#Mark Hadfield

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All the children... all the giants... no more.

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In the Bleak Midwinter (A Midwinter's Tale) (1995) Kenneth Branagh

December 10th 2023

[willstafford]

Window on the World

ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, 29th July 2023 In 1970, Dario Fo and Franca Rame presented this masterpiece in response to the real-life death by defenestration of a railway worker while in custody of Italian police.  Now revived for the London stage in this new adaptation by Tom Basden, the issues raised by the play could not be more pertinent.  You only have…

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The League in Hadfield during pre-production of The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse. This pic was taken outside the location of H. Briss & Sons Butchers.

[ilovekbranagh]

Recorded on December 15th at The Picturehouse Central, London. Simon sits down to chat with Kenneth Branagh, the director of In The Bleak Midwinter, one of his favourite festive films. Also on stage, following a special sold-out screening of a new 35mm print were cast members Julia Sawalha, Nicholas Farrell, Gerard Horan and Mark Hadfield.

[bearterritory]

No. 1 Cal Sweeps No. 9 Stanford At Big Row

Cal Retains Schwabacher Cup

REDWOOD CITY – The No. 1 California men's rowing team had a successful outing at the Big Row against No. 9 Stanford, taking both the varsity and second varsity eight races at Redwood Shores on Saturday and retaining the Schwabacher Cup. The Golden Bears have now won nine straight matchups against the Cardinal and extended their series lead to 70-19. Both crews remain undefeated this season heading into the Pac-12 Championships in two weeks. In the varsity eight race, Cal was able to build an open-water lead of about two seats by the 1,000-meter mark. Stanford was able to keep the distance over the next 500 meters, before the Bears made a push to extend their lead to a few seats of open water to win by five seconds in a time of 5:31.7. In the second varsity eight race, the Bears got off to a great start and built a three-seat lead in the opening 500 meters before extending it to open water by the halfway mark. Cal continued to extend its lead through the sprint and won in convincing fashion, almost 25 seconds ahead of the Cardinal, with a time of 5:41.2. "I thought both crews raced really well," Cal head coach Scott Frandsen said. "I wanted today to be an internal, positive-momentum-building kind of race and I think there was that for both crews. The second varsity got off to a really good start and got out early and just extended the lead through the rest of the race course, so I was pleased with how they performed. The varsity had a really good race. Stanford stuck with them through the middle, but we were able to win by a second or so of open water. So good results and execution of the race for the guys. Now we have two weeks to build towards the Pac-12 Championships." Results V8+ 1. Cal - 5:31.7 2. Stanford - 5:36.0 2V8+ 1. Cal - 5:41.2 2. Stanford - 6:05.2 Lineups V8+ Coxswain - Luca Vieira Stroke - Iwan Hadfield 7 - Elliott Kemp 6 - Tim Roth 5 - Ollie Maclean 4 - Gennaro di Mauro 3 - Gus Rodriguez 2 - Frederik Breuer Bow - Campbell Crouch 2V8+ Coxswain - Grant Fisher Stroke - Tommy Barrell 7 - Fred Roper 6 - Tobias Kristensen 5 - Matthew Gallagher 4 - Balthasar Issa 3 - Harry Manton 2 - Daton Wolfaardt Bow - Wilson Morton

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23 Books for 2023

Tagged by @ninja-muse, thank you!!

23 books I want to read this year:

Ordinary Monsters - J. M. Miro

Blackfish City - Sam J. Miller

Memory & Dream - Charles de Lint

The Apollo Murders - Cris Hadfield

The Book Eaters - Sunyi Dean

Dragons of Spring Dawning - Margaret Weis & Tracey Hickman

The Thousand Eyes - A. K. Larkwood

Margic’s Pawn - Mercedes Lackey

The Bedlam Stacks - Natasha Pulley

Hell Bent - Leigh Bardugo

Biting the Sun - Tanith Lee

The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin

The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova

The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden - Catherynne M. Valente

Whispers Underground - Ben Aaronovich

Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf

An Accident of Stars - Foz Meadows

Elsewhere - edited by Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Bronte

Tam Lin - Pamela Dean

The Once and Future King - T. H. White

The Obelisk Gate - N. K. Jemisin

The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison

I tag @bigcats-birds-and-books @wearethekat @bibliophilecats and anyone who wants to do this!

[masonhawthorne]

What I read in September

A good variety this month, though a lot of sci-fi, which I am enjoying a lot!

