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Pitch Black Panacea (2020) Thomas Hardiman

March 5th 2024

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Argylle (Movie Review) | A Wild Ride Through Layers of Laughter, Action and Intrigue

Dive into the world of laughter, action, and surprises with #Argylle! 🕵️‍♀️💥 Vaughn's latest delivers a Kingsman vibe, but with a twist. #BryceDallasHoward and #SamRockwell shine in this spy-comedy extravaganza! #MustWatch #MovieReview #HenryCavill

Initially interested in Argylle because of Director Matthew Vaughn, I didn’t follow this film’s road to the silver screen. So I rocked up the cinema firmly believing that Elly Conway was the author of the book the script was based on, unaware that she was revealed to be the fictional author of the in-universe Argylle novels. I’m on social media but I spend more time with my books and TV shows to…

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convincing you to read my favourite media through web weavings pt. 2

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

“God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater” or “Pearls Before Swine” (1965) is a social and political satire novel by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The story follows several main characters including an incredibly wealthy veteran, a poor factory worker, a hotshot attorney, and a very large sum of money. The main plot revolves around Elliott Rosewater, a retired firefighter and WW2 veteran who is committed to helping the poverty-stricken residents of Rosewater county whether they like it or not.

No Wind Resistance! - Kinneret | Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead | Ode to My Family - The Cranberries | Still Ill - The Smiths | Banks - Lincoln | You’ve Got Everything Now - The Smiths | Under The Table - Fiona Apple | Conch - Nouns | Between The Bars - Elliott Smith | America - Car Seat Headrest | Across The Sea - Weezer | Lilac Wine - Jeff Buckley

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2 Scary!

2:22 A GHOST STORY Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, Tuesday 16th January 2024 Paranormal man of the moment Danny Robins (he of BBC2 Uncanny and podcast fame) has penned this taut little chiller that has met with great success in the West End and is now touring the provinces. Sam, Jenny and their baby daughter have moved into a house formerly owned by elderly widow Margaret.  When Sam goes on a…

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222aghoststory & colinodonoghue1: 🚨 MEET YOUR DUBLIN CAST 🚨 @shonabmx @birdspotting @colinodonoghue1 @thewhitmore will be taking #222AGhostStory to Dublin’s @3olympiatheatre this Summer, 21 June - 11 Aug. For a strictly limited run 🚨Do you dare to join us? Book your tickets now! Link in bio 👻📸 @seamusphoto

Colinodonoghue1: Woohoo!! So excited to be a part of this show!!

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Runaway Entertainment in association with 3Olympia Theatre presents

2:22 - A GHOST STORY

Shona McGarty, Jay McGuiness, Colin O’Donoghue, Laura Whitmore, Announced for The Very Special, Standalone Irish Production

The smash hit play by Danny Robins Makes Irish Debut At 3Olympia Theatre This Summer For a Strictly Limited Run

Directed by Matthew Dunster & Isabel Marr

“A slick, chilling, romp of a play” The Guardian

‘A modern classic’ Sunday Times

Producer Runaway Entertainment is delighted to announce the stellar cast for the critically acclaimed, smash hit, supernatural thriller 2:22 - A Ghost Story opening at Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre this summer for its debut Irish performances.

Shona McGarty (Eastenders) will play Jenny, Jay McGuiness (The Wanted, BIG! The Musical, Rip It Up), who is currently on the UK tour in 2:22 - A Ghost Story, will play Ben, Colin O'Donoghue (Once Upon A Time, The Tudors, The Right Stuff, The Gray House) will play Sam with Laura Whitmore (Love Island, Finding Joy, Queenie, and Jenny in 2.22: A Ghost Story in her West End debut) stepping into the role of Lauren.

The very special, standalone Irish production, produced for Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre, will open on Thursday 20th June 2024 with performances until Sunday 11th August 2024 - for a strictly limited run only.

Full list of performances below. Age Suitability: 12+ 

Tickets priced from €26.50 including booking fee and €1.50 restoration levy on sale now with Ticketmaster Ireland

2:22 - A Ghost Story began in summer 2021 at the Noël Coward Theatre, starring Lily Allen, Julia Chan, Hadley Fraser and Jake Wood, and where it won the WhatsOnStage award for Best Play. It then transferred to the Gielgud Theatre for 10 weeks from 4 December 2021. The production there starring Stephanie Beatriz, James Buckley, Elliot Cowan and Giovanna Fletcher completed its run on 12 February 2022. For the first season at the Criterion (May - September 2022) the cast was Tom Felton, Mandip GIll, Sam Swainsbury and Beatriz Romilly. In late September Laura Whitmore, Matt Willis, Felix Scott and Tamsin Carroll took over. 

The box office record-breaking run at the Lyric starring Cheryl, Jake Wood, Scott Karim, and Louise Ford, concluded its run on 23 April. The West End season at the Apollo Theatre starred Sophia Bush, Frankie Bridge, Ricky Champ, Clifford Samuel and Jaime Winstone, and set off on its UK tour in Autumn 2023 with Joe Absolom, Charlene Boyd, Nathaniel Curtis and Louisa Lytton in the cast. Current cast on the UK tour: Vera Chok (Lauren); Jay McGuiness (Ben); George Rainsford (Sam); Fiona Wade (Jenny).

2:22 is written by award-winning writer Danny Robins, creator of the hit BBC podcast The Battersea Poltergeist, and is directed by Matthew Dunster and Isabel Marr; it’s an adrenaline-filled night where secrets emerge and ghosts may or may not appear…

Danny Robins said: ‘I'm really looking forward to seeing how Dublin audiences respond to 2:22 this summer. The tour continues to be a great success and I can't think of a better place to round off the journey in 2024 than here with a brand new cast to be announced soon!'

