#malcolm macgregor

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I just hope for one single person to understand and appreciate this as much as me

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By Malcolm Macgregor - Giant kingfisher, CC BY 2.0, Link

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Happy Birthday Peter Capaldi born April 14th 1958 in Glasgow.

Peter grew up in Glasgow and attended the Glasgow School of Art, while studying there he secured his first breakthrough role in Local Hero (1983). He has also had roles in Dangerous Liaisons, The Crow Road, The Devil’s Whore and Torchwood: Children of Earth but it was his brilliant portrayal of political spin doctor, Malcolm Tucker that got him noticed.

In 2010 he won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Role and the BPG Best Actor Award. In both 2010 and 2012, Peter won the British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor. A film spin-off from The Thick of It, entitled In the Loop, was released in 2009.

As well as appearing in front of the camera, Peter is an award winning film maker. In 1995, he won the Oscar for Best Short Film (Live Action) for Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life. He also wrote Soft Top, Hard Shoulder, which won the audience award at the London Film Festival, and wrote and directed Strictly Sinatra. Peter’s stage credits include Professor Marcus in The Ladykillers at the Liverpool Playhouse, which saw the play transfer to the Gielgud Theatre in London.

I was thrilled when he became the 12th Doctor Who in 2013, but disappointed he didn't stay longer.

We last saw Peter in the thriller series The Devil's Hour,he is also the voice of Seamus MacGregor in the animated show, Big Mouth. Peter also starred peter cin an Apple TV show, Criminal Record, an 8 part thriller set in London. Look out for our birthday boy in the new series of Black Mirror, which just aired on April 10th, Devil's Hour series three is also due out later this year.

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Ramsay MacDonald with Members of his Family

Artist: Margaret MacGregor ('Peggy') Angus (British, 1904-1993)

Date: 1930's

Medium: Oil on plywood

Collection: National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Description

This group was painted at Chequers and shows the artist (standing by the piano) with members of the Macdonald family: Ramsay Macdonald is seated reading a newspaper and in the foreground is his son Malcolm (standing, right) and his daughter Ishbel (seated, right). The family's housekeeper is at the piano, and Alister Macdonald's children play on the floor.

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Today I got to see the Scottish actor in the Scottish play. I see a lot of plays. I see a lot of Shakespeare. This isn’t even the first Macbeth I’ve seen this year. And let me tell you the Scottish accent and bard are HEAVEN. I know Tennant is a talented actor and can do Shakespeare well but hearing him do it in his natural accent brings a whole new level. And it’s not just my good boy Dave, most of the cast were Scottish. The language flowed in a way that felt so natural. And yes they have abridged the play so it’s not the full text but nothing is lost for that. The production has been beset by illness and had to cancel shows earlier in the week so I feel doubly lucky to have seen it today. I’m sad that I didn’t get to see Cush Jumbo who is still off as she was a bigger draw for me than David but I’ll see the filmed version in the cinema next year so I’ll get to see her performance then.

Also. Also. There’s a trans masc non binary performer Ros Watt playing Malcolm. (They gender swap some of the other roles and change the gender to the gender of the actor.)

The understudy for Banquo is also the Macbeth understudy and performed in that role this week so basically he’s learnt the whole play. Shout out to Niall MacGregor. Jasmin Hinds the Lady Macbeth understudy lacked some of the weight needed for the role but she will be a great actor in years to come.

Comic relief came from Jatinder Singh Randhawa, “I can’t believe some of you have paid £250 to hear a radio play”* and his eloquent use of the word “twat” in his Glaswegian accent. He had jokes about the attempted assassination attempts on trump and on the play’s cancelled performances amongst other things whilst slipping effortlessly between comic banter and Shakespearean dialogue. A true talent.

The production has been filmed and will be in some cinemas in the UK from February. Presumably there will be a wider release too. It’s a brisk 1hr 50 minutes although without an interval it felt a little uncomfortable toward the end.

* the production uses headphones or assisted listening devices for all audience members and the staging is very sparse (although still very effective).

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Tuesday, 12-10-24, 8am Pacific

And g'mornin' to all, Mr. Baggins as-yet-uncaffeinated but getting the ball rolling with Our Favorite Hoser, and the next three Preludes and Fugues from Book I of the WTC. Today we hear No. 4, 5, and 6. From Columbia studio recordings made in 1962-65.

There, now, I can almost think again! Here is Igor Stravinsky conducting his quirky and easy-to-listen to ballet, Pulcinella. This is the complete recording from December 14, 1952, with Mary Simmons, soprano, Glenn Schnittke, tenor, Phillip MacGregor, bass, with Stravinsky conducting The Cleveland Orchestra, recorded in Cleveland's Severance Hall.

