#Ollie Hackett

[justmoreocs-writing]

Lacey Pearson (my current main muse) is an old childhood friend of Dylan’s; the two of them are pretty much inseparable and she’s thrilled that he’s finally come to Hackett’s Quarry Summer Camp with her as a councillor after so many years going as kids. Her father, Norman, is an old friend of Chris’s and occasionally tries to help Travis out at the station. He knows about everything that’s going on, and goes to the Quarry to help with protection when he can. Lacey is a cheerleader for the blossoming romance between Ryan and Dylan, knowing both of them separately as well as how they’ve been at camp together. She’s got a massive crush on Nick, and neither of them are really sure how to navigate things with camp being over. Lacey is an animal lover and spent her time at camp trying to encourage the kids who needed a confidence boost when it came to trying new things.

Patrick ‘Pat’ Erzahler is Ryan’s cousin and went away to camp because their grandparents wanted him to try something that might help him come out of his shell a little bit. He worked in the medical centre with Kaitlyn, though he does wonder what happened to the girl that was meant to be there – as Kaitlyn kept reminding him she wasn’t meant to be there at all. Due to his quiet nature, Patrick was drawn to Abi and the two of them are close.

Clarice ‘Reece’ Damien (I’m kind of interested to see where I could take her story) is a friend of Max and Laura’s who decided to hitch a ride with them to camp. Reece ends up getting caught with them and is openly hostile to Travis, despite how the others might respond. When they meet up with the others, Reece openly flirts with Kaitlyn, and despite wanting to stick with Laura to protect her friend, she knows Laura needs someone she can trust to be with the other strangers. Over the course of the evening, Reece can’t help but lament slightly about the fact she never got to spend more time with Kaitlyn, and vows to try making sure they get to know each other better when they’re finally away from camp.

Kian ‘Key’ Custos is Jacob’s cousin. His parents were worried that he might get dragged into more unsavoury activities with his friends, or doing nothing at all, so they pretty much bribed him to go. Despite what people might think, Kian is a creative kid and worked with Abi a lot as he encouraged kids to write poetry or stories about the things they were doing. He’s got a blossoming crush on Ryan, and over the course of the evening he quickly begins to realise that they’re both trying to look out for each other more than keeping themselves safe.

Oliver ‘Ollie’ Hackett (he’s kind of gaining traction in my imagination) is the son of Travis and really doesn’t enjoy having to help out at the summer camp. He likes spending time with his cousins, but hates that he’s left behind when they leave and then has to deal with the questions people hurl his way. He’s worked with music for the kids at the camp for a few years, and he’s a little surprised when Dylan walks in offering to do the radio so he can focus more on the music. When the others get stuck in the lodge, Ollie is obviously terrified of what might happen, unsure of if he should be more worried about the friends he’s made over the summer finding out about his family secret, or about his family because he’s been taught they come first. Ollie does everything he can to try keeping people safe, though this isn’t always the easiest for him without some secrets being shared. Ollie has slowly developed romantic feelings for Dylan over the summer, and one more evening means he might actually get the chance to admit to those… If they both survive.  

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A few of my favourite things - Matthew Goode

There is a lovely interview with Matthew Goode in Country Life Magazine about a few of the things he can't live without.

His Hackett Morning suit (and also their cashmere jumpers), a Muira golf club (sadly he can't play at the moment because of a knee injury 🥺) & a beautiful S. T. Dupont lighter gifted by his wife Sophie - he no longer smokes but hopes to be able to use it in a film one day. He also talks about his Romanian rescue dog Suki, love of his life 💝

✒️ Interview by Hetty Lintel for Country Life Magazine, 23 Oct 24

📷 My edit from pictures by David Jensen and drawinga by Ollie Maxwell / Country Life

[scarletwitchie2]

IG geekynerfherder

1. 'Eyes Unclouded' by WenqingYan Yuumei (@yuumeiart)

2. He-Man' by Ken Kelly

3. Princess Mononoke poster by Michael Raaflaub

4. She-Ra by Justine Frany

5. Saroja and The Moon - Artist: Jae Lee for Brown Sugar Fairies.

6. Ghost in the Shell by Martin Ansin

7. Red Horse Of War by Caitlin Hackett

8. Howl's Moving Castle poster by Olly Moss

[frvckles]

green eyes   are   cast   upwards   towards   the   night   sky,   counting   the   stars   that   decorate   the   inky   black   canvas   framed   by   the   clearing   of   trees,   only   to   lose   count   every   time   a   small   puff   of   smoke   from   the   small   fire   would   pass   over   them. not   that   he   minds,   instead, taking   the   chance   to   commit   each   of   them   to   his   memory.

he   doesn't   want   to   forget   a   single   second   of   this   summer.

making friends   never   came   easily   to   oliver.   his   family   moved   around   a   lot,   resulting in   olly   resigning   himself   to   always   being   a temporary fixture. he'd   never   seen   the   point in planting roots, so   over the course of the summer   at   hackett's   quarry,   it   came   as   quite   the   surprise   that   not   once   has   he   felt   like   an   OUTSIDER.

when he   remembers   the   bottle   gripped   loose   between   his   fingers,   he   draws   his   attention   from   the   heavens   and   back   down   to   the   camp   long   enough   to   take   a   sip,   offering   an   awkward   smile   to   his   companion, a   wordless   apology   for   allowing his   mind   to wander away.

he looks   around   the   glow   of   the   fire   and   his   brows   pull   together,   when   had   the   other's   retired   to   their   cabins?   for   how   long   had   it   been   just   nick   and   olly?   now   that   he   thinks,   truly   ponders   on   that   question,   he   finds   himself   smiling.   with   every   fond   memory   that   comes   to   mind,   nick's   presence   comes   along   with   them.

all summer. it's   been   nick   and   olly   all   summer.

⠀ ⠀❛  nick? ❜ ⠀ ⠀olly cants   his   head   to   one   side   when   the   bottle   is   plucked   from   his   hand,   his   immediate   thought   is   that   something   is   WRONG.   so   he   sits   up,   twisting   his   body   towards   nick,   hands   reaching   out   to   steady   him. ⠀ ⠀❛ are you alright? what's–- ❜ ⠀ ⠀his words   trail   off   as   nick's   hand   comes   to   cradle   his   cheek,   his   hazy brain   not   quite   up   to   speed.

oh? OH.

to say   the   kiss   comes   as   a   SHOCK   would   be   one   hell   of   an   understatement. while   the   two   had   spent   a   significant   chunk   of   their   summer   together,   never   had   he   gotten   so   much   as   a   hint   that   nick   liked   him.   not   like this.

the   initial   shock   wears   off and   nick   is   already   pulling   away,   and   something   about   his   entire   demeanour   changes.   it's   something   olly   hasn't   seen   before.   the   blonde   shuffles   closer,   immediately   putting   his   own   surprise   behind   him   in   favour   of   concern   for   his   friend.⠀ ⠀❛  hey!   nick? hey... ❜ ⠀ ⠀his   hands   settle   against   nick's   shoulders,   ducking   his   head   in   an   attempt   to   catch   his   eye.

