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The Library of Unrequited Love by Sophie Divry. Translated by Siân Reynolds

Read time: 3 Days Rating: 4/5

The quote: Actually, modern history can be summed up in three major events that altered our view of the world for good: the French Revolution, the bloodbath of the Great War, and the invention of the contraceptive pill.

I really recommend reading this in one sitting if you can. The librarian's perspective and take on the library changes throughout. From the glossy paraprofessional to near brutal honesty that will hit home for many in the industry. That said it is accessible to the non-librarian and to a lesser extent the casual reader but the topic is definitely pointed with lots of references and comments about the systems and policies of libraries. For the casual reader, the unusual writing style and some of the librarian’s opinions could be quite confronting.

But I do think this is worth reading even if just for the style. The whole book is a one-way conversation (a combination of a monologue and soliloquy) that takes place over 2 hours in the morning as the library is preparing to open. It is quite unlike anything I have ever read before. The one-way conversation with no breaks and many, many topic changes takes some serious getting used to as you read.

Just some of the topics covered by Divry in her book through her librarian protagonist. Dewey and his system, a bit of French history, a bit of library history, the library hierarchy, the type of person who never that never comes into the library, censorship is its softest form, the forcing of class onto readers and the traditional reserve shelves. As someone trained in the industry it all hit so close to home. Like reserve shelves are just awful, they are great for saving space but they are so intimidating for readers. The classics debate is horrendous but I am firmly of the opinion that let people read what they want and eventually that will likely include some classics. Forcing them upon readers just alienates them from reading period. I just enjoyed the Frend history section I’ve never looked at French history much. All the Dewey info is brilliant I couldn’t get over how well executed that was.

It feels like there are words from the reader we don't know. The librarian responds to unknown statements at times. But it's si effective because there is enough feedback to guess what was said. There is a smart reading choice to provide little to no background on the readers’ character, though there is some implication that they are on the younger side and are definitely a regular. After I reread the blurb we do know he is male. It is worth remembering the book is a translation of Divry’s French original. I’m guessing the gender comes through in French via the grammatical gender it uses.

The unrequited love of the title feels like it is twofold. The librarians’ non-relationship with Martin is told so well. The reader is drip-fed information and it all really only comes together at the end. There also seems to be something of an unrequited love for the library itself which more than seeps through by the end. She just wants to be acknowledged and respected by colleagues and patrons alike.

There really isn’t much more I can say about this other than to say it was an experience and I’m so glad I read it. It took weeks of waiting to get my hands on it (due to covid related issues) but the wait was worth it. Think this is a rather unique experience, particularly for those in the industry.

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Apocalypse Baby by Virginie Despentes, translated from the French by Siân Reynolds, is a strange and fierce book, a novel about a quiet private eye who is tasked with finding a young teenage girl named Valentine who has disappeared. She enlists the help of the infamous Hyena, a lesbian in a leather jacket with a fiercely independent streak and an intense intuition that helps her solve the toughest of cases. Together, they dive into the case—which quickly becomes something more than either expected. 

I really loved getting the chapters from the different points of view—the missing girl's father, a misogynist, mediocre author; the Hyena herself; even, eventually the tortured, misguided Valentine. It's a dark novel about manipulation and dark, white nationalist forces, radicalization of youth, the influence of neglectful parents, the internal and twisting politics of France. At times, I definitely felt it was a little longer than it had to be; but the writing was superb and I enjoyed the turns of narrative and perspective, the way each person's biased and very pointed outlook came together to form one concept of the larger truth. 

Content warnings for rape, sexism, ableism, fatphobia, drug use, the 'R' slur, racism, radicalization.

[rickyvalero]

This Week At The Movies – Week of August 9

This Week At The Movies – Week of August 9

This Week At The Movies – August 9 Don’t Breathe 2 (Theaters) Directed by: Rodo Sayagues Synopsis: The Blind Man has been hiding out for several years in an isolated cabin and has taken in and raised a young girl orphaned from a devastating house fire. Their quiet life together is shattered when a group of criminals kidnap the girl, forcing the Blind Man to leave his safe haven to save her. I…

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94th Oscars Reaction

Hello guys, I was not able to show real-time updates about the 94th Academy Awards, due to work. But the giving of Oscars does not seem to matter when everyone’s mind is on the Technical Awards being pre-recorded, Rachel Zegler being shunned and…did Will Smith just slap Chris Rock on the face?

Anyway, here are my off-the-cuff thoughts about the awards and the ceremony itself:

All 8 pre-telecasted awards (I am still annoyed, ABC. Don’t ever do that for ratings!)

Best Supporting Actress: Ariana DeBose - West Side Story as Anita (Almost like Rita Moreno is handing over the baton to Ariana)

Best Cinematography: Dune (Well, really expected that.)

Best Visual Effects: Dune (I mean we can’t honor the Ryan Reynolds’s face inserted on an athlete in Free Guy)

Best Animated Feature Film: Encanto (Well, that makes it five Disney princesses in the ceremony, if you count Stephanie Beatriz, which you shouldn’t)

Best Supporting Actor: Troy Kotsur - CODA as Frank Rossi (Just simply happy!)

Best International Feature Film: Drive My Car (Glad my favorite film of 2021 got the recognition it deserved!)

Best Costume Design: Cruella (Jenny Beavan did not use Dalmatian skins here.)

Best Original Screenplay: Belfast - Kenneth Branagh (At least it’s not Don’t Look Up. PTA, we’ll still cheer for you.)

Best Adapted Screenplay: CODA - Sian Heder (This is a surprise!)

Best Documentary Feature: Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Did Will Smith just slap Chris Rock on the face?)

Best Original Song: "No Time to Die" from No Time to Die - Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell (Now we can call them Academy-Award winning Billie Eilish and Finneas)

Best Director: Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog (Jane really is the driving force of The Power of the Dog. The Academy forgave her comments.)

Best Actor: Will Smith - King Richard (Smith, take your time. But you got some explaining to do.)

Best Actress: Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Seriously, the makeup of the film is astounding. So, might as well recognize it.)

Best Picture: CODA (It’s nice to see the first streaming movie garner that Best Picture Oscar. Netflix, don’t panic.)

For ceremony highlights:

The hosts: They are serviceable. I just hate the focus on Twitter is on shaming Amy Schumer’s weight and dress.

The performances: Megan Thee Stallion is a distracting one for “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”. The best is “Be Alive” with Beyoncé.

The tributes: So, you nearly shirked Rachel Zegler, but you brought in Tony Hawk, Kelly Slater and Shaun White for the James Bond tribute. Okay, who brought in the ESPN guys to the room?

The memoriam: Nice to have separate tributes for Sidney Poitier, Ivan Reitman and Betty White. Just don’t undercut it with a gospel medley. Kind of lowers the seriousness.

And that moment: Enough joking or demeaning over Will Smith or Chris Rock. I understood Smith’s story, but that was unprofessional. Rock is already an off-the-cuff comedian. But…that was just tone-deaf. This will be a hard discussion for days to come.

[mummybear]

Get To Know Me Game

I was tagged by @princessmisery666 - Thank you for the tag lovely :) P.s sorry if my tags aren’t working tumblr is being a doof.....

Rule is to tag 21 people you wanna get to know better.

