The blurb for this film on the British Film Institute site runs:This truly amazing colour film features Brighton's Blitz, with domestic and public buildings taking the full force of Hitler's bombs. ARP personnel, aided by policemen and volunteers, rescue victims from the rubble while others work on salvage and repair. A rooftop observer reports to a Control Room, where men and women co-ordinate warnings and the rescue effort. An incendiary is shown burning as victims of the Blitz are seen salvaging their battered belongings.Click on the image above to view it there. The Argus has a page on the bombing ...
The Hollow Man, published in the US as The Three Coffins, is a classic, if not the classic, locked room murder mystery from the Golden Age of detective fiction.
It seems kind of timely to go back to 1977 and review the two works of written fiction that won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards that year, "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?", by James Tiptree, Jr. and "The Bicentennial Man", by Isaac Asimov. Somehow I'm in the mood for looking at moments when there was a clash of visions of what science fiction should be about. Interestingly, Best Dramatic Presentation also had the same winner for both Hugo and Nebula that year, which was No Award, beating Logan's Run and The Man Who Fell to Earth in both cases. ...
Future scholars puzzling over this entry should read news reports such as this one from the mighty Harborough FM:Police say they will deal robustly with anyone causing problems in Market Harborough town centre this weekend. It follows disorder on the High Street last Saturday night that left a man with serious injuries and officers imposing a Dispersal Order. Officers say the majority of people behaved well, although a minority caused problems. Police have rubbished reports in the national media that suggested hundreds of people had travelled from within the lockdown zone in Leicester, where pubs remain shut, to Market Harborough ...
Shocking as it may seem, this week saw the 25th anniversary of a great 1990s Lib Dem triumph – when we won the Littleborough and Saddleworth by-election. It was the first big by-election I had ever been to and I loved it. I wrote here about meeting by-election legend Pat Wainwright there. She greeted us with smiles and very clear instructions about what work we were to do. She wasn't afraid to tear a strip of me for doing something wrong either. "You eejit", she quite justifiably yelled. She certainly didn't mince her words but I just did better next ...
Fri, 13:20: RT @JCohen_CR: Jobs in #Brussels: Great openings with @CRbuildpeace to work on #mediation & #peacebuilding in our Brussels office, working... Fri, 19:02: July books https://t.co/NIj2UFlmIW Fri, 19:11: @NigelDoddsDUP Congrats! Sat, 01:33: RT @CoNZealand: The Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book goes to "Catfishing on CatNet", by Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen @torteen ) @NaomiKr... Sat, 01:33: RT @jc_ie: Imagine telling people at the #Hugoawards 50 years ago that we'd all be watching live streams on our home devices while various... Sat, 02:01: RT @CoNZealand: The Astounding Award for Best New Writer, sponsored by Dell Magazines, goes to R.F. ...
Sat 1st
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Thanks - but if I'm ever running for leader then the world will have been through some great...
Thanks - but if I'm ever running for leader then the world will have been through some great disaster in which there are very few survivors, so I wouldn't wish for that!
Like a legislative Mr. Creosote from Monty Python's 'The Meaning of Life', the House of Lords is to expand still further until it is in danger of bursting open from government gluttony and a refusal to adopt a more healthy lifestyle. The news that Boris Johnson is to nominate dozens of new peers, taking the membership of the unelected second chamber to over 800, almost 200 more than the House of Commons, has been met with widespread dismay. This is especially so as the list includes some of the more unlikely of the Prime Minister's pals, making it possibly the ...
Sat 1st
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Marion Lindsay - remembering my wonderful Grandma on what would have been her 100th birthday
In a parallel universe somewhere, there's a lady celebrating her 100th birthday, probably in a cloud of cigarette smoke, playing her guitar and not taking any crap from anybody. Amongst her gifts on this day would be pigs in every ... Continue reading →
Branch Line Society charter train at the new Maghull North Station 08 12 19 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiedVGK9H_8&t=331s Because I'm a railway enthusiast I came across the video (linked above) on You Tube. In brief, the folk on the video pride themselves on having visited every railway station in the country and with Maghull North being a new station they had to tick it off their list by going to it. The Maghull part of the video starts at around 4 minutes into it and it lasts for about 4.5 minutes. But who is the Maghull 'special guest'? Well it's a bit humour, ...
