#Ann Quin

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何週間も。何か月も。何年も。来た。去った。

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Blog about some books acquired, other stuff

My family and I took our Florida asses to the West Coast for a wonderful week earlier this month. We flew into LA, stayed in Santa Monica for a few days and nights, riding bikes up and down the beautiful coast and visiting proximal neighborhoods. We later drove east to Joshua Tree, where we stayed in a lovely little house for a few days, visiting the National Park as well as nearby towns and…

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April 26, 1991

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Leigh Anne In Glamour UK Magazine | 18th October 2023

Quine Li

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Replacements of six MPs in Sussex

Prior to the General Election there were sixteen Sussex MPs. Three of them had announced they would retire in July several months ago. They were Henry Smith from Crawley, Tim Loughton from East Worthing and Shoreham and Caroline Lucas from Brighton Pavilion. They are shown in the image above and explained below. Peter Bottomley from Worthing West was replaced by Dr Beccy Cooper with a vote gain…

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🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in December 2024 🌈

Find these books and more here.

🌈 Good afternoon, my bookish bats! Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Happy reading!

❓What was the last queer book you read?

[ Release dates may have changed. ]

❤️ Sugar-Coated Kisses - Echo Lark 🧡 Christmas at Watson Memorial - Clara Ann Simons 💛 Warm-Blooded - J Greene 💚 It Takes Three To Tango - Jem Wendel 💙 The Black Curse - N.A. Moore 💜 Heavenly Tyrant - Xiran Jay Zhao ❤️ Encrypted Hearts - E.V. Bancroft 🧡 Dangerous Devotion - Robin Jo Margaret 💛 Sew in Love - Rhea Fox 💙 Saint - Chani Lynn Feener 💜 Her Ladyship's Christmas Companion - Theresa Meiningen 🌈 A Sky of Emerald Stars - A.K. Mulford

❤️ Inked in Blood and Memory - Allison Ivy 🧡 The Key - Jo Morgan Sloan 💛 Home Between Homes - Flynn Woods 💚 A Kiss for the Holidays - C.S. Autumn 💙 Loving the Linebacker - Amaya Knight 💜 Close to Home - Allisa Bahney ❤️ Christmas Shelter - Eva Gonzay & Julia C. Brown 🧡 This Isn't Everything You Are - J. Marie Rundquist 💛 Keep It in the Dark - Justin Arnold 💙 Santa & His Elf - Bink Cummings 💜 On the Subject of Kittens and Mittens - Katie Silverwings 🌈 Winter's Whisper - M Bonneau

❤️ Boyfriends - refrainbow 🧡 Innis Harbor - Patricia Evans 💛 A Complementary Connection - Eskay Kabba 💚 Point of Sighs - Melissa Scott 💙 Bind You by Blood - Shepard DiStasio 💜 The Resurrectionist - A. Rae Dunlap ❤️ Fractured Dreamer - A.K. Adler 🧡 The Husky and His White Cat Shizun - Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou 💛 Becoming Disabled - Jan Doolittle Wilson 💙 A Caress of Water - Nico Silver 💜 How to Survive As a Villain 1 - Yi Yi Yi Yi 🌈 The Silent Concubine - Qiang Tang

❤️ Hadrian - Harlowe Savage 🧡 A Series of Rooms - A.J. Barlowe 💛 Inklings of Invisibility - S.L. Dove Cooper 💚 The Cobbler and His Elves - C.B. Wren 💙 A Nightclub for the Holidays - Arden Coutts 💜 Armor of Dusk - Jess Galaxie ❤️ Twisted Shadows - Allie Therin 🧡 A Deception of Courts - Ben Alderson 💛 Trial Run - Carsen Taite 💙 How to Flirt with a Witch - Tiana Warner 💜 Roughed Up - Kate Hawthorne 🌈 House of Crimson Curses - Ruby Roe

❤️ Sister Snake - Amanda Lee Koe 🧡 Roland Rogers Isn't Dead Yet - Samantha Allen 💛 The Rivals - Jane Pek 💚 Private Rites - Julia Armfield 💙 The Christmas Switch - Briar Prescott 💜 Ribbonwood - Ruby Landers ❤️ Shifting Lanes - Joanne Kwan 🧡 Twice-Spent Comet - Ziggy Schutz 💛 A Crush for the Holidays - E.L. Ough 💙 Resist - Lasairiona Lewis 💜 Free from Falling - E.L. Massey 🌈 The Legendary Master's Wife - Yin Ya