Nickname: Okay so we have..... Bun, Chel, Chels, Chelsea Bun, Smelsey - Courtesy of my delightful sister oh and of course - Cock womble - courtesy of @deanwanddamons Thank you for that one Sian :P

Real name: Chelsea

Zodiac: Leo :)

Favourite musicians or bands: So basically if i were to put them all i would be here forever.... so I’ll just stick to a few.... Ed Sheeran, Fall Out Boy, Demi Lovato, Michael Jackson, Pink, Rihanna, Blue, Carrie Underwood, Usher, Christina Aguilera, Little Mix, Maroon 5, Shawn Mendes, Tori Kelly, Adele, Ne-yo, Jason Derulo, Evanescence, Eminem, McFly, Lonely Island, Anastacia, Shania Twain, Kelly Clarkson.... As i said i could go on hahaha 

Favorite sports team: Don’t really do sports full stop honestly i cannot stand them in anyway shape or form

Other blogs: Just this one!

Do I get asks: From a couple of mutuals, but other than that no. 

How many blogs do I follow: Not as many as i used to.... 180 something i think

Tumblr crushes: Now this is gonna be another long one..... @holyhellpit @dylanholyhellobrien My girl Michelle we clicked so many years ago now and i love you still to this day one of my favourite people. @deanwanddamons My girl we haven’t been talking that long but we became good friends really fast and i love you loads! :P @negans-lucille-tblr So happy we started talking! Even if it hasn’t been for too long, we got on straight away and i love it! i did totally fan girl as well! haha :P you’re awesome though babe and now the conversations Sian you and I have are down right legendary. @lettersofwrittencollective @stiles-o-dylan24 @nicole-lynne @mrs-mitch-rapp93 Talking to you girls is always amazing! and you’ve always been there for me with all of our Dylan and Dean chat! :) Nat, Ellie, Nicole, and of course Val, love you little stunners so much!! @22sarah08 You are so freaking sweet and i couldn’t not mention you my lovely! Always checking in on me and worrying about me! Love to you as well!! Last but certainly not least @screamxqueenx94 Brooklyn! I love you! You’re so strong and amazing! And every single one of you are incredibly talented and i feel proud to be able to call you my friends i am a little in pain right now so I apologise if most of this makes no sense ;)

Lucky numbers: 3

What am I wearing: Fluffy Socks, My Dean Winchester is my hero plaid pj bottoms and supernatural top ..... yes sorry guys i am really that obsessed haha

Dream vacation: Anywhere really..... maybe Canada family connections and all

Dream car: Not sure my dream car would be any good for my kids but gotta be boring and say a lambo or a Ferrari 

Favorite food: Pizza, chocolate and crisps and fruit if i could eat it lol

Drink of choice: Pepsi max cherry or Dr Pepper

Instruments: I play none lol

Languages: English.

Celebrity crushes: Jesus hahaha am i ever gonna post this here we go then.... Jensen Ackles, Dylan O’brien, Ian Somerhalder, Ryan Reynolds, Emeraude Toubia, Claire Holt, Anna Kendrick, Adam Levine, Mila Kunis, Chris Hemsworth, Zac Effron mainly in hairspray haha imma stop now :P 

Random facts: I just had my thyroid removed so that was fun.... and i have two little kiddies who i’m mad about. And I am obsessed with Wispa gold (the chocolate lol)

(Sorry i know some of you ladies may have done already) My tags: @deanwanddamons @dylanholyhellobrien @negans-lucille-tblr @lettersofwrittencollective @holyhellpit @stiles-o-dylan24 @22sarah08 @littlegreenplasticsoldier @nicole-lynne @holylulusworld @kittenofdoomage @impala-dreamer @beka-dreamer @there-must-be-a-lock @thoughtslikeaminefield @mrswhozeewhatsis @mrs-mitch-rapp93 @mrscutiefandobhaz @writingsbychlo @emichelle @rockhoochie 

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50 Great Thrillers by Women, as recommended by 10 of the UK’s female crime writers

Sophie Hannah:

Summertime by Liz Rigbey. Follows a woman who loses her baby and whose father unexpectedly drowns. When her husband and sister close ranks against her, she begins to suspect they are lying to her.

The Spider’s House by Sarah Diamond. Also published as In the Spider’s House. When Anna Howell discovers that a 1960s child murderess was the previous resident of her old cottage, her marriage, sanity and life come under threat.

Hidden by Katy Gardner. When a young mother’s seven-year-old daughter disappears, she finds herself questioning everything in her life. Then a police officer starts asking about the murder of a woman 14 months earlier …

A Shred of Evidence by Jill McGown. DI Judy Hill and DCI Lloyd investigate the murder of a 15-year-old girl on a patch of open parkland in the centre of town.

Searching for Shona by Margaret Jean Anderson

The wealthy Marjorie Malcolm-Scott trades suitcases, destinations and identities with orphan Shona McInnes, as children are evacuated from Edinburgh at the start of the second world war.

Val McDermid:

The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey. A teenage war orphan accuses two women of kidnap and abuse, but something about her story doesn’t add up.

Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer. The Booker-longlisted author of Snap follows it up with the tale of a medical student with Asperger’s who attempts to solve a murder.

The Field of Blood by Denise Mina. The first in the Paddy Meehan series sees the reporter looking into the disappearance of a child from his Glasgow home, with evidence pointing the police towards two young boys.

A Fatal Inversion by Barbara Vine. Writing under her pen name, Ruth Rendell tells of the discovery of a woman and child in the animal cemetery at Wyvis Hall, 10 years after a group of young people spent the summer there.

When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson. In the third Jackson Brodie book, a man is released from prison 30 years after he butchered the mother and siblings of a six-year-old girl in the Devon countryside.

Ann Cleeves:

Little Deaths by Emma Flint. Inspired by the real case of Alice Crimmins, this tells of a woman whose two children go missing from her apartment in Queens.

The Dry by Jane Harper. During Australia’s worst drought in a century, three members of one family in a small country town are murdered, with the father believed to have killed his wife and son before committing suicide.

Devices and Desires by PD James. Adam Dalgliesh takes on a serial killer terrorising a remote Norfolk community.

The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina. Heavily pregnant DS Alex Morrow investigates the violent death of a wealthy woman in Glasgow.

Fire Sale by Sara Paretsky. The inimitable VI Warshawski takes over coaching duties of the girls’ basketball team at her former high school, and investigates the explosion of the flag manufacturing plant where one of the girl’s mothers works.

Sharon Bolton:

Gone by Mo Hayder. In Hayder’s fifth thriller featuring Bristol DI Jack Caffrey, he goes after a car-jacker who is taking vehicles with children in them.

Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris. A murderous revenge is being plotted against the boys’ grammar school in the north of England where eccentric Latin master Roy Straitley is contemplating retirement.

The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes. A time-travelling, murderous war veteran steps through the decades to murder extraordinary women – his “shining girls” – in Chicago, in this high-concept thriller.

The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood. Two women who were sentenced for murdering a six-year-old when they were children meet again as adults, when one discovers the body of a teenager.

Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty. Married scientist Yvonne, who is drawn into a passionate affair with a stranger, is on trial for murder.

