The Arctophile
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Wandering the footpaths of Kent and Sussex.
"Say little and say it gently."
Footpaths, trees, films, books, vegan.
#TreeOfTheDay #NowWatching #BOTD #NowPlaying etc...
"Say little and say it gently."
Footpaths, trees, films, books, vegan.
#TreeOfTheDay #NowWatching #BOTD #NowPlaying etc...
#BOTD 1869
André Paul Guillaume Gide: French author. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his beginnings in the symbolist movement to criticising imperialism between the two World Wars.
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André Paul Guillaume Gide: French author. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his beginnings in the symbolist movement to criticising imperialism between the two World Wars.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
#BOTD 1869
André Paul Guillaume Gide: French author. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his beginnings in the symbolist movement to criticising imperialism between the two World Wars.
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André Paul Guillaume Gide: French author. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his beginnings in the symbolist movement to criticising imperialism between the two World Wars.
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#NowWatching Demon City (D: Seiji Tanaka,2025)
"Have you ever watched a “John Wick” movie and thought to yourself, “I wonder if this would be even better if it were a little more lurid, a hell of a lot dumber, and its soundtrack had roughly 9,000 times as much flash-microwaved cheese rock?”
"Have you ever watched a “John Wick” movie and thought to yourself, “I wonder if this would be even better if it were a little more lurid, a hell of a lot dumber, and its soundtrack had roughly 9,000 times as much flash-microwaved cheese rock?”
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
#NowWatching Demon City (D: Seiji Tanaka,2025)
"Have you ever watched a “John Wick” movie and thought to yourself, “I wonder if this would be even better if it were a little more lurid, a hell of a lot dumber, and its soundtrack had roughly 9,000 times as much flash-microwaved cheese rock?”
"Have you ever watched a “John Wick” movie and thought to yourself, “I wonder if this would be even better if it were a little more lurid, a hell of a lot dumber, and its soundtrack had roughly 9,000 times as much flash-microwaved cheese rock?”
#BOTD 1918
Bernard Jerome Perlin: American painter. His style progressed from social realism in the New Deal era through pro-war art and illustration during World War II to magic realism paintings of urban American life, all in a representational style.
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Bernard Jerome Perlin: American painter. His style progressed from social realism in the New Deal era through pro-war art and illustration during World War II to magic realism paintings of urban American life, all in a representational style.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
#BOTD 1918
Bernard Jerome Perlin: American painter. His style progressed from social realism in the New Deal era through pro-war art and illustration during World War II to magic realism paintings of urban American life, all in a representational style.
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Bernard Jerome Perlin: American painter. His style progressed from social realism in the New Deal era through pro-war art and illustration during World War II to magic realism paintings of urban American life, all in a representational style.
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Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1303
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1303
#BOTD 1897
Germaine Luise Krull: photographer, political activist, and hotel owner. Her nationality has been categorized as German, French, and Dutch, but she spent years in Brazil, Republic of the Congo, Thailand, and India.
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Germaine Luise Krull: photographer, political activist, and hotel owner. Her nationality has been categorized as German, French, and Dutch, but she spent years in Brazil, Republic of the Congo, Thailand, and India.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
#BOTD 1897
Germaine Luise Krull: photographer, political activist, and hotel owner. Her nationality has been categorized as German, French, and Dutch, but she spent years in Brazil, Republic of the Congo, Thailand, and India.
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Germaine Luise Krull: photographer, political activist, and hotel owner. Her nationality has been categorized as German, French, and Dutch, but she spent years in Brazil, Republic of the Congo, Thailand, and India.
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#BOTD 1915
Dulcie Winifred Catherine Savage Denison (known professionally as Dulcie Gray) British actress, mystery writer and lepidopterist.Gray had been interested in butterflies since her childhood and her book Butterflies on My Mind (1978), won a Times Educational Supplement award.
Dulcie Winifred Catherine Savage Denison (known professionally as Dulcie Gray) British actress, mystery writer and lepidopterist.Gray had been interested in butterflies since her childhood and her book Butterflies on My Mind (1978), won a Times Educational Supplement award.
