‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
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The Ten O’Clock News: “and the Oscar goes to… every fuckin’ person who was involved in this goddamn hearbreaking real life fuckin’ example of human evil!”
So I think something like two-thirds of this year’s Oscars nominations are based on true stories – 12 Years a Slave, The Wolf of Wall Street, Dallas Buyers’ Club, etc. (I’m assuming they’re nominated. I’ve seen them in the press, you know?!) On an almost entirely unrelated note, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest musical Stephen Ward… Continue reading
DISCUSS., February 2014, Films, Government and Politics, Newspapers, The Ten O’Clock News, THE WORLD *head in hands*’12 Years a Slave’, ‘Dallas Buyers’ Club’, ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’, ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’, ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, dodgy Japanese toilets, Endal the dog, films that should be made, Indifferent Ignorance, musicals, Oscars, Profumo scandal, Stephen Ward, The Ten O’Clock News, Ugandan tabloids -
Holiday Post 2013 #1: Literature Appreciation Post #3
Last year I did a list of books I was going to read on holiday, and I thought I’d do another. Incidentally, I published the To Kill a Mockingbird fan fiction just last week (this has been a great year for getting stuff done, huh). So, this year I’m reading: We Need to Talk About… Continue reading
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Holiday Post 2: Literature Appreciation Post #2
I wanted to talk about Tim Minchin, but my Internet’s so slow that going on YouTube is futile. Instead, writing this the day before I leave, I’ve decided to make a list of holiday literature. Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh. I’ve wanted to read this ever since Life on the Murder Scene, and found it in… Continue reading
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