Sarah Ward:

A Place of Execution by Val McDermid. Journalist Catherine Heathcote investigates the disappearance of a 13-year-old girl in the Peak District village of Scarsdale in 1963.

The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths. Forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway investigates the discovery of a child’s bones near the site of a prehistoric henge on the north Norfolk salt marshes.

The Ice House by Minette Walters. A decade after Phoebe Maybury’s husband inexplicably vanished, a corpse is found and the police become determined to charge her with murder.

The Liar’s Girl by Catherine Ryan Howard. When a body is found in Dublin’s Grand Canal, police turn to the notorious Canal Killer for help. But the imprisoned murderer will only talk to the woman he was dating when he committed his crimes.

This Night’s Foul Work by Fred Vargas (translated by Sian Reynolds). Commissaire Adamsberg investigates whether there is a connection between the escape of a murderous 75-year-old nurse from prison, and the discovery of two men with their throats cut on the outskirts of Paris.

Elly Griffiths: 

R in the Month by Nancy Spain. Sadly out of print, this is an atmospheric story set in a down-at-heel hotel in a postwar seaside town. The period detail is perfect and jokes and murders abound. This is the fourth book featuring the fantastic Miriam Birdseye, actress and rather slapdash sleuth.

The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey. A gripping crime novel in which the detective never gets out of bed and the murder happened over 500 years ago. Griffith says: “I read this book as a child and was hooked – on Tey, crime fiction and Richard the Third.”

The Detective’s Daughter by Lesley Thomson. Cleaner Stella Darnell finds herself tidying up her detective father’s final, unfinished case, after he dies. It is the first in a series featuring Stella and her sidekick Jack, an underground train driver who can sense murder.

A Place of Execution by Val McDermid. Griffiths says: “I could have chosen any of Val’s novels, but this book, about a journalist revisiting a shocking 1960s murder, is probably my favourite because of its wonderful sense of time and place. It’s also pitch perfect about journalism, police investigation and life in a small community.”

He Said, She Said by Erin Kelly. An account of a rape trial at which nothing is quite as it seems. Griffiths says: “The story centres around a lunar eclipse, which also works wonderfully as a metaphor and image.”

Dreda Say Mitchell: 

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. The Gone Girl author’s debut follows journalist Camille’s investigation into the abduction and murder of two girls in her Missouri home town.

Dangerous Lady by Martina Cole. Cole’s first novel sees 17-year-old Maura Ryan taking on the men of London’s gangland.

The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid. Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill is asked to profile a serial killer when four men are found mutilated and tortured.

Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky. A client tells VI Warshawski he is a prominent banker looking for his son’s missing girlfriend. But VI soon discovers he’s lying, and that the real banker’s son is dead.

The St Cyr series by CS Harris. Mitchell has nominated the whole of this historical mystery series about Sebastian St Cyr, Viscount Devlin – master of disguises, heir to an earldom, and disillusioned army officer. It’s a bit of a cheat but we’ll let her have it.

Erin Kelly:

No Night Is Too Long by Barbara Vine. Tim Cornish thinks he has gotten away with killing his lover in Alaska. But then the letters start to arrive …

Broken Harbour by Tana French. The fourth in French’s sublime Dublin Murder Squad series, this takes place in a ghost estate outside Dublin, where a father and his two children have been found dead, with the mother on her way to intensive care.

Chosen by Lesley Glaister. When Dodie’s mother hangs herself, she has to leave her baby at home and go to bring her brother Jake back from the mysterious Soul Life Centre in New York.

A Savage Hunger by Claire McGowan. Forensic psychologist Paula Maguire investigates the disappearance of a girl, and a holy relic, from a remote religious shrine in the fictional Irish town of Ballyterrin.

The Cry by Helen Fitzgerald. Parents Joanna and Alistair start to turn against each other after their baby goes missing from a remote roadside in Australia.

Sarah Hilary:

The Hours Before Dawn by Celia Fremlin. A sleep-deprived young mother tries to stay sane while her fears grow about the family’s new lodger, in this 1950s lost classic.

Cruel Acts by Jane Casey. Leo Stone, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of two women, is now free and claims he is innocent. DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwen want to put him back in jail, but Maeve begins doubting his guilt – until another woman disappears.

Sex Crimes by Jenefer Shute. A lawyer’s New Year’s Eve pick-up spirals into an erotic obsession which leads to graphic cruelty.

Skin Deep by Liz Nugent. Nugent, whom Ian Rankin has compared to Patricia Highsmith, tells the story of a woman who has been passing herself off as an English socialite on the Riviera for 25 years – until the arrival of someone who knows her from her former life prompts an act of violence.

Cuckoo by Julia Crouch. Rose’s home and family start to fall apart when her best friend Polly comes to stay.

Louise Candlish:

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. Christie’s classic – with a legendary twist. The best Hercule Poirot?

The Two Faces of January by Patricia Highsmith. A conman on the run with his wife meets a young American who becomes drawn into the crime they commit.

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood. The author of The Handmaid’s Tale imagines the life of the real 19th-century Canadian killer Grace Marks.

Little Face by Sophie Hannah. Hannah’s thriller debut is about a young mother who becomes convinced that, after spending two hours away from her baby, the infant is not hers.

Alys, Always by Harriet Lane. Newspaper subeditor Frances is drawn into the lives of the Kyte family when she hears the last words of the victim of a car crash, Alys Kyte.

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Doctor Foster -  BBC One  -  September 9, 2015 - October 3, 2017

Drama (10 episodes)

Running Time:  60 minutes

Stars:

Suranne Jones as Gemma Foster

Bertie Carvel as Simon Foster

Clare-Hope Ashitey as Carly Williams

Cheryl Campbell as Helen Foster (episodes 1-3)

Jodie Comer as Kate Parks

Navin Chowdhry as Anwar (episodes 2–3, 5)

Victoria Hamilton as Anna Baker (episodes 1–3, 5)

Tom Taylor as Tom Foster

Martha Howe-Douglas as Becky Hughes

Adam James as Neil Baker (episodes 1–3, 5)

Thusitha Jayasundera as Ros Mahendra

Sara Stewart as Susie Parks (episodes 1–2, 4-5)

Neil Stuke as Chris Parks (episodes 1–2, 4-5)

Robert Pugh as Jack Reynolds (episodes 1–2, 4)

Ricky Nixon as Daniel Spencer (episodes 1,4)

Daniel Cerqueira as Gordon Ward

Megan Roberts as Isobel

Series two

Suranne Jones as Gemma Foster

Bertie Carvel as Simon Foster

Tom Taylor as Tom Foster

Jodie Comer as Kate Parks (episodes 1-4)

Victoria Hamilton as Anna Baker (episodes 1-4)

Adam James as Neil Baker (episodes 1-3)

Prasanna Puwanarajah as James (episodes 1–3, 5)

Sian Brooke as Siân Lambert (episodes 1–2, 4-5)

Hope Lloyd as Isobel (episodes 1, 3)

Frank Kauer as Max  (episodes 1-3)

Thusitha Jayasundera as Ros Mahendra (episodes 1–3, 5)

Joanie Kent as Amelie Foster (episodes 1-4)

Daniel Cerqueira as Gordon Ward (episodes 1-2)

Helena Lymbery as Mrs Walters (episodes 2-3)

Martha Howe-Douglas as Becky Hughes (episode 1)

Sara Stewart as Susie Parks (episodes 1, 4)

Neil Stuke as Chris Parks (episodes 1, 4)

Clare-Hope Ashitey as Carly Williams (episode 4)

Philip Wright as Connor (episodes 1, 3, 5)

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'Excavate!' The Architectonics of The Fall. Part the First.