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
#BOTD 1915
Dulcie Winifred Catherine Savage Denison (known professionally as Dulcie Gray) British actress, mystery writer and lepidopterist.Gray had been interested in butterflies since her childhood and her book Butterflies on My Mind (1978), won a Times Educational Supplement award.
Dulcie Winifred Catherine Savage Denison (known professionally as Dulcie Gray) British actress, mystery writer and lepidopterist.Gray had been interested in butterflies since her childhood and her book Butterflies on My Mind (1978), won a Times Educational Supplement award.
Good morning everyone #TreeOfTheDay no.1302
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Good morning everyone #TreeOfTheDay no.1302
#NowWatching The Long Night (D: Anatole Litvak, 1947)
"... an excellent remake of Carné's masterpiece of poetic realism Le Jour Se Lève. Anatole Litvak's direction is slick and kinetic...Barbara Bel Geddes - in her debut role, projecting an aura of innocence amidst the grime of an industrial town"
"... an excellent remake of Carné's masterpiece of poetic realism Le Jour Se Lève. Anatole Litvak's direction is slick and kinetic...Barbara Bel Geddes - in her debut role, projecting an aura of innocence amidst the grime of an industrial town"
November 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#NowWatching The Long Night (D: Anatole Litvak, 1947)
"... an excellent remake of Carné's masterpiece of poetic realism Le Jour Se Lève. Anatole Litvak's direction is slick and kinetic...Barbara Bel Geddes - in her debut role, projecting an aura of innocence amidst the grime of an industrial town"
"... an excellent remake of Carné's masterpiece of poetic realism Le Jour Se Lève. Anatole Litvak's direction is slick and kinetic...Barbara Bel Geddes - in her debut role, projecting an aura of innocence amidst the grime of an industrial town"
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1301
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1301
#BOTD 1878
Bessie Kate Johnson: English actress who appeared on stage from 1894 and on screen from the 1930s to the '50s. First appeared in a film at age 53, in 1932, but didn't receive critical acclaim until 1955, when she starred, aged 76, in The Ladykillers as Mrs Louisa Wilberforce."
Bessie Kate Johnson: English actress who appeared on stage from 1894 and on screen from the 1930s to the '50s. First appeared in a film at age 53, in 1932, but didn't receive critical acclaim until 1955, when she starred, aged 76, in The Ladykillers as Mrs Louisa Wilberforce."
November 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
#BOTD 1878
Bessie Kate Johnson: English actress who appeared on stage from 1894 and on screen from the 1930s to the '50s. First appeared in a film at age 53, in 1932, but didn't receive critical acclaim until 1955, when she starred, aged 76, in The Ladykillers as Mrs Louisa Wilberforce."
Bessie Kate Johnson: English actress who appeared on stage from 1894 and on screen from the 1930s to the '50s. First appeared in a film at age 53, in 1932, but didn't receive critical acclaim until 1955, when she starred, aged 76, in The Ladykillers as Mrs Louisa Wilberforce."
#NowWatching The Ghost of St. Michael's (D: Marcel Varnel, 1941)
"Hay’s deadpan timing and frustrated doubletakes are topnotch comedy business, bouncing off the smarmy students, one played brilliantly by a young Charles Hawtrey."
"Hay’s deadpan timing and frustrated doubletakes are topnotch comedy business, bouncing off the smarmy students, one played brilliantly by a young Charles Hawtrey."
November 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#NowWatching The Ghost of St. Michael's (D: Marcel Varnel, 1941)
"Hay’s deadpan timing and frustrated doubletakes are topnotch comedy business, bouncing off the smarmy students, one played brilliantly by a young Charles Hawtrey."
"Hay’s deadpan timing and frustrated doubletakes are topnotch comedy business, bouncing off the smarmy students, one played brilliantly by a young Charles Hawtrey."
