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🎂 E. H. Shepard was born on this day in 1879. A titan among British illustrators, he’s best remembered for his Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations. 🧸
The surprising ways his artwork & the text work together to shape the Pooh stories are a story all their own ⤵️
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The surprising ways his artwork & the text work together to shape the Pooh stories are a story all their own ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/12/10/e...
🧵
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🎂 E. H. Shepard was born on this day in 1879. A titan among British illustrators, he’s best remembered for his Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations. 🧸
The surprising ways his artwork & the text work together to shape the Pooh stories are a story all their own ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/12/10/e...
🧵
The surprising ways his artwork & the text work together to shape the Pooh stories are a story all their own ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/12/10/e...
🧵
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Here's me on the Cinéclub podcast talking about ghost stories for Christmas with host Joe Tindall. 🎧
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Episode #20 - A Ghost Story for Christmas B-sides w/ Ray Newman
The BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas series ran from 1971 to 1978, and there are just eight episodes.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Here's me on the Cinéclub podcast talking about ghost stories for Christmas with host Joe Tindall. 🎧
substack.com/@cineclub/no...
substack.com/@cineclub/no...
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Jean Seberg brilliantly getting her revenge on Otto Preminger for bullying her
December 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Jean Seberg brilliantly getting her revenge on Otto Preminger for bullying her
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It’s Otto Preminger’s birthday.
Anthony Hopkins:
‘Preminger bullied Jean Simmons whilst making Angel Face.
Robert Mitchum had to slap her face & was made to do it repeatedly. Mitchum went over & slapped Preminger hard in the face.
‘You mean like that?’
Preminger stopped it.’
Anthony Hopkins:
‘Preminger bullied Jean Simmons whilst making Angel Face.
Robert Mitchum had to slap her face & was made to do it repeatedly. Mitchum went over & slapped Preminger hard in the face.
‘You mean like that?’
Preminger stopped it.’
December 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
It’s Otto Preminger’s birthday.
Anthony Hopkins:
‘Preminger bullied Jean Simmons whilst making Angel Face.
Robert Mitchum had to slap her face & was made to do it repeatedly. Mitchum went over & slapped Preminger hard in the face.
‘You mean like that?’
Preminger stopped it.’
Anthony Hopkins:
‘Preminger bullied Jean Simmons whilst making Angel Face.
Robert Mitchum had to slap her face & was made to do it repeatedly. Mitchum went over & slapped Preminger hard in the face.
‘You mean like that?’
Preminger stopped it.’
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‘The goal was to scare a kid’: the wild world of films-within-films
‘The goal was to scare a kid’: the wild world of films-within-films
From Angels with Filthy Souls in Home Alone, to Deception in The Holiday, fake movies are taking on a life of their own
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
‘The goal was to scare a kid’: the wild world of films-within-films
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on in the background. Such an odd film, and reminds me that Dick Van Dyke said he wasn’t a dancer but somehow kept getting hired to dance in films.
November 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on in the background. Such an odd film, and reminds me that Dick Van Dyke said he wasn’t a dancer but somehow kept getting hired to dance in films.
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Last year I made the 1974 Radio Times TV Guide with links to watch 1974’s Christmas listings.
It’s coming back for 1975! Have you memories from Christmas 1975? Or opinions on that year’s Christmas TV shows?
Hit reply to feature on this year’s Letters page! 🧑🎄
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It’s coming back for 1975! Have you memories from Christmas 1975? Or opinions on that year’s Christmas TV shows?
Hit reply to feature on this year’s Letters page! 🧑🎄
visualmutterings.com/1974-christm...
1974 Christmas Radio Times TV Guide Magazine
View 1974 Christmas Radio Times TV Guide Yuletide felicitations to you all! I’ve created this extra special TV listings magazine that pulls together numerous TV programmes from Christmas week 1974, ac...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Last year I made the 1974 Radio Times TV Guide with links to watch 1974’s Christmas listings.
It’s coming back for 1975! Have you memories from Christmas 1975? Or opinions on that year’s Christmas TV shows?
