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“Oh my boys, my boys, we are at the end of an age! We live in a land of weather forecasts and breakfasts that set in, shat on by Tories, shovelled up by Labour.” WITHNAIL AND I (1987) Genius. #RichardGriffiths #RichardEGrant #PaulMcGann #BruceRobinson
Frances McDormand photographed by Annie Leibovitz in 1999.
I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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Absolutely heartbreaking letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after his murder by ICE agents. How is it possible that we still haven’t seen even a hint of justice for such a heinous crime?
DONALD TRUMP WIRED MONEY TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN 4,700 TIMES. 4,700 TIMES. DON'T. STOP. TALKING. ABOUT. EPSTEIN.
Remembering the late, great, Oscar winning ROBIN WILLIAMS — born 75yrs ago today.
Facts that Hollywood tried to keep from the masses but overtime it was proven to be true 💯🎯
“Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astounding universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy.” ― Carl Sagan
The complete elimination of Meta would yield unambiguous, far reaching benefits for global society.
Morning all. An ice cream van stands on a foggy beach in Whitby, North Yorkshire. Saturday July 7th 2012. Photographer Darren Staples.
Patriotism asks you to fight for values and an ideal. Nationalism asks you to fight for a person or group. There's a difference, and it matters.
“I don’t think being good at things is the point of doing them.” KURT VONNEGUT - one of my favourite humans.
So Philip Glass just joined TikTok. He only has like 4 posts and they’re simply him in what I assume is his living room playing the piano. First comment on one I saw was “your piano is too close to the fireplace, you’ll dry it out” and if that’s not the internet in a nutshell I don’t know what is.
I'm so tired of being expected to read things that no one has bothered to write.
Duane Michals. Maya Angelou, 1970s. Annie Leibovitz, 1990s. Susan Sontag, 1959. Jeanne Moreau, 1967. @bevanowen.bsky.social
A full-page editorial tribute to the Tartan Army in today’s Boston Globe. Rarely has one country’s inhabitants done their homeland so proud. 👏🏴 #NoScotlandNoParty
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” ― James Baldwin
The Seven Social Sins are: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Worship without sacrifice. Politics without principle. -Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925
It may not solve all of problems currently facing the world, but I think we can all agree that bringing back gargoyles, mixtapes, and handwritten letters with wax seals would be an important first step.
We miss you, and think of you often. Session is wrapped. Spring is in bloom. I’m retiring soon. You two would have thrived in retirement. I trust you’re living it now. We have our arms wrapped around your kids. They’re remarkable. We love them.
