#Benwell

[4eternal-life]

Colin Jones  /English, 1936 – 2021

Benwell, Newcastle, late 1963

Vintage silver gelatin print38 x 28 cm © Colin Jones

https://www.michaelhoppengallery.com/artists/52-colin-jones/overview/

[the-final-sentence]

And standing in this moment, my knees shaking with the effort and emotion, I'm okay, even if this is my last.

Fox Benwell, from "A Play in Many Parts"

[sassafrasmoonshine]

Joseph Benwell Clark (British/English, 1857–1938) • Illustration from Sindbad the Sailor & Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves • London: Lawrence & Bullen • 1896

[yestolerancepro]

If it wasn't for the BBC this poor lady and her child would still be in a cold and dark house not a good example of customer care with Christmas coming up send her thank god she got her supply reconectted how many other disabled people will have the power switched off before christmas due to incurrect bills

[fuzzysparrow]

Happily Ever After?

CaptiveAuthor: A. J. GraingerPublished: 1st January 2015Goodreads Rating: 3.31 out of 5Reviewed: November 2014 (Advanced Reader Copy) Captive is the debut young adult thriller by British author A. J. Grainger. Set in contemporary Britain, sixteen-year-old Robyn, the daughter of the Prime Minister, is kidnapped and held hostage by three animal rights activists. Until the government agrees to…

[thepaintedroom]

Joseph Benwell Clark (British/English, 1857–1938) • The Bachelor's Breakfast Table • 1885 • National Museum Cardiff, Wales

[thesilicontribesman]

Roman Stone Head of the Native God, Antenociticus from the Roman Temple at Benwell, The Great North Museum, Hancock, Newcastle upon Tyne.

[henk-heijmans]

Children playing in front of the corner shop, Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 1963 - by Colin Jones (1936 - 2021), English

[chirpingfromthebox]

Minnesota Frost's Post-game Press Conference: Game 1 of PWHL Mini-Camps

[You can find and watch the entire interview here! Be sure to give her some views/likes/nice comments if you can to help support her work bringing this stuff to us.]

At the table were goalie Nicole Hensley (#39) and defender Claire Thompson (#42).

Transcription is under the break.

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Reporter [Cee Benwell aka the reporter who puts out these videos and runs the Gameday Hockey channel]:

Yesterday’s practice when the team hit the ice I was noticing, like visually, it was really fast. Like you guys hit the ice top speed. Is that how it feels for you at this point? Like you’re just ready to go?

Nicole Hensley:

I feel like that’s part of the identity of our team. We like to play fast and make good plays with the puck. I feel like there’s still a lot of feeling each other out, getting to know everybody, and get comfortable with the systems and things like that. But overall I think our team feels pretty good. Seems like we’ve gelled pretty quickly as far as camp’s concerned. Just looking forward to the next two games to continue to grow.

Reporter [John Wawrow, Associated Press]:

Nicole, what are the unknowns, or the fewer unknowns, because there were so many going into last year, it was such a quick run-up. How does it feel, having had some lead up time going into this season? And how did you maybe change your routine or adapt to preparing for this season?

Nicole Hensley:

Yeah, I think in the past we’ve been used to hockey season starts in October or even September for National team players. So, kind of having to adjust your Summer, it was weird to play up to June and then you felt you were behind not starting till July or August, but that’s kind of the new schedule. So I think kind of learning that this year- or knowing that this year was a bit different.

We’re pretty fortunate in Minnesota that we have a large group of PWHL players that can all skate together before people go out to their separate teams. So we had a lot of Frost players as well as other players there. So we were able to have pretty high caliber skates during the end of the Summer going into the Fall. So I think that kind of stuff was really helpful to just kind of understand that, as well a lot of us had been through a training camp now and understand what we didn’t last year in Utica. So just kind of learning that piece and that it is a business. There’s a lot of nerves, pressure, people feeling a lot of things this week, so just trying to be there for your teammates.

Reporter [Wawrow]:

And Claire, what was it like to be your first- well, you’ve been working out I’m sure with the Frost, but what’s it like to be with a team now?

Claire Thompson:

Yeah, it’s been a lot of fun. The girls on the team are wonderful. The coaching and support staff have been so welcoming to the new players and to everyone. It’s been a lot of fun to be a part of a team again.

Reporter [Kyle Cushman, theScore]:

...Question for Claire, where do you feel you’re at in your process of ramping up towards the season and how do you think mini-camp helps you prepare for the season in a couple of weeks?

Claire Thompson:

Yeah, I definitely feel really prepared. I think Rivalry [series] the past- the previous few weeks was a good test to see how my preparation was building. And we hit training camp and it’s fun to be back in a team environment and learning new systems and stuff. And it’s gonna be really exciting over these next couple games to see the team implement those systems and watching how everyone gels together.

Reporter [Cushman]:

And what are your first impressions of the defense group? And have you played with many of the defenders on this group before? And how has the chemistry gelled early in the camp?

Claire Thompson:

Well, I knew the D-core was very strong going in. I watched them a lot last year, so I was definitely excited to join this group of individuals and the new additions. It was really fun getting to know Mae Batherson and Charlotte Av-er-rick? [looks to Hensley for confirmation] I’m not sure how to say her last name! [laughing] Charlotte.

