@rembetis.bsky.social
Socialist; Gay, Green, Retired; love classic literature.
I cannot tolerate injustice, and cruelty to humans or animals.
Trying to keep sane in an increasingly insane World.
I cannot tolerate injustice, and cruelty to humans or animals.
Trying to keep sane in an increasingly insane World.
Picture of the fascist Oswald Moseley, inspiration for Labour's new far right immigration policy, announced by Mahmood.
VOTE GREEN 💚 💚
VOTE GREEN 💚 💚
November 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Picture of the fascist Oswald Moseley, inspiration for Labour's new far right immigration policy, announced by Mahmood.
VOTE GREEN 💚 💚
VOTE GREEN 💚 💚
This, from the Resolution Foundation, which Reeves has accepted, is garbage. The pensioner in the example will NOT be better off next year. Reeves' new tax will leave an increase that will not even cover most pensioner's council tax and water bill increases, let alone higher food and heat costs etc.
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This, from the Resolution Foundation, which Reeves has accepted, is garbage. The pensioner in the example will NOT be better off next year. Reeves' new tax will leave an increase that will not even cover most pensioner's council tax and water bill increases, let alone higher food and heat costs etc.
Is this any surprise with a government copying Reform, and Starmer talking about the UK being "an island of strangers"?
November 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Is this any surprise with a government copying Reform, and Starmer talking about the UK being "an island of strangers"?
It looks ok, great cast.
October 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
It looks ok, great cast.
No problem. Never heard of the film Charlie Varrick was paired with!
October 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
No problem. Never heard of the film Charlie Varrick was paired with!
I don't know of a site, but there is a book called "ABC the first name in entertainment" by Allen Eyles which covers the history of the circuit, and has an appendix of films shown in the circuit from 1937 - 1979 with quite a few (but not all) of the double bills listed. Sample page :
October 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I don't know of a site, but there is a book called "ABC the first name in entertainment" by Allen Eyles which covers the history of the circuit, and has an appendix of films shown in the circuit from 1937 - 1979 with quite a few (but not all) of the double bills listed. Sample page :
Starmer's Labour is xenophobic, and their visa policies could mean the end of the NHS.
How low so called "Labour" has sunk.
How low so called "Labour" has sunk.
October 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Starmer's Labour is xenophobic, and their visa policies could mean the end of the NHS.
How low so called "Labour" has sunk.
How low so called "Labour" has sunk.
When so called "Labour" say they really like Trump and his values, believe them.
October 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
When so called "Labour" say they really like Trump and his values, believe them.
Rachel Reeves Translation:
"I agree with Tory austerity.
It is NOT right for billionaires, Corporations, and the wealthy to pay an appropriate level of tax.
I love bashing pensioners, the poor, disabled, WASPI women, 16-24 yr olds, and the working class".
"I agree with Tory austerity.
It is NOT right for billionaires, Corporations, and the wealthy to pay an appropriate level of tax.
I love bashing pensioners, the poor, disabled, WASPI women, 16-24 yr olds, and the working class".
September 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Rachel Reeves Translation:
"I agree with Tory austerity.
It is NOT right for billionaires, Corporations, and the wealthy to pay an appropriate level of tax.
I love bashing pensioners, the poor, disabled, WASPI women, 16-24 yr olds, and the working class".
"I agree with Tory austerity.
It is NOT right for billionaires, Corporations, and the wealthy to pay an appropriate level of tax.
I love bashing pensioners, the poor, disabled, WASPI women, 16-24 yr olds, and the working class".
Tying yourself in knots AKA doublethink, hypocrisy.
September 29, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Tying yourself in knots AKA doublethink, hypocrisy.
I saw the production in its first run in June 1980. It was the most enjoyable and involving production I have ever seen in the theatre, in part because of John Napier's brilliant design, bringing the stage out into the audience, and the thrilling synergy between company and audience.
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June 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I saw the production in its first run in June 1980. It was the most enjoyable and involving production I have ever seen in the theatre, in part because of John Napier's brilliant design, bringing the stage out into the audience, and the thrilling synergy between company and audience.
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Excerpts from 16 page souvenir brochure "The Nicholas Nickleby Picture Book" (1981) with beautiful, stark photography by Chris Davies.
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June 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Excerpts from 16 page souvenir brochure "The Nicholas Nickleby Picture Book" (1981) with beautiful, stark photography by Chris Davies.
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An article on the genesis and rehearsals for 'Nicholas Nickleby' by Janet Watts in The Observer, with photos by Chris Davies.
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June 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
An article on the genesis and rehearsals for 'Nicholas Nickleby' by Janet Watts in The Observer, with photos by Chris Davies.
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The play won the Olivier and Tony awards for Best Play of the year; Best Actor Roger Rees; Best Director Trevor Nunn & John Caird; and Best Designer John Napier; and two further Olivier awards for Suzanne Bertish and David Threlfall, for their exquisite performances in supporting roles.
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June 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The play won the Olivier and Tony awards for Best Play of the year; Best Actor Roger Rees; Best Director Trevor Nunn & John Caird; and Best Designer John Napier; and two further Olivier awards for Suzanne Bertish and David Threlfall, for their exquisite performances in supporting roles.