What do you believe? And do you dare discover the truth?

“THERE’S SOMETHING IN OUR HOUSE. I HEAR IT EVERY NIGHT, AT THE SAME TIME"

Jenny believes her new home is haunted, but her husband Sam isn’t having any of it. They argue with their first dinner guests, old friend Lauren and new partner Ben. Can the dead really walk again? Belief and scepticism clash, but something feels strange and frightening, and that something is getting closer, so they’re going to stay up... until 2:22... and then they’ll know.

2:22 - A Ghost Story features set design by Anna Fleischle, costume design by Cindy Lin, lighting design by Lucy Carter, sound by Ian Dickinson for Autograph Sound and illusions by Chris Fisher. Casting by Matilda James.

2:22 - A Ghost Story is produced by Tristan Baker and Charlie Parsons for Runaway Entertainment, Isobel David and Kater Gordon.  [source]      

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2024 Books

American Dirt, Jeanine Cummins - 1/5

The Purest Bond: Understanding the Human-Canine Connection, Jen Golbeck & Stacey Colino - 3/16

Anxious People, Fredrick Backman - 4/25

Louisiana Longshot, Jana Deleon - 5/26

The Dollhouse, Fiona Davis - 8/12

Champagne Widows, Rebecca Rosenberg - 8/25 (re-read for book club)

The Perfect Marriage, Jeneva Rose - 9/28

Her Perfect Life, Hank Phillipi Ryan - 10/10

The Housemaid, Freida McFadden - 11/3

Keep It In The Family, John Marrs- 11/26

The Housemaid’s Secret, Freida McFadden - 12/8

This Time Next Year, Sophie Cousens - 12/27

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Jump Wins By Dancer

17 Wins: Cami Vorhees

11 Wins: Kayla Mak

8 Wins: Brady Farrar, Brooklyn Simpson, Kya Massimino, Madison Taylor, Vivian Ruiz

7 Wins: Ella Horan, Kamryn Funk, Nicholas Bustos, Ying Lei Pham

6 Wins: Crystal Huang, Hailey Meyers, Katie McCleary, Kayla LaVine, Lily Gentile, Lola Iglesias, Rachel Quiner

5 Wins: Ava Brooks, Brooklyn Cooley, Christina Ricucci, Elizabeth Scott Lanier, Ellary Day Szyndlar, Giselle Gandarilla, Gracyn French, Isabella Jarvis, Jonathan Wade, Kaylin Maggard, Kylee Casares, Lucy Vallely, Mariana Rodriguez, Olivia Alboher, Sarah Moore, Sophia Lucia

4 Wins: Aimee Brotton, Ali Ogle, Ana Maria Zertuche, Ava Wagner, Avery Gay, Cambry Bethke, Camille Cabrera, Campbell Clark, Carly Thinfen, Christian Burse, David Keingatti, Destanye Diaz, Eliana Hayward, Emma Sutherland, Hailey Bills, Halle Lum, Izzy Howard, Jackson Roloff-Hafenbreadl, Jaycee Wilkins, Jayci Kalb, Kelsie Jacobson, Kensington Dressing, Lauren Yakima, Logan Epstein, Madalin Autry, Makaia Roux, Makayla Ryan, Mary Jordan Clodfelter, Mila Simunic, Patricio Lopez, Rosie Elliott, Sabine Nehls, Scott Autry, Sophia Frilot, Sophie Garcia, Stella Brinkerhoff, Sylvia Borash, Talia Gabriel, Taylor Worden, Tim Blankenship, Valadie Cammack

3 Wins: Addison Moffett, Aimee Smyke, Ali Deucher, Allie Andrew, Alyssa Robert, Amy Benedetto, Avery Lau, Bostyn Brown, Braylynn Grizzaffi, Britton Johnson, Brooke Cheek, Brooke Cox, Brooke Toro, Caden Hunter, Caitlyn Polis, Camila Cordero, Candace Vincent, Casey Tran, Chau, Chloe Madding, D'Angelo Castro, Dasha Waldemer, Dyllan Blackburn, Ella Dobler, Ella Jones, Ellen Grace Olansen, Emma York, Erin Bailey, Esme Chou, Findlay McConnel, Fiona Sartain, Fiona Wu, Grace Lethbridge, Harper Anderson, Hayden Hopkins, Hudson Pletcher, Isabel Ulloa, Isabella Lynch, Isabella Vorhees, Isabella Weidmann, Jazmine Raine Werner, Jessica Ferretti, Josie Lutz, JT Church, Justin Pham, Keagan Capps, Keely Meyers, Keira Redpath, Kennedy Anderson, Lauren Shaw, Libby Borash, Lindsey Weaver, Logan Hernandez, Lucia Piedrahita, Mackenzie Meldrum, Maddie Ziegler, Maria Jose Gonzalez, Mariandrea Villegas, Marion Norris, Michelle Quiner, Mini Preston, Miyah LaGrant, Morgan Higgins, Neala Murphy, Nicole Ishimaru, Payton Schultz, Preslie Rosamond, Rachel Louiselle, Reegan Francis, Regina Lozano, Ricky Ubeda, Ruby Castro, Samantha Falk, Savannah Folding, Savannah Manning, Savannah Manzel, Scarlett Ferrell, Selena Hamilton, Sidney Ramsey, Sienna Morris, Sylvie Win Szyndlar, Tessa Marr, Vera Escamilla

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Growing Up Queer in Australia - edited Benjamin Law

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘No amount of YouTube videos and queer think pieces prepared me for this moment.’ ‘The mantle of “queer migrant” compelled me to keep going – to go further.’ ‘I never “came out” to my parents. I felt I owed them no explanation.’ ‘All I heard from the pulpit were grim hints.’ ‘I became acutely aware of the parts of myself that were unpalatable to queers who grew up in the city.’ ‘My queerness was born in a hot dry land that was never ceded.’ ‘Even now, I sometimes think that I don’t know my own desire.’ Compiled by celebrated author and journalist Benjamin Law, Growing Up Queer in Australia assembles voices from across the spectrum of LGBTIQA+ identity. Spanning diverse places, eras, ethnicities and experiences, these are the stories of growing up queer in Australia.