Time to Orbit: Unknown, Derin Edala ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️*

The Invincible, Stanislaw Lem ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Prefect, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Myrtha (ss), Victoria Audley ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Archaeology: An Introduction to the World's Greatest Sites (nf), Eric H Cline ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Catching Teller Crow, Amberlin Kwaymullina & Ezekiel Kwaymullina ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Old Man's War, John Scalzi ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Don't Hang Up, Benjamin Stevenson ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Superluminal, Vonda N McIntyre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

World War Z, Max Brooks ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Flight of the Fantail, Steph Matuku ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cyteen, CJ Cherryh ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Regenesis, CJ Cherryh ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Mindfulness for Stress Management (nf), Dr Robert Schacter ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Orange Eats Creeps, Grace Krilanovich ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kushiel's Dart, Jacqueline Carey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Aye, and Gomorrah (ss), Samuel R. Delany ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Carnage (nf), Mark Dapin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Blue Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Unknown, Jordan L Hawk ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Chocky, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sword of Empire: Praetorian, Richard Foreman ❌

Revival, Stephen King ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Apollo Murders, Chris Hadfield ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

ss= short story

nf= non-fiction

*Time to Orbit: Unknown is hosted online [HERE] and is currently still updating twice a week

Lately I've been actively trying to read more older sci-fi, especially written by women. I found CJ Cherryh and Vonda N McIntyre by searching back through Hugo award lists from the 70s and 80s. There's a fantastic vibe to a lot of these books that I don't really find in a lot of more recent sci-fi, though I'd definitely like to find it.

If I ever pin down exactly what it is, I'll probably have more luck.

I finished Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy this month, I had been eking the series out over a few months to savour it. It really is a masterful hard sci-fi series, managing to dig deep into the scientific concepts, but also to carry a huge, gripping, and deeply human story.

The other notable read this month was Carnage, by Mark Dapin, which is a true crime book, doing a deep dive on Jack Karlson (of Succulent Chinese Meal fame). It's a really fascinating take on Australian crime from the 60s-2010s, and is also a really nuanced character portrait of someone who is largely known as a meme.

And that's September!

[grandmaster-anne]

Court Circular | 9th February 2023

Buckingham Palace

Her Excellency Mrs Hélène Duchêne was received in audience by The King today and presented the Letters of Recall of her predecessor and her own Letters of Credence as Ambassador from the French Republic to the Court of St James’s. Mr Remi Duchêne was also received by His Majesty. Her Excellency Ms Francella Strickland was received in audience by The King and presented the Letters of Recall of her predecessor and her own Letters of Commission as High Commissioner for the Independent State of Samoa in London. Ms Juliet Chua (Director General for Finance and Corporate, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) was present. His Majesty this afternoon visited Leighton House, 12 Holland Park Road, London W14. Later Miss Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam was received in audience by The King and kissed hands upon her appointment as His Majesty’s Governor of Turks and Caicos Islands. The following were received in audience by The King and kissed hands upon their appointment as His Majesty’s Ambassadors: Mr Edward Ferguson (the Republic of Serbia), Mr Vinay Talwar (the Republic of Djibouti) and Mr Simon Walters (the State of Israel). Mrs Ferguson was also received by His Majesty. The King subsequently received Colonel Chris Hadfield (former Canadian Astronaut, Commander of the International Space Station). The Queen Consort this morning visited Storm Family Centre, Strasburg Road, Doddington Estate, Battersea, London SW11, and was received by Mrs Colleen Harris (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

Kensington Palace

The Prince and Princess of Wales, Duke and Duchess of Cornwall this afternoon visited the National Maritime Museum Falmouth, Discovery Quay, Falmouth, and were received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall (Colonel Edward Bolitho). Their Royal Highnesses afterwards visited the Dracaena Centre, Dracaena Avenue, Falmouth.

St James’s Palace

The Earl of Wessex, Patron, the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, this afternoon attended a Luncheon at Coutts and Company, 440 Strand, London WC2, and afterwards attended a performance of Much Ado About Nothing at the Duke of York’s Theatre, St Martin’s Lane, London WC2. The Countess of Wessex, Chairman, Women’s Network Forum, this afternoon chaired a Meeting at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness, Patron, Chartered Management Institute, later attended a Conference to mark National Apprenticeship Week at County Hall, Belvedere Road, London SE1.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal this morning opened the renovated David Livingstone Birthplace in Station Road, Blantyre, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Lanarkshire (the Lady Haughey). Her Royal Highness this afternoon visited the South Lanarkshire Council housing regeneration project at Rona Terrace, Whitlawburn, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. The Princess Royal, Royal Patron, Friends of TS Queen Mary, later attended a Ninetieth Anniversary Reception at Voco Grand Central Hotel, 99 Gordon Street, Glasgow, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the City of Glasgow (Councillor Jacqueline McLaren, the Rt Hon the Lord Provost).

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, President, the Britain-Nepal Society, this afternoon received Mr Andrew Sparkes (Chairman) and Colonel Nicholas Hinton (Chairman, Britain-Nepal Non-Governmental Organisation Network).

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent, President, Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, this morning attended a Memorial Service to commemorate the anniversary of the death of the Viscount Trenchard OM which was held in the Royal Air Force Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London SW1.