⠀ ⠀❛  it   wasn't   that   bad,   was   it? ❜ ⠀ ⠀he chuckles, dimples settling deep into freckled cheeks as he struggles to contain a goofy smile.⠀ ⠀❛  could have given me a bit of warning, though. ❜ ⠀ ⠀

   @frvckles ➤ kiss meme ➤ accepting ↳ olly && nick / 23. a kiss influenced by alcohol / other substances

nick twists the bottle back and forth between his fingers, a nervous tic he's trying his hardest not to make blatantly obvious. olly sits beside him, his own drink in hand, and he's hyperfocused on the closeness of their legs, the incremental effort it would take to move his knee just an inch, let their thighs touch.

he doesn't know what the fuck he's doing. what he's thinking. he's not quite drunk enough for any shows of wild courage to be easy — alas, his common sense won out too soon for that — but he is more inebriated than he usually allows here, because otherwise he doesn't think he could do this.

he's thinking about the green of olly's eyes, the easy curl of his hair, the way his lashes flutter against his cheekbones as he glances down, takes a sip from his bottle. there's a pit in his stomach, because what if —

he's misread something. he's about to throw a friendship, one he enjoys, to the wind for one crazy moment of recklessness.

except it hasn't been one moment, has it. it's been weeks of him being in his head, wondering, pushing down the temptation to just lean in whenever olly ducks toward him for those hushed jokes, say fuck it and see what would happen —

his eyes close tight, and he tips his head back, swallows a mouthful of alcohol before slamming the bottle down, the thud of its weight against the ground startling and sudden.

he should just say it. why can't he say it ?

i think i like guys.

olly would get that part. he wouldn't judge him.

i think i like you.

he opens his mouth, can't force it out — but his body is moving before his mind is, rising to unsteady knees and reaching out, taking the bottle from olly's hand and placing it to one side, so carefully he'd laugh at himself if he weren't half terrified out of his mind.

and then he's doing it.

tilting forward, a hand framing olly's jaw, trembling fingers against his skin —

⠀ ⠀❛     please don't hate me. ❜

— before his mouth is on olly's, the press of his lips almost desperate, and it's everything he'd wanted ( and everything he'd feared ). it feels right, feels revelatory, and when he breaks away his gaze sinks to the floor, because he can't look at him.

isn't sure what he'll see if he does.

[bazwillendinflames]

Thursday Teaser

Here I Come, Are You Ready For Me? (olly, olly oxenfree) - chapter six teaser

Catch up here!

I’ll typically be posting a next chapter teaser every Thursday and a fic update every Friday!

Summary: The group reunites, Ryan gets caught up and a possible way out is found.

“The key must be in the house. We checked the office already. I don’t think Caleb Hackett would have a boat so close to his house, at his age, unless it was for an emergency getaway,” Ryan suggested.

“It’s probably under his pillow or something, with a pocket knife and a can of bear spray,” Jacob added.

“Bear spray? There’s no bears,” Dylan said. “Come on Jake.”

“‘Cause ghosts are a totally reasonable suggestion but bears aren’t?” Jacob pushed back.

“Ghost bears,” Nick suggested, a mischievous look on his face.

Ryan looked like he was regretting every choice that had brought him here, regardless of the ghosts. “Let’s just find the keys.”

[juicemagazine]

JUICE MAG #78 features Tom Groholski on the cover, photo by Henry Ford, and features interviews with: Lizzie Armanto, Greyson Fletcher, AJ Nelson, Pedro Delfino, Elijah Berle, Andy Anderson, Chris Pastras, Patrick Truitt, Penelope Houston, Dave Alvin and Full Circle Full Pipe Skateboarding Photos of Grant Taylor, Kevin Kowalski, Cody Lockwood, Ronnie Sandoval, John “Tex” Gibson, Craig Johnson, Dan Wilkes, Geoff Rowley, Noa Marchetti, Giuseppe “Gipsy” Taccori, Paolo Tufoni, Daan Van Der Linden, Madars Apse, Melvin Abdou Salam, Phil Zwijsen, Crazy Kyle, Curren Caples, Daewon Song, Josh Borden, Christian Hosoi, Jamie Quaintance, Rick Charnoski, Mickey O’Keefe, Jesse Martinez, Josh Landau, Bennett Harada, Paul “Dicky” Davis, Ale Cesana, Adam Hopkins, Mark “Trawler” Lawer, Sam Stuart, Sam Partaix, Chris Cab, Simon Sac Reynolds, Axel “Pudi” Gorger, Youness Amrani, David Pang, Max Barrera, Dan Luciani, Allen Guimond, George Wilson, Steve Olson, Scott Oster, Kenny King, Rick Blackhart, Mike Folmer, Tim Galvin, Keith Stephenson, David Hackett, Jay Adams, Steve Pingleton, John Pingleton, Ron Theobald, Laura Thornhill, Mike Muir, Larry Mead, Jerry Valdez, Steve Alba, John Worthington, Steve Brockway, Rick Riffle, Joey Vela, Pat Black, Scott Hostert, Barry Roach, Indy Alba, Nic Rivera, Mario Thornton, Khidhar Geban, Alex Asher, Caleb Nicholls, Jay Vasconcellos, Henrique Imperiano, Alexandre Dota, Ryan Faust, Marco Morelli, Joel Webb, Pierre Jambe, Bruno, Jeremy Butterworth, Blake Convey, Barry Strachan, Johnno Hardy, Chany Lagueux, Frederique Luyet, Dan Brueton, Jean Terrisse, Kid Caviar, Tye Donnelly, Freddie De Sota, Rob Maushund, Klara Kemoade, Pat Bareis, Bill Billing, Aaron Astorga, Arab Groff, Dan McCabe, Angel Guedez, Chris Jatoft, BJ Morrill, Ryan Schmalz, Timmo Jak, Bryan Pennington, Dave Warne, Elle Warne, Cole Graves, Ollie Graves, Tristan Graves, Spencer Graves, Shane Carrick, Hugo Liard, Luke Macfee, Justin Stevenson, Chris Freeman, Jason Park, Kenny Mollica, Kelly Lynn, Ed Peck, Shawn Coffman, Nate Perkins, Frank Richardson, Phoebe Bostwick and Curtis Hsiang. #skate @juicemagazine 🙏 https://www.instagram.com/juicemagazine/p/CYg9VOOll5a/?utm_medium=tumblr