#BOTD 1919
Georgia Carroll: American singer, fashion model, and actress, best known for her work with Kay Kyser's big band orchestra in the mid-1940s. She and Kyser were married in 1944 until he died in 1985. Alfred Hitchcock's Mr&Mrs Smith (1941)
Georgia Carroll: American singer, fashion model, and actress, best known for her work with Kay Kyser's big band orchestra in the mid-1940s. She and Kyser were married in 1944 until he died in 1985. Alfred Hitchcock's Mr&Mrs Smith (1941)
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#BOTD 1919
Georgia Carroll: American singer, fashion model, and actress, best known for her work with Kay Kyser's big band orchestra in the mid-1940s. She and Kyser were married in 1944 until he died in 1985. Alfred Hitchcock's Mr&Mrs Smith (1941)
Georgia Carroll: American singer, fashion model, and actress, best known for her work with Kay Kyser's big band orchestra in the mid-1940s. She and Kyser were married in 1944 until he died in 1985. Alfred Hitchcock's Mr&Mrs Smith (1941)
#BOTD 1882
Percy Wyndham Lewis: Canadian-born British writer, painter and critic. Co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art and edited Blast, the literary magazine of the Vorticists. His novels include Tarr and The Human Age trilogy, comprising The Childermass, Monstre Gai and Malign Fiesta.
Percy Wyndham Lewis: Canadian-born British writer, painter and critic. Co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art and edited Blast, the literary magazine of the Vorticists. His novels include Tarr and The Human Age trilogy, comprising The Childermass, Monstre Gai and Malign Fiesta.
November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
#BOTD 1882
Percy Wyndham Lewis: Canadian-born British writer, painter and critic. Co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art and edited Blast, the literary magazine of the Vorticists. His novels include Tarr and The Human Age trilogy, comprising The Childermass, Monstre Gai and Malign Fiesta.
Percy Wyndham Lewis: Canadian-born British writer, painter and critic. Co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art and edited Blast, the literary magazine of the Vorticists. His novels include Tarr and The Human Age trilogy, comprising The Childermass, Monstre Gai and Malign Fiesta.
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1300 and a very happy #thicktrunktuesday
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1300 and a very happy #thicktrunktuesday
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1299 Fingers crossed for Monday.
November 17, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1299 Fingers crossed for Monday.
#NowWatching #SundayAfternoonWestern
3:10 to Yuma (D:Delmer Daves, 1957)
"Daves isn't interested in cynicism. Redemption is probably too big a stretch as well, but there's plenty of room in-between."
3:10 to Yuma (D:Delmer Daves, 1957)
"Daves isn't interested in cynicism. Redemption is probably too big a stretch as well, but there's plenty of room in-between."
November 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
#NowWatching #SundayAfternoonWestern
3:10 to Yuma (D:Delmer Daves, 1957)
"Daves isn't interested in cynicism. Redemption is probably too big a stretch as well, but there's plenty of room in-between."
3:10 to Yuma (D:Delmer Daves, 1957)
"Daves isn't interested in cynicism. Redemption is probably too big a stretch as well, but there's plenty of room in-between."
#BOTD 1903
Caryl Lincoln: American film actress whose career spanned from 1927 to 1964. Credited with three Alfred Hitchcock features: North by Northwest (1959), Marnie (1964) and Topaz (1969).
Caryl Lincoln: American film actress whose career spanned from 1927 to 1964. Credited with three Alfred Hitchcock features: North by Northwest (1959), Marnie (1964) and Topaz (1969).
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
#BOTD 1903
Caryl Lincoln: American film actress whose career spanned from 1927 to 1964. Credited with three Alfred Hitchcock features: North by Northwest (1959), Marnie (1964) and Topaz (1969).
Caryl Lincoln: American film actress whose career spanned from 1927 to 1964. Credited with three Alfred Hitchcock features: North by Northwest (1959), Marnie (1964) and Topaz (1969).
#BOTD 1919
Nova Margery Pilbeam: English film and stage actress. She played leading roles in two Alfred Hitchcock films of the 1930s, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and my favourite,Young and Innocent (1937) She made her last film in 1948.
Nova Margery Pilbeam: English film and stage actress. She played leading roles in two Alfred Hitchcock films of the 1930s, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and my favourite,Young and Innocent (1937) She made her last film in 1948.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#BOTD 1919
Nova Margery Pilbeam: English film and stage actress. She played leading roles in two Alfred Hitchcock films of the 1930s, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and my favourite,Young and Innocent (1937) She made her last film in 1948.