❤️ Tide Breaker's Curse - Ivy H. Marikova 🧡 Twist Her - Terri Ronald 💛 How to Fuck Like a Girl - Vera Blossom 💚 Dog Days of Christmas - Krystal Wolfgang & Kimberly Wolfgang 💙 Warmer, Colder - Alexia Onyx 💜 Salt in the Wind - Jenna Pine ❤️ What We Carry With Us - Joseff McKenneth Goodwin 🧡 Reinvention - Karol Yan 💛 Christmas Carols - Maxime Jaz 💙 I'm Not Your Pet - Fae Quin 💜 Something Extraordinary - Alexis Hall 🌈 I Might Be in Trouble - Daniel Aleman

❤️ Deck the Palms - Annabeth Albert 🧡 Don't Get It Twisted - Wren Taylor 💛 Ice & Sweet - Charlie Novak 💚 Speak EZ - Elle E. Ire 💙 The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish - Xue Shan Fei Hu 💜 Horns For Hell - Rafael Nicolás ❤️ Flamboyant Fictions - Ian Fleishman 🧡 Where the Heart Is - Jenni Simonis 💛 Sorry I Kissed Your Dad - Achilles King 💙 Merry Weihnachten - E.J. Noyes 💜 An Alpha for the Holidays - Emily Axon 🌈 The Blessed - Anne Shade

❤️ Our Sinful Love - Amy H. 🧡 Gambler's Conceit - Adara Wolf & R. Phoenix 💛 Fate and Flambe - Leena Metcalfe 💚 Figure You Out - Hannah Danielle & K.F. Starfell 💙 Amaranthine - Aricka Alexander 💜 Twisted Loyalties - Barbara J. Webb ❤️ Echoes of Us - Alex Cross 🧡 The Shadowbearer's Curse - Jasmyn Morning 💛 Too Many Beds - Various 💙 We Are the Beasts - Gigi Griffis 💜 Unspoken - N.N. Britt 🌈 Rainbows After Storms - Luka Kobachi

❤️ The Shutouts - Gabrielle Korn 🧡 Robin's Worlds - Rainie Oet & Mathias Ball 💛 What the Woods Took - Courtney Gould 💚 Rescue Me - N. Slater 💙 Seb & Ailin - Michele Notaro 💜 The International Love Story - Jonas Noelting ❤️ Waterlogged - Nance Sparks 🧡 The Guardians - Sheri Lewis Wohl 💛 The Changeling's Faerie Prince - K.D. Ellis 💙 Until at Dawn We Wake - Charlotte Dalwood 💜 How to Get a Life in Ten Dates - Jenny L. Howe 🌈 Hammajang Luck - Makana Yamamoto

❤️ The Rules of Royalty - Cale Dietrich 🧡 Tired of Waiting for Tomorrow - Allison K. Garcia 💛 One Last Run - Bryce Oakley 💚 Reckless Hearts - Jax Calder 💙 Christmissed - Blythe H. Warren 💜 How Could You - Ren Strapp ❤️ Blackened - Tyler Briggs 🧡 Gratification in Gluttony - Nik Knight 💛 The Mogul Meets Her Match - Julia Underwood 💙 How to Be Heard - Roxane Gay 💜 The Case of the Missing Maid - Rob Osler 🌈 Shades of Us - D.L. Sims

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Costumes of Napoleonic figures at the Devonshire House Ball of 1897

1. Aileen May (née Wyndham-Quin), Countess of Meath as Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen of Holland

2. Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (née Countess Josephine Kinsky) as Princess Pauline Bonaparte Borghese

3. Thérèse (née Kinsky), Countess Clary-Aldringen as Caroline Bonaparte Murat, Queen of Naples

4. Florence Anne (née Cole), Lady Delamere as Hortense de Beauharnais

5. Sir Charles Edward Cradock-Hartopp, 5th Bt as Napoleon I; Millicent Florence Eleanor (née Wilson), Lady Cradock-Hartopp (later Countess Cowley and Mrs Duberly) as the Empress Josephine

6. Lord Arthur Vincent Hay; William George Montagu Hay, 11th Marquess of Tweeddale; Candida Louise, Marchioness of Tweeddale as the Empress Josephine

7. Kathleen (née Douglas-Pennant), Viscountess Falmouth as Madame Recamier

8. Maria Henrietta Sophia Chaine (née Phipps) as Madame Sans Gêne

9. Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin as Marshal Lefevre

10. Catherine Dorothea Mary Grosvenor (née Simeon) as Marie Louise

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everyone come watch the reportedly terrible adaptation of ann quin's berg with me. im excited about it bc i dont think anyone could play berg better than richard e grant that is genius casting

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La liste des nommées !