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THE COLONY; a literate original roleplay

THE SURVIVORS

Adeline Cadogan | Uninfected; Chloe Grace Moretz FC Ashley “Ash” Bisbee | Deluded; Noah Centineo FC August Adelson | Telekinesis; Samira Wiley FC Austin Kelsey | Uninfected; Dev Patel FC Axel Kraus | Praeteria; Skeet Ulrich FC Cosima Nasmath | Telekinesis; Kat Graham FC Cressida Jago | Telekinesis; Chloe Bennet FC Draco Pavlovi? | Telekinesis; Alex Pettyfer FC Ethan Kerr | Uninfected; Olly Alexander FC Espen Filip Lindqvist | Telepathy; Nick Robinson FC Fleet Michaels | Increased Hearing & Sight; Hong Jong-Hyun FC Fletcher Dahl | Uninfected; Keiynan Lonsdale FC Issoria Feinberg | Telepathy; Josefine Frida Pettersen FC Jelka Dreher | Praeteria; Scarlett Johansson FC John "Skates" Squires | Uninfected; Aubrey Joseph FC Jouko Kyung | Telepathy; John Cho FC Kevin Tsai | Uninfected; Godfrey Gao FC Killian Weaver | Telepathy; Jack Falahee FC Kit “Trig” Balker | Increased Senses; Colin Ford FC Koda Payne | Telepathy; Jamie Campbell-Bower FC Kostya Vladislav | Telepathy; Jeremy Allen White FC Kyra Zabala | Empatheia; Troian Bellisario FC Lissy McCall | Uninfected; AnnaSophia Robb FC Maddox Xiao | Telepathy; Christopher Larkin FC Madison Vega | Deluded; Lindsey Morgan FC Marcel “Hamlet” Gusterson | Deluded; Aaron Tveit FC Minka Vane | Telekinesis; Paulina Singer FC Petra Starr | Uninfected; Kiersey Clemons FC Reagan “Emery” Gladstone | Empatheia; Cillian Murphy FC Rhea Zaveri | Uninfected; Emeraude Toubia FC Stacey Ricks | Uninfected; Zayn Malik FC Tate Rothchild | Uninfected; Janelle Monae FC Viola Rain Hackett | Deluded; Ruth Negga FC Xavier Crane | Uninfected; Lakeith Stanfield FC

THE ELITE

Abner Rhodes | Uninfected; JR Bourne FC Bode Levy Bram Lindqvist | Telepathy & Praeteria; Bill Skarsgard FC Cameron Lietz | Telepathy; Michiel Huisman FC Cooper Erikson | Telekinesis; Jesse Eisenberg FC Curtis Cuthbert | Uninfected; Robert Downey Jr. FC Emmett Briers | Uninfected; Nico Tortorella FC Gaius Fitrei | Uninfected; Idris Elba FC Honor Bradley | Telekinesis; Hannah John-Kamen FC Ireland Krii | Uninfected; Reilly Dolman FC Jackson Rocco | Uninfected; Woody Harrelson FC Kyffin Greco | Uninfected; Justin Baldoni FC Mathias Witte | Uninfected; Nikolaj Coster Waldau FC Rina Jago | Uninfected; Lucy Liu FC Samuel Andrews | Uninfected; Daniel Craig FC Wren Phillips | Uninfected; Julian Morris FC

NEW WAVE REFORMISTS

Henry Liamson-Turner | Uninfected; Tom Cavanagh FC Lorelei Larsen | Uninfected; Sarah Gadon FC Narcissa Shor | Telepathy; Tatiana Maslany FC Nouka Fang | Uninfected; Rosa Salazar FC Perry Griffiths | Praeteria; Matthew Grey Gubler FC

HOME | PLOT | SURVIVORS | INFECTIONS | 2157 was the end of the world.

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Years and Years’ Olly Alexander, Lucy Spraggan and Sir Ian McKellen among Top 100 in 2019’s Pride Power List

The list celebrates all that is good and great in the LGBT+ community

This year’s Pride Power List has been released and it includes musicians Years and Years‘ Olly Alexander and Lucy Spraggan, and also actor Sir Ian McKellen.

Today, celebrations are taking place in the nation’s capital to commemorate Pride in London – honouring the lives, achievements, history and future of the LGBT+ community.

To coincide with the occasion, the Pride Power List 2019 has been released, revealing the members of the LGBT+ community in the UK who have made a significant impact in the fight for the equality and inclusion of LGBT+ individuals.

“The list celebrates all that is good and great in the LGBT+ community and has a unique mix of celebrity, community, celebrity and business leaders,” said Linda Riley, founder of the Pride Power List.

Individuals included in this year’s list include musicians  Years and Years‘ Olly Alexander, Lucy Spraggan and Westlife’s Mark Feehily, and actor Sir Ian McKellen.

The Pride Power 2019 List Top 100 LGBT+ individuals:

Ruth Hunt – chief executive of Stonewall.

Sir Ian McKellen CH CBE – actor and LGBT+ rights advocate.

Phyll Opoku-Gyimah – co-founder of UK Black Pride.

Owen Jones – columnist, author, commentator and political activist.

Peter Tatchell – LGBT+ campaigner and activist.

Sandi Toksvig OBE – writer, actor, comedian, presenter and producer.

Michael Cashman CBE – Labour peer, actor, former MEP and LGBT+ campaigner.

Munroe Bergdorf – DJ, activist and feminist.

Edward Enninful OBE – editor-in-chief of British Vogue.

Liz Carr – actor, comedian and disability rights campaigner.

Clare Balding OBE – broadcaster, journalist and author.

Graham Norton  – television and radio presenter, comedian and actor.

Gok Wan – fashion consultant, author and television presenter.

Saara Aalto – singer and musician.

Mhairi Black MP – Scottish politician.

Heather Peace – actor, musician and LGBT+ rights activist.

Nicola Adams OBE – professional boxer.

Liv Little – founder of gal-dem magazine.