And I thought next we'd hear an incredibly lovely work by Dvorak, his Czech (Bohemian) Suite for Orchestra in D Major, Op. 39. We hear an authentically Czech performance by The Prague Philharmonia, Jakub Hrůša, Conducting. Recorded in 2006.

Next we hear the legendary Vladimir Sofronitzky play the two Nocturnes of Chopin's Op. 27, No. 1 in C-sharp minor, and No. 2 in D-flat Major. The first is simply my favorite of the Nocturnes...its intensity and drama rivals the Op. 44 Polonaise, and Sofronitzky reveals things here that Horowitz couldn't!

And now let's hear him play the A-flat Polonaise, Op. 53, from a 1947 recording...again, this is amazing pianistic genius!

Let's hear Mendelssohn's String Symphony No. 6 in E-flat Major, written when he was TWELVE. Nicholas Ward conducts The Northern Chamber Orchestra.

And now Rossini's String Sonata No. 5, also in E-flat Major, also written when he was TWELVE. Neville and The Gang do the honors.

And here is a marvelous little Divertimento for Wind Trio, Op. 37, by Sir Malcolm Arnold, written in 1952. We hear it performed by The East Winds.

And that's all the space we have for Morning Coffee Music this Tuesday morning in early December! I do hope you have enjoyed the selections I chose for this morning's program, and possibly heard something new to your ear. This is Mr. Baggins signing off for now, I'll return at 2pm Pacific with our Afternoon Stack of Classic Wax!

Until then, be kind, babies, be kind.

Baggins out.

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137, an exemplary number of Kabbalistic significance - tying physics, math, science and mysticism.

In mysticism, the Hebrew word קבלה (Kabbalah) has a numerical value of 137.

There's a rare, non dimensional, atomic constant in physics known as the “Fine Structure Constant”.

It's reciprocal number which is equivalent to 1/137, is related to the probability of electrons and charged particles absorbing or emitting photons, and is the ratio of the strength of electromagnetic force compared to the strong nuclear.

The number is needed in order to gage how specific wavelengths of light interact in precise ways with atomic forces/ how electromagnetic forces hold atoms together.

This number is one of the constants determining the size of the atoms, and therefore, the form and structure of the visible universe.

This number appears explicitly for the first time in the Bible in the Torah portion of Chayei Sarah: Ishmael lived 137 years.

Levi and the father of Moses, Amram, also lived 137 years. Akeidat Yitzchak/Binding of Isaac took place when Abraham was 137 years of age.

The word “opposite” – “maKBiLot” has a root K-B-L. These verses speak of a curtain separating Kodesh Hakadoshim, the Holy of Holies – from the Kodesh, the area called “Holy” immediately adjacent to it. It is viewed symbolically as the curtain separating spiritual and material worlds.

The number 137 is, therefore, seen as appearing on the cusp of the physical and the spiritual.

"It describes the “corresponding loops” which clasped together enjoin the two sections of the Tabernacle’s ceiling. These loops divided the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies — the physical dimension and the spiritual dimension — and at the boundary line of the physical world, the number 137 emerges."

- Moses’ Tabernacle, the earthly dwelling place of God, was 13.7 meters long

Just as the fine-structure constant relates to the absorption of a photon by an electron, the symbolism of the number 137 in Kabbalah is the "receiving (kabbalah) of the Infinite Light – Ohr Ein Sof (1) – into ten vessels-sephirot comprised of the three (3) sephirot of sechel (intellect, ChaBaD: Chochmah, Binah, and Da’at) and seven (7) lower sephirot-midot = 137 (1 + 23 + 27 = 137)."

Physicist Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Jung were both enamored with the power of certain numbers, including 137.

They were fascinated by the atom’s fine-structure constant and its Kabbalistic significance. They formed a friendship and began a study that led them through alchemy, kabbalah, dream interpretation, and the Chinese Book of Changes.

They were two people who believed 137 was at the intersection of modern science with the occult.

One of the important physicists of the 20th century, Richard Feynman, wrote about the number 137:

“It has been a mystery ever since it was discovered more than fifty years ago, and all good theoretical physicists put this number up on their wall and worry about it. It’s one of the greatest damn mysteries of physics: a magic number that comes to us with no understanding by man. You might say the ‘hand of God’ wrote that number, and ‘we don’t know how He pushed his pencil.”

"The mystery about α is actually a double mystery. The first mystery – the origin of its numerical value α ≈ 1/137 has been recognized and discussed for decades. The second mystery – the range of its domain – is generally unrecognized." — Malcolm H. Mac Gregor, M.H. MacGregor (2007). The Power of Alpha. World Scientific. p. 69.