Voici la liste des nommées côté femmes :

Alessandra Sublet

Anne-Claire Coudray

Anne-Sophie Lapix

Béatrice Schonberg

Brigitte Boréale

Caroline Diamant

Catherine Laborde

Cendrine Dominguez

Chantal Lauby

Cristina Cordula

Daphné Burki

Daphné Roulier

Dorothée

Élisabeth Quin

Élise lucet

Enora Malagré

Estelle Denis

Evelyne Dhéliat

Faustine Bollaert

Flavie Flament

Hapsatou Sy

Isabelle Ithurburu

Julie Andrieu

Karine Lemarchand

Laurence Boccolini

Laurence Ferrari

Leïla Kaddour-Boudadi

Louise Bourgoin

Maïté

Maïtena Biraben

Marie-Ange Nardi

Sabine Quindou

Sandrine Colombo

Sidonie Bonnec

Sophia Aram

Sophie Davant

Valérie Damidot

Virginie Effira

Wendy Bouchard

Si jamais vous pensez qu'il en manque, vous avez jusqu'au 10 mai pour soumettre les noms en réponse à cette publication !

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Hiii!! We love how your packs r set up hehehe :)

may we request 1 subsystem, level 2 with faceclaims that are based off of these images? We had someone split who is from the same collection as these characters, so we wanted to help her out :)

Thank you!!!

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Ann, Scarlet, Cora, Lulu, Jane and Babe

[PT. Ann, Scarlet, Cora, Lulu, Jane and Babe .END PT]

Can't guarantee headmates will turn out exact! Feel free to change anything to suit system :3

Note: hehe thanks :3c (sorry this took so long (┬┬﹏┬┬) got super sick hhh)

• Name(s) - Sloane, Sloth, Hannah

• Pronouns - they/they, fye/fyre, shey/shem, 🪽/🪽s, 💛/💛s, 🤍/🤍s, ❔/❔s

• Age - 200~years

• Gender - fem enby

• Orientation - aro allo

• Terms - any

• Basic traits - aloof, dazed,

• Species/ethnicity/race - deity

• Source - figurine set (?)

• Sign off(s) - 💛🤍, 🪽💛, 🪽🤍, 🪽❔

• Typing Quirk - no caps, does this a lot → ,,,

• Nickname(s) - ann

• Likes - jewellery, relaxation, feathers

• Dislikes - fronting a lot, talking, hot days

• Personality - Ann is a calming presence, they much rather sit back and nap then work. Fyre's non-committal, though a good listener. She approaches situations logically.

• Face claim:

Xxx

• Name(s) - Scarlet

• Pronouns - she/her, they/them, rose/roses, blood/bloods, 🌹/🌹s. 🩸/🩸s, 🍒/🍒s

• Age - late 20s - early 30s

• Gender - fem nonbinary, cherrygender, redgender

• Orientation - lesbian

• Terms - fem

• Basic traits - flirty, extrovert, sassy, pessimist

• Species/ethnicity/race - White/Japanese

• Source - figurine set

• Sign off(s) - 🌹,🌹🩸, 🩸🌹, 🍒🍒, 🍒🌹

• Typing Quirk - red, uses italics a lot , no caps

• Nickname(s) - rose

• Likes - roses, red things, gems cushions, silk

• Dislikes - rough textures, rott, wilting plants

• Personality - Scarlet has an interest in gardening, she loves reading and watching stuff about it. Rose is very social and get along with others well. Bloods interests can also turn morbid, blood loves poisonous and other dangerous plants, especially if their effects are lethal.

• Face claim:

Xxx

• Name(s) - Adara, Blair, Cora, Wix

• Pronouns - it/its, xe/xir, ❔/❔s, 🖤/🖤s, 🐦‍⬛/🐦‍⬛s, 🐈‍⬛/🐈‍⬛s, ✒️/✒️s

• Age - ???

• Gender - gendervoid

• Orientation - aroace

• Terms - neu

• Basic traits - distant, not expressive,

• Species/ethnicity/race - ???

• Source -

• Sign off(s) - 👁️❔, ❔👁️, ⚫, 🖤🐦‍⬛

• Typing Quirk - none

• Nickname(s) - none

• Likes - horror, campy movies, doll makers, goth culture & music

• Dislikes - having a body, milkshakes, puzzles

• Personality - It is friendly, good company. Loves movie night and cinemas. Favorite food is popcorn. Loves classic horror movies. Always up for watching low budget horrors. Picrews, dollmakers, paper dolls etc, are favorite time spender.

• Face claim:

Xxx

•Name(s) - Lulu, Quin

• Pronouns - he/him,one/ones, 💛/💛s, 🤍/🤍s, 🪽/🪽s, ❌/❌s

• Age - ???

