A poster for the film with lots of red and portraits of lost of the cast.
Now watching: βA Queen's Ransomβ, dir. Ting Shan-hsi, 1976. George Lazenby plays an Irish republican terrorist plotting to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Hong Kong. π₯π¬
01.03.2026 21:20 β
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It's like a normal playtime but wet.
01.03.2026 20:18 β
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Β£1.99 in a charity shop.
[Video description: An LP with the BBC tapes and records logo spinning.]
01.03.2026 19:43 β
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Ms. Harris, my fifth year P.E. teacher, totally got it. She let me sit in the Sports Centre foyer reading Joseph Conrad.
01.03.2026 19:33 β
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Me holding a copy of The Seen and the Unseen by Rory ffoulkes in my hand.
I've got the new @pgwodelouse.bsky.social β have you?
01.03.2026 19:31 β
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In my secondary school,
if you forgot PE kit, you got sent to the library as βpunishmentβ.
Closed the loophole eventuallyβ¦
01.03.2026 18:31 β
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Honestly the best days of the year.
01.03.2026 17:18 β
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BlueSky: the social media network for kids who were excited when it was a Wet Playtime.
01.03.2026 17:11 β
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Fiction. 10 stories, including one about a haunted Mellotron.
01.03.2026 17:03 β
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It is! Will investigate.
01.03.2026 17:02 β
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In general? Or is it a specific podcast or something? The first story in Municipal Gothic is about *a* Black Dog.
01.03.2026 16:42 β
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Hashtag multipronged marketing blitz.
01.03.2026 16:30 β
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You can *hear* a sneak preview of one of Ray's new stories in series 5 of the Listen with Other podcast. Very excited to read this new collection! listenwithother.co.uk
01.03.2026 16:27 β
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The new book is brewing up nicely. In the meantime, do buy these. π
01.03.2026 16:23 β
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ββJ-Horrorβ at first encompassed anything Japanese and horrific... It was less a genre than a pragmatic shorthand for fans cobbling together watchlists. [It later became pinned] to a narrower original canon of atmospheric, supernatural shinrei-mono-eiga like Ring and Ju-on.β
01.03.2026 08:31 β
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I have just seen someone post the phrase βforcive habitβ so thatβs me done for today I think
28.02.2026 22:07 β
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Tall pale grass against a bright blue sky.
A signpost pointing to Loxton, Weston Super Mare, Rooksbridge and Bristol.
BlueSky. π·
28.02.2026 22:13 β
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Eton mess was better but I didn't mind the Babybel at all.
28.02.2026 21:16 β
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Babybel had more character than I expected. Eton mess was excellent.
28.02.2026 21:15 β
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Had both a Babybel and Eton mess for the first time today.
28.02.2026 19:06 β
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Creative writing lectures and received wisdom: If you're going to have supernatural or science fictional elements in the story, signal them early.
Almodovar: Just around the third act Imma add a scene of telekinesis which will be accepted by the characters and never mentioned again in the film.
28.02.2026 13:25 β
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A hardback book - Murder On Location. The cover photo features a clapperboard on which various murder weapons are arranged - a gun, a knife, a syringe, some bullets. Also sat on the board, a mannequin head wearing a wide-brimmed hat and red scarf.
The flyleaf blurb for the book 'Nobody had to tell George Kennedy that shooting a movie was hard work. But it wasn't the early calls, endless retakes or life on location in Mexico that got to him. it was murder. One bizarre murder after another. First the pretty script girl was sliced up like cold cuts. Then the stunt man missed his air bag at the bottom of the cliff. With corpses coming in faster than film footage, Kennedy and cop-turned-actor Mike Corby had to figure everyone for a suspect - even stars like Dean Martin, Raquel Welch and Yul Brynner. with no clues, no motive, and death the only alibit, Kennedy and corby had some fast actin to do. Veteran actor Kennedy has tackled some tough roles. But never has he been forced to put his life on the line to finish a film.
A photo of George Kennedy from Cool Hand Luke. He's outside in what looks like a forest landscape, wearing a blue jacket.
Today's best second-hand book buy - Murder On Location, the first crime novel by the actor George Kennedy, all about the actor George Kennedy investigating a series of murders on a film set.
28.02.2026 13:18 β
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I'm very grateful for the thoughtful input. Much of what you say chimes with the conclusions I've been reaching.
28.02.2026 13:49 β
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The Return of Cornelius, by Harpeaux Edwards
from the album The Monkey Walk
Afew years ago, on the eve of lockdown, I rashly bought a shonky Farfisa and tried to teach myself keyboards. After a few short weeks, I recorded an EP of sax/organ tunes; a decision born of hubris and stupidity. However, I feel it has a rough charm...
harpeauxedwards.bandcamp.com/track/the-re...
28.02.2026 10:10 β
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A country lane curving in an S.
A hand painted sign lying on the ground: Slow Mud on Road.
Slow mud on road. π·
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A tree covered with pale pink-white blossom against a blue sky.
A road sign lying in a ditch: skid risk, 100 yards. There's a sunny haze over the scene.
Home in Somerset. π·
28.02.2026 10:09 β
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The full-on blog post is going to be a while coming (I'm too busy, sob) but the listβll get you going.
28.02.2026 08:08 β
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Twin Peaks title card reading "Allister Heath articles"
I memed a meme.
28.02.2026 07:30 β
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I like short, achievable watchlists. Anyone can list 200 films that might fit, or have some tangential relation... but what use is that to anyone?
28.02.2026 07:07 β
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A small watchlist emerges. If you didn't know anything about J-Horror, and hadn't seen any, this would work as a starting point.
boxd.it/STdoW
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