So I've finally finished Excavate!, the recently published 'coffee table' book on The Fall, a work that just screams 'Important Band!' and would no doubt feel at home as an accompanying programme for a Tate Modern exhibition. But is it worth £25 from a Fall fanatic's pocket? Well. yes and no. (The fanatic is going to buy this, whatever their bank account is telling them.)

There is something about M.E. Smith and The Fall that seems to bring out the 'heavyweight' rock critics (no Simon Reynolds here, though, strangely). Almost inevitably, the 'p'-word comes up (no Paul Morley or Stewart Lee here though, equally strangely). We do, however, have Ian Penman, Mark Fisher and Michael Bracewell ('brace well for Cultural Studies impact', the more timid reader might opine), so there are ponderous exegeses aplenty in this volume. Almost inevitably, given the age of the authors, the main focus of much of Excavate! (a nominatively determinate title if there ever was one!) is what we can describe as the 'pre-Brix period' of 1977-1982. Only Dan Fox and Sian Pattenden gives this most high profile of former Mrs. Smiths any wiggle room, which is profoundly a-historical, but these wordy male writers tend to fixate on Smith's early lyrics (especially those on Grotesque, Hex Enduction Hour! and Slates), at the expense of the group's fantastic music, unfortunately. The prolix tendencies and proclamations of the likes of Fisher et al. have their place, but it is the sheer muscular heft of the band (to which the various Fall ladies made a significant contribution, it needs pointing out) which makes listening to it such a memorable experience. (Musically peaking, very arguably, with the very Brix-influenced Weird and Frightening World...and This Nation's Saving Grace, imho). But the sheer opacity of the Smith verbal canon makes for a much more exciting excavation for the "Mere Pseud Mag Ed.". It's ironic that Smith, who often protested a dislike of 'pseuds' and 'students' ends up being memorialised by some of the most extreme examples of these types. Fisher, a soi-disant 'working class intellectual', (a perfect example of a "man with chip", "the white crap that talks back"?) should surely have been welcomed with open arms by Smith?

Penman's piece is a typically dense example of 'loosening of association' (a diagnosable psychiatric symptom, by the way) for which he has been, justifiably, mostly forgotten over the past 40 years. Paul Wilson cheekily discusses Working Men's Clubs, and co-editor Bob Stanley takes on, as if in sympathy, the concept of 'amateurism'. (Later on, Owen Hatherley expiates on 'the disciplined worker', so maybe, like The Grateful Dead, The Fall were "a seemingly impossible combination of the shambolic and the disciplined"?)

If there had been more articles like these, then the book would surely have been a more satisfactory read. Another piece, from the fanzine When Saturday Comes, on football and its roots in amateur northern teams, is excellent, managing to be both straightforward and learned at the same time.

Unfortunately, the 'spectres' of the likes of H.P. Lovecraft, M.R. James and Arthur Machen soon exteriorise, and we are down the rabbit hole, or rather the culs de sac, of 'hauntology' and 'psychogeography', and things become much more wobbly, with the '"mere grubby pseuds making capital out of The Fall's sweat and pre-cog ". (A quote from the notes on the cover of Lie Dream of a Casino Soul.) The teenage Smith had a love of these early 20th century writers of the Weird and Uncanny (Fisher wrote an immensely dull book about these concepts), and critics have extemporised on their influence on The Fall ever since Spectre vs Rector back in late 1979. (Passing references to James and Lovecraft in this track are hardly an endorsement of 40+ years of dodgy 'rock criticism' about their supposed ongoing influence.) It's a neat trope though, a post-punk 'genius' producing a combinative mythos from the work of previous 'pulp modernists' (Mark Fisher's term), but there is little evidence to demonstrate that this was ever a 'thing'. "If there is a point, it is precisely to disrupt any centripetal effort to establish fixed identities and meanings" (Mark Fisher, p.164). In other words, a disingenuous "don't ask me what he's on about!". To be honest, most Fall criticism is very much about attempts to impose an overarching order of that which is fundamentally disordered (and all the better for it!)

To be continued...

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00: Intro 01: EDX – Ecletric (Original Mix) [PINKSTAR] 02: Alok & Liu ft. Stonefox – All I Want (AVIAN GRAYS Extended Remix) [Armada] 03: ARTY – Take Your Time (D.O.D Extended Remix) [Armada] 04: Damon Sharpe and Josh Cumbee – Lost Years (Disco Fries Extended Remix) [Armada] 05: Niiko x SWAE & Zack Martino ft. Kyle Reynolds – Glue (Extended Mix) [Armada] 06: Raptures. & Faith – Fall Through (Extended Mix) [Generation HEX] 07: JLV – Sunset ft. Little League (Extended Mix) [HEXAGON] 08: Timmy Trumpet x Afrojack – Stay Mine (Extended Mix) [SPINNIN’] 09: Robin Aristo, Mr. Sid & March Forward – Like It (Extended Mix) [Hysteria] 10: Sian Evans – Hide U (Tinlicker Extended Remix) [Armada]

TRACK OF THE WEEK: 11: JORA – Myself With You (Extended Mix) [In My Opinion]

12: HEADER – Renaissance (Extended Mix) [SPINNIN’] 13: H.X.E. – The Sun In Flight (Extended Mix) [Elpida Music] 14: Fisherman – Apache 2.0 (Extended Mix) [Coldharbour Recordings] 15: Jeremy Vancaulart ft. Danyka Nadeau – Hurt (Millennial Extended Remix) [ASOT] 16: Doppenberg – Twice As Far (Extended Mix) [ASOT]

ORJAN’S CLASSIC PICK: 17: Andy Duguid ft. Leah – Wasted (Original Mix) [Black Hole Recordings]

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Orjan Nilsen – In My Opinion Radio 028 Tracklist

Welcome to the 28th episode of In My Opinion Radio! Today you’ll hear new music from Arty, JLV, Timmy Trumpet & Afrojack, Damon Sharpe, Header and many more! You will also hear the upcoming release on In My Opinion by JORA!