• Gender - mirrorgender, yellowgender

• Orientation - omnisexual(masc lean)

• Terms - any

• Basic traits - shy, awkward, creative,

• Species/ethnicity/race - deity

• Source -

• Sign off(s) - 💛🤍, 💙🤍, 🪽

• Typing Quirk - orange

• Nickname(s) - none

• Likes - lofi, bread, coquette, journaling, photography

• Dislikes - disorganisation, mess, coffe

• Personality - Chil, likes lofi. Likes making braceletes together. Falls hard. Falls fast. Believes in true love.

• Face claim:

Xxx

•Name(s) - Jane, Jackie

• Pronouns - she/her, he/him, crow/crows, 🖤/🖤s, 🐦‍⬛/🐦‍⬛s, 👁️/👁️s, 🪽/🪽s, ✒️/✒️s

• Age - 200 yrs

• Gender - blackgender, jewelgender

• Orientation - mirrorsexual

• Terms - fem, masc

• Basic traits - optimistic, kinda touchy, BIRDS, silly

• Species/ethnicity/race - deity

• Source -

• Sign off(s) - 🐦‍⬛, 🖤

• Typing Quirk - italic

• Nickname(s) - Jay/j

• Likes - ravens, crows, rooks, taxidermy, ornithology

• Dislikes - bird haters.

• Personality - loves birds. bouncy, energized. gives pep talks often. loves fanfic. bear hugger.

• Face claim:

Xxx

•Name(s) - Babe/s, Blake

• Pronouns - it/its, thing/things, boy/boys, dog/dogs, pet/pets, paw/paws, growl/growls, 💛/💛s, 🤍/🤍s, 🪽/🪽s, 🐾/🐾s, 💙/💙s

• Age - 20s

• Gender - angelcoric, boything, dogthing, thing

• Orientation - other dogs/pets(therians, transspecies etc), pansexual/romantic

• Terms - any, refer to like a dog

• Basic traits - happy, positive, attached

• Species/ethnicity/race - human

• Source -

• Sign off(s) - 🪽🐾, 💛🐾

• Typing Quirk - :3, >:3, replaces i's with 1's

• Nickname(s) - none

• Likes - chew stims, soft clothes, biscuits, therian masks, parks

• Dislikes - being alone, being ignored, strong smells, shouting

• Personality - Happy and playful. Childish though uplifting, loves to hug,, cuddle. Likes playing games. Likes drawing. Very talkative.

• Face claim:

zander + oakley

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Quinn got into the usntdp in Plymouth and when Jack got in too they all moved to canton (the city below Plymouth). The boys all went to high school there and Ellen and Jim still live there and then quin and jack bought a lake house close ish to Ann arbor

oooh okay, didn’t know that!

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Looking at candidates fighting in the election

Although we cannot currently know the Election outcome for Sussex MP’s in Parliament it will be interesting to consider what success some previous MPs may achieve in July.   The Hove MP location was established as a voting event back in 1950 and this year it has now become the Hove and Portslade General election. It was led by Conservatives from the beginning of 1950 until to 1997 when the…

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🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in October 2024 🌈

🌈 Good afternoon, my bookish bats! Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Happy reading!

❓What was the last queer book you read?

[ Release dates may have changed. List below! ]

❤️ Back in the Hunt - K. Sterling 🧡 The Connoisseur's Christmas Courtship - L.M. Bennett 💛 Shoestring Theory - Mariana Costa 💚 The Black Hunger - Nicholas Pullen 💙 Wild Fire - Radclyffe 💜 Because Fat Girl - Lauren Marie Fleming ❤️ The Ace and Aro Relationship Guide - Cody Daigle-Orians 🧡 Soul Survivors - River Kai 💛 Stolen Hearts - Michele Castleman 💙 Reverence - Milena McKay 💜 Love Immortal - Kit Vincent

❤️ Take a Sad Song - Ona Gritz 🧡 Showmance - Chad Beguelin 💛 Redundancies & Potentials - Dominique Dickey 💚 Alexander - Karla Nikole 💙 Rest in Peaches - Alex Brown 💜 Rise of the Wrecking Crew - Kalynn Bayron ❤️ Language Lessons - Sage Donnell 🧡 Legend of the White Snake - Sher Lee 💛 Sorcery and Small Magis - Maiga Doocy 💙 Cried Out - Kate Hawthorne 💜 Skysong - C.A. Wright 🌈 No Rules Tonight - Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan Estrada

❤️ My Mother's Ridiculous Rules for Dating - Philip William Stover 🧡 I Shall Never Fall in Love - Hari Conner 💛 Castle Swimmer - Wendy Martin 🧡 The Hollow and the Haunted - Camilla Raines 💙 How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund? - Anna Montague 💜 The Arizona Triangle - Sydney Graves ❤️ Every Rule Undone - Nancy S.M. Waldman 🧡 Mister Nice - Jamie Jennings 💛 Under the Mistletoe with You - Lizzie Huxley-Jones 💙 How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnameable Disaster - Muriel Leung 💜 The Snowball Effect - Haley Cass 🌈 This Will Be Fun - E.B. Asher