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A clutch of contemporary reviews of 'Nicholas Nickleby' follows, from Bernard Levin's glowing review, to Michael Billington's curmudgeonly one.
"It should be acknowledged that the present RSC is a national treasure" (Ned Chaillet).
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"It should be acknowledged that the present RSC is a national treasure" (Ned Chaillet).
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June 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
A clutch of contemporary reviews of 'Nicholas Nickleby' follows, from Bernard Levin's glowing review, to Michael Billington's curmudgeonly one.
"It should be acknowledged that the present RSC is a national treasure" (Ned Chaillet).
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"It should be acknowledged that the present RSC is a national treasure" (Ned Chaillet).
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45 years ago today, 5 June 1980, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) opened their much loved and multi award winning adaptation of 'Nicholas Nickleby' at the Aldwych Theatre, based on the book by Charles Dickens.
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June 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
45 years ago today, 5 June 1980, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) opened their much loved and multi award winning adaptation of 'Nicholas Nickleby' at the Aldwych Theatre, based on the book by Charles Dickens.
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Kier Starmer and Labour have gone full Enoch Powell racist, but it's not fascist enough for the Daily Heil (the paper that supported Adolf Hitler and Moseley's Blackshirts).
May 13, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Kier Starmer and Labour have gone full Enoch Powell racist, but it's not fascist enough for the Daily Heil (the paper that supported Adolf Hitler and Moseley's Blackshirts).
I'm currently reading this beautiful British Library edition of The Ghost Stories of Wilkie Collins. Great book!
April 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I'm currently reading this beautiful British Library edition of The Ghost Stories of Wilkie Collins. Great book!
Goodness, keep this news about child labour exploitation from sadistic Rachel Reeves and the Fake Labour government. Next, they will have children up the chimneys and down the mines again.
March 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Goodness, keep this news about child labour exploitation from sadistic Rachel Reeves and the Fake Labour government. Next, they will have children up the chimneys and down the mines again.
Today is the 175th anniversary of the first edition of Charles Dickens' 'Household Words' (launched Weds 27 March 1850).
Classic books first serialised in the periodical include:
'Hard Times' - Charles Dickens
'Cranford' & 'North and South' - Elizabeth Gaskell
'The Dead Secret' - Wilkie Collins
Classic books first serialised in the periodical include:
'Hard Times' - Charles Dickens
'Cranford' & 'North and South' - Elizabeth Gaskell
'The Dead Secret' - Wilkie Collins
March 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Today is the 175th anniversary of the first edition of Charles Dickens' 'Household Words' (launched Weds 27 March 1850).
Classic books first serialised in the periodical include:
'Hard Times' - Charles Dickens
'Cranford' & 'North and South' - Elizabeth Gaskell
'The Dead Secret' - Wilkie Collins
Classic books first serialised in the periodical include:
'Hard Times' - Charles Dickens
'Cranford' & 'North and South' - Elizabeth Gaskell
'The Dead Secret' - Wilkie Collins
When is the government or the BMA going to do something about PAs pretending they are doctors and causing deaths?
February 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
When is the government or the BMA going to do something about PAs pretending they are doctors and causing deaths?
I was fearing my new Thames Water Bill increase of 35%. Surprise! It's gone up from £438 to £639, around 47%. 😡
The Labour Government ("we will put money in people's pockets") stand by, doing nothing.
Thames Water going to Court to try and get even higher increases.
The Labour Government ("we will put money in people's pockets") stand by, doing nothing.
Thames Water going to Court to try and get even higher increases.
February 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I was fearing my new Thames Water Bill increase of 35%. Surprise! It's gone up from £438 to £639, around 47%. 😡
The Labour Government ("we will put money in people's pockets") stand by, doing nothing.
Thames Water going to Court to try and get even higher increases.
The Labour Government ("we will put money in people's pockets") stand by, doing nothing.
Thames Water going to Court to try and get even higher increases.
My Thames Water Bill up from £438 to £639. A rise of 46.8%.
February 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My Thames Water Bill up from £438 to £639. A rise of 46.8%.
Inspiration for Little Dorrit? Mary Ann Cooper (a childhood friend of Charles Dickens during the time of his father's imprisonment in the Marshalsea Prison) claims she was nicknamed Little Dorrit by Dickens long before the book was written.
(From 'The Charles Dickens Originals' by Edwin Pugh 1912)
(From 'The Charles Dickens Originals' by Edwin Pugh 1912)
February 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Inspiration for Little Dorrit? Mary Ann Cooper (a childhood friend of Charles Dickens during the time of his father's imprisonment in the Marshalsea Prison) claims she was nicknamed Little Dorrit by Dickens long before the book was written.
(From 'The Charles Dickens Originals' by Edwin Pugh 1912)
(From 'The Charles Dickens Originals' by Edwin Pugh 1912)
My Thames Water bill received this week shows bill for 25/26 up from £438 to £639, an increase of 46.8%, which is way over the 35% Ofwat approved.
February 14, 2025 at 10:49 AM
My Thames Water bill received this week shows bill for 25/26 up from £438 to £639, an increase of 46.8%, which is way over the 35% Ofwat approved.