Stephen Fry – actor, presenter, writer, comedian and activist.

Anthony Watson – founder and CEO of TBOL.

Lord Waheed Alli – media entrepreneur and politician.

Dawn Airey – Getty Images board and NYT chair.

Alan Carr – comedian, television personality and author.

Cressida Dick – commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.

Paris Lees – journalist, presenter, feminist and transgender rights activist.

Hannah Bardell MP – SNP MP of Livingston Constituency.

Lucy Spraggan – singer and songwriter.

Adele Roberts – radio presenter and DJ.

Sara Geater – chief operating officer of All3Media.

Alison Camps – partner and deputy chairman of Quadrangle.

Claire Harvey – diversity and inclusion consultant.

Charlie Condou – actor and columnist.

Ruth Davidson – Scottish politician and leader of the Scottish Conservative Party.

Mark Feehily – musician and one of the lead singers of Westlife.

Dr Ranj Singh – TV presenter, author, columnist and doctor.

Jane Hill – BBC journalist and broadcaster.

Olly Alexander – songwriter, actor and lead singer of Years and Years.

Chardine Taylor-Stone – cultural producer, writer and activist.

Tim Jarman – assistant director for diversity and inclusiveness at EY.

Amy Lamé – writer, performer, presenter and London’s night Czar.

Evan Davis – presenter, economist and author.

Annie Wallace – actor.

Kiki Archer – author.

Bobby Cole Norris – TV personality and presenter.

Horse McDonald – singer and songwriter.

Susan Calman – comedian, television presenter and writer.

Dr Elly Barnes MBE – CEO and founder of Educate and Celebrate.

Ollie Locke – television personality, presenter and writer.

Angela Eagle MP – Labour MP for Wallasey.

Brian Ashmead-Siers – partner at PwC.

Reeta Loi – writer, musician and activist.

Sophie Anna Ward – actor and author.

Vincent Francois – regional chief auditor executive at Societe Generale.

Jack Monroe – best-selling author and activist.

Baroness Liz Barker – House of Lords, Liberal Democrats.

Benjamin Butterworth – journalist for i newspaper.

Dr Liam Hackett – founder and CEO of Ditch The Label.

Pema Radha – chief of staff to Global Head of Managed Services at EY.

Mark McLane – head of diversity and inclusion, M&G Prudential.

Bisi Alimi – gay rights activist, public speaker and blogger.

Julie Wilson – CEO of Optimus Cards.

Mary Portas – broadcaster and TV personality.

Val McDermid, FRSE, FRSL – author.

Michael Salter-Church MBE ​– co-chair of Pride in London.

Ryan Atkin – professional referee.

Kelly Simmons MBE – FA director, Women’s Professional Game.

Wes Streeting MP – Labour politician.

Ryan John Butcher – journalist.

Andy Woodfield – partner at PwC.

Charlie Craggs  – trans activist and author.

Dan Hughes – PR specialist.

Dolly-Rose Campbell – actor.

Suki Sandhu OBE – founder and CEO of Involve and Audeliss.

Charlie King – celebrity personal trainer and columnist.

David Ames – actor.

Emma Woollcott – partner at Mishcon de Reya.

Polly Shute  – partnership director of Parallel Lifestyle. ‏

Kezia Dugdale – director of John Smith Centre.

Cliff Joannou – editor-in-chief of Attitude magazine.

Jacqui Gavin – Diversity and Inclusion Centre of Excellence manager at Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion.

Jodie Taylor – professional footballer.

Mark Anderson – executive vice president of Customer Experience at Virgin Atlantic.

Professor Sue Sanders – professor and chair of Schools Out. UK.

Daniel Lismore – artist, designer and writer.

Simon Jones – PR specialist.

Ian Massa-Harris-McFeely – events producer, voice coach and makeup artist.

Justine Greening – Conservative Party politician.

Darren Styles OBE – publisher of Attitude magazine.

Rikki Beadle-Blair – actor, director, screenwriter, singer, choreographer and songwriter.

Lord Collins – Labour peer and LGBT+ rights advocate.

Jen Brister – comedian, writer and actor.

Russell T Davies – screenwriter.

Amrou Al-Kadhi – writer, performer and filmmaker.

Pav Akhtar – co-founder and director of strategy of UK Black Pride.

Tag Warner – CEO of Gay Times.

Dr Catherine Lee – deputy dean of Anglia Ruskin University.

Suzi Ruffell – comedian.

Scott McGlynn – presenter, blogger and author.

Mridul Wadhwa – transgender rights campaigner.

Dotty – rapper and radio presenter.

Read more at https://www.nme.com/news/lucy-spraggan-years-and-years-olly-alexander-and-sir-ian-mckellen-among-top-100-in-2019s-pride-power-list-2525081#w1Fgr9ZqxIuiStF7.99

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Closer, January 7

Cover: Alex Trebek -- His Amazing Untold Story

Page 1: Contents, What I’ve Learned -- Benjamin Franklin, Joke of the Week -- Milton Berle 

Page 2: Generation Wow in Jewel-Tone Dresses -- Ashley Judd, Naomi Campbell, Samantha Morton, Gwendoline Christie, Tyra Banks, Gail Simmons 

Page 4: Sandra Bullock opens up about motherhood 

Page 5: Keith Richards finds a path to sobriety, Sherri Shepherd on what Barbara Walters taught her 

Page 6: Joan Collins on Marlon Brando and James Dean 

Page 7: Hellos & Goodbyes 

Page 8: Picture Perfect -- Prince William and Kate Middleton and kids 

Page 9: Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez, Drew Barrymore, Jessica Chastain 

Page 10: Terry Crews and son, Dan Lauria and Danica McKellar Wonder Years reunion 

Page 11: Padma Lakshmi, Then and Now -- Gavin MacLeod

Page 12: Gwen Stefani 

Page 13: Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Al Roker 

Page 14: Craig Melvin, Bob Saget, Lara Spencer and Sam Champion 

Page 15: Sweet Memories -- Bindi and Terri Irwin, Joanna Gaines, Brooke Shields 

Page 16: Cover Story -- Alex Trebek -- inside his private world 

Page 20: Stars We Lost in 2018 

Page 24: In Memoriam -- Penny Marshall

Page 27: Spot the Difference -- Melissa Rauch, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar on The Big Bang Theory 

Page 29: Horoscopes -- Capricorn Dyan Cannon 

Page 30: Entertainment -- Ryan Seacrest on New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 