❤️ Our Evenings - Alan Hollinghurst 🧡 Don't Let the Forest In - C.G. Drews 💛 Finding Delaware - Bree Wiley 💚 The Reeds - Arjun Basu 💙 The Bloodless Princes - Charlotte Bond 💜 Women's Hotel - Daniel M. Lavery ❤️ Alex McKenna and the Academy of Souls - Vicki-Ann Bush 🧡 A Vile Season - David Ferraro 💛 Synchronicity - J.J. Hale 💙 Writ of Love - Cassidy Crane 💜 Di-Curious - Erin Branch 🌈 Swordcrossed - Freya Marske

❤️ Stand Up! - Tori Sharp 🧡 Haunt Me, Baby - Rose Santoriello 💚 Planet Drag: Uncover the Global Herstory - Various 💙 Until We Shatter - Kate Dylan 💜 Metal from Heaven - August Clarke ❤️ Vicious Fates and Vast Futures - Tilly Bramley 🧡 The Daughter of Danray - Natalia Hernandez 💛 If I Stopped Haunting You - Colby Wilkens 💙 The Darkness Behind The Door - Mira Gonzalez 💜 Hunt Monsters, Do Magic, and Fall in Love - A.M. Weald 🌈 Jasmine Is Haunted - Mark Oshiro

❤️ Model Home - Rivers Solomon 🧡 Haunting Melody - Chloe Spencer 💛 The Door in Lake Mallion - S.M. Beiko 💚 The City in Glass - Nghi Vo 💙 Fang Fiction - Kate Stayman-London 💜 The Merriest Misters - Timothy Janovsky ❤️ Make the Season Bright - Ashley Herring Blake 🧡 My Kind of Trouble - L.A. Schwartz 💛 To Become A Flower - CEON 💙 What Was Lost - Melissa Connelly 💜 The Forbidden Book - Sacha Lamb 🌈 This Dark Paradise - Erin Luken

❤️ The Sound of Storms - Anya Keeler 🧡 Country Queers - Rae Garringer 💛 A Spell for Heartsickness - Alistair Reeves 💚 The Stars Inside Us - Kristy Gardner 💙 October's Ocean - Delaine Coppock 💜 Haunt Your Heart Out - Amber Roberts ❤️ The Dark Becomes Her - Judy I. Lin 🧡 Power Pose - Emily Silver 💛 The Magic You Make - Jason June 💙 House of Elephants - Claribel A. Ortega 💜 Tegan and Sara: Crush - Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Tillie Walden 🌈 The Brightness Between Us - Eliot Schrefer

❤️ The Spring before Obergefell - Benjamin S. Grossberg 🧡 Pray For Him - Tyler Battaglia 💛 Coup de Grâce - Sofia Ajram 💚 Coal Gets In Your Veins - Cat Rector 💙 He Who Bleeds - Dorian Valentine 💜 The Revenge of Captain Vessia - Leslie Allen ❤️ Camelot's Tower - Brooke Matthews 🧡 The Manor - Tiffany E. Taylor 💛 Arcanum - Ashlyn Drewek 💙 Strange Beasts - Susan J. Morris 💜 On Vicious Worlds - Bethany Jacobs 🌈 Death Song - B. Ripley

❤️ Best Hex Ever - Nadia El-Fassi 🧡 I'll Be Gone for Christmas - Georgia K. Boone 💛 Make My Wish Come True - Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick 💚 Gentlest of Wild Things - Sarah Underwood 💙 Troth - E.H. Lupton 💜 Solis - Paola Mendoza & Abby Sher ❤️ Lucy, Uncensored - Mel Hammond, Teghan Hammond 🧡 Mama - Nikkya Hargrove 💛 Under All the Lights - Maya Ameyaw 💙 Reclaimed - Seth Haddon 💜 The Devil's Dilemma - Alex J. Adams 🌈 The Jovian Madrigals - Janneke de Beer

❤️ Blood Price - Nicole Evans 🧡 Worship Me - K.C. Blume 💛 All the Hearts You Eat - Hailey Piper 💚 The Nightmare Before Kissmas - Sara Raasch 💙 Rogue Community College - David R. Slayton 💜 Mistress of Hours - Emma Elizabeth ❤️ The Dog Trainer's Secret - Sav Uong 🧡 Most Wonderful - Georgia Clark 💛 Antenora - Dori Lumpkin 💙 House of Frank - Kay Synclaire 💜 Sir Callie and the Witch's War - Esme Symes-Smith 🌈 Prince of Fortune - Lisa Tirreno

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looking up "ann quin" on tumblr as if that brings up anything other than my own posts and the same 5 posts that have been there for over a year... please everyone start blogging about late 1960s experimental author ann quin

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A playlist that quietly explores Vaux's inner monologue, the machinations and trials of his life thus far and the emotions attached to them, of the person of whom rests beneath the persona he always wears toward the world.

