Restoration of Gone to Earth to be shown in London Film FestivalFrom the London Film Festival website: Long overshadowed within Powell and Pressburger's canon, this major new restoration reveals the visual splendour and dramatic intensity of one of their most misunderstood films. Powell and Pressburger's passionate Technicolor melodrama stars Jennifer Jones as the free-spirited Hazel, who refuses to be bound either by her clergyman husband or the predatory squire who pursues her. The untamed Shropshire landscape is at one with Hazel's primal spirit, making this one of the filmmakers' most rhapsodic odes to the English countryside and among their most intoxicatingly sensual achievements. The showing of Gone to Earth is on ... (more) |
Lib Dem policy is light on politics not on outside expertiseThe Liberal Democrats are getting a new think tank, reports Politico. The Britain Project, though it will not be formally affiliated to the party, will be launched at the Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference later this month: Tim Leunig, the group's policy director, who recently became a Liberal Democrat peer in Britain's unelected House of Lords, said: "We are here to help them." "But we're also here to ask them tough questions because: who knows? They might be a minister one day, and then the civil service will ask them tough questions." And Lord Leunig does sound a little like a ... (more) |
Cole-Hamilton responds to Swinney on BBC RadioResponding to John Swinney's interview on BBC Radio Scotland, in which he failed to explain how his plans to cut the number of health boards did not amount to a centralisation, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said: John Swinney has not explained how these plans are any different to the SNP's previous centralisation projects. Rural communities have been seriously harmed by those schemes. It is also not at all clear how exactly these plans would save money or help front line services that are struggling right now, including social care. Communities should be in charge of decisions that ... (more) |
Back to Sandy Campbell and Tsar Nicholas IIMy great great grandmother's brother Sandy Campbell, as we have seen, was the subject of an article in The Sphere (13 October 1900). This photograph was one of those that accompanied it, and was captioned:Sandy Campbell looking our for deer on Lochnagar These field-glasses were presented to Mr. Campbell by the Czar when his Imperial Majesty visited Glassalt Shiel According to A,N. Wilson's Victoria: A Life, the Nicholas II did not much enjoy his visit to Balmoral in 1896: Nicholas hated Balmoral; he hated being surrounded by all his wife's extended German family; and he disliked being taken out for ... (more) |
Welcome to Lib Dem Friends of Gaelic Language and Culture[IMG: Logo for Lib Dem Friends of Gaelic Language and Culture] A bheil Gàidhlig agaibh? Do you speak Gaelic? Would you like to learn? Are you interested in Gaelic language and culture? If so, read on. Four years ago, I started learning Gaelic on Duolingo after my son bullied me into it. Since then, I have completed the online introductory course at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Scotland's Gaelic College and have just started on the next course. I spent a week at the college on Skye in the Summer being taught by a very funny German, Michael Klevenhaus, who has a ... (more) |
DiscoveryClearly pert. Perhaps perdue or, perchance, trouvée – between the lines – Mx Serendipity found me intrigued; lively, she dreams of hands slashing across a virgin page and unknown pleasures coming true... (more) |
Starmer makes the ultimate betrayalI was appalled yesterday when I heard that Keir Starmer was standing down from the House of Commons with immediate effect. His act of selfishness strikes a blow against the reputation of every person who stands for election and is successfully elected. When we seek election, we are effectively offering a contract to the people of those that we wish to serve. We agree to look after them for a term of office usually four or five years and in return we ask them to vote for us to help our community and deliver the right services. Of course, it ... (more) |
Tŷ Newydd National Writing Centre's Open Day - 27 September 2026A message from our friends at Canolfan Ysgrifennu Tŷ Newydd. Scroll down for English. Diwrnod Agored Canolfan Ysgrifennu Genedlaethol Tŷ Newydd - Ymunwch â ni! Bydd drysau Canolfan Ysgrifennu Genedlaethol Tŷ Newydd ar agor i'r cyhoedd ar brynhawn Sul 27 Medi rhwng 1.30pm - 5.00pm, fel rhan o raglen Drysau Agored CADW. Bydd y Diwrnod Agored yn rhoi cyfle i ymwelwyr grwydro yr eiddo rhestredig Gradd II* a'i erddi, gan ddysgu am hanes cyfoethog yr adeilad a'i rôl fel canolfan i ysgrifennwyr. Bydd yr awdur a'r cyflwynydd Anni Llŷn yn cynnal gweithdai ysgrifennu creadigol dwyieithog addas i bob oed, o ... (more) |
Going for four in a row in ScotlandAs parliament is back from recess and Scotland's adventure at the World Cup start to feel like a distant memory, what better time to start to look forward towards the election year ahead. Scotland has seen for the last three elections a growth of Liberal voices across all levels. From local councils to Westminster and Holyrood. While we are still celebrating our big wins in May, now the attention is turning towards next May and making it four in a row of gains for the Scottish Liberal Democrats under the leadership team of Alex and Wendy. The results at Holyrood ... (more) |
The Rolling Stones: Paint It BlackThis topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic and is one of those Sixties singles where the sitar, played here by Brian Jones, sounds at home. (more) |