‘For better or worse, sooner or later, life conspires to reveal you to yourself, and this is growing up.’

With contributions from David Marr, Fiona Wright, Nayuka Gorrie, Steve Dow, Holly Throsby, Sally Rugg, Tony Ayres, Nic Holas, Rebecca Shaw and many more.

I am privileged enough to have grown up with the internet, with information about queer people and queer identities so difficult to hide, such that even at a christian school, I was able to find the words to describe myself almost as soon as I recognised those parts of myself.

Even so, hearing first-person accounts of Australian queer people, like me, dealing with Australia's culture and biases, made me felt seen in a way I don't think any other medium could have.

Growing Up Queer in Australia portrayed all different aspects of queerness, from celebration and pride to rejection and heartbreak. It was a wonderful reflection of thoughts and feelings I've had, as well as those I would never have considered to be part of the queer experience.

I really appreciated the range of queer identities represented in the book; from lesbian and gay to queer, every letter of LGBTQ+ was represented. I do wish we got more stories from the '+' part of the queer community, but I am glad that Growing Up Queer does make an effort to include more than just gay and lesbian authors. I especially appreciated the range in gender identities and presentation of the authors, including both masc- and femme-presenting lesbians and their struggles, trans people who realised both early and late in life, people who had strong gendered feelings that didn't neatly fit into these boxes.

I also welcome the intersectionality present in Growing Up. As someone who is white and able-bodied, it was eye-opening to read how deep the authors' queerness was related to other marginalised parts of their identity such as disability and race. I appreciated the variety in Australian class and location represented in the book, including rural, small towns, suburban and city perspectives. It made me really happy in one story to notice where they were from and say "Hey, that's near me! That's my community!"

As Benjamin Law addresses in the wonderfully written foreword, I am very glad that the title chosen is 'Growing Up Queer in Australia.' The use of 'queer' feels very inclusive and tells me Law is not shying away from the tougher parts of queer identities in an effort to make the book more marketable.

For me personally though, trying to digest the a-spec parts of my identity has been a big part of my personal discovery, and for this reason I would loved to have seen asexual and aromantic representation. It seems from personal anecdote to make up a surprisingly large section of the lgbtq+ community, so it was a bit disappointing that with dozens of authors involved, there was not a single a-spec author.

In general, I was a little disappointed there weren't many authors from the '+' part of lgbtq+, such as a-spec, non-binary and genderfluid. There are some identities that feel marginalised even within the queer community and this book could have been a good opportunity to bring light to them. I would have especially loved to see 'contradictory' identities such as he/him lesbians.

I am still giving 5 stars because I understand when compiling and publishing a book like this, there will always be people who felt left out by it, and I can see and appreciate the effort that has gone into diversity and intersectionality in Growing Up Queer.

Growing Up Queer, through its diverse collection of stories, reaches out and says, You are not alone. There are others who have been in the same situation.

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TDP 1329: #DoctorWho Christmas 2025 Joy To The World REVIEW

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

312 – "Joy to the World" Doctor Who episode

Promotional poster, featuring the caption "Joy to the Worlds"

Cast

Doctor

Ncuti Gatwa – Fifteenth Doctor

Companion

Nicola Coughlan – Joy Almondo

Others

Millie Gibson – Ruby Sunday

Joel Fry – Trev Simpkins

Steph de Whalley – Anita Benn

Jonathan Aris – Hotel Manager

Peter Benedict – Basil Flockhart

Julia Watson – Hilda Flockhart

Niamh Marie Smith – Sylvia Trench

Phil Baxter – Edmund Hillary

Samuel Sherpa-Moore – Tenzing Norgay

Ruchi Rai – Receptionist

Joshua Leese – Mr Single

Ell Potter – Server

Liam Prince-Donnelly – Barman

Fiona Marr – Angela Grace

Production Directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai Written by Steven Moffat Script editor David Cheung Produced by Alison Sterling Executive producer(s)

Russell T Davies

Julie Gardner

Jane Tranter

Joel Collins

Phil Collinson

Steven Moffat

Music by Murray Gold Running time 54 minutes First broadcast 25 December 2024 Chronology

← Preceded by "Empire of Death" Followed by → —

List of episodes (2005–present)

"Joy to the World" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast on BBC One and released on Disney+ on 25 December 2024 as the fifteenth Christmas special since the show's revival in 2005.

In the episode, the fifteenth incarnation of The Doctor discovers a strange hotel at Christmastime that has harnessed the power of time travel and finds a mysterious briefcase. While investigating, he meets new companion Joy Almondo (guest star Nicola Coughlan) who helps him solve the mystery.

"Joy to the World" was written by Steven Moffat and directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai. It was filmed in October and November 2023.

Plot

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The Doctor arrives at the Time Hotel, an establishment in the year 4202 that allows guests to visit various points in history, several of which the Doctor visits during the episode. The Doctor enlists the aid of Trev, a worker at the hotel, as he investigates a mysterious man holding a briefcase. As each new person is tricked into taking the briefcase, it takes control of them, and the previous carrier disintegrates. Trev's Silurian manager arrives in Joy Almondo's London hotel room in 2024 with the briefcase, and the Doctor following him.