1|| Rain in Jiang'nan - Eliott Tordo Erhu. 2|| Lovers (Flower Garden) - Eliott Tordo Erhu. 3|| Emotions - Olexandr Ignatov. 4|| At Long Last - Yi Nantiro. 5|| The Trees Are Whispering - Thomas J. Curran. 6|| A World Apart - Anne Sophie Versnaeyen. 7|| New Age Solitude - Phillip Ayers. 8|| To Have Trusted - Francis Wells. 9|| Aspire to Inspire - Howard Harper-Barnes. 10|| Weeping River of Sorrow - Yu Hong Mei, Yang Quin. 11|| The Sorrow of Lady Zhaojun - Hong Ting. 12|| Celebrating the Lantern Festival - Shanghai Folk Orchestra. 13|| Across Mountains - Omar Raafat. 14|| The Ballard of the Lake of Tears - Chris Palmer.

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Ramble of the month December 2024: Poirot fan-cast Part 2 of 4

To wrap up this year’s monthly rambles, we’re heading back to my Poirot fan-cast to cover the next run of films within the overall series.  To remind of everyone of the key points from my October 2024 ramble that started off the fan-cast, here’s a quick bullet-point summary;

Agatha Christie wrote 66 novels and 14 short story collections, most of which centred on either former Belgian policeman-turned-private detective Hercule Poirot or elderly English spinster sleuth Jane Marple.

Within in this run of literature, Poirot had 33 novels to Miss Marple’s 14, most of which remain un-adapted to film while British TV and radio have done better.

The Poirot fan-cast is based on the run of BBC radio dramatizations featuring John Moffat as the voice of Poirot; discounting those radio drama using other voice actors and those too short to make a decent film, this creates a 24-film run.

By starting with a first film release in 1980 and making a film every other year, this hypothetical film series would take until 2026 to complete and could include a single actor to play Poirot throughout, while also including other actors in key recurring roles.

Our initial key long-term actors are Brian Cox as Poirot, Anthony Head as Hastings and John Hurt as Inspector Japp.

Now before we dive into the second grouping of six film in this run, here’s a quick reminder of the first run of films;

1980: The Mysterious Affair at Styles

1982: The Murder on the Links

1984: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

1986: Peril at End House

1988: Lord Edgeware Dies

1990: Murder on the Orient Express

With all the summaries and catch-ups out of the way, let’s look at the second round of films for our Poirot-verse.  Remember that in this fan-cast I’m not specifying directors, and the films have two dates; the first for production and the second for setting.

Three Act Tragedy (1992/1928)

Hercule Poirot = Brian Cox

Mr Satterthwaite = Peter O’Toole

Sir Charles Cartwright = John Thaw

Sir Bartholomew Strange = Michael York

Hermione Lytton Gore = Patsy Kensit

Lady Mary Lytton Gore = Sylvia Sims

Captain Dacres = David Bowie

Cynthia Dacres = Caroline Munro

Angela Sutcliffe = Jacqueline Bisset

Muriel Wills/ “Anthony Astor” = Victoria Wood

Oliver Manders = David Morrissey

Reverend Babington = Eric Sykes

Mrs Babington = Shirley Anne Field

Mrs De Rushbridger = Celia Imrie

Miss Milray = Tilda Swinton

Superintendent Crossfield = Tom Wilkinson

Colonel Johnson = David Warner

Three Act Tragedy is one of a number of novels Christie did that crossed over characters from different works of hers, meaning that well before modern franchise media did such interconnectivity, Christie was already doing so.  However, in a film series like this, a little of that gets lost, but no matter.  In this case, Poirot watches from the sidelines quite a bit as Mr Satterthwaite, the sleuth from the short story collection “The Mysterious Mr Quin”, investigates a series of murders alongside his actor friend Sir Charles Cartwright.  First to be murdered is Reverend Babington, followed by Sir Charles’ childhood friend Sir Bartholomew Strange, but who among those in attendance at both murder scenes did the deeds?

With the exception of Poirot, this film is all new cast members, though it’s an all-British cast in keeping with the original novel.  Many of the actors are well known here and a few would have international appeal, such as David Bowie, who acted in films on occasion as well as being a major musician; David Warner, who had roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation and the second of the 80’s/90’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films; and Tilda Swinton, who many MCU fans will know as the Ancient One in Doctor Strange.