Hit reply to feature on this year’s Letters page! 🧑🎄
visualmutterings.com/1974-christm...
It’s coming back for 1975! Have you memories from Christmas 1975? Or opinions on that year’s Christmas TV shows?
Hit reply to feature on this year’s Letters page! 🧑🎄
visualmutterings.com/1974-christm...
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50 YEARS AGO TODAY: in his first, and tremendously out of character, screen credit Teddy boy Simon Callow starts some trouble with the formerly likeminded Robert Lindsay in Get Some In!
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
50 YEARS AGO TODAY: in his first, and tremendously out of character, screen credit Teddy boy Simon Callow starts some trouble with the formerly likeminded Robert Lindsay in Get Some In!
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SPEED 3 (2025)
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
SPEED 3 (2025)
“You’ll be visited by three spirits”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
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We’re living through crazy times - it’s getting to the point where you can’t even go to an Al Jardine show with Eric Idle without being dragged up on stage to sing “Barbara Ann”!
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We’re living through crazy times - it’s getting to the point where you can’t even go to an Al Jardine show with Eric Idle without being dragged up on stage to sing “Barbara Ann”!
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What an absolute (nuclear) blast that was! If you missed it, I was on BBC Breakfast at around 8.40am talking about nuclear war - check it out on iPlayer! A huge thank you to Sally Nugent, Jon Kay, and the entire team.
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
What an absolute (nuclear) blast that was! If you missed it, I was on BBC Breakfast at around 8.40am talking about nuclear war - check it out on iPlayer! A huge thank you to Sally Nugent, Jon Kay, and the entire team.
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Feels funny on a Sunday night not to be on the Eurostar for my old commute to Paris, but in compensation the CHRISTMAS CAKE is made.
November 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Feels funny on a Sunday night not to be on the Eurostar for my old commute to Paris, but in compensation the CHRISTMAS CAKE is made.
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Happy Doctor Who day!
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Happy Doctor Who day!
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Weekend catch-up: The writer behind one of the most slated sitcoms in recent times has told of the ‘horrendous’ abuse he received – including death threats. http://dlvr.it/TPPvsd
November 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Weekend catch-up: The writer behind one of the most slated sitcoms in recent times has told of the ‘horrendous’ abuse he received – including death threats. http://dlvr.it/TPPvsd
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Dad's Army - Branded (20th November 1969). Godfrey reveals he was a conscientious objector during the first war and subsequently is cold-shouldered by the rest of the platoon. But later events force everyone (and especially Mainwaring) to revise their opinions ....
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Dad's Army - Branded (20th November 1969). Godfrey reveals he was a conscientious objector during the first war and subsequently is cold-shouldered by the rest of the platoon. But later events force everyone (and especially Mainwaring) to revise their opinions ....
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Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
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Yesterday was the mighty Alan Moore's birthday. 🎂
Why not celebrate by reading this absolute banger of an essay by the great man?
www.dailygrail.com/2020/04/foss...
Why not celebrate by reading this absolute banger of an essay by the great man?
www.dailygrail.com/2020/04/foss...
Fossil Angels: Reinventing the Arte of Magick as the Magic of Art
Regard the world of magic. A scattering of occult orders which, when not attempting to disprove each other’s provenance, are either cryogenically suspended in their ritual rut, their game of Aiwaz Say...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Yesterday was the mighty Alan Moore's birthday. 🎂
Why not celebrate by reading this absolute banger of an essay by the great man?
www.dailygrail.com/2020/04/foss...
Why not celebrate by reading this absolute banger of an essay by the great man?
www.dailygrail.com/2020/04/foss...
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Submit a Claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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Reminded of the time I visited Spitalfields Market last year and nearly purchased the height of fashion.
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Reminded of the time I visited Spitalfields Market last year and nearly purchased the height of fashion.
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*chef’s kiss*
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
*chef’s kiss*
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Frog looked at Toad's calendar. The November page was still on top.
November 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Frog looked at Toad's calendar. The November page was still on top.