Nova Margery Pilbeam: English film and stage actress. She played leading roles in two Alfred Hitchcock films of the 1930s, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and my favourite,Young and Innocent (1937) She made her last film in 1948.
#BOTD 1911
Kathleen Walsh: English actress, dancer, and screenwriter. Her film career prospered after she met her future husband, film director David Lean, with whom she worked on productions such as In Which We Serve (1942) and Oliver Twist (1948). Alfred Hitchcock's Stage Fright (1950)
Kathleen Walsh: English actress, dancer, and screenwriter. Her film career prospered after she met her future husband, film director David Lean, with whom she worked on productions such as In Which We Serve (1942) and Oliver Twist (1948). Alfred Hitchcock's Stage Fright (1950)
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
#BOTD 1911
Kathleen Walsh: English actress, dancer, and screenwriter. Her film career prospered after she met her future husband, film director David Lean, with whom she worked on productions such as In Which We Serve (1942) and Oliver Twist (1948). Alfred Hitchcock's Stage Fright (1950)
Kathleen Walsh: English actress, dancer, and screenwriter. Her film career prospered after she met her future husband, film director David Lean, with whom she worked on productions such as In Which We Serve (1942) and Oliver Twist (1948). Alfred Hitchcock's Stage Fright (1950)
#BOTD 1869
Charlotte Mary Mew: English poet whose work spanned the eras of Victorian poetry and Modernism. "Thomas Hardy said she was the “greatest poetess” he knew, Siegfried Sassoon maintained she was “the only poet who can give me a lump in my throat”.
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Charlotte Mary Mew: English poet whose work spanned the eras of Victorian poetry and Modernism. "Thomas Hardy said she was the “greatest poetess” he knew, Siegfried Sassoon maintained she was “the only poet who can give me a lump in my throat”.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/charlo...
November 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
#BOTD 1869
Charlotte Mary Mew: English poet whose work spanned the eras of Victorian poetry and Modernism. "Thomas Hardy said she was the “greatest poetess” he knew, Siegfried Sassoon maintained she was “the only poet who can give me a lump in my throat”.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/charlo...
Charlotte Mary Mew: English poet whose work spanned the eras of Victorian poetry and Modernism. "Thomas Hardy said she was the “greatest poetess” he knew, Siegfried Sassoon maintained she was “the only poet who can give me a lump in my throat”.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/charlo...
#NowWatching Foreign Correspondent (D:Alfred Hitchcock, 1940)
"While Albert Bassermann earned an Oscar nomination for a somewhat hammy turn, the best performance comes from George Sanders, atypically cast as a fearless and resourceful hero rather than the cads and scoundrels he generally played."
"While Albert Bassermann earned an Oscar nomination for a somewhat hammy turn, the best performance comes from George Sanders, atypically cast as a fearless and resourceful hero rather than the cads and scoundrels he generally played."
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
#NowWatching Foreign Correspondent (D:Alfred Hitchcock, 1940)
"While Albert Bassermann earned an Oscar nomination for a somewhat hammy turn, the best performance comes from George Sanders, atypically cast as a fearless and resourceful hero rather than the cads and scoundrels he generally played."
"While Albert Bassermann earned an Oscar nomination for a somewhat hammy turn, the best performance comes from George Sanders, atypically cast as a fearless and resourceful hero rather than the cads and scoundrels he generally played."
#BOTD 1884
Drusilla Wills: British stage and film actress.After making her stage debut in 1902, she played character roles in many films, including as a jury member in Alfred Hitchcock's Murder! (1930).
Drusilla Wills: British stage and film actress.After making her stage debut in 1902, she played character roles in many films, including as a jury member in Alfred Hitchcock's Murder! (1930).
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
#BOTD 1884
Drusilla Wills: British stage and film actress.After making her stage debut in 1902, she played character roles in many films, including as a jury member in Alfred Hitchcock's Murder! (1930).
Drusilla Wills: British stage and film actress.After making her stage debut in 1902, she played character roles in many films, including as a jury member in Alfred Hitchcock's Murder! (1930).