[Mae Batherson, #9, was MN’s 6th round pick in this year’s draft. And Charlotte Akervik, #8, Charlotte is a camp invitee, played for Minnesota State University in college, and I believe it’s pronounced “Ak-ker-vick”]

So that’s been a lot of fun and it’s a testament to the coaching that’s available for the defense on the Frost. And, yeah, it’s been exciting to join this group.

Reporter [Shireen Ahmed, CBC Sports]:

Nicole, going into the new season as champs comes with a huge responsibility [I can’t make this bit out, something about nerves and emotion], how does that get tempered?

Nicole Hensley:

I think we have a really good group of veterans. Even [gestures to Thompson]- Claire hasn’t played in the league before, but she’s definitely a veteran and obviously a really good player. So I think we have a lot of people who understand what it’s like to deal with different kinds of pressures. So we have a lot of resources for people to go talk to and reach out to. I think we have a really welcoming veteran and captains group [Thompson nods]. I think that’s been a good place for people to go and feel comfortable. And for us that were here last year, it’s about turning the page and it’s a new season. We’ve won it one time, we want to win it again. So I think it’s no looking back, only looking forward now.

Reporter [Ahmed]:

And Claire, you mentioned the Rivalry Series, what do you take from representing Nationally to a league? What do you own personally and bring over with you?

Claire Thompson:

I think that there’s actually a very small gap between the caliber that’s at Rivalry and the caliber that’s here in this professional league. I think it’s really exciting, getting to play finally with people that I’ve played against for awhile now. But I think you try to just consistently bring the same habits that you bring to one team back to the other. And then take what you can learn from each and apply it to your game and share it with your teammates.

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Reporter [Benwell]:

That “No Escape” rule was just announced, I don’t know if you’ve talked it over with your teammates, could we get, presumably, a PK perspective or if you’re on the ice, [Hensley and Thompson laugh] and then from a goal- there’s got to be some strategy there. What are your thoughts on that?

Nicole Hensley:

Yeah, it’ll be a task for the coaching staff to potentially teach the forwards what their defensive responsibilities are [Thompson laughs] if they get caught out there. It’s an interesting rule. We’ll see how it goes. The PWHL is always trying to be innovative and move the game forward, so I think this is a small way to do that. [shrugs] So we’ll see how it goes.

Reporter [Wawrow]:

Nicole...when you got back together with the USA team and your teammates, was there any playful ribbing? Because there are so many USA players on the Frost that won a championship.

Nicole Hensley:

I dunno. We kind of rib each other about everything. There was a lot of back and forth all year. It was the first opportunity we’ve had to play against each other consistently. So there were a lot of funny things that happened in the finals or even before that. We weren’t really talking to each other during the finals then a couple weeks after you start talking about some of the funny things that happened. But, yeah, when you’re at Rivalry it’s about winning those games. So the focus is more there. But, yeah, we always give each other a hard time.

Reporter [Wawrow]:

Knowing that there are, you know, USA players that haven’t had a chance to lift the Walter Cup...knowing that they’re motivated, can you feel that? Knowing that other players, Team Canada as well, you know, there’s a target on your back I guess is what I’m saying.

Nicole Hensley:

Yeah. I mean, after someone wins in any sport they’re who everyone wants to beat next year. You’re gonna get everyone’s best game. But like I said, we need to focus on us and moving forward and focus on this season. Last year was great, but that was last year. Like I said, we’re just focused on the goal- the task at hand.

Reporter [Cushman]:

Nicole, you obviously have a lot of reps with Aerin Frankel over the years and have kind of seen her come into the National Team and blossom into the goalie that she is today. What impresses you most about her game?

Nicole Hensley:

I think what impresses me most about Aerin’s game is there is no one in the world that plays like Aerin does [Thompson nods her head]. I just watch most of the time and are like, “I dunno how you did that, but you did.” You know? So it’s a lot of fun. She’s a great goalie partner to have on and off the ice. It’s a very supportive trio we have there right now. So it’s always a good thing to have in the room. But yeah, Aerin’s an amazing person; a better person than goaltender, if that’s possible. But it’s been fun to watch her grow for sure.

Reporter [Cushman]:

Claire, you nodded your head there, what’s it like shooting against a goaltender like Aerin?

Claire Thompson:

Yeah, it’s a lot of fun. She’s fun to watch. Like the diving saves she makes? Are incredible. She’s diving across the crease and she saves something that you think no one should save and you have to applaud that effort and the athleticism that she has to get over there. So we’re always working on trying to find new ways to score on her, but she’s a fierce competitor and it’s a lot of fun to watch.

[bantarleton]

Nothing is now visible of the fort at Benwell (Condercum) in Newcastle, which was occupied throughout most of the Roman period by the Asturian cavalry regiment from northern Spain. To the south of the fort site, however, is the only causeway (or permanent crossing) of the Vallum earthwork to be seen on the line of Hadrian’s Wall. The crossing was one of a series of such causeways sited south of the forts, which were the only points where the earthwork known as the Vallum could be crossed to gain access to the zone immediately behind the Wall.