00: Intro 01: EDX – Ecletric (Original Mix) [PINKSTAR] 02: Alok & Liu ft. Stonefox – All I Want (AVIAN GRAYS Extended Remix) [Armada] 03: ARTY – Take Your Time (D.O.D Extended Remix) [Armada] 04: Damon Sharpe and Josh Cumbee – Lost Years (Disco Fries Extended Remix) [Armada] 05: Niiko x SWAE & Zack Martino ft. Kyle Reynolds – Glue (Extended Mix) [Armada] 06: Raptures. & Faith – Fall Through (Extended Mix) [Generation HEX] 07: JLV – Sunset ft. Little League (Extended Mix) [HEXAGON] 08: Timmy Trumpet x Afrojack – Stay Mine (Extended Mix) [SPINNIN’] 09: Robin Aristo, Mr. Sid & March Forward – Like It (Extended Mix) [Hysteria] 10: Sian Evans – Hide U (Tinlicker Extended Remix) [Armada]

TRACK OF THE WEEK: 11: JORA – Myself With You (Extended Mix) [In My Opinion]

12: HEADER – Renaissance (Extended Mix) [SPINNIN’] 13: H.X.E. – The Sun In Flight (Extended Mix) [Elpida Music] 14: Fisherman – Apache 2.0 (Extended Mix) [Coldharbour Recordings] 15: Jeremy Vancaulart ft. Danyka Nadeau – Hurt (Millennial Extended Remix) [ASOT] 16: Doppenberg – Twice As Far (Extended Mix) [ASOT]

ORJAN’S CLASSIC PICK: 17: Andy Duguid ft. Leah – Wasted (Original Mix) [Black Hole Recordings]

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List of LGBT+ Characters in Television

Here is a list of them! It will eternally be incomplete, but do private message me any characters I have missed out!

Format : Character - Show/Film || Actor

Homosexual

Aaron - The Walking Dead || Ross Marquand

Alan Turing - The Imitation Game (2014) || Benedict Cumberbatch

Alex Danvers - Supergirl || Chyler Leigh

Alex Vause - Orange Is The New Black || Laura Prepon

Anissa Pierce - Black Lightning || Nafessa Williams

Bill Potts - Doctor Who || Pearl Mackie

Blaine Anderson - Glee || Darren Criss

Canton Everett Delaware III - Doctor Who || Mark Sheppard

Carrie Black - Orange Is The New Black || Lea DeLaria

Charlie Bradbury - Supernatural || Felicia Day

Citizen Cold (Earth-X Leonard Snart) - Legends of Tomorrow || Wentworth Miller

Curtis Holt - Arrow || Echo Kellum

Dan Sherry - Handsome Devil (2016) || Andrew Scott

David Singh and Rob - The Flash || Patrick Sabongui and Jeremy Schuetze

Denise Cloyd - The Walking Dead || Merritt Wever

Desi Piscatella - Orange Is The New Black || Brad William Henke

Eric - The Walking Dead || Jordan Woods-Robinson

Grace Choi - Black Lightning || Chantal Thuy

Hartley Rathaway - The Flash || Andy Mientus

Jack Harkness - Doctor Who || John Barrowman

Jenny Flint - Doctor Who || Catrin Stewart

Joey Gutierrez - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D || Juan Pablo Raba

Kevin - Love, Simon (2018) || Colton Haynes-Leatham

Kevin Cozner - Brooklyn Nine-Nine || Marc Evan Jackson

Kurt Hummel - Glee || Chris Colfer

Loras Tyrell - Game of Thrones || Finn Jones

Madame Vastra - Doctor Who || Neve McIntosh

Maggie Sawyer - Supergirl || Floriana Lima

Martin Waters - The Architect (2006) || Sebastian Stan

Nicky Nichols - Orange Is The New Black || Natasha Lyonne

Nyssa al Ghul - Arrow || Katrina Law

Olyvar - Game of Thrones || Will Tudor

Patrick - The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) || Ezra Miller

Paul Monroe (Jesus) - The Walking Dead || Tom Payne

Poussey Washington - Orange Is The New Black || Samira Wiley

Raymond Holt - Brooklyn Nine-Nine || Andre Braugher

Ray Terrill - Legends of Tomorrow || Russell Tovey

Renly Baratheon - Game of Thrones || Gethin Anthony

Santana Lopez - Glee || Naya Rivera

Sebastian Smythe - Glee || Grant Gustin

Stella Carlin - Orange Is The New Black || Ruby Rose

Suzanne Warren - Orange Is The New Black || Uzo Aduba

Tara Chambler - The Walking Dead || Alanna Masterson

Terry Crabtree - Wonder Boys (2000) || Robert Downey Jr.

Todd Rice - Legends of Tomorrow || Dan Payne/Lance Henriksen

Tricia Miller - Orange Is The New Black || Madeline Brewer

Bisexual

Alana Bloom - Hannibal || Caroline Dhavernas

Alison DiLaurentis - Pretty Little Liars || Sasha Pieterse

Annalise Keating - How to Get Away With Murder || Viola Davis

Barbara Kean - Gotham || Erin Richards

Brittany S. Pierce - Glee || Heather Morris

Calliope Torres - Grey’s Anatomy || Sara Ramirez

Chuck Shurley/God - Supernatural || Rob Benedict

Clara Oswald - Doctor Who || Jenna Coleman

Clarke Griffin - The 100 || Eliza Taylor

Ellaria Sand - Game of Thrones || Indira Varma

Hannibal Lecter - Hannibal || Mads Mikkelsen

Irene Adler - Sherlock || Lara Pulver

John Constantine - Arrow / Legends of Tomorrow || Matt Ryan

Lorna Morello - Orange Is The New Black || Yael Stone

Lucifer Morningstar - Lucifer || Tom Ellis

Magnus Bane - Shadowhunters || Harry Shum Jr.

Marei - Game of Thrones || Josephine Gillan

Maya St. Germain - Pretty Little Liars || Bianca Lawson

Nico Minoru - Runaways || Lyrica Okano

Oberyn Martell - Game of Thrones || Pedro Pascal

Oswald Cobblepot - Gotham || Robin Taylor

Piper Chapman - Orange Is The New Black || Taylor Schilling

River Song - Doctor Who || Alex Kingston

Rosa Diaz - Brooklyn Nine-Nine || Stephanie Beatriz

Sara Lance - Arrow / Legends of Tomorrow || Caity Lotz

Pansexual

Brook Soso - Orange Is The New Black || Kimiko Glenn

Crowley - Supernatural || Mark Sheppard

Wade Wilson - Deadpool (2016) || Ryan Reynolds

Yara Greyjoy - Game of Thrones || Gemma Whelan

Asexual/Aromantic

Raphael Santiago - Shadowhunters || David Castro

Varys - Game of Thrones || Conleth Hill

Transgender

Rayon - Dallas Buyers Club (2013) || Jared Leto

Sophia Burset - Orange Is The New Black || Laverne Cox

Theorized (Unconfirmed, speculated by fans)

Barry Allen - The Flash - Bisexual || Grant Gustin

Dean Winchester - Supernatural - Bisexual || Jensen Ackles

Eurus Holmes - Sherlock - Lesbian || Sian Brooke

Jake Peralta - Brooklyn Nine-Nine - Bisexual || Andy Samberg

James Moriarty - Sherlock - Gay || Andrew Scott

John Watson - Sherlock - Bisexual || Martin Freeman

Kara Danvers - Supergirl - Bisexual || Melissa Benoist

Oliver Queen - Arrow - Bisexual || Stephen Amell

Sherlock Holmes - Sherlock - Gay || Benedict Cumberbatch

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LAHi presents: Seriously Trivial Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli once hatched a plan to reverse the current of the river Arno into landlocked Florence from Pisa (which at the time was one of their chief rivals). They planned to do so through a series of canals, redirecting the flow of the river Arno into Florence in order to provide farmers with irrigation and to free Florence from its commercial dependency on Pisa, which used to charge Florentine merchants for the ships that went through it. However, the plan didn’t work out, and eventually the two parted ways. Machiavelli continued on to write “The Prince”, and da Vinci continued to pursue his other endeavours. Sources: Masters, Roger D. Fortune is a river: Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolò Machiavellis magnificent dream to change the course of Florentine history. Plume, 1999. Bramly, Serge, and Sian Reynolds. Leonardo: the Artist and the Man. Penguin, 1994. Poster by Nic Calilung

