Conflagration, Catastrophe and Christopher Nolan (work in progress)

Conflagration, Catastrophe and Christopher Nolan

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30 June

Conflagration, Catastrophe and Christopher Nolan (work in progress)

Prescient conflagrations and the possibility of Earth-shattering catastrophe were foregrounded preoccupations of TENET (2020), so it seems likely that Christopher Nolan's preserved them in #Oppenheimer... pic.twitter.com/9h2LA7ElWo

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Having soon recognized that Nolan's (ahem !) central conceit is part of, well, revolving his usual interest in cause and effect, the impetus to consider 'but for' (or 'what if') and how guilt arises, the idea of constructing a square of one's own became inviting.#UCFF offers... pic.twitter.com/Ek8f3CWoCQ

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² From Wiki :

The word AREPO is a 'hapax legomenon' (i.e. it appears nowhere else in Latin literature).

Some academics believe it is likely a proper name or potentially a theophoric name, that was adapted from a non-Latin word or was invented specifically for the Sator square.

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All 'the best' word-squares, so #UCFF is told, rely on using trade-names and the like... pic.twitter.com/rSR4ffv4bA

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Maria Bartuszová at Tate Modern : Show finishes on Sunday 25 June 2023

Maria Bartuszová at Tate Modern at Tate Modern : Show finishes on Sunday 25 June 2023

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23 June

Maria Bartuszová at Tate Modern at Tate Modern : Show finishes on Sunday 25 June 2023

Facing problematic rail-travel this final weekend, this afternoon was the time for the last and comprehensively immersive set of visits¹ to Maria Bartsuzová's retrospective show at Tate Modern - more full of nature and insightful by far than the Forms of Life² show, also now on ! pic.twitter.com/dxUOFEoTfE

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Here is the relevant wall-note (which is to be found in Room 3, the room that we are looking into, on Level 4 of The Blavatnik Building) pic.twitter.com/dQTYqPVAN2

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This is just one of five or so other free-standing 'boxed' displays of groups of sculptural 'forms' that are towards the centre of the main room (Room 2), plus others that are along the long wall, and numerous fragile eggs or 'endless eggs' and photos of youngsters handling art. pic.twitter.com/oT6Jfqn6W5

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The show closes on Sunday 25 June at 6.00 p.m.

¹ Since one's concentration lapses, Tate membership allows one in and out at will.

² Although going back in to see how, as one shifted focus or moved around the galleries, Piet Mondrian's mature work 'quivered' before one's eyes. pic.twitter.com/qxsIwiHsGG

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Maria Bartuszová at Tate Modern - the show finishes on Sunday 25 June 2023 https://t.co/zCEv9mnYft

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Esurientes implevit bonis, et divites dimisit inanes : Jesus' parables of abundance or growth (good and bad) (work in progress)

Esurientes implevit bonis, et divites dimisit inanes : Jesus' parables of abundance or growth

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14 June

Esurientes implevit bonis, et divites dimisit inanes : Jesus' parables of abundance or growth (good and bad) (work in progress)

This afternoon's live broadcast of Choral Evensong, on Radio 3, was from a very familiar Cambridge college chapel, led by Revd Dr Stephen Cherry, Dean of King's, and one reading (from The Old Testament) was from part of the story that Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber and famously adapted as Joseph and The Amazing, etc.



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#RoystonStationSnaps : Another, er, project proudly brought to you by #UCFF !

#RoystonStationSnaps : Another, er, project proudly brought to you by #UCFF !

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12 June

#RoystonStationSnaps : Another, er, project proudly brought to you by #UCFF !

An Elton Johnny Cash / Oz co-production pic.twitter.com/n0J3lZ7Ybc

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Replacement foot-bridge at Royston station :

It's really *not* as vertiginously perilous as Th'Agent has made it look ! ;)#RoystonStationSnaps pic.twitter.com/qnsWcsDCeT

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'Censorship' and cinema : Some Tweets

'Censorship' and cinema : Some Tweets

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10 June

'Censorship' and cinema : Some Tweets

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I agree with Sasha on this one, people need to be able to make their own decisions. I'm glad to see there are still film critics out there speaking out. We need more critics to speak out. https://t.co/eXrn5Psf7K

— The Film Bee (@the_film_bee) June 10, 2023

Le pornographe (The Pornographer) (2001) won the 2001 International Critics Week award at Cannes.

Ostensibly far more explicit sex-scenes in La vie d'Adèle (Blue Is the Warmest Colour) (2013) were mitigated - so it's said - by using prosthetics, whatever appears represented... ?

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Kris Drever Band at The Stables [Wavendon, Milton Keynes] (work in progress)

Kris Drever Band at The Stables [Wavendon, Milton Keynes] (work in progress)

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6 June

Kris Drever Band at The Stables [Wavendon, Milton Keynes] (work in progress)

A great evening at The Stables with Kris Drever and his friends, Euan Burton (double and electric bass plus vox) and Louis Abbott (perc, drums, guitar and vocals), including a fair sprinkling from the 2020 album Where The Air is Thin !

In the first set, Drever and his band gave us some poignant or reflective 'takes' on 'Sanday' (and its origins), 'I'll Always Leave The Light On' (and its origins) and 'More Than You Know' - after the interval, there was noticeably less 'chat', and this, as well as the energy in the songs chosen for it, helped the second set build.)

Where The World Is Thin

As ever (though known mainly though his performances, at this venue, as a member of the trio @LauMusic**), this gig was strongly pervaded by a consciousness of Drever's authorial commitment to both social awareness and social justice.

** Songs such as 'Ghosts' or instrumentals.

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'Sir, I was born here -
So where would I go ?'

As often, an achingly beautiful song from the trio of @KrisDrever, @obanfiddle and @Martin_Green__ [@LAUmusic], which is not just about immigration, but also refugeeship :

'We came seeking protection,
Away from the strife'

1 / 2 https://t.co/HVgGdhKXz8

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One wouldn't expect @KrisDrever to be anything other than committed and uncompromising :

The new album, Where the World is Thin and which arrived to-day (i.e. Friday 25 September), is all of those, and full of poetrty, honesty and observation besides. pic.twitter.com/k1MrcOF1GG

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Comparing the voter voter ID debacle with this Thames Water farrago is further unnecessary proof that our legislator class treat us like they should treat ltd companies and ltd companies like they should treat us. What an absolute smashed can of arseholes.

— Kris Drever (@KrisDrever) June 29, 2023

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