#j b priestley

[nobeerreviews]

The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?

-- J. B. Priestley

[biblioquotables]

And there was not a sound; nobody was coming. The whole world was suddenly empty and horrible.

— J.B. Priestley, Benighted (1922)

[nem0c]

One of the young men who had come from another county, to earn a bare living among this ugliness, in order that he might take part in the adult educational movement here, was my companion and guide during a short exploration of the district.  We went by car. On the way he told me that the local miners have a curious lingo of their own, which they call "pitmatik." It is, you might say, a dialect within a dialect, for it is only used by the pitmen when they are talking among themselves. The women do not talk it. When the pitmen are exchanging stories of colliery life, usually very grim stories, they do it in "pit-matik," which is Scandinavian in origin, far nearer to the Norse than the ordinary Durham dialect. It should be an excellent medium for grim tales of accidents far underground, the sagas of the deep pits. One characteristic of the local life that astonished this young lecturer was the people's passion for jazz bands, their own bands and not merely those heard on the wireless. Even the children have rudimentary jazz bands of their own, and they have parades in fancy costume. This I take to be a desperate attempt to bring some colour into the life of the place. After a week or two there, I think I should be blowing through a paper-covered comb with the noisiest of them. You must make something happen in that dreary landscape.

J. B. Priestley, English Journey

[juliansummerhayes]

“I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.” ― J. B. Priestley

[thisbluespirit]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Dangerous Corner - Priestley, Dangerous Corner (BBC Radio 1984) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Freda Caplan, Olwen Peel Additional Tags: Ficlet, Post-Canon, Community: 100fandoms, 1930s Summary:

Nothing out of the ordinary happened here tonight.

[totallyhussein-blog]

From Point Horror to Terence Rattigan, Hussein Al-alak talks about the power of books

On Thursday 9th March, Hussein Al-alak joined Sile Martin on Radio Offbeat - on Manchester’s 96.9 ALL FM - and spoke about the power of books. Throughout the conversation, Hussein shared some of his favorite literary works and here are some of the books which were spoken about during the interview.

[hegodamask]

An Inspector Calls (2015)

[faintingheroine]

When I first listened to “An Inspector Calls” as a radio drama I have found it a bit old-fashioned and cliched from today’s perspective. But it stayed with me and I now find it incredibly impactful. It has a simple power.

[froggi-mushroom]

Flipped this book over to see the prices on the back because I like comparing them between countries

I wanna know what year this was published for a book like this to be £1.95

[ballumville]

'I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.' ⛅- J. B. Priestley

Starting a new day with a cup of coffee is a must for me or I turn into an angry monster... ☕=😊

[a-life-in-books]

J. B. Priestley

"If you delight in movement and change, the appeal of a large railway station is irresistible; you are still in the dark cocoon of the city, but one end is splintering already and you can see the blue beyond; the rumbles and shrieks and snortings are only part of the tuning up; and even the smoky smell has the savour of adventure."

Angel Pavement

Blackout in Gretley

[biblioquotables]

‘I’ve no respect for charming hostesses, nice ladies whose husbands could do with a bit of capital, or dainty aristocratic girls who wouldn’t be above marrying a man twice their age if he happened to have bought a title and owned a few factories and ships and a newspaper. They’ll tell you that, and they’re right. I keep my respect for the young men’s wives who turn up in cheap frocks.’

— J.B. Priestley, Benighted (1922)

[nem0c]

The younger women among those miners' wives were emphatic on one subject. Their sons were not going into the pits. No more coal-mining in the family for them. And when a North-country woman begins a statement with "My lad" in that tone of voice, you may depend upon it that unless her lad is peculiarly obstinate he will not do what she says he must not do. In these parts the women have far more influence than they would appear to have at first. There is a matriarchal principle at work up there. It is generally assumed among them that although men have the muscle and perhaps, for contriving, arguing, book-learning purposes, the brains, women have the sense, the gumption. (I take this to be Shakespeare's view of the sexes, and the best one going.)  If these women have definitely decided against the mines, thereby probably breaking a family tradition, there will soon be a lot of young men in East Durham looking for other kinds of work.

J. B. Priestley, English Journey

[notesonfilm1]

Eavesdropping at the Movies: 379 – The Old Dark House

Eavesdropping at the Movies: 379 – The Old Dark House

Listen on the players above, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Google Podcasts, or Spotify. If you’re tempted to explore this cult classic, the restored DVD and Blu-Ray of The Old Dark House is available as part of Eureka Entertainment’s Masters of Cinema series. José gave an introduction to the MAC’s screening of The Old Dark House, a 1932 comedy horror directed by James Whale, focusing on queerness.…

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

[hegodamask]

“I hope that I can make you as happy as you deserve to be.”

Kyle Soller as GERALD CROFT in AN INSPECTOR CALLS (2015)