Page 31: Robin Thicke on The Masked Singer and missing his dad Alan Thicke, Neil Patrick Harris on A Series of Unfortunate Events, In the Spotlight -- Penny Johnson Jerald of The Orville 

Page 32: Movies -- John C. Reilly of Stan & Ollie 

Page 34: Television 

Page 36: Great Escape -- Marisol Nichols in Rome 

Page 38: New Year Sips 

Page 40: How to Lower Your Cholesterol -- Allison Janney 

Page 42: Readers Ask -- Carla Gugino and Carol Merrill, the first guests on The Arsenio Hall Show, Whatever Happened to the Cast of The Love Bug -- Dean Jones, Michele Lee, Buddy Hackett, Herbie 

Page 43: Best Day of my Life -- Dr. Ruth Westheimer 

Page 44: Who Am I? Helen Hunt, Jack Nicholson, Sarah Jessica Parker’s hobby is knitting, It Happened This Week 

Page 45: Closer to the Heart 

Page 46: Karen Allen -- why I left Hollywood 

Page 50: Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton find their forever love 

Page 52: Michael Caine -- loving life at 85 

Page 54: Elvis Presley and Natalie Wood -- why their love didn’t last 

Page 56: Loretta Lynn -- getting stronger every day 

Page 58: On the Move -- Eva Longoria 

Page 60: The Big Picture -- New Year’s Eve 1978 -- Halston, Bianca Jagger, Andy Warhol and Liza Minnelli at Studio 54 

Page 62: Style -- Velvet -- Rebecca Gayheart, Uma Thurman, Jean Harlow circa 1930 

Page 64: The style of Sally Field 

Page 66: Beauty -- Kate Walsh, Kerry Washington 

Page 68: Best Friends -- Mario Lopez, Susan Sarandon, Leslie Caron and cat in 1971 

Page 70: My Life in 10 Pictures -- Ben Kingsley 

Page 72: Flashback -- elegant updos  with Audrey Hepburn in 1961 and Penelope Cruz, Peter Pan collars with Ingrid Bergman in 1945 and Jennifer Lopez, men in white with Cab Calloway in 1943 and Jared Leto, Sabrina Spellman in 1974 and now

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My Thoughts On Gillingham 1-2 Portsmouth - Pre-Season Friendly - 2022 / 2023 Season

GILLINGHAM 1-2 PORTSMOUTH - Gillingham lost 2-1 against Portsmouth at Priestfield Stadium On Saturday With Connor Ogilvie scoring a last minute winner which took the shine off a very encouraging performance from Gillingham against Portsmouth, Last Season, Gillingham and Portsmouth were in the same division In League One, but this season see’s Gillingham prepare for The 2022 / 2023 Season In League Two, and maybe the slight difference in quality between both sides was the difference at the full time whistle.

Gillingham Lined Up As Follows Against Portsmouth… Jake Turner, Cheye Alexandra, Will Wright, Elkan Baggott, David Tutonda, Stuart O’Keefe, Shaun Williams, Jordan Green, Olly Lee, Scott Kashket, Joseph Gbode Substitutes: Taite Holtam (GK), Freddie Carter, Alex Giles, Bailey Akehurst, Dominic Jefferies, Ben Reeves, Alex MacDonald, Matty Macarthur and Mikael Mandron - Will Wright has to play slightly out of position at Centre Back because Max Ehmer is out injured and Gillingham do need to sign another centre back to greatly strengthen this area of the pitch, It was interesting to see Taite Holtam named on the substitutes bench for Gillingham V Portsmouth, Because I would have thought we would have seen Taite Holtam start for Gillingham against Ramsgate, Because Gillingham sent A XI Side down to Ramsgate on the same-day as Gillingham V Portsmouth, And I was wondering who was in goal for Gillingham against Ramsgate seeing as Taite Holtam was named on the bench for Gillingham V Portsmouth ???

Portsmouth name former Gillingham Players Connor Ogilvie and Joe Pigott in there starting line up and Marlon Pack, Louis Thompson, Ronan Curtis, Reeco Hackett also all start for Portsmouth, this is a really good Portsmouth Side who look like they are also missing a few players either because Portsmouth had a first team fixture the night before, or, there are a few players who are given a rest or injured, Because Portsmouth will clearly have the depth in there squad to have a first team squad of twenty three, or twenty five quality first team players, and Manager’s are going to want to carry much bigger first team squads for this coming season with the implementation of five substitutes, which is going to be a huge game changer in the changes manager’s can make either looking to turn a loss into a draw, or a draw into a win, substituting players on yellow cards and maybe even being a rare position where you are winning 4-0, and first team players can be substituted with twenty minutes to go and fringe squad players can come on so that the crucial first team players can be given a rare rest.

FIRST HALF:

The first noteworthy moment of the match see’s Connor Ogilvie’s long ball down the line headed clear and out of play by Will Wright at the expense of conceding a throw on, Will Wright has to play at Centre Back because Max Ehmer is unavailable because of injury and Gillingham really do need to strengthen our defensive options before the start of the season, Aaron Pierre who used to play for Shrewsbury Town is one player linked with a move to Gillingham, and maybe Gillingham will look to sign another centre back on loan, But this is one of many positions where Gillingham do need to strengthen and Neil Harris still has a lot of work to do to strengthen Gillingham’s Squad In The Transfer Market.

Jordan Green makes a very encouraging run for Gillingham down the right side of the pitch, And Jordan Green’s driven effort towards goal is charged down by A Portsmouth Player at the expense of conceding a corner kick, and from the resulting corner kick, Olly Lee whips in a dangerous in-swinging cross towards the far post and Elkan Baggott cannot get on to the end of that cross from Olly Lee and the ball goes out of play for A Portsmouth Goal-Kick.

Olly Lee almost picks out Jordan Green with a threaded through-pass and Clark Robertson makes a crucial interception and Olly Lee is performing much better for Gillingham when he is playing higher up the pitch and closer to the striker, and when you got someone with pace in Jordan Green, It gives Olly Lee the option to try and thread through these passes, and Gillingham couldn’t do that last season with the personal Gills had available for selection, It was very much get the ball forward early to Vadaine Oliver and try and win the second ball, which is a style of play that worked very successfully for Gillingham in The 2020 / 2021 Season, But last season, just saw a combination of different factors contributed to Gillingham being relegated into League Two on the final day of The 2021 / 2022 Season.

