Kittens update, both are now 12 weeks old. Pablo and Pepper have settled in well after slowly letting them have the run of the house. Pepper (left photo) is especially cute and Pablo has the most adorable pink nose.
English Settlement [Virgin Records, 1982]
Herefordshire rural watch is folk horror
Headpress is celebrating 35 years of books on cults films, TV and music with a one day event.
I will be on the panel The Kneale Inheritance discussing the influence of Nigel Kneale with @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social @tobyhadoke.bsky.social @bronteschiltz.bsky.social @accordingtojond.bsky.social
A detailed obituary of Kenneth Trod who had a huge influence on the history of the television play. Vale!
Hurrah! Hope all goes well with recovering. Very happy you're still around.
Lancaster is home to the only statue of Queen Victoria with her knob out.
You're in my home town. Also try and check out The Golden Lion in Lancaster where the Pendle Witches allegedly had a final drink before meeting their demise.
‼️ 1000 year old, pre-conquest coffins carved directly into stone ‼️
So glad to finally visit these in Heysham, as featured on the cover of…
1/2 #medievalsky #archaeology
🤯 ‼️ Got to see the Heysham Hogback
An early medieval sculpted stone from the 10th century, thought to be a bridge between pagan Viking Norse myth and Christianity…
🧵 #medievalsky #archaeology
Hammer is going to bankrupt me at this rate!
The HAMMER: HEROES, LEGENDS AND MONSTERS documentary is getting a blu ray release!
Lmao
Myself and @gavcross.bsky.social have been blown away by the response to our first Haunted Book Club episode on The Signalman. Thanks so much to everyone who joined us live and who has watched or listened since.
Please check it out on whatever podcast app you use, and please help spread the word.
Great emojis!
An incredible series covered by the equally incredible @andrewscreenbskys.bsky.social in his Book of Beasts 🤱🛒🐬🐀🐺
Absolute shade from @bot.cowtools.org today.
RIP Robert Duvall: as central to American film as anyone in his generation
Introducing two new members of the family - Pepper (tabby) and Pablo (b&w). Just nine weeks old so quite shy and nervous in their new surroundings. Pepper is tentatively friendly, Pablo the explorer.
To mark Valentine’s Day, here is what is believed to be the world’s oldest surviving love poem, written 1.5 million years ago by one of our earliest ancestors, homo unrequitus.
Muriel Box's 1955 film explored the perils of reality television 45 years before Big Brother was first screened.
Simon and Laura provided Peter Finch with his first leading role (Laura was played by Kay Kendall). His last film, Network in 1976, was also about television.
Released on this day in 1982: English Settlement #XTC
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RIP Bud Cort. How else would you even pay tribute to him.
RIP Bud Cort star of the greatest romantic black comedy ever made, Harold and Maude (1971).
Flimsy
Listen:
"Stop Making Sense" is an entertaining film about David Byrne and his antics with a very gifted band.
But it's far from the most interesting way to see what Talking Heads were capable of.
Rome in 1980 is where you see what Talking Heads were capable of.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO7N...
Tonight's washing up music is The Notwist's haunting scratchy post-punk tune Exit Strategy to Myself
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM8r...
Yes it is.
Wednesday...
The BBC has recently put their 1953 production of Ibsen’s 'The Lady from the Sea' on iPlayer. It is, I *think*, the second earliest surviving complete British TV drama, after 'It Is Midnight, Dr Schweitzer' from two months earlier.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