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THE FULL MONTY

Paramount Theatre (Aurora, IL) | August 22, 2024 (Preview) | Untracked M4A

Cast: Ben Mayne (Jerry Lukowski), Jared David Michael Grant (Dave Bukatinsky), Bernard Dotson (Noah "Horse" T. Simmons), Adam Fane (Malcolm MacGregor), Liz Pazik (Jeanette Burmeister), Veronica Garza (Georgie Bukatinsky), Rebecca Hurd (Pam Lukowski), Jackson Evans (Harold Nichols), Ann Delaney (Vicki Nichols), Matt Thinnes (Reg/Minister), Donovan Hoffer (Buddy "Keno" Walsh), Lydia Burke (Joanie), Alanna Chavez (Estelle), Abby C Smith (Susan Hershey), David Moreland (Teddy), Caron Buinis (Molly), Lee Palmer (Police Sergeant), David Stobbe (Tony Giordano), Tiyanna Gentry (Ensemble), Kevin Kuska (Ensemble)

Notes: Second preview, recorded from the back of the orchestra. Some chatting from the master as well as surrounding audience members may be audible during the recording. There is a bit of commotion during You Walk With Me when an elderly person fell in the aisle behind the master.

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MALCOLM

MALCOLM: LET'S SEE, I LOVE MY BLACK MOTHER OVER MACGREGOR AND SOMEHOW I AM OSCTRACIZED. YEAH. THAT AINT RACIST!

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This is historical not etymological but Scotclans and clan.com are incredible boredom killers so I wanted to join in.

Nathan MacKinnon is from Clan MacKinnon (originally in gaelic it's MacFhionghuin) which claims to be descended from the royal family of Kenneth MacAlpine. The clan slogan of “Cumnich Bas Alpin” or “Remember the death of Alpin” refers to the great-grandson of Kenneth, who was slain by Bruch, King of the Picts, in 837. His son Fingon, or “fair-born” is hailed as the progenitor of the clan. The 2 most important parts of clan history are that they fucking hate the MacLeans (neighbouring clan) and they supported the Stewart dynasty, having provided shelter to a 70 year Charles Edward Stewart.

Mason McTavish is a part of clan MacTavish; the Mc instead of Mac usually signifies having settled/been pushed into the Ulster region of Ireland and is common to find amongst highland clans and the MacTavish's are from the west Highlands since the 12th century. The name MacTavish is derived from the phoenetic pronunciation of MacTamhais which means “Son of Tammais” (Son of Thomas). It is likely that this changed in the 17th century as Gaelic was forcibly removed, this would be when Thompson became used as a variation. There's some claim that it's an offshoot of clan Campbell and for some reason some associate it with the moniker "The Children of the Mist" which is from clan MacGregor but anyways the motto is "Non Oblitus" which means forget not.

The Scottish clan websites that I've checked are confident that (Kurtis) MacDermid is a part of Clan Campbell (in Gaelic Caimbeul) and the list of associated names is so fucking long I don't understand it but they have been super influential since the mid 1400s onward. The first occurrence of the name Cambel (how it was originally spelt) found in surviving records owned land near Stirling in 1263. For a Cambel in Argyll the first records date from 1293 for Duncan Dubh, a landowner from Kintyre. Written records for Cambels in Lochawe date from 1296 where it is documented that Sir Cailein was killed after being attacked by Clan Dougall. The clan mythology is that in the 11th or 12th century either Smevie or Mervvn, son of Arthur (yes, that Arthur), became known as "the Wildman of the Woods" used a variation of the name OR that the first of the Campbell's who came to Argyll and married the heiress of the O’Duibne tribe, a lady called Eva, daughter of Paul an Sporran and that they lived near Lochawe. It was under King David (son of Robert the Bruce) introducing more efficient administration that it changed from Cambel to Campbell, the originally most likely came from Sir Cailein Mor Campbell’s grandfather Dugald on Lochawe who was nicknamed "Cam Beul" (curved mouth in Gaelic). I don't know why it got so many variations, like MacDermid, Gibson, Ure, Burns, Loudoun, Kissack, and Malcolm (and more!) all seem so unrelated but whatever.

Anyways you can find this for most Scottish names and Anglicized Irish names (or ones that start with Mc) and it's very fun, some, like the MacCallum's, have stupid (mythological) origin stories.

love name etymology. tkachuk means "weaver." ovechkin means "shepherd" or "sheep." bergeron also means "sheperd." i don't have anywhere to go from here i don't know what the point of this post is. symbolism lives within us all i guess

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By Malcolm Macgregor - Hippo, CC BY 2.0, Link

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Our second quality actor of the day, Happy Birthday Peter Capaldi born April 14th 1958 in Glasgow.