Death In The Clouds (1994/1929)

Hercule Poirot = Brian Cox

Inspector Japp = John Hurt

Daniel Clancy = Eric Idle

Armond Dupont = Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean Dupont = Vincent Cassel

Norman Gale = Peter Capaldi

Jane Grey = Jenny Funnell

Madame Giselle = Fanny Ardant

Dr Bryant = Gary Oldman

James Ryder = Peter Davison

Cecily, Countess of Horbury = Joanna Lumley

Venitia Carr = Jennifer Saunders

Monsieur Fournier = Fabrice Luchini

Madeleine = Marion Cotillard

Lord Horbury = Tom Conti

Raymond Barraclough = Pete Postlethwaite

This film sees John Hurt return to reprise the role of Japp, but otherwise it’s fresh casting.  In this story, Poirot dares to chance air travel from Paris to London, and during the flight, French money lender Madame Giselle is murdered, seemingly by a blowpipe.  After some minor initial suspicions against Poirot himself, the Belgian detective combines forces with Japp and with French Sûreté officer Monsieur Fournier to determine the real killer.  This time, the cast is a mix of British and French actors, with the British contingent including such well-known figures Eric Idle of Monty Python fame, Doctor Who actor Peter Capaldi, Absolutely Fabulous headliners Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders, Gary Oldman and Pete Postlethwaite.  As for the French actors, I’m sure fans of The Dark Knight Rises will recognise Talia Al Ghul actress Marion Cotillard.

The ABC Murders (1996/1930)

Hercule Poirot = Brian Cox

Captain Hastings = Anthony Head

Inspector Japp = John Hurt

Inspector Chrome = Hugh Laurie

Alexander Bonaparte Cust = Robert Llewellyn

Alice Ascher = Francesca Annis

Franz Ascher = Udo Kier

Mary Drower = Sadie Frost

Betty Barnard = Julia Sawalha

Megan Barnard = Nadia Sawalha

Donald Fraser = John Hannah

Sir Carmichael Clarke = Michael Caine

Lady Clarke = Maggie Smith

Franklin Clarke = Derek Jacobi

Thora Grey = Joely Richardson

Roger Downes = Chris Barrie

George Earlsfield = Richard E. Grant

Mary Stroud = Claire King

Hartigan = Philip Glenister

When Poirot is sent letters signed “ABC” hinting at the place and dates of impending crimes, he fears that the crimes in question will be murders, and it isn’t long before those fears are proven true.  Reunited with Captain Hastings once more, Poirot struggle to find logic in the seemingly illogical actions of an apparent serial killer.  Here again we go largely English on the cast, but with this novel a few characters offer us some variety, specifically Scotsman Donald Fraser and German Franz Asher.  In keeping with my habit of using related actors to play related characters where I can, the Sawalha sisters are cast to play the Barnard sisters, and of course there are plenty of names in the cast that are well known outside the UK in addition to in it.  Among these would be Michael Caine (Dark Knight trilogy, among many other films), Maggie Smith (The Sister Act films, Downton Abbey and many others) and Hugh Laurie (best known to US audience as TV’s House, while I know him best from British sitcom franchise Blackadder).

Murder in Mesopotamia (1998/1931)

Hercule Poirot = Brian Cox

Nurse Amy Leatheran = Julia Ormond

Dr Eric Leidner = Stellan Skarsgård

Louise Leidner = Maureen McCormick

Richard Carey = Kenneth Branagh

Anne Johnson = Annie Hulley

Joseph Mercado = Antonio Banderas

Marie Mercado = Salma Hayek

David Emmott = Matt Damon

Bill Coleman = Michael Sheen

Carl Reiter = Til Schweiger

Father Lavigny = Vincent Lindon

Dr Reilly = Eamon Morrissey

Shiela Reilly = Kate Beckinsale

Captain Maitland = Richard Briers

Ali Yusuf = Art Malik

When Nurse Amy Leatheran is employed to look after the seemingly neurotic wife of a famous Swedish-American archaeologist, she learns the woman is facing possible death threats from her supposedly deceased first husband.  Not long after, Mrs Leidner is found murdered in seemingly impossible circumstances, and when the local authorities, led by Captain Maitland, are stumped, it is lucky that Hercule Poirot is in the vicinity.  This film takes Poirot away from the usual support characters of Japp and Hastings in favour of a more international setting and cast, the latter giving the film a greater chance at making good money abroad.  In addition, we get an interesting mix of actors into the bargain, most of whom are doubtless well known to many of us.  This film also marks the first of a few ventures abroad that aren’t limited to Europe within the Christie universe.