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Rules: answer the 20 questions and tag 20 amazing followers you would like to get to know better

Name: Sian. It’s Welsh. The Si is a ‘sh’ and the a is long: Sh-aa-n. Nicknames: My father is the only person in the world who dares call me Sianie; my partner R calls me a pet name too awkward to mention in public. Zodiac sign: Cancer. Height: 5′ 4″ Orientation: straight Ethnicity: White European Favorite season: Spring Favorite book series: Game of Thrones, The Sandman, Tanith Lee’s Lords of Darkness series, Iain Banks’ Culture series, China Mieville’s Bas-Lag novels ... I read a lot. Favorite flower: cornflower Favorite scent: clean cat fur. I spend a lot of time inhaling the cats. Favorite color: turquoise Favorite animal: cat Coffee, tea, or hot cocoa: Weak instant coffee. I dislike tea even though I am a Brit - it tastes like cloth to me. Average sleep hours: generally 7 or 8. I am a heavy sleeper; nothing disturbs me once I’m asleep. Cat or dog person?: cat. I have four (Apple, Juno, Alain and Tommy). Favorite fictional characters: Goodnight and BIlly, obviously; also Mal Reynolds (Firefly) and Spike (BtVS). Number of blankets you sleep with: One quilt and one blanket. Dream trip: Thalassotherapy spa in the south of France. Blog created: last October, so I could follow Mag7 fandom. Number of followers: 48

Thanks to @cambetaut for tagging me

Tagging: @wanderingsmithca and @poemsingreenink if they would like to.

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The Underwater Realm - Part II - 1942 (HD) from Realm Pictures on Vimeo.

The journey continues in Part III. Click here to watch the next in the series - vimeo.com/realmpictures/uwr1588

Explore The Underwater Realm further at theunderwaterrealm.com.

Watch the films as they were intended - big, loud and in maximum resolution!

Funded by Kickstarter

DIRECTED BY David M Reynolds

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Alan Mandel

PRODUCER Jonathan Dupont

ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS Alan Mandel Rich Maskey Jen Manby Mark Ruddick Arthur Douglass

DIRECTOR OF PHOTGRAPHY Eve Hazelton

PRODUCTION DESIGN BY Shahriar Abdullah

MARINE COORDINATOR Rich Stevenson

EDITED BY Eve Hazelton

ORIGINAL SCORE BY Rob Westwood

SOUND DESIGN BY Michael Leaning & Luke Hatton

HAIR, MAKE UP & PROSTHETICS DESIGN BY Danny Marie Elias

COSTUME DESIGN BY Sarah Dutton

WORLD CREATED BY Rosie Claverton Jonathan Dupont David M Reynolds

2012

DAN Dan Richardson REBEKAH Lauren Ashcroft OLD ARYL Diane Townsend

1942

WALTER Andy Torbet YOUNG ARYL Jenanne Redman

1588

TEYO Jamie Matthews IGNACIO Frederick Roll

SAILOR Alan Neal SAILOR James Wagner SAILOR Ray Delamare SAILOR Mike Hall SAILOR Geoff Murby SAILOR Darren Murphy SA ILOR Adrian Swain

LLANTUS Jessica Blake CARNYN Venetia Maitland WOREN Beccy MacEnri

SCAVENGER Josh Ockenden SCAVENGER Alex Mackie SCAVENGER Cullum Austin SCAVENGER Miro Papay SCAVENGER J-P Berry

CHIEF NESTOR Gareth Lawrence

1208

LADY CONANT Harriet Moran LORD CONANT Jon Campling ROLAND Duran Fulton Brown

GUARD Rory Wilton GUARD Graham Dack

AWAWRATH Haakon M A Smestad ACINOS Nigel Barber TERATH Alex Corbet Burcher RAWSYN Conner McKenzy

149BC

IYSTYN Amanda Piery ATALYN Daan Verhoeven TENOS Daniel Nehme QUINTUS Gordon Alexander HARGRYN Sam Still CRETUS Patt Bauristhene

STUNT COORDINATOR Mark Ruddick

SPECIAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR (1588) Jenny Groves

PYROTECHNICS ASSISTANT Mike Evans

CASTING ASSISTANT Sian Deasy

HAIR & MAKE UP ASSISTANTS Jody Amner Catrin Evans Jo-Lee Davies

COSTUME DESIGN ASSISTANT Katie Sampaio

COSTUME SUPERVISOR Samantha Kent

COSTUME DEPARTMENT

Monika Bereza Alex Cawkwell Tessa Sillars-Powell Syban Verladi-Laufer Naomi Oppenheim Johann Boyer Leah Brooker James Elphick Joel Honeywell Caitlin Mogridge Claire Serra Anne Von Bengard Jessica Gelpke Michael Wood Al Overdrive Becca Kenchington Laura Plant Gabriela Hanula Doroto Hanula Hannah Crompton Jennifer Csy

ART DEPARTMENT

Nate Drake Kat Hyland Sam Osman Bryony Reynolds Robin Seabrook Lucy Townsend Mike Evans

BOOM OPERATOR (1208) Chris Snelling

MUSIC PERFORMED BY Nigel Shaw

UNDERWATER CAMERA OPERATOR Rich Stevenson

UNDERWATER FOCUS ENGINEER Peter Hoare

UNDERWATER CAMERA ASSISTANT Clayton H. Haskell

CAMERA ASSISTANTS Phil Arntz & Andy Martin

CAMERA OPERATOR John Galione

FOCUS PULLER Veronica Keszthelyi

DIVE TEAM

MARINE COORDINATION Diving & Marine Solutions

SURFACE SUPERVISOR Bryan Stanislas

SAFETY DIVERS Dave Booys Dominique Gorton Alice Pennefather

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Ben Crabb Rhian Deasy Jack Harrison Liz Marshall Tea Smart Hannah Webb

VISUAL EFFECTS TEAM

3D MODELERS Mark Tompson Gareth Knight Herkus Repcys Keith Wells

ANIMATORS Chris Singer Chris Taylor Nana Kwasi Gyawu

ROTO ARTISTS Andi Ramsey Karl Impey Dominic Coddington Tommy Davis Scott Wharram

DIGITAL ARTIST Lorenz Hideyoshi Ruwwe

TRACKING Ray Zschau

VISUAL EFFECTS Jan Herms

COMPOSITORS Darin Eaton II Fumie Nagano Oliver Andranghi Tom Tatchell Nathan Mateer Johan Bodin Alan Banis John Carter Jevon James Valgas Moore Mike Evans

ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS (KICKSTARTER)

