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Love cinema, literature, music and art. Write occasionally about cinema. Married with two kids. Originally from Greater Manchester/Cheshire. Now based in Northern Ireland. Teacher of History and Politics. Degree, PGCE and MA Ed from University of Durham.
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Super! Kelly Reichardt 👏👏👏
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This was always the intention imo. A role In government with no department and no concrete portfolio (although I know that she in titular charge of housing policy). More Rayner, less Streeting is essential. Out-doing Reform in the culture wars/racism stakes is a disastrous idea.
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Always used to think teaching the NI stuff was difficult but the USA and UK has been insane recently. The anti-Trans/racist narratives have particularly hurt (especially when you have LGBTQ students having to hear the discriminatory shit).
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Agree completely Ian. Respect their restless innovation, regardless of whether it always suits my tastes!
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Cheers Paul. Kind words and I know you’re right. It’s just difficult to remember sometimes…
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Enjoying that too! I feel more ambivalent about some of their stuff but there are 4 or so albums that I adore
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LOVING the Self Esteem
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Super film!
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It truly is 👍
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Massively appreciated by Popster. Lovely to see!
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🤣Pointing her this way now…
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Utterly amoral. Utterly cynical.
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You guys need to catch up. Honestly, you would have so much fun now. She is smitten by them 🤣❤️
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🤣True dat. She was well happy
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No doubt. The world is going wrong in so many ways 😭😭
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Cheers 👍
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My thoughts exactly. Wouldn’t take anything for them. He will be getting something in the post, whether he likes it or not!! 🤣❤️
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Pete, she has been spoiled rotten already!!!
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Thanks Pedro. We were just talking about you!! She wants to nerd out with you about the guys… 🤣🤣👍
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Honestly. Got home and she hadn’t felt up to going to her leavers event at school. She felt so low and then opens that…
The smile and the joy just brought a lump to my throat and a tear to the eye. Legend xx
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Hey! Hopefully you will dig the cinema chat on here as much as elsewhere. It is generally a much kinder and friendlier place 👍👍👍
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YES!!!!!
Comfort listening for me, my friend. Takes me back to my miserable teens 🤣👍
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He was so deadpan and relaxed. Articulate and funny, it was a pleasant change from being disappointed by your heroes 🤣👍
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I have loved listening to it since release day but nothing beats physical media… 😎👍
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Super! Thanks Jacqui! Hope it gets a theatrical release in the UK. Getting to talk to him during a Q&A at Belfast Film Festival was a privilege and a joy. An amazing guy and filmmaker
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Really?!
That’s a great book!!
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She was a hit with students and colleagues alike when I chose a Jackson story for book club. Appeals to a diverse readership!
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Thoroughly enjoyed ‘Happiness, As Such’ too. Yet to be anything less than wowed by a Natalia Ginzburg book 🙏
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We read that story in Senior Book Club this year. A few of my students were suitably disturbed!!
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Colin, you will love it!!! Jackson is such a fine writer
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Slow is a crackerjack film! Intriguing central theme and intimate in its cinematographic style, I adored it.
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An absolute belter! Love the film but the book is peerless 👏❤️
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Looking it up NOW. Stankonia was my life (for a wee bit) at university. Then the double album soundtracked my travels in Hong Kong and Oz. Special folks ❤️😎
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I haven’t! What’s it called???
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LOVED B.O.B so much! Absolute banger
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Bien sur! Chocolate is like vitamins for markers, right?