[1337samtheman]

after some rudimentary googling i have found that mark kelly and chris hadfield might have overlapped on the iss. that monkey might be high

Astronaut Mark Kelly smuggled a gorilla suit into the ISS, without telling the rest of the crew

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Title: Hamlet

Rating: PG

Director: Gregory Doran

Cast: David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, Penny Downie, Oliver Ford Davies, Mariah Gale, Edward Bennett, Peter de Jersey, Sam Alexander, Tom Davey, Mark Hadfield, John Woodvine, Ryan Gage, Jim Hooper, Samuel Dutton, David Ajala

Release year: 2009

Genres: drama

Blurb: A prince is visited by his father's ghost, with orders to avenge his murder by killing his usurper uncle.

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what do you leave to your child when you’re dead? only whatever you put in its head.

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hi sappy i just saw the chris hadfield vanity fair video you posted about some time back really amazing watch really!! just have to say something abt him speaking on the martian btw (im obligated to coz im a huge fan): the dust storm scene at the start of the book is the only one where andy weir has admitted to taking artistic liberty, and im glad chris also talked about it. also yeah weir kinda did outsource his science at the time. he used to publish this book chapter by chapter on his blog when he wrote it long back, with people who read it via mailing lists would sometimes correct. if u remember the 'fuel burning to create water in the hab' scene, that was one where he fucked up a bit and a chem phd guy told him that with much combustion, mark would def blow up (this was an interview but ive seen so many now idk where it is). so um. uhhhhh soz ig for nerding out in your ask box abt this but you saying that youve read the martian recently has given me brain worms apparently. ima stop rambling now :) byee

omg i forgot i posted that the other day it’s so good isn’t it!!!

but omg that’s epic thanks for sharing :0 i didn’t know he posted it chapter by chapter that’s such a cool way to get it like. peer reviewed i guess lmao

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In 2013, an orbital event that took place at the International Space Station (ISS) was marked by a special symbol – a deer made of saye. The deer, also known as Sayedne, was created based on the traditional Saye ceremonies of the Anishinaabe people and was placed on the space station by one of the two Canadian astronauts aboard at the time, Chris Hadfield.

The Sayedne deer symbolized the traditional ceremonial exchange of gifts between the Anishinaabek (Ojibwe) Nation and the astronauts of Canada who serve at the ISS. Throughout the ceremony, the astronauts and ground crew exchanged gifts and words of appreciation and peace.

In addition to its symbolic significance, the Sayedne deer also served a practical purpose. The cervine was equipped with a special coin-shaped medallion designed by the Astronaut Program in collaboration with the Enewutakew (Turtle) Clan of the Anishinaabek Nation. This medallion allowed the astronauts to use the deer’s unique caribou shape as a space reference point, helping them to navigate their way around the ISS with more accuracy.

The significance of the Sayedne deer symbol has since extended far beyond that of a navigational tool. For many, it serves as a reminder of the ongoing relationship between the Anishinaabek Nation and the astronauts of Canada. Furthermore, it’s a source of inspiration to explore new heights and take on challenging goals.

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I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing. (2 Timothy 4:7–8)

John Lee Tipton of Greenville, SC, met his Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, on March 18, 2022. He was born in Coatesville, PA, on June 10, 1944, to Isaac Walter Tipton and Betty Hadfield Tipton. He leaves two brothers, Ronald Walter Tipton of Milton, DE, and Isaac Walter Tipton, Jr. of Downingtown, PA. He was married for 58 years to Barbara Princo Tipton, and they had three children, Nancy Lee Tipton of the home, Victoria Lynn (Mark) Payne of Gillette, WY, and John Lee Tipton, Jr. (deceased). John also had two foster daughters whom he loved dearly, Jan Loftis Sinde of Greenville, SC, and Cathy Bridges Powell of San Antonio, TX. He is survived by seven grandchildren and three foster grandchildren.

He served his country in the US Army 529th Military Police in Heidelberg, Germany, and Washington, DC.

He earned a master of arts degree in Bible in 1982 from Bob Jones University and joyfully served the Lord as an assistant pastor at Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Cedar Lane Road, Greenville, SC, since 1983.

Visitation and viewing are at Mount Calvary Baptist Church (115 Cedar Lane Road) on Monday, March 21, 4:45–6:45 p.m.; with the funeral service to follow at 7 p.m. Private interment at Coleman Cemetery in Travelers Rest, SC, will be held Tuesday, March 22. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Men's Ministries at Mount Calvary Baptist Church, 1430 Hampton Ave. Ext., Greenville, SC 29601.

Published by Cremation Society of South Carolina - Westville Funerals - Greenville on Mar. 18, 2022.

[thediaryofatheatrekid]

I absolutely loved this production. Especially with that second verse of “Children Will Listen”