Cards on the Table (2000/1932)

Hercule Poirot = Brian Cox

Ariadne Oliver = Zoë Wanamaker

Colonel Race = Bernard Hill

Superintendent Battle = Bob Hoskins

Mr Shaitana = Ben Kingsley

Dr Geoffrey Roberts = Nigel Planer

Mrs Lorimer = Valerie Leon

Major John Despard = Jason Flemyng

Anne Meredith = Gabrielle Anwar

Rhoda Dawes = Chloë Annett

Mrs Luxmore = Samantha Beckinsale

Prof. Luxmore = Alfred Molina

Mrs Craddock = Mary Tamm

Mr Craddock = Robert Powell

Mrs Benson = Susan Hampshire

Gerald Hemmingway = Ioan Gruffudd

Cards on the Table marks the first appearance of Ariadne Oliver, a character who seems to be at least partially an analogue of Agatha Christie herself within the Poirot series, and here I’ve opted to go with the same casting used by ITV’s Poirot drama series.  As a result, this film includes Zoë Wanamaker in the role of Mrs Oliver as she joins Poirot and others for dinner and a game of Bridge at the home of Mr Shaitana, a man who claims to have “collected” the best murderers.  As a result, his guests comprise four “sleuths” (Poirot, Oliver, army officer Colonel Race and Police Superintendent Battle) and four “criminals” (physician Dr Geoffrey Roberts, elderly widow Mrs Lorimer, army officer Major John Despard, and young lady Anne Meredith).

By the end of the evening, one of the four “criminals” has struck and Shaitana is dead.  With no tangible clues, Poirot must work with his fellow sleuths to work out who killed their host.  Again, we’re dealing with an all-British cast, but as ever I’ve tried to not only cast the right people for the roles, but also to work in a mix of actors who are well-known outside the UK.  Bernard Hill of Lord of the Rings fame, Bob Hoskins and Ben Kingsley are among the more notable names in the cast, along with such Marvel film luminaries as Jason Flemyng (Azazel in X-Men: First Class), Alfred Molina (Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man: No Way Home) and Ioan Gruffudd (Mr Fantastic in the 2005-2007 Fantastic Four film run).  This film is the first of two appearances for Bernard Hill, as his character of Colonel Race makes a return appearance in the next round of Poirot films.

Dumb Witness (2002/1933)

Hercule Poirot = Brian Cox

Captain Hastings = Anthony Head

Emily Arundell = Angela Lansbury

Wilhelmina Lawson = Penelope Wilton

Ellen = Samantha Eggar

Charles Arundell = Cary Elwes

Theresa Arundell = Elizabeth Hurley

Dr Jacob Tanios = Alkis Kourkoulos

Bella Tanios = Emily Watson

Dr Grainger = David Schofield

Catherine Peabody = Judi Dench

Isabel Tripp = Pam Ferris

Julia Tripp = Barbara Flynn

Dr Rex Donaldson = Hugh Grant

George = Robert Lindsay

For the last film in this round, we find ourselves looking at the last appearance of Captain Hastings for our film run.  In novels, Hastings returned for the 1975 novel Curtain, but as that novel never became part of the BBC radio drama run I’m using as a basis for my film choices, that novel won’t be in this film run.  Also, like many Poirot fans, I don’t like what Curtain did to Poirot as a character, so the less said about it, the better.  As for Dumb Witness, this story deals with Poirot receiving a somewhat cryptic letter from an Emily Arundell over two months after it was written.  Upon investigating, Poirot finds the writer has passed away, and in the process, he begins to suspect foul play on the part of her family.

Again, we go largely British on cast, but choose from some internationally well-known actors for many of the roles, including Angela Lansbury (Jessica Fletcher from Murder, She Wrote, among other roles), Judi Dench (M in the Brosnan and Craig Bond runs), Cary Elwes (Hot Shots! and Robin Hood: Men in Tights), Elizabeth Hurley (Austin Powers franchise and Bedazzled, among other roles) and Hugh Grant (Love Actually, among others).  Fans of British sit-com My Family will also note that I’ve cast Robert Lindsay, Zoë Wanamaker’s co-star from that series, in the role of Poirot’s man-servant George.  This is another recurring role, and as this film run goes on, a few films will come up where both actors appear in the same film.

So, that’s another six films in this Poirot fan-cast covered, putting us half-way through.  In the new year, I intend to complete my run-through of my 90’s MCU, then return to this fan-cast for a third round of films, consisting of Death on the Nile, Appointment with Death, Sad Cypress, One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, Evil Under The Sun and Five Little Pigs.  A Miss Marple fan-cast and film run is also planned for next year, among other things.  So, until next time, ta-ta for now.