Imran Farouk - Philip Bloom - Nick Ruddick - LateNite Films - Beth Ranjit Tobit Emmens - Allar Kaasik - James Huston - Franck A. Onouviet Alison M K Chapman - Jack Plumbley - Danny Cooke - Joel Chu Josh Davies - Michael Curtis - Yael - Michael A. Riley - Joseph Hatfield Michael Wallace - Gwyn Cole - Mick Jones - Roz Savage - Chris Portal Jennifer Van Gessel - Lewis Oyeghe - George Chiesa - Volker Schönefeld Shahnaz Dulaimy - James M Wagner - Stephanie Tobor - Harrison Sanborn Roman Martinez - Alan Thompson - Paul Craig - Mahmood Al-Yousif Mike Altmann - Sylvia A. Earle - LittleBigFilmCo - Xavier Rodriguez Jonathan Jarrett - Darius Wilhere - Daniel Fahre - Izzy Pollak - Tom Walter Kota - Hashiba - Lisa Williams - Alan Reynolds - Don Sausa - Opiyo Okeyo Erik Kessler - Chris Anderson - Mark E. Phair - Erik Beeson - Jason Powell

SPECIAL THANKS

Dave Millin and the team at Sea & Sea Jon Primrose Hollywood Monster Leisure @ Cheltenham Alan & Michael Newell at Croft Farm Owen Benson The Spitfire Society David Evans Charlie Fassano First Scaffolding Ben Von Wong Simon Lockyer

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It’s business time 2017: entrepreneurial Kiwis set to inspire

Not all entrepreneurs are created from the same blueprint although you get the impression they have enterprise in their DNA. But entrepreneurs can emerge at any stage of life and from any realm.

At the Young Enterprise Trust annual “It’s Business Time” conference, the business success stories are as varied as the individuals – each one different but the same qualities stand out – curious, tenacious, passionate and resilient.

Sharing their entrepreneurial stories this year are:

Sam Stubbs – Founder and CEO of Simplicity

Former CEO of Tower Investments, Sam has set out to create a fairer, more honest KiwiSaver plan that strives to maximise the returns on KiwiSaver by charging the lowest possible fees. “As I got older I became more and more cynical about the financial services industry, I saw it looking after its profits first and foremost and not customers.” Sam wants to help kiwis have a bigger KiwiSaver fund by the time that they reach retirement.

Lisa King – Co-founder of Eat My Lunch

In 2015 Lisa King founded Eat My Lunch with her partner and chef, Michael Meredith. Lisa’s dream is lofty: to alleviate poverty in NZ, starting with kids’ lunches. Eat My Lunch’s ‘Buy one, Give one’ model combined with a food subscription service is unique, sustainable and scalable. In just over 14 months Eat My Lunch has delivered 250,000 free lunches to 35 low decile schools in Auckland and Hamilton, and recently expanded to Wellington.

Ben Reynolds – Co-founder SPALK

With SPALK you too can be your own sports broadcaster – Spalk injects and synchronises alternate audio commentary to live sports broadcasts. With Spalk, broadcasters are able to offer multiple commentary choices for viewers to select from. SPALK now license their API to broadcasters, along with having their own platform for amateur and college sport. Michael and co-founder Michael Prendergast came up with the idea when they started commentating sports games, for fun, using a free internet radio tool in our flat on the weekends.

Ian Taylor – Founder and CEO of Animation Research Limited

Ian founded Animation Research Limited in Dunedin in 1989. Ian knew that if he was to start a computer graphics company in New Zealand, it had to have a world-class offering. ARL’s vision of turning digital data into pictures that people could understand was that point of difference. ARL it is now a leader in its field, having designed numerous award-winning graphics including the first ever real time yachting graphics for the Americas Cup.

Other speakers on the day include Sir Richard Taylor (Weta Companies), Gabe Davidson (Wellington Chocolate Factory), Sian Simpson (Kiwi Landing Pad) with case studies from Fonterra, Pukeko Pictures and more.

As a charitable organisation that receives no government funding, It’s Business Time is a great way to support the work done by Young Enterprise Trust to teach entrepreneurial skills and thinking to thousands of primary and secondary school students throughout New Zealand.

Bound to inspire your team and your clients for the coming new year, tickets can be purchased at www.businesstimenz.co.nz.

  What: Young Enterprise Trust “It’s Business Time” 2017 When: Friday 8 December Where: TSB Bank Arena, Wellington Tickets: $250 or book a table and receive 5 tickets for the price of 4 www.businesstimenz.co.nz

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Annunciate le nominations ai British Independent Film Awards, annualmente assegnati con lo scopo di celebrare i migliori talenti del cinema indipendente britannico.

Nella storia di questo premio, giunto alla sua 20 esima edizione, solo 2 volte il vincitore del Miglior Film ha vinto poi l’Oscar come miglior pellicola dell’anno: The Millionaire (2008) e Il discorso del Re (2009). Senza dimenticare che nell’ultima edizione il vincitore del premio come Miglior film indipendente internazionale (una sorta di miglior film straniero indipendente) lo ha vinto proprio Moonlight, replicando il successo agli Oscar. Di conseguenza anche se l’incidenza tra i due premi è piuttosto scarsa, in compenso le nomination ai BIFA ci consento di aprire un’altra finestra su quella che sarà l’Award Season che finora si è impreziosita con le nomination ai Gotham Awards e con la lista dei vincitori agli Hollywood Film Awards.

Tra i candidati della 20 edizione sorprendono positivamente le 15 candidature dell’opera prima di William Oldroyd, Lady Macbeth ispirato al racconto Una Lady Macbeth del Distretto di Mcensk scritto da Nikolaj Leskov. La pellicola ha ottenuto la nomination nelle categorie (miglior film, miglior regia, miglior attrice protagonista, miglior attrice non protagonista, 2 nomination per miglior rivelazione attoriale, miglior opera prima, miglior sceneggiatura, miglio debutto sceneggiatura, miglior produzione, miglior fotografia, miglior casting, miglior costumi, miglior trucco e miglior scenografia). Seguono le 13 nomination per il film La morte di Stalin di Armando Iannucci con Steve Buscemi.

Si difende bene l’apprezzata opera di Martin McDonagh, Tre manifesti a Ebbing, Missouri che dopo aver vinto il Premio Osella all’ultimo Festival di Venezia e conquistato il premio del Pubblico al Toronto International Film Festival ha ottenuto ben 11 nomination ai BIFA nelle categorie: miglior film, miglior regia, miglior sceneggiatura, miglior attrice, 2 nomination miglior attore non protagonista, miglior fotografia, miglior casting, miglior montaggio, miglior colonna sonora, miglior suono.

Se nella categoria miglior attore il vincitore annunciato è Jamie Bell in Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool per il quale ruolo ha già vinto il prestigioso Hollywood Film Award, in quella per la miglior attrice testa a testa tra Florence Pugh per Lady Macbeth e Frances McDormand per Tre manifesti a Ebbing, Missouri, entrambi favorite per una nomination agli Oscar nella medesima categoria.

