppose, but I was gonna put up with it. With remittance an' all, you'd of been out in nine years."

"I'd've gone mad in nine years."

"You're mad anyway, shooting the telly."

[cleowho]

“Found something?”

The Invasion - season 06 - 1968

23rd November - Happy Birthday, Doctor Who!