We are heading for Cold War Two. Some say we are in it. Either way, it will touch every corner of the globe—as did its predecessor— as the main protagonists' battle against each other for the hearts, minds, military assets, trade deals, access to resources, political influence and strategic positioning of third countries. Cold War I was the US v. the Soviet Union. Post- World War Two Europe was the initial cockpit and Western Europe were America's junior partners. China was the Soviets subordinate for several key years, but the inflated national egos of the two countries and their joint ...
Sat 1st
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Whoniversaries 1 August: John Flint, Gertan Kauber, The Sensorites #6, Unnatural History
births and deaths 1 August 1929: birth of John Flint, who played William des Preaux, a knight loyal to King Richard, in the story we now call The Crusade (First Doctor, 1965) and also Urquhart, the Concorde pilot in Time-Flight (Fifth Doctor, 1982). 1 August 2008: death of Gertan Kauber, who played the dimly seen galley-master in the story we now call The Romans (First Doctor, 1965) and Ola in The Macra Terror (Second Doctor, 1967). ii) broadcast anniversary 1st August 1964: broadcast of "A Desperate Venture", the sixth and final episode of the series we now call The Sensorites. ...
From the City Council - I am assured that Dundee Dental Hospital is aware of this : THE ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 : SECTION 14(1) THE DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL AS TRAFFIC AUTHORITY being satisfied that traffic on the road should be prohibited by reason of crane lifting works being carried out HEREBY PROHIBIT the driving of any vehicle in Park Place (between Old Hawkhill and Smalls Lane), Dundee This notice comes into effect on Saturday 1 August 2020 for 3 days. Pedestrian thoroughfare will be maintained. Two way traffic will be permitted in Smalls Lane for the duration of ...
Responding to the statistics showing that self-harm incidents in custody have risen again, reaching a record high, Liberal Democrat Justice Spokesperson Daisy Cooper said:"Our prisons are in crisis. The number of self-harm incidents, especially in women's prisons, is shockingly high and rising."Because of overcrowding and under-staffing, prisoners spend far too much time locked in their cells, with a lack of support or purposeful activity. To make matters worse, the Conservative Government has introduced new laws that its own assessment says could well lead to more violence and self-harm in prisons."Liberal Democrats are calling on the Government to end overcrowding, including ...
The Liberal Democrats have called for the Government to introduce legal recognition of humanist marriages without further delay, after the High Court ruled yesterday that the current law causes discrimination.Responding to the judgment, Liberal Democrat Justice Spokesperson Daisy Cooper said:"Couples should have the right to get married the way they choose. Legalising humanist marriages is a simple but important change, and the Government must do it now, without further delay."It's hard to understand why the Government has chosen to waste taxpayers' money fighting in the courts to keep this discriminatory ban in place. The Conservatives have got their priorities badly ...
Responding to the Government's announcement yesterday of an Independent Review of Administrative Law to consider restrictions to judicial review powers, Liberal Democrat Justice Spokesperson Daisy Cooper said:"From failings in universal credit, disability rights and safeguarding, British citizens have used judicial review as a powerful tool to take the Government to court over its failings. "Threatening to weaken people's ability to challenge the Government because the courts sometimes rule against you is the act of dictators and despots, not democrats."With these plans, Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings are trying to enable the Government to ride roughshod over people's rights and allow ...
Responding to the announcement of the new peerages appointed on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, Liberal Democrat Leader in the House of Lords Dick Newby said: "Theresa May agreed to limit the number of new Conservative Peers she appointed, but Boris Johnson has ripped up this policy. By giving a large number of his cronies peerages, he has shown that the Tories have abandoned any pretence of reducing the size of the bloated House of Lords. "The Liberal Democrats have long fought to try and get an accountable House of Lords - we must have a properly elected second ...
1584 votes cast at nominations phase, 2221 on the final ballot. Lower than any year since 2013, high than any year up to 2013. As expected for a smaller worldcon in difficult times. Full stats here. The closest result was for Best Fanzine, where the winner had a margin of 4 votes on the final count. Best Graphic Story or Comic was decided by 11 votes.The following also received enough nominating votes to reach the final ballot:Raven Tower, by Ann Leckie (Best Novel - declined nomination)Watchmen (Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form - two episodes, with more nominating votes, had also ...