The briefcase takes control of Joy, and the Doctor opens it, finding a strange device inside. The briefcase is about to disintegrate Joy, when a Doctor from the future arrives from the Time Hotel and gives them an override code. The future Doctor then returns to the Time Hotel with Joy, stranding the current Doctor in 2024. He takes a job working at Joy's hotel, befriending the manager Anita, and awaiting an opportunity to get back to the Time Hotel the following Christmas.

A year later, the Doctor re-enters the Time Hotel, and gives his past self the code (which he'd obtained by the bootstrap paradox), then departs with Joy. They open a door to the distant past, where the Doctor frees Joy from the briefcase by provoking her anger at being unable to be with her dying mother due to COVID-19 lockdown. The briefcase reveals itself to be of Villengard origin, with plans to detonate a "star seed" to use as an energy source, using the hotel's time travel to allow it to grow in the past.

The briefcase is eaten by a Tyrannosaurus rex, and the Doctor and Joy flee. Trev, who connected psychically to Villengard's system before he died, contacts the Doctor through his sonic screwdriver. Trev reveals the briefcase's location, and the Doctor finds it sealed in a shrine. The Doctor is able to open it, but Joy takes the briefcase outside, and lets the star seed enter her. Joy and the other people killed by the seed pilot it into space, where it detonates safely. At various points in time, the star gives hope and comfort to those who see it, including Joy's dying mother and Ruby Sunday. The Doctor sees that that the star was also the Star of Bethlehem.

Production

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Development

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Former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat penned the episode.

Russell T Davies, the Doctor Who showrunner, initially began writing the 2024 Christmas special. Davies had sent a portion of the script to former showrunner Steven Moffat to get his opinion on it. At the time, Davies was in discussions with Moffat to have him write a script for the fifteenth series. When Davies realised he was too busy to complete the script, he shelved it and asked Moffat to write the Christmas episode instead.[1] Moffat considered writing a farce, but decided against it, believing that such an episode would be better suited mid-series.[2] Despite this, he said the episode still had a comedic tone with emotional elements.[3]

Here's the pitch that got me the job. You know in just about every hotel room you've been in there's a locked door? It's weird, but there always is. Okay. We're about to blow apart the truth of that. In the far future there is a place called the Time hotel, and the Time Hotel has realised something brilliant, which is following the discovery of time travel they have an opportunity to sell all the rooms they failed to sell the last time. So they have built extensions into more or less every hotel room in history, and you get access to it occasionally.

— Steven Moffat, "The Joy Bringer", SFX 3 December 2024[3]

Half the script had been completed before Davies informed Moffat that Ruby Sunday wouldn't be in the special.[1] The character of Anita originally only had around ten lines but her presence was increased after the production team became fond of her.[4] Moffat had finished writing the episode by 20 July 2023.[5] Working titles for the episode included "The Time Hotel" and "Christmas, Everywhere All at Once".[6] The story further explores the "Villengard Corporation", a recurring fictional weapons manufacturing company that has been mentioned in a number of Moffat's Doctor Who episodes. The Doctor last confronted Villengard in the fourteenth series episode "Boom" (2024).[7][8] It is the ninth Doctor Who Christmas special to be written by Moffat who once again assumed an executive producer role during production of the episode.[2][9]

Casting

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In November 2023, Nicola Coughlan was announced to be appearing in an undisclosed role of an upcoming Doctor Who episode.[10] It was later revealed that Coughlan would star in the 2024 Christmas episode as the Doctor's one-off companion,[11] Joy Almondo, a guest at a hotel who "gets caught up in [the Doctor's] adventures."[12] Initial reports indicated that Millie Gibson, who portrays the Doctor's current companion Ruby Sunday, would not appear in the special.[13] Gibson however, made a brief cameo appearance near the end of the episode.[14]. Joel Fry was cast to play Trev, an employee at the Time Hotel while Jonathan Aris portrayed the hotel's manager.[12] Steph de Whalley appeared as Anita, the manager of another hotel whom the Doctor spends a year with.[15]

Niamh Marie Smith played Sylvia Trench, a passenger on the Orient Express in 1962, whom Moffat confirmed as the same character as the love interest of James Bond in the films Dr. No (1962) and From Russia with Love (1963).[16][17] Historical figures Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were depicted, at a 1953 Mount Everest base camp, by Phil Baxter and Samuel Sherpa-Moore, respectively.[18] Sherpa-Moore is Norgay's great-great nephew.[19] Peter Benedict and Julia Watson appeared as Basil and Hilda, guests at the Queen's Hotel in Manchester during World War II.[20] The guest cast also included Ruchi Rai, Joshua Leese, Ell Potter, and Liam Prince-Donnelly.[12]

Filming

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Set design for the episode was underway at Wolf Studios Wales by 11 October 2023. The Mesozoic Era room was built on a gimbal that allowed the set to tilt to give the effect that it was being eaten by a dinosaur. The art department was working on graphic design by 17 October. The graphics team took fifteen 11-hour days to create enough artwork to fill the Doctor's hotel room. Seven different briefcases were purchased by the props department for use in the episode. A team at Millennium FX designed the Silurian prosthetics.[5]

Principal photography began on 23 October, with recording extending into November.[5] "Joy to the World" was directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai[21] in the first filming block of the fifteenth series.[22] For the Sandringham Hotel, the production team chose to purchase two floors of an actual hotel, but had to build the lobby on a soundstage. The top of the Orient Express set was built in front of a green screen and placed on rubber tyres to allow the special effects team to replicate the look of a moving train. Mika Orasmaa was the episodes director of photography.[4]

