melselfe.bsky.social
Lecturer in Cultural Policy at the University of Glasgow. Media history nerd. Likes archives. Not actually Eve Arden.
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Cool! Clever people may have bred ones that hold their colour regardless. Or maybe your garden is a weird mix.
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And the fact it’s pink probably means you have quite alkaline soil. www.gardendesign.com/hydrangea/ho...
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Is the one who is dead the much missed @rudyfan.bsky.social?
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I like the way the technical Emmys now recognise clusters of innovation in the same field together. Because that’s always the reality of innovation. And the historical reality is that there will be others for which we have no records.
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Whether its tech or technique, it’s always about shifting the definitional goalposts so your man/woman/nation wins.
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The partisan claiming of firsts is the least attractive thing about early film culture.
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Dammit! Aren’t there enough tantalising lost silents, without you making up fictitious ones for us to mourn?
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Pleased to say that Frank Marshall films, and other amateur cinema delights from the NLS Scottish Screen Archive often get programmed as shorts before the features at Hippfest, Scotland’s annual silent film festival. www.hippodromecinema.co.uk/hippfest/
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Anita! Sold. It goes on my list.
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It is the cook’s curse. I feel your pain.
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Goals!
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Perfectly happy with my mass market Penguin edition. In fact I kind of love that it could be one.
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Oh! Yes.
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This felt very fresh at Pordenone last year. Would love to show it to students.
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Robots of Death!
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The Weak and the Wicked (1954) for a British women’s prison movie. And Kind Hearts and Coronets is interesting in terms of its use of prison as a framing device.
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How about some older stuff? Chicago (1927 version), The Ghost That Never Returns, The Big House, Each Dawn I Die.
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Oo! This is very useful. Thank you. I see that a book is in the works. Will seek out the PhD in the meantime.
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Indeed. Also, welcome to Bluesky. Its currenly quite nerd and dweeb friendly. The lists are pretty useful for finding people to follow.
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Planning, commitment and execution!
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Excellent! It will be lovely to meet you in person.
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This looks like a fantastic panel! I’ll be up to my oxters in marking for my audiences course in Glasgow, but wishing I was there.
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I don’t know why I love Shipping Forecast fluffs so much. But I do.
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Have a fantastic week! Hoping to do a return visit later this year.