Peter grew up in Glasgow and attended the Glasgow School of Art, while studying there he secured his first breakthrough role in Local Hero (1983). He has also had roles in Dangerous Liaisons, The Crow Road, The Devil’s Whore and Torchwood: Children of Earth but it was his brilliant portrayal of political spin doctor, Malcolm Tucker that got him noticed.

In 2010 he won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Role and the BPG Best Actor Award. In both 2010 and 2012, Peter won the British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor. A film spin-off from The Thick of It, entitled In the Loop, was released in 2009.

As well as appearing in front of the camera, Peter is an award winning film maker. In 1995, he won the Oscar for Best Short Film (Live Action) for Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life. He also wrote Soft Top, Hard Shoulder, which won the audience award at the London Film Festival, and wrote and directed Strictly Sinatra. Peter’s stage credits include Professor Marcus in The Ladykillers at the Liverpool Playhouse, which saw the play transfer to the Gielgud Theatre in London.

I was thrilled when he became the 12th Doctor Who in 2013, but disappointed he didn't stay longer.

We last saw Peter in the thriller series The Devil's Hour, season tow is being filmed just now, he is also the voice of Seamus MacGregor in the animated show, Big Mouth. He is also lined up to star in an Apple TV show, Criminal Record, an 8 part thriller set in London.

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THE JOHN MAJOR FIRST CABINET PHOTO

JOHN MAJOR,

JAMES MACKAY ,

NORMAN LAMONT,

DOUGLAS HURD,

KENNETH BAKER,

JOHN GUMMER,

TOM KING

KENNETH CLARK,

MICHEAL HOWARD

JOHN WAKEHAM,

MICHEAL HESELTINE,

WILLIAM WALDEGRAVE, 1

PETER BROOKE,

JOHN MACGREGOR,

DAVID WADDINGTON,

CHRIS PATTERN,

TONY NEWTON,

IAN LANG

PETER LILLEY

MALCOLM RIFKIND,

DAVID MELLOR ,

DAVID HUNT,

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1923 Gladys Walton and Malcolm MacGregor in “The Untameable”. From Silent Hollywood, FB.

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Winter Photofest

I didn't make my mind on three talks as I'm trying to attend them all. So I had a look at all the talkers' work whether on Instagram or their website and tried to read a little bit about who they are.

Stuart Simpson is a London based portrait and fine art documentary photographer, now a staff photographer for Penguin Random House UK (photo above). After browsing his website, I was very interested in knowing more about his background and inspirations as I found some of his portraits beautiful, sometimes simple but always evocative and pleasing to the eye, sometimes more creative with beautiful tones and effects.

Frances Scott is a photographer from Orkney who graduated from Glasgow School of Art. Her main work focuses on where she's from and the journeys she made back and forth Glasgow and the Highlands. She's been working on a project about walking around the coastlines of Orkney the past few years and had an exhibition and a book released. I'm interested to hear how she works on landscape photos that have such a personal meaning to her.

Nick Dunmur is a commercial and advertising photographer. Seeing his work online makes me want to know more about commercial work as he worked for big brands. He is also the business and legal adviser for the AOP (Association Of Photographers). I'll happily listen to his insight about the business side of things.

Malcolm Dickson is the gallery director at Street Levels Photoworks (photo above, credit Alan Dimmick). This gallery is a hub for photographers based in Glasgow and in Scotland, alongside Stills in Edinburgh. Having seen the Oscar Marzaroli exhibition during a lull this summer, and having attended the remote exhibition by Simon Murphy in my neighbourhood of Govanhill, I'm excited to hear about the activities and roles of this institution.

Lesley MacGregor is a fine art photographer of architecture and landscape. I really like her landscape photos particularly, minimalist and very aesthetic. She photographed incredible modern architecture also, focusing on geometry and structure. She doesn't try to depict reality as it is but goes beyond what you see with her singular vision to trigger emotions in the viewer.

Elaine Livingstone is a photographer based in Glasgow. She worked in many different areas and documents the stories of people living in her city. She worked for different media including Sunday Herald and Herald magazine. She is also the co-founder of the New Photographers Guild, a mentoring programme for new photographers.

Nicky Bird is an artist and academic based in Glasgow. Photographer, reader in Contemporary Photographic Practice, PhD Coordinator at Glasgow School of Art, coordinator in different groups of artists, Nicky's work is very expansive. She worked for many commissions, residencies and projects, published essays. Her latest work will be shown at the next exhibition in Street Level Photoworks. I am very excited to hear her talk about her career and work to come.

Julia Fullerton-Batten is a worldwide acclaimed and exhibited German fine-art photographer based in London. She worked on many different projects, from the transition between teenage years and adulthood, to social issues, or more recently about the sex industry. I love her use of light and colours and how she stages her models in very creative environments. Her imagery is very strong and it will be very instructive to hear someone of such international repute talk about their work.