Release and reception

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Professional ratings Aggregate scores Source Rating Rotten Tomatoes (Tomatometer) 80%[23] Rotten Tomatoes (Average Score) 7.3/10[23] Review scores Source Rating A.V. Club B–[24] Bleeding Cool 10/10[25] Empire [26] GamesRadar+ [27] The Guardian [28] IGN [29] Radio Times [30] The Telegraph [31]

Broadcast and promotion

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"Joy to the World" was broadcast on BBC One and released on BBC iPlayer on 25 December 2024 at 5:10 PM GMT.[11][32] In the United States the episode was released simultaneously on Disney+ at 9:10 AM PT.[33] Disney also handled international distribution of the episode outside of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.[34]

A clip and trailer for the episode was released on 15 November as part of the 2024 Children in Need broadcast.[35] The press screening took place in the week prior to broadcast,[36] which was hosted by Angellica Bell.[37] Promotional posters released by Disney captioned the poster with "Joy to the Worlds", mirroring the title "Joy to the World".[38]

Ratings

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In the UK, Doctor Who was the sixth most-watched programme on Christmas Day, receiving 4.11 million viewers overnight.[39]

Critical response

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of 15 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.3/10.[23]

Writing for The Daily Telegraph, Michael Hogan referred to "Joy to the World" as "the best Christmas adventure for more than a decade." He further elaborated by saying that "there's something here for all generations to enjoy" and praising the guest cast, namely Nicola Coughlan, Steph de Walley, and Joel Fry.[31] Authoring a review for Radio Times, Louise Griffin also praised the guest cast but felt that Coughlan had been underused.[30]

IGN's Robert Anderson wrote that the special "masterfully blends the show's signature whimsy with heartfelt storytelling, delivering a cozy, deeply human tale about the transformative power of friendship" and that "Moffat's excellent script is central to the episode's success."[29] The writing was also applauded by Adi Tantimedh, who writing for Bleeding Cool, said "Moffat pins down the core of what makes Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor different from all his predecessors."[25]

Stephen Robinson with the A.V. Club criticised the Doctor's characterization, saying the "there are key moments in the story that directly contradict the Doctor's former growth" and that "he's a mix of the 'lonely god' from Russell T Davies' first run and Steven Moffat's 'madman in a box,' and the effect is discordant."[24] Emily Murray from GamesRadar+ also criticised a portion of the episode, writing that the "villains quite frankly feel like an afterthought and feel threadbare."[27]