Art by Graham Sumner.

[lgbtqreads]

not a rec request, but as a South African queer person I just wanted to let you know of two South African queer books that I don’t often see on rec lists — maybe someone who follows your blog will enjoy them? :DD

the other me by xan van rooyen (set soon-ish after the end of apartheid, a white gay trans guy figures out his identity. i remember thinking that this book also portrayedgrief and self-harm really well. the author is also nonbinary and really friendly — i’ve connected w/ them via email before!)

the prey of gods by Nicky drayden (in a post-apocalyptic future w/ robots, a gay South African guy — who is Zulu i think! — helps to save the world)

if anyone has read any other books w/ queer South African characters i’d love for y'all to drop the names :)

You know, I actually though both of those books were already on the site but maybe they are not, so thank you for the reminder! (Though I do have Xan’s Finnish book on there.) The only other one I know of is Kaleidoscope Song by Fox Benwell, but I’d also love to know more!

ETA: I should've mentioned Kevin van Whye! I haven't read Nate Plus One yet but it's set in South Africa, and he's a South African author.

[adarkrainbow]

Dubois' bibliography: Fairy books (1)

I talked a LOT before of Pierre Dubois, his famous "Fairy/Elf/Lutin Encyclopedias", his collections of fairytales, and so forth and so on. And yes we have to agree that he has a very free, inventive, poetic style when it comes to retelling the various myths and legends surrounding the fair folk and other supernatural beings. As such, while his books are very entertaining and very beautiful, they are not to be used as a serious research material and can be quite misleading between Dubois' personal inventions, crafted genealogies and fictional history of "Elfland"...

BUT the wonderful and very pleasant thing with Dubois is that at the end of each of his Encylopedias he leaves us with a complete bibliography of all the books he used when writing them. I have rarely stumbled upon such complete bibliographies about the "fair folk", "good neighbor", petit peuple" and so forth, and while it goes a bit beyond what this blog is about (fairy tales proper), I still thought of sharing some of it here because my Dubois posts were all here.

Now, I can't share the entirety of the bibliography because it would be too big. However what I will share is all the books Dubois placed in his bibliography... in English. Indeed, Dubois reads the English and as such a good chunk of his bibliography is English-speaking (there are also some Spanish, Italian and German books in his lists). As such, if you are an English speaker you can easily go check these texts. (Note, this comes from his bibliography of his "Encyclopedia of Fairies", so that we stay within the "fairy tale" theme of this blog)

Tolkien's On Fairy-Stories

Beatrice Phillports, Mermaids

Richard Carrington, Mermaids and Mastodons

Gwen Benwell and Arthur Waugh, Sea Enchantress

The Lost Gods of England, Brian Branston

Wilfrid Bonser, A bibliography of folklore

Masaharu Anesaki, Japanese Mythology (also known as the History of Japanese Religion)

F. J. Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads

Moncure Daniel Conway, Demonology and Devil Lore

T. C. Croker, Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland

N. Belfield Dennys, The Folklore of China [The book has the very unfortunate subtitles "and its affinities with that the Aryan and Semitic races", but it was written in the 19th century so...)

David Crockett Graham, Songs and Stories of the Ch'uan Miao

Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology

P. Kennedy, Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts

John Rhys, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

Sir George Webb Dasent's translation of Popular Tales from the Norse

The Norse Myths (as rewriten by Crossley)

Delaporte Press' Great Swedish Fairy Tales, illustrated by John Bauer

Inger and Edgar Parn d'Aulaire, D'Aulaire's Trolls (also known as D'Aulaire's Book of Trolls)

The Florence Ekstrand edition of Theodore Kittelsen's Norvegian Trolls and Other Tales

G. Fox, The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region

Edward L. Gardner, Fairies

M. Geoffrey Hodson, The Kingdom of the Gods

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Coming of the Fairies

Walter Burkert, Ancient Mystery Cults

Sabine Baring-Gould, Curious Myths of the Middle Age

[mosertone]

Stephen Benwell

[eahostudiogallery]

Selfish Portraits

Jack Delano - Self Portrait, 1937

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Jacques Villon (1875-1963) - Self-portrait

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Pablo Picasso - Self-portrait

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Francis Bacon  - Polaroid self-portrait

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Joseph Benwell Clark - Self porttait

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Gregory Mortenson - Self-Portrait in Russian Hat

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Albrecht Durer - Self Portrait, 1500

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Arshile Gorky - The Artist and His Mother

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Douglas Gordon – Self-portrait of You + Me

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Ellsworth Kelly - Self-Portrait

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Saul Steinberg - Self Portrait

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Claude Monet - Self Portrait in his Atelier 

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Hunter S. Thompson - Self Portrait, Louisville

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Keith Haring - Untitled (Self-Portrait)

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Erwin Blumenfeld - Self-Portrait

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Robert Rauschenberg - Self-portrait with weed

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Wednesday: Life, still

[1000sassa1000]

Stephen Benwell

Male Nude - 2007

[sidlarsson]

Colin Jones, Children playing in front of a corner shop, Benwell, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1963. Vintage Gelatin Silver Print