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I have never actually read Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde, but on the basis of this post, I'm now gutted that we never had an adaptation starring 1990s Robert Carlyle:

One of my major pet peeves with Jekyll & Hyde adaptations is that they always give Hyde the Hulk-treatment by turning him into this large, monstrous creature when in the book he actually becomes smaller and younger after his transformation?! No, for real, he SHRINKS. And he's not exactly monstrous or ugly; his vibes are just rotten. People tend to describe an encounter with him as "I cannot put my finger on it but something was just OFF about this guy." Vibe check failed. Imagine this mellow, middle-aged, dad-bod gentleman suddenly turning into a nasty frat boy who just automatically evokes a flight-or-fight response in you. Like, you just take one look and instinctively go "Ew, he looks like a terrifying asshole, I want to deck him in the face." That's Edward Hyde.

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I can 100% confirm that the European description is accurate. Source: me, regularly emailing over 150 European partner universities during July and August when I am sadly still at work and my European counterparts are not.

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Ralph Fiennes as Odysseus in The Return (2024) Trailer

In cinemas December 6

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Since the holiday toy drive post is circulating again, I figured this would also be helpful! Food insecurity is such a massive problem in America, in general, and if you have the means to help feed others, I think you should take that opportunity. Here are some other tips:

1. If you’re planning on donating items from your own pantry, please check the expiration dates on the packaging. Think of your donations as gifts to bestow, not castoffs to be rid of. It’s awful to think of people feeling like they got scraps someone else just didn’t want. Everyone deserves dignity with their meals.

2. If you’d rather give money to a food bank, that’s also great since they buy food in bulk and know what items are most wanted/needed!

3. Not everyone has access to appliances like stoves or microwaves or hot plates so if you can donate items that don’t need to be heated up, that would also be greatly appreciated!

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HOLY COW!

British Pathé was once a dominant feature of the British cinema experience, renowned for first-class reporting and an informative yet uniquely entertaining style. It is now considered to be the finest newsreel archive in existence. Spanning the years from 1896 to 1976, the collection includes footage — not only from Britain, but from around the globe — of major events, famous faces, fashion trends, travel, sport and culture. The archive is particularly strong in its coverage of the First and Second World Wars.

This is an extraordinary resource. (making a note to go hunting for some things...)

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At a festival. Small child is lying on the ground nearby with a large rock on their chest yelling MORE WEIGHT!!! GIVE ME MORE WEIGHT!!!

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Twinned with the Donner Camp Picnic Ground.

Ok

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A little girl who knows her stuff..

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—- Art is a way of survival—

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People who insist on changing the pronouns in songs while they’re singing along are so weak. “But I’m not gay!” Okay?? And I’m not a broken man on a Halifax pier, the last of Barrett’s Privateers, but for the length of this song I can be.

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Daughter of Richard H. Fox of Surrey, 1931

Alfred Lambart

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does anyone wanna hold hands until we feel a little braver

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Be sensible like Victor Hugo and give your beloved a live bat packaged in an envelope instead. (I'm kidding. Do not do this. Just leave the bats to their own devices.)

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KATE WINSLET photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Vogue | Oct 2023

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I was not ready for the husband's costume

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Hayley Atwell photographed by Richard Phibbs for Town & Country Magazine (2018)

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is there anyone out there with a nyt cooking subscription

will they send me the chamomile tea cake with strawberry icing recipe