Five Minutes Into The Match, And Joseph Gbode is fouled on the halfway line and Gillingham have been awarded a free kick, and Shaun Williams quickly goes for goal from the resulting free kick which does catch Goalkeeper Josh Griffiths off his goal-line, But Shaun Williams effort on goal fails to hit the target by some distance - But that is now twice I have seen Shaun Williams trying speculative efforts from distance from free kick’s on the halfway line, against Folkestone Invicta, Shaun Williams almost scored that day, and his effort on goal against Portsmouth wasn’t too far away from seeing Gillingham open the scoring.

Joseph Gbode gets stuck into a challenge on Goalkeeper Josh Griffiths outside of his own penalty area, and that challenge from Joseph Gbode see’s The Seventeen Year Old Striker penalised for a foul, and moments later, Olly Lee’s pass was going to pick out Jordan Green down the right flank, And Jordan Green was fouled off the ball, and no free kick was awarded in Gillingham’s Favour, And David Tutonda was penalised for a foul on Reeco Hackett in Gillingham’s Final Third, And Portsmouth have been awarded a free kick in a promising position on the pitch, thankfully, Portsmouth do not create a clear cut goal-scoring opportunity from the resulting free kick, but that set play was a reminder that the visitor’s are the side playing in the higher division, and we saw from both matches against Portsmouth Last Season that Portsmouth have got the quality players and the creative players who can hurt Gillingham if we give those players the opportunities to cause Gillingham problems in our own final third.

Eleven Minutes Into The Match, And Olly Lee’s Shot Towards Goal Is Saved By Portsmouth Goalkeeper Josh Griffiths and Joseph Gbode was flagged for offside as he reacted to the second ball, Portsmouth try to make something happen when Zak Swanson manages to switch play with a diagonal cross-field cross, and although Connor Ogilvie stops the cross going out of play for a throw on, Connor Ogilvie’s header down the line goes out of play for A Gillingham Goal-Kick.

But Fourteen Minutes Into The Match, And Gillingham created another half decent goal-scoring opportunity, Shaun Williams manages to intercept a poor pass in midfield, And Shaun Williams passes the ball through to Joseph Gbode, And Joseph Gbode takes a touch to control the ball before picking out Scott Kashket with a clever pass, But The Linesman Down The Medway Stand Side Of The Pitch had his flag raised for offside very quickly, The way Gillingham are playing with Scott Kashket, Olly Lee and Jordan Green as the three attacking midfielders playing behind Joseph Gbode, who is really standing out with his performance upfront for Gillingham so far, It is perhaps not the formation I was thinking of when Neil Harris was speaking about adding pace, physicality and power to this Gillingham Side, and Neil Harris has often lined up with a 4-4-2 formation, But with the personal Gillingham have got in the squad and the way Gillingham are looking to line up, A 4-2-3-1 / 4-3-3 Appears to be the way Neil Harris wants Gillingham to line up for The 2022 / 2023 Season.

Sixteen Minutes Into The Match, And Joe Pigott’s speculative effort from twenty yards out fails to hit the target, and a minute later, I thought Jordan Green was very lucky not to concede a penalty, it looked like a foul to me and maybe, just maybe, Gillingham have got away with it, And In The Nineteenth Minute Of The Match, Scott Kashket cannot keep Olly Lee’s threaded through-ball in play, But because Joseph Gbode was fouled off the ball, Gillingham were awarded a free kick by Referee Tim Robinson as Gillingham had no advantage.

Twenty One Minutes Into The Match And Jake Turner saves Ronan Curtis’s cross from the byline, And with Ashley Maynard-Brewer out injured until Christmas, whoever Neil Harris will be looking to sign as a replacement will most likely be understudy goalkeeper to Jake Turner and Jake Turner will surely be Gillingham’s Number One Goalkeeper, when we thought Jake Turner was going to be a reliable understudy goalkeeper to Ashley Maynard-Brewer.

Twenty Three Minutes Into The Match, And David Tutonda runs forwards in possession of the ball for The Gills before playing a short pass square to Olly Lee, who takes a touch to control the ball, And Olly Lee plays a clever pass through to Scott Kashket down the left side of Portsmouth’s Penalty Area, And Scott Kashket’s shot towards goal deflects off A Portsmouth Player and the ball deflects off Scott Kashket and the ball goes out of play for A Portsmouth Goal-Kick, But Scott Kashket is down injured and requires treatment from Physio Gary Hemans, and if there is any knocks or strains, then Gillingham should make the early substitution and do not take any risks with players, especially Scott Kashket, who is a bit behind a few other players in-terms of minutes played for Gillingham in pre-season.

Scott Kashket was OK to continue playing for Gillingham, and after players from both sides had a much needed drinks break, when play resumed, Joe Pigott’s cross from a wide angle is over-hit and the ball runs out of play for A Gillingham Goal-Kick, And it is from the resulting goal-kick where Portsmouth manage to open the scoring, Jake Turner passes the ball short to Elkan Baggott, And Elkan Baggott takes a touch to control the ball before looking to pass the ball through to Shaun Williams in midfield, And Michael Jacobs manages to nip in there to intercept the ball, And Michael Jacobs takes a touch to control the ball before threading a through-ball through to Reeco Hackett, And Reeco Hackett takes one touch to control the ball and another touch to cooly place the ball past the advancing Jake Turner to give Portsmouth the lead - GILLINGHAM 0-1 PORTSMOUTH.

Could Elkan Baggott have done more to prevent Reeco Hackett from getting that shot off on goal ??? - possibly, But what has been more concerning is this is another error from Elkan Baggott which has seen the opposition open the scoring, Dover Athletic the previous Saturday and Portsmouth at home and it is clear for all to see that Elkan Baggott has a lot of potential and ability and to get ten international caps for Indonesia shows that the young centre back has ability, but Elkan Baggott is going to have to learn quickly that he is not going to have as much time on the ball compared to Development Squad or Reserve Team Football At Ipswich Town, It also has to be mentioned that goal came a few minutes after the drinks break and stoppage for Scott Ksshket’s Injury, So Gillingham were not exactly switched on when play resumed, even though Gillingham should have been switched on.

David Tutonda managed to win a throw on for Gillingham in Portsmouth’s Final Third, And Gillingham were taking throw on’s short when we have been so used to seeing Ryan Jackson, Robbie McKenzie or Connor Ogilvie - when he used to play for Gills - hurl long throws into the opposition’s penalty area, and whenever Gillingham won throw on’s in the opposition’s final third throughout all of our games against Folkestone Invicta, Dover Athletic and now against Portsmouth, Gillingham were opting to throw the ball short, And this is something different we are seeing from Gillingham during pre-season.

