If tortoises had claws as sharp as Gus we would be done for.

I took the box off him but then he got cross until I put it back

...and there was some reason why the Hanna Barbera characters ended up not being included but I forget what it was (same with Popeye I think). It's a wonderful it ever got made given how much of a nightmare the rights must have been to agree on.

It's worth looking at the deals Disney and WB did to get the film done. Bugs and Mickey and Daffy and Donald had to have the *exact* same screen time and number of spoken words, Disney made the film but WB had marketing rights to the original characters as well...

The licencing was always a very odd one because Warner Bros also had rights but I don't think they ever exercised them. The rights just going back to one person probably makes it easier to one degree or another for Disney. Still licencing to work out, but not as complicated.

I rather love the aspect of the story that's him realising he could have the rights back, Disney didn't challenge it and the entire relationship between everyone is still on very good terms. It's unexpectedly refreshing to see.

Yeah, i suspect they knew it was too much risk opening that can of worms and the consequences on other rulings as well so they know it's not worth challenging it without an airtight case (which i don't think is possible as far as my understanding goes)

As an adult with autism who is struggling to cope with the thought of switching and is procrastinating about it badly I understand how much worse it is to deal with kids who aren't going to deal with the idea either

They're lovely. Only steel so I'm not sure how well they'll last, but they were also only £12 for both so even if they only stay this glittery for a short time i won't worry too much.

Yes, very much recommend away

I'm not sure I've got anything Russian Revolution. Virginia Rounding's biography of Catherine the Great is superb, but obviously much, much earlier.

Antonia Fraser's biography of Marie Antoinette is superb too, although obviously has a lot more than just the Revolution and stops quite early. And then The French Revolution by Christopher Hibbert remains the de facto title for the period, but i suspect that's already on any list you have

Dancing To The Precipice: Lucie de la Tour du Pin and the French Revolution by Caroline Moorhead is also brilliant. Much more the aristocratic perspective, but she fled Paris and ended up experiencing the counter-revolution first hand which is often a bit skipped over.

Liberty by Lucy Moore would be my go to on that front. It covers pre-French Revolution, during and after (including the Imperial period and Restoration) and has a lot of stuff about the working class women because it's one of the few periods where we actually have a lot of their first hand accounts.

...A Scandalous Life: The Biographh of Jane Digby by Mary S. Lovell and The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold. Less straightforward biography and a bit more on the anthropology side of things Ancestors by Professor Alice Roberts is brilliant too

Absolute top recommendations are Dancing To The Precipice: Lucia de la Tour du Pin and the French Revolution by Caroline Moorhead, Crown Of Blood by Nicola Tallis (about Lady Jane Grey), The Queen's Necklace by Frances Mossiker (about Marie Antoinette and the diamond necklace scandal)...

Sounds like a very cool idea, and most definitely add me to any list of interested creatives.

That's pretty cool. Thr fact that they're always different every year in Lancaster I just assumed meant they make new ones each time, but if they're getting seen all over the country that's even better.

I wonder whether some of them travel around then. A lot are clearly designed specifically for the buildings they're projected on, but things like the lasers could be set up in any large relatively open space.