Francesca's Thoughts

19/05/2016

A Really Tenuous 6 Degrees of Separation feat. GotG & Troye Sivan

I GOT A NEW KEYBOARD AND LIFE IS GLORIOUS. It’s been about a thousand years since I did a music post and this week I bought two new records so let’s, like, music video and chill. Awesome Mix Vol. 1 by assorted people who existed circa 1970 The other day Mum and I saw that X Men/Sky… Continue reading

(All Hail) Creation, Films, Internet, May 2016, TV, Videos

‘Blue Neighbourhood’, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ soundtrack, ‘Youth’ Troye Sivan, GotG soundtrack, HMV, Indifferent Ignorance, My Chemical Romance, Sky ‘X Men ‘ advert, the Piña Colada song, Troye Sivan

13/05/2016

Behind the Scenes, Friday 13th Edition

So it was on this very day, sort of, that I released my Ghost Stories zines last year. If you haven’t read them – and you should – they’re full of short stories, advice columns, quirky advertisements and art all pertaining to death, the afterlife and magic. And I hadn’t even heard of Maggie Stiefvater then.… Continue reading

10/05/2016

Dropped Mic at the BAFTAs

Who else inhaled audibly on Sunday night when Peter Kosminsky mentioned John Whittingdale? Who else wants to see his full speech plus a lil interview with some awkward filmmakers? I am one hundred percent done with any and all British and/or world politics at the moment but the BAFTAs made me sit up a little straighter, pick up a pen and write… Continue reading

Art, Complaints, DISCUSS., Government and Politics, May 2016, THE WORLD *head in hands*, TV, Videos

‘Wolf Hall’, ‘Wolf Hall’ BAFTA, BAFTAs 2016, British Academy Television and Film Awards, Indifferent Ignorance, John Whittingdale, Peter Kosminsky

06/05/2016

Mild Life Appreciation feat. Dogs

I noticed that I’ve been blogging at the end of the week a lot and thought about doing an Election Flu miniseries with the local/police crime commissioner/London elections. What do crime commissioners do when they’re not commissioning crime? But voting day fell on the same day as the funeral for one of my family, and… Continue reading

Government and Politics, May 2016

blogging priorities, dog GIF, funerals, Indifferent Ignorance, local elections, London mayor, police crime commissioner