A Succession of throw on’s for either side was breaking down the pace and tempo of the game, Stuart O’Keefe was penalised for a foul in the middle if midfield, And Jake Turner does well to save a dangerous low cross from Ronan Curtis after thirty five minutes, And A Minute Later, Jordan Green is fouled twice in quick succession and Gillingham have been awarded two free kick’s in the final third down The Medway Stand Side Of The Pitch, And from the resulting free kick, Will Wright whips in a dangerous in-swinging cross which is headed partially clear and away from goal and David Tutonda is on to the loose ball roughly thirty five yards from goal, And David Tutonda takes a touch to control the ball before turning back on himself to retain possession of the ball, And David Tutonda passes the ball back to Cheye Alexandra, And Cheye Alexandra takes a touch to control the ball before passing the ball down the line towards Jordan Green, And Jordan Green takes a touch to control the ball before evading one challenge and running inside Portsmouth’s Penalty Area in possession of the ball and Louis Thompson challenges Jordan Green inside the penalty area with a robust but well timed challenge and Connor Ogilvie clears the ball away from danger, however, Jordan Green is down injured and requires treatment, and I mentioned to Diane that if there are any concerns then Gillingham should substitute Jordan Green, no point risking Jordan Green for a pre-season friendly when the league season starts in two weeks time, thankfully, Jordan Green was back up on his feat and OK to continue playing.

Forty One Minutes Into The Match, And Stuart O’Keefe is fouled and Gillingham have been awarded a free kick, and from the resulting free kick, Shaun Williams passes the ball forwards towards Scott Kashket, And Scott Kashket takes a few touches in possession of the ball before passing the ball centrally towards Olly Lee on the edge of Portsmouth’s Penalty Area, And Olly Lee flicks the ball through to Jordan Green who has ran in and behind Connor Ogilvie and through on goal, And Jordan Green’s low shot across the face of goal has beaten Josh Griffiths, but Jordan Green’s low effort across the face of goal goes just wide of the far left post - And that was the chance for Gillingham to score the equaliser just before half time.

Portsmouth are then penalised for two fouls in quick succession with Stuart O’Keefe and Jordan Green respectively being the two players fouled, And from the second free kick, Joseph Gbode is penalised for fouling A Portsmouth Player In Portsmouth’s Final Third and that free kick just relieves the pressure building on Portsmouth over the past five minutes - Joseph Gbode likes to get stuck in, and that effort and enthusiasm has to be applauded.

And the final noteworthy moment of the first half see’s Joseph Gbode chase a long ball down the channel and force Zak Swanson to kick the ball clear into The Gordon Road Stand at the expense of conceding a throw on, and from the resulting throw, David Tutonda throws the ball short to Joseph Gbode, who takes one touch to control the ball, and another touch to lay the ball off to Scott Kashket, And Scott Kashket works his way down towards the byline and whip in a low dangerous cross which was gathered with ease by Goalkeeper Josh Griffiths.

HALF TIME: GILLINGHAM 0-1 PORTSMOUTH

The only goal of the game came from Elkan Baggott’s pass into midfield towards Shaun Williams being intercepted by Michael Jacobs, who threaded a pass through to Reeco Hackett, who opened the scoring for Portsmouth, Gillingham are clearly changing there style of play from a very direct aerial tactic from last season, to a more passing possession based style of play this season where the full backs are very high and wide, and this style of play is much more risky, and good teams with good players will capitalise on any error’s in our own final third, and this is something that Elkan Baggott will need to learn very quickly.

Olly Lee has really stood out in the first half and he is much more effective playing just behind the striker, Olly Lee’s shot towards goal was saved by Josh Griffiths and Olly Lee has been picking out Scott Kashket and Jordan Green with some clever incisive passes, and speaking of Jordan Green, here is a player who supporters are just going to enjoy watching playing for The Gills, Jordan Green is quick, direct, takes on a player and he just makes things happen and will stretch opposition defenders with his pace, and it is pace that Gillingham desperately lacked last season, and it is pace that Gillingham really do need this season, I think Neil Harris can do with signing another two players like Jordan Green, just so that there are game changers and impact substitutes on the bench this season, Because with the implementation of five substitutes, the subs bench will play a crucial role from this coming season onwards.

Joseph Gbode has put himself about physically and got stuck into a few challenges, hence some of the fouls given against him, But Gbode has been enthusiastic and caused Portsmouth a few problems defensively, And David Tutonda has suited the way Neil Harris wants his full backs to line up playing high and wide, But the defence doesn’t look like it is going to be a defence that is hard to score against, David Tutonda was better suited to a wing back role when Gillingham lined up with three centre back’s last season, Will Wright will make the step up into The Football League, But he is playing slightly out of position at centre back, Elkan Baggott clearly has ability and is playing International Football With Indonesia, But he will need to learn and learn quickly that he will not have as much time on the ball playing for Gillingham In League Two This Season, And Max Ehmer has experienced back to back relegations into League Two with Bristol Rovers and Gillingham and depending on who Gillingham sign, will depend on if Max Ehmer will be Gillingham’s Starting Centre Back against AFC Wimbledon, Or, Max Ehmer may well be on the bench and has to force his way into the starting line up.

And before the second half can begin, Portsmouth make two half time substitutions with Ryan Tunnicliffe and Joe Rafferty coming on for Zak Swanson and goal-scorer Reeco Hackett, Gillingham are not going to make any changes at half time, With Neil Harris likely to make changes after the hour mark.

SECOND HALF:

And from the kick off, the ball is played back to Will Wright who takes a touch to control the ball before looking to pick out David Tutonda with a cross-field cross pass which is over-hit and the ball runs out of play for A Portsmouth Throw On, And the first meaningful goal-scoring opportunity of the second half goes to the visitor’s after forty eight minutes, with Ronan Curtis running through towards goal by the byline, And Ronan Curtis pulls the ball back across the face of goal towards Joe Pigott, who needs to readjust his feat to get a shot off on goal, And Joe Pigott’s effort on goal is blocked by Will Wright and Gillingham keep the score-line to 1-0 down, 2-0, And Portsmouth would be in a very strong position to win this pre-season friendly.