A new Tin Dog Podcast

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book log - 2022

his last wife by gia pere

a very merry bromance by lyssa kay adams

behind the messages by ella-may williams

the wife upstairs by rachel hawkins

pride, prejudice, & turkish delight by k.c. mccormick ciftci

the long way to a small, angry planet by becky chambers

honeymoon for one by rachel bowdier

let it snow by beth moran

resting scrooge face by meghan quinn

window shopping by tessa bailey

the family upstairs by lisa jewell

poster girl by veronica roth

x by sue grafton

queen bee by nina manning

the vibrant years by sonali dev

untamed by glennon doyle

book lovers by emily henry

the zookeeper's wife by diane ackerman

daisy darker by alice feeney

mating in captivity by esther perel

miss meteor by tehlor kay mejia

carrie soto is back by taylor jenkins reid

a good girl's guide to murder by holly jackson

the lesbiana's guide to catholic school by sonora reyes

fat chance, charlie vega by crystal maldonado

lakelore by anne-marie mclemore

you love me by caroline kepnes

happiness for beginners by katherine center

not my daughter by barbara delinsky

last tang standing by lauren ho

no filter and other lies by crystal maldonado

the southern book club's guide to slaying vampires by grady hendrix

does my body offend you? by mayra cuevas

i'm the girl by courtney summers

the expatriates by janice y.k. lee

emily, gone by bette lee crosby

after hours on milagro street by angelina m. lopez

i'm glad my mom died by jennette mccurdy

my best friend's exorcism by grady hendrix

#murderfunding by gretchen mcneil

looking for jane by heather marshall

midwife murders by james patterson

final cut by s.j. watson

darling rose gold by stephanie wrobel

all the pretty people by barbara freethy

when i was you by minka kent

been there, married that by gigi levangie

malibu rising by taylor jenkins reid

covery story by susan rigetti

the paris apartment by lucy foley

stiletto sisterhood by fallon demornay

her perfect secret by t.j. brearton

take a chance on me by beth moran

the watcher girl by minka kent

no conscience by phil m. williams

reminders of him by colleen hoover

her last move by john marrs

we were dreamers by simu liu

the book of cold cases by simone st. james

all i stole from you by ava bellows

violeta by isabel allende

once of us is next - karen m. mcmanus

just the way you are by beth moran

the latecomer by jean hanff jorelitz

klara and the sun by kazuo ishiguro

the sorority murder by allison brennan

one italian summer by rebecca serle

what lies between us by john marrs

the maid by nita prose

sex and vanity by kevin kwan

funny you should ask by elissa sussman

the seven day switch by kelly harms

three perfect liars by heidi perks

everything must go by camille pagan

no ex before marriage by portia macintosh

the other mother by carol goodman

california girls by susan mallery

one little secret by cate holahan

apples never fall by liane moriarty

the promise by teresa driscoll

ghost boy by martin pistorius

close to you by ana jolene

oona out of order by margarita montimore

the stepson by jane renshaw

all adults here by emma straub

his & hers by alice feeney

mexican gothic by silvia moreno-garcia

anatomy by dana schwartz

the resting place by camilla sten

will by will smith

good me, bad me by ali land

while we were dating by jasmine guillory

the lion's den by katherine st. john

when we left cuba by chanel cleeton

left neglected by lisa genova

the suspect by fiona barton

park avenue summer by renee rosen

group therapy by b.b. easton

the half sister by sandie jones

shipped by angie hockman

when we were sisters by emilie richards

the chain by adrian mckintu

not a happy family by shari lapena

clap when you land by elizabeth acevedo

if the shoe fits by julie murphy

the girlfriend by michelle frances

let me hear a rhyme by tiffany d. jackson

death by dumpling by vivien chien

yoga pant nation by laurie gelman

the cousins by karen m. mcmanus

in a holidaze by christina lauren

people we meet on vacation by emily henry

the candy house by jennifer egan

you've been volunteered by laurie gelman

broken by jenny lawson

you can't be serious by kal penn

the final girl support group by grady hendrix

home before dark by riley sager

one of us is lying by kate m. mcmanus

the vanishing half by brit bennett

the cross and the switchblade by david wilkerson

the henna wars by adiba jaigridar

the fashion orphans by randy susan meyers

the good girl by mary kubica

the comeback by ella berman

the magician's nephew by c.s. lewis

the bright lands by john fram

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6/29 Book Deals

Good morning, all! :) I hope you’ve had a nice start to your week so far. How are you all doing? It’s been a hot few days for a lot of people, so I hope you’re staying cool wherever you are (or warm if you’re in cool weather right now)! Apologies again for the lack of consistency in posts lately, I think we’re just going to have to stick with that for now because life’s been a bit unpredictable lately, haha. 

Anyway, about the books--there are a bunch of really great books on sale today, which is exciting! There’s fantasy, mystery, sci-fi, romance, nonfiction, hopefully a little something for all tastes out there. :) I read The Fifth Season recently and it was so crazy, I’m not sure yet if I want to continue the series, but the unique qualities of the book itself make it so worth the read.  And I had to include the Warriors book because I was pretty much obsessed with that series as a kid. 

I hope you all have a truly wonderful day/week, and happy reading! :)

Today’s Deals:

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin - https://amzn.to/3y8qiV4

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix - https://amzn.to/2UR5N12

Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine - https://amzn.to/3w9gQPT

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi - https://amzn.to/3y4VlRL

Pax by Sara Pennypacker - https://amzn.to/3hged9Q

What Lies Between Us by John Marrs - https://amzn.to/3y3SGI7

The Herd by Andrea Bartz - https://amzn.to/3AdTQm7

Warriors #1: Into the Wild by Erin Hunter - https://amzn.to/3dsUqTl

Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler - https://amzn.to/3yaWN5n

The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir - https://amzn.to/3xbaMrO

The Life She Was Given by Ellen Marie Wiseman - https://amzn.to/3dsaTal

I, Claudius by Robert Graves - https://amzn.to/2TkYDlh

Caesar: LIfe of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy - https://amzn.to/2TjaVuf

Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler - https://amzn.to/3y6JKl8

The Best American Noir of the Century edited by James Ellroy & Otto Penzler - https://amzn.to/3h3ZqzX

The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin - https://amzn.to/3xhLiss

The Rose Code by Kate Quinn - https://amzn.to/3A8jwAF

The Historians by Cecilia Ekback - https://amzn.to/3vZiR1j

Zorrie by Laird Hunt - 

This is Not the Jess Show by Anna Carey - https://amzn.to/3dmZLvh

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert - https://amzn.to/3hgZKdI

Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane - https://amzn.to/3dowU9W

When Life Gives you Lemons by Fiona Gibson - https://amzn.to/3y5MBLf

Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman - https://amzn.to/3heQ5EA

House of Many Ways (Howl’s Castle #3) by Dianna Wynne Jones - https://amzn.to/3y8sAn8

Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby - https://amzn.to/3yaoLOB

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - https://amzn.to/2SAaziB

The Initial Insult by Mindy McGinnis - https://amzn.to/3dsjJoB

Reaper of Souls (Kingdom of Souls #2) by Rena Barron - https://amzn.to/3y6wi0U

NOTE:  I am categorizing these book deals posts under the tag #bookdeals, so if you don’t want to see them then just block that tag and you should be good. I am an Amazon affiliate in addition to a Book Depository affiliate and will receive a small (but very much needed!)  commission on any purchase made through these links.

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Novels

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

Literally show me a healthy person by Darcy Wilder

The Devil Tree by Jerzy Kosiński

We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

Queenie by Candace Carty-Williams

Flights by Olga Tokarczuk

✅Normal People by Sally Rooney

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

Paperweight by Meg Haston

My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga

Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone

Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Dying Animal by Philip Roth

Marble by Amalie Smith

Oranges by John McPhee

New Forest by Josefine Klougart

The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan

Playlist for a Broken Heart by Cathy Hopkins

My Sweet Orange Tree by José Mauro de Vasconcelos

The Sixteen Trees of the Somme by Lars Mytting

The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse

How to Be Both by Ali Smith

The Rainbow Troops by Andrea Hirata

The Zigzag Way by Anita Desai

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Akner

Trampoline by Robert Gipe

Weedeater by Robert Gipe

Ohio by Stephen Markley

Cherry by Nico Walker

The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing

Luster: A Novel by Raven Leilani

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood

The Idiot by Elif Bautman

On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs

The Book of Essie by Meghan Weir

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Rush by Lisa Patton

Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

A Breath of Life by Clarice Lispector

Garments Against Women by Anne Boyer

Faces in the Water by Janet Frame

Disorder by Vanesha Pravin

Hyperdream by Hélène Cixous

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Gut Symmetries by Jeannette Winterson