Tra i candidati al Miglior film internazionale indipendente spiccano due pellicole americane molto apprezzate in patria come The Florida Project e Get Out, che hanno infatti già conquistato rispettivamente ben 3 e 4 nomination ai Gotham Independent Film Awards. Con questa categoria inizia anche l’ascesa del film The Square di Ruben Ostlund, già vincitore della Palma d’oro all’ultimo Festival di Cannes e dato come favorito per una nomination agli Oscar nella categoria miglior film straniero

Ecco la lista di tutti i nominati ai British Independent Film Awards:

MIGLIOR FILM INDIPENDENTE BRITANNICO

THE DEATH OF STALIN Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin, Yann Zenou, Kevin Loader, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Laurent Zeitoun

GOD’S OWN COUNTRY Francis Lee, Jack Tarling, Manon Ardisson

I AM NOT A WITCH Rungano Nyoni, Juliette Grandmont, Emily Morgan

LADY MACBETH William Oldroyd, Alice Birch, Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin

Best International Independent

THE FLORIDA PROJECT Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch, Kevin Chinoy, Andrew Duncan, Alex Saks, Francesca Silvestri, Shih-Ching Tsou

GET OUT Jordan Peele, Jason Blum, Edward H Hamm Jr, Sean McKittrick

I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO Raoul Peck, James Baldwin, Hébert Peck, Rémi Grellety

LOVELESS Andrey Zvyaginstev, Oleg Negin, Gleb Fetisov, Sergey Melkumov, Alexander Rodnyansky

THE SQUARE Ruben Östlund, Erik Hemmendorff

Best Director

ARMANDO IANNUCCI The Death of Stalin

FRANCIS LEE God’s Own Country

MARTIN McDONAGH Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

RUNGANO NYONI I Am Not a Witch

WILLIAM OLDROYD Lady Macbeth

Best Screenplay 

ALICE BIRCH Lady Macbeth

ARMANDO IANNUCCI, DAVID SCHNEIDER, IAN MARTIN The Death of Stalin

FRANCIS LEE God’s Own Country

MARTIN McDONAGH Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

RUNGANO NYONI I Am Not a Witch

Best Actress 

EMILY BEECHAM Daphne

FRANCES McDORMAND Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

MARGARET MULUBWA I Am Not a Witch

FLORENCE PUGH Lady Macbeth

RUTH WILSON Dark River

Best Actor

JAMIE BELL Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

PADDY CONSIDINE Journeyman

JOHNNY HARRIS Jawbone

JOSH O’CONNOR God’s Own Country

ALEC SECAREANU God’s Own Country

Best Supporting Actress

NAOMI ACKIE Lady Macbeth

PATRICIA CLARKSON The Party

KELLY MACDONALD Goodbye Christopher Robin

ANDREA RISEBOROUGH The Death of Stalin

JULIE WALTERS Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Best Supporting Actor

SIMON RUSSELL BEALE The Death of Stalin

STEVE BUSCEMI The Death of Stalin

WOODY HARRELSON Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

IAN HART God’s Own Country

SAM ROCKWELL Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Most Promising Newcomer 

NAOMI ACKIE Lady Macbeth

HARRY GILBY Just Charlie

COSMO JARVIS Lady Macbeth

HARRY MICHELL Chubby Funny

LILY NEWMARK Pin Cushion

The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)

DEBORAH HAYWOOD Pin Cushion

FRANCIS LEE God’s Own Country

THOMAS NAPPER Jawbone

RUNGANO NYONI I Am Not a Witch

WILLIAM OLDROYD Lady Macbeth

Debut Screenwriter

ALICE BIRCH Lady Macbeth

GABY CHIAPPE Their Finest

JOHNNY HARRIS Jawbone

FRANCIS LEE God’s Own Country

RUNGANO NYONI I Am Not a Witch

Breakthrough Producer 

GAVIN HUMPHRIES Pin Cushion

EMILY MORGAN I Am Not a Witch

BRENDAN MULLIN, KATY JACKSON Bad Day for the Cut

FODHLA CRONIN O’REILLY Lady Macbeth

JACK TARLING, MANON ARDISSON God’s Own Country

The Discovery Award 

EVEN WHEN I FALL Sky Neal, Kate McLarnon, Elhum Shakerifar

HALFWAY Ben Caird, Jonny Paterson

IN ANOTHER LIFE Jason Wingard, Hannah Stevenson, Rebecca Clare Evans

ISOLANI R Paul Wilson, Lisa Hague

MY PURE LAND Sarmad Masud, Bill Kenwright

Best Documentary

ALMOST HEAVEN Carol Salter

HALF WAY Daisy-May Hudson

KINGDOM OF US Lucy Cohen, Julia Nottingham, Lucas Ochoa, Thomas Benski, Bill Rudgard

UNCLE HOWARD Aaron Brookner, Paula Vaccaro

WILLIAMS Morgan Matthews, Hayley Reynolds, Sarah Hamilton

Best British Short Film 

1745 Gordon Napier, Morayo Akandé, John McKay

FISH STORY Charlie Lyne, Catherine Bray, Anthony Ing

THE ENTERTAINER Jonathan Schey, Jodie Brown, Jun Bung Lee

WORK Aneil Karia, Scott O’Donnell

WREN BOYS Harry Lighton, John Fitzpatrick, Sorcha Bacon

Best Cinematography 

BEN DAVIS Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

DAVID GALLEGO I Am Not a Witch

TAT RADCLIFFE Jawbone

THOMAS RIEDELSHEIMER Leaning Into the Wind

ARI WEGNER Lady Macbeth

Best Casting

SHAHEEN BAIG Lady Macbeth

SHAHEEN BAIG, LAYLA MERRICK-WOLF God’s Own Country

SARAH CROWE The Death of Stalin

SARAH HALLEY FINN Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

DEBBIE McWILLIAMS Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Best Costume Design

DINAH COLLIN My Cousin Rachel

SUZIE HARMAN The Death of Stalin

SANDY POWELL How to Talk to Girls at Parties

HOLLY REBECCA I Am Not a Witch

HOLLY WADDINGTON Lady Macbeth

Best Editing

JOHNNY BURKE Williams

DAVID CHARAP Jawbone

JON GREGORY Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

PETER LAMBERT The Death of Stalin

JOE MARTIN Us and Them

Best Effects

NICK ALLDER, BEN WHITE The Ritual

LUKE DODD Journeyman

EFFECTS TEAM The Death of Stalin

DAN MARTIN Double Date

CHRIS REYNOLDS Their Finest

Best Make Up & Hair Design

JULENE PATON I Am Not a Witch

JAN SEWELL Breathe

NADIA STACEY Journeyman

NICOLE STAFFORD The Death of Stalin

SIAN WILSON Lady Macbeth

Best Music

CARTER BURWELL Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

FRED FRITH Leaning into the Wind

MATT KELLY I Am Not a Witch

PAUL WELLER Jawbone

CHRISTOPHER WILLIS The Death of Stalin

Best Production Design

JACQUELINE ABRAHAMS Lady Macbeth

CRISTINA CASALI The Death of Stalin

JAMES MERIFIELD Final Portrait

NATHAN PARKER I Am Not a Witch

EVE STEWART Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Best Sound

ANNA BERTMARK God’s Own Country

MAIKEN HANSEN I Am Not a Witch

ANDY SHELLEY, STEVE GRIFFITHS Jawbone

JOAKIM SUNDSTRÖM Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

SOUND TEAM Breathe

Ai British Independent Film Awards, Lady Macbeth conquista 15 nomination #BIFA #LadyMacbeth Annunciate le nominations ai British Independent Film Awards, annualmente assegnati con lo scopo di celebrare i migliori talenti del cinema indipendente britannico.