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados

The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley

When the Apricots Bloom by Gina Wilkinson

Waiting for the Night Song by Julie Carrick Dalton

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan

Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Gooden

Fiona and Jane by Jean Shen Ho

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux

Eve’s Hollywood by Eve Babitz

Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden

Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho

Other People’s Clothes by Calla Henkel

A Very Nice Girl by Imogen Crimp

When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O’Neill

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

Thriller

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Chain by Adrian McKinty

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

The Fever by Megan Abbott

Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker

The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain

The Woman in the Window by J. Finn

The Truants by Kate Weinberg

Too Good to Be True by Carola Lovering

The One by John Marrs

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

Other People’s Clothes by Calla Henkel

Romance

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

When We Collided by Emery Lord

The Love Square by Laura Jane Williams

Every Last Word by Tamara Stone

Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson

In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

Grip by Kennedy Ryan

Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales

Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Mystery

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty

The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun by Sébastien Japrisot

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Missing, Presumed Dead by Emma Berquist

Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour

If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio

Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

The Taking of Annie Thorne by C.J. Tudor

All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda

An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

Religion

The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir

Historical

Lovely War by Julie Berry 

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

Oliver Loving by Stefan Merrill Block

The Girls by Emma Cline

The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Emma by Jane Austen

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

A Mercy by Toni Morrison

The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Sci Fi

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Kindred by Octavia Butler

Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Magical Realism

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura

Adventure

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

Outlawed by Anna North

Postmodern

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

If on a Winter's Night a Traveller by Italo Calvin

White Noise by Don DeLillo

Dystopian

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

1984 by George Orwell

Fantasy

Bone Gap by Laura Ruby

The Binding by B.R. Collins

The Dance Sequence Series by Aidan Chambers

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

Raybearer by Jordan Afueko

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Balanced on the Blade’s Edge by Lindsay Buroker

Horror

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand

Women Talking by Miriam Toews

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen María Machado

In a Cottage In a Wood by Cass Gre

Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin

Gothic

Hangsman by Shirley Jackson

LGBT

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo

Humor

Hex by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight

The Movie That No One Saw by May Seah

Philosophical

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Lighthousekeeping by Jeannette Winterson

Psychological

Of Darkness by Josefine Klougart

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

A Good Enough Mother by Bev Thomas

Água Viva by Clarice Lispector

Fish in Exile by Vi Khi Nao

Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz

Dietland by Sarai Walker

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Russell

Satire

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

Children’s

Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Modernist

In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust

To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

The Waves by Virginia Woolf

Humor

Bunny by Mona Awad

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Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and Reading Reality, which is all about sharing the books that you’ve acquired in the past week!

I’m not sure how I’ve missed joining in with Stacking the Shelve for the last four weeks but somehow I have. So today I’m sharing all of the books I’ve got in the last month! It’s rather a lot but I’m excited to read them all!

  Purchased Books

Becoming by Michelle Obama

The Good Enough Mother by Bev Thomas

The Swap by Fiona Mitchell

Midnight Chicken by Ella Risbridger

Not That I Could Tell by Jessica Strawser

On The Front Line with the Women Who Fight Back by Stacey Dooley

The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth

The Nanny by Gilly MacMillan

The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer

Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down by Allan Jones

Apple of My Eye by Claire Allan

Love You Gone by Rona Halsall

No Way Out by Cara Hunter

Stranger Child by Rachel Abbott

The Passengers by John Marrs

  Borrowed Books

Keep Her Close by M. J. Ford

We Are Not Such Things by Justine Van Der Luen

ARCS

The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone by Felicity McLean

Rewind by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Stop at Nothing by Tammy Cohen

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

The Dangerous Kind by Deborah O’Connor

The Holiday by T. M. Logan

Living My Best Life by Claire Frost

When I Lost You by Merrilyn Davies

      Have you bought any new books over the last week (or month)? Please tell me below. 🙂 If you join in with Stacking the Shelves please feel free to leave your link and I’ll make sure to read and comment on your post.

  Stacking the Shelves with a Bumper Book Haul (11 May 2019)! Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and Reading Reality, which is all about sharing the books that you’ve acquired in the past week!

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The UK parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee is working on its report (and recommendations) from its inquiry into the economics of music streaming. One of the big talking points during the inquiry’s evidence sessions was equitable remuneration (ER): specifically extending it from radio and TV to some streams.

The Broken Record campaign has made ER one of its key requests of the committee; labels have argued firmly against it; and (in our view, at least) the committee seems to be leaning more towards the former camp. But the committee isn’t the British government, so if ER is to be extended, ministers will need to be convinced too.

That campaign is already starting. A letter sent to Prime Minister Boris Johnson – and shown to Music Ally this morning – sees a who’s who of British musicians backing such an extension. Sir Paul McCartney, Annie Lennox, Chris Martin, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Kate Bush, Roger Daltrey, Damon Albarn, Noel Gallagher, Laura Marling, Sir Tim Rice… and many more.

“Only two words need to change in the 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act. This will modernise the law so that today’s performers receive a share of revenues, just like they enjoy in radio,” argues the letter. But it also calls for a competition inquiry (or at least a government referral to watchdog the Competition and Markets Authority); for songwriters to get a bigger share of streaming royalties; and the establishment of a dedicated regulator “to ensure the lawful and fair treatment of music makers”.

Later today, we’ll publish our quarterly Music Ally report, including our analysis of the key talking points of the inquiry, and what might happen next. One of our suggestions was that while the DCMS committee seemed sympathetic to the Broken Record campaign’s arguments, the government ministers seemed to be leaning more towards labels’ view of the world.

The letter shows that the former group are going to work hard to change that, and in wheeling out the musical big guns, the intensity of the lobbying has stepped up several notches – even before the DCMS committee’s report has come out. Labels and their representative body the BPI must now decide how best to respond.

Here is the full text of the letter, and its signatories:

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Dear Prime Minister,

We write to you on behalf of today’s generation of artists, musicians and songwriters here in the UK.

For too long, streaming platforms, record labels and other internet giants have exploited performers and creators without rewarding them fairly. We must put the value of music back where it belongs – in the hands of music makers.

Streaming is quickly replacing radio as our main means of music communication. However, the law has not kept up with the pace of technological change and, as a result, performers and songwriters do not enjoy the same protections as they do in radio.

Today’s musicians receive very little income from their performances – most featured artists receive tiny fractions of a US cent per stream and session musicians receive nothing at all.

To remedy this, only two words need to change in the 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act. This will modernise the law so that today’s performers receive a share of revenues, just like they enjoy in radio. It won’t cost the taxpayer a penny but will put more money in the pockets of UK taxpayers and raise revenues for public services like the NHS.

There is evidence of multinational corporations wielding extraordinary power and songwriters struggling as a result. An immediate government referral to the Competition and Markets Authority is the first step to address this. Songwriters earn 50% of radio revenues, but only 15% in streaming. We believe that in a truly free market the song will achieve greater value.

Ultimately though, we need a regulator to ensure the lawful and fair treatment of music makers. The UK has a proud history of protecting its producers, entrepreneurs and inventors. We believe British creators deserve the same protections as other industries whose work is devalued when exploited as a loss-leader.

By addressing these problems, we will make the UK the best place in the world to be a musician or a songwriter, allow recording studios and the UK session scene to thrive once again, strengthen our world leading cultural sector, allow the market for recorded music to flourish for listeners and creators, and unearth a new generation of talent.

We urge you to take these forward and ensure the music industry is part of your levelling-up agenda as we kickstart the post-Covid economic recovery.

Yours sincerely,

Full list of signatories:

Damon Albarn OBE

Lily Allen

Wolf Alice

Marc Almond OBE

Joan Armatrading CBE

David Arnold

Massive Attack

Jazzie B OBE

Adam Bainbridge (Kindness)

Emily Barker

Gary Barlow OBE

Geoff Barrow

Django Bates

Brian Bennett OBE

Fiona Bevan

Alfie Boe OBE

Billy Bragg

The Chemical Brothers

Kate Bush CBE

Melanie C

Eliza Carthy MBE

Martin Carthy MBE

Celeste

Guy Chambers

Mike Batt LVO

Don Black OBE

Badly Drawn Boy

Chrissy Boy

Tim Burgess

Mairéad Carlin

Laura-Mary Carter

Nicky Chinn

Dame Sarah Connolly DBE

Phil Coulter

Roger Daltrey CBE

Catherine Anne Davies (The Anchoress)

Ian Devaney

Chris Difford

Al Doyle

Anne Dudley

Brian Eno

Self Esteem

James Fagan

Paloma Faith

Marianne Faithfull

George Fenton

Rebecca Ferguson

Robert Fripp

Shy FX

Gabrielle

Peter Gabriel

Noel Gallagher

Guy Garvey

Bob Geldof KBE

Boy George

David Gilmour CBE

Nigel Godrich

Howard Goodall CBE

Jimi Goodwin

Graham Gouldman

Tom Gray

Roger Greenaway OBE

Will Gregory

Ed Harcourt

Tony Hatch OBE

Richard Hawley

Justin Hayward

Fran Healy

Orlando Higginbottom

Jools Holland OBE, DL

Mick Hucknall

Crispin Hunt

Shabaka Hutchings

Eric Idle

John Paul Jones

Julian Joseph OBE

Kano

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Gary Kemp

Nancy Kerr

Richard Kerr

Soweto Kinch

Beverley Knight MBE

Mark Knopfler OBE

Annie Lennox OBE

Shaznay Lewis

Gary Lightbody OBE

Tasmin Little OBE

Calum MacColl

Roots Manuva

Laura Marling

Johnny Marr

Chris Martin

Claire Martin OBE

Cerys Matthews MBE

Sir Paul McCartney CH MBE

Horse McDonald

Thurston Moore

Gary “Mani” Mounfield

Mitch Murray CBE

Field Music

Frank Musker

Laura Mvula

Kate Nash

Stevie Nicks

Orbital

Roland Orzabal

Gary Osborne

Jimmy Page OBE

Hannah Peel

Daniel Pemberton

Yannis Philippakis

Anna Phoebe

Phil Pickett

Robert Plant CBE

Karine Polwart

Emily Portman

Chris Rea

Eddi Reader MBE

Sir Tim Rice

Orphy Robinson MBE

Matthew Rose

Nitin Sawhney CBE

Anil Sebastian

Peggy Seeger

Nadine Shah

Feargal Sharkey OBE

Shura

Labi Siffre

Martin Simpson

Skin

Mike Skinner

Curt Smith

Fraser T Smith

Robert Smith

Sharleen Spiteri

Lisa Stansfield

Sting CBE

Suggs

Tony Swain

Heidi Talbot

John Taylor

Phil Thornalley

KT Tunstall

Ruby Turner MBE

Becky Unthank

Norma Waterson MBE

Cleveland Watkiss MBE

Jessie Ware

Bruce Welch OBE

Kitty Whately

Ricky Wilde

Olivia Williams

Daniel “Woody” Woodgate

Midge Ure OBE

Nikki Yeoh