And Portsmouth continue there bright start to the second half with the visitor’s winning a few throw on’s in Gillingham’s Half Of The Pitch, And Ronan Curtis was flagged for offside when it looked liked the Portsmouth Midfielder was in a promising position in Gillingham’s Final Third, But it is still Portsmouth who are putting Gillingham under a lot of pressure, Ryan Tunnicliffe whips in a dangerous in-swinging cross towards the far post which Will Wright manages to header partially clear and away from danger, and Connor Ogilvie keeps the ball in play down The Gordon Road Stand Side Of The Pitch, And Connor Ogilvie takes a touch to control the ball, lay the ball off to Michael Jacobs, who’s cross towards the far post is over-hit, and the ball runs out of play for A Gillingham Goal-Kick.

Fifty Four Minutes Into The Match, And A Poor Clearance From Jake Turner see’s Portsmouth create a goal-scoring opportunity form A Gillingham Error and Joe Pigott see’s his low effort towards goal turned around the post by Jake Turner at the expense of conceding a corner kick, Yes, the goal-scoring opportunity came from a error from Jake Turner, who has at least redeemed himself with a decent save to prevent Joe Pigott from scoring for 2-0, And from the resulting corner kick, Michael Jacobs whips in a dangerous in-swinging cross and Joseph Gbode headers the ball clear and away from goal before getting on to the end of his own defensive headed clearance, And Joseph Gbode does well to hold the ball up, before being crowded out by three Portsmouth Players and losing possession of the ball with no service or support around him.

A Minute Later, And I thought Jordan Green was fouled, but no free kick was awarded in Gillingham’s Favour, And In The Fifty Sixth Minute, Elkan Baggott’s long ball down-field towards Joseph Gbode is over-hit and goes out of play for A Portsmouth Goal-Kick, Ryan Tunnicliffe also was the additional insurance policy to shield that long ball out of play for A Portsmouth Goal-Kick as well.

Sixty Minutes Into The Match, And David Tutonda’s pass down the line towards Scott Kashket is cleared, and once the ball had gone out of play, Gillingham make five substitutions ON: Alex MacDonald, Bailey Akehurst, Mikael Mandron, Dominic Jefferies and Ben Reeves OFF: Scott Kashket, Shaun Williams, Jordan Green, Cheye Alexander and Joesph Gbode - The five substitutions also saw David Tutonda move across to Right Back with Bailey Akehurst coming on at Left Back, Not because Gillingham are lacking options at Right Back, Because Will Wright had to fill at centre back for Gillingham V Portsmouth.

Portsmouth then made four substitutions themselves after sixty four minutes, Dan Gifford, Alfie Bridgman, A Player On Trial, And Toby Steward all came on, with Josh Griffiths, Joe Pigott, Louis Thompson and Clarke Robertson all being substituted, And when play resumed, Jake Turner manages to gather a long clearance down-field with some difficulty and the number of substitutions from both sides will see players take five minutes to adjust to the pace and tempo of the game.

But In The Sixty Ninth Minute, Gillingham had a great chance to try and find the equaliser, David Tutonda works his way inside Portsmouth’s Penalty Area, And David Tutonda pulls the ball back to Ben Reeves, who works his way into a shooting position, finds half a yard, And Ben Reeves low effort towards goal had to be tipped around the post by Substitute Goalkeeper Toby Steward, And Gillingham have been awarded a corner kick, and from the resulting corner kick, Olly Lee has whipped in a dangerous in-swinging cross towards the far post and Elkan Baggott’s looping header goes up and under and almost finds the back of the net via the top left corner and Toby Steward managed to keep that header from Elkan Baggott out with a unconventional save and Will Wright is on to the loose ball first, And Will Wright drops the ball back to Olly Lee, And Olly Lee whips in a fantastic in-swinging cross and Mikael Mandron’s bullet header is brilliantly saved by Toby Steward with a top handed save when we all thought that Mikael Mandron had scored the equaliser - the first save with unorthodox, the second save was out-standing.

But from the resulting corner kick, Gillingham managed to find the equaliser when Olly Lee’s in-swinging cross direct from the corner goes into the back of the net for 1-1, now did someone get a touch, I am not exactly sure, But Gillingham’s Equaliser was announced as Olly Lee’s goal and Gillingham are level at 1-1, And I have to say that Toby Steward looks like a young goalkeeper playing in goal, he doesn’t have much stature in-terms of height for a goalkeeper and I do wonder if Portsmouth are looking to sign one or two more senior goalkeepers between now and the start of the season - GILLINGHAM 1-1 PORTSMOUTH.

But that passage of play saw Toby Steward save efforts on goal from Ben Reeves, Elkan Baggott and Mikael Mandron before Olly Lee scored direct from the corner kick, And Gillingham perhaps deserve to be level at 1-1 from what we have seen from Gillingham against Portsmouth in this match so far, although, the vast amount of substitutions both teams have made in this match makes it a bit harder to suggest if a result is deserved or not.

And when play resumes, David Tutonda is penalised for a foul and Portsmouth have been awarded a free kick, and from the resulting free kick, Marlon Pack whips in a high and hanging cross which Will Wright manages to header clear and away from goal and having just equalised with Olly Lee’s in-swinging corner kick going all the way into the back of the net, it is important that Gillingham do not concede straight away and Portsmouth re-take the lead for 2-1.

Seventy Five Minutes Into The Match, And Freddie Carter and Alex Giles both come on to replace David Tutonda and Will Wright, And Gillingham’s Back Four for the rest of the match is Alex Giles, Freddie Carter, Elkan Baggott and Bailey Akehurst, Gillingham can do with signing A Centre Back, and maybe sign a versatile utility squad player who can cover several positions in defence and midfield, Max Ehmer is currently out injured which is only highlighting Gillingham’s lack of defensive options, Because Will Wright had to line up at Centre Back against Portsmouth.

And with all the changes Gillingham have made to our back four, Portsmouth are looking likely to re-take the lead, A Long Ball Forward almost manages to pick out Michael Jacobs, But Jake Turner manages to gather that long ball with little difficulty, and a threaded through-ball down the line almost see’s Alfie Bridgman through on goal down The Medway Stand Side Of The Pitch, But the ball has gone out of play for A Gillingham Throw, Elkan Baggott then makes an important clearance to clear the ball away from goal and Portsmouth are causing Gillingham a lot of problems in the closing stages of this match, And In The Eightieth Minute, Portsmouth make another substitution, as Harry Jewitt-White comes on to replace Michael Jacobs.

Eighty Four Minutes Into The Match, And Mikael Mandron does really well to win a corner kick for Gillingham, and given how Gillingham managed to equalise directly from a corner kick, there is a chance here that Gillingham can go 2-1 up from this set play, and from the resulting corner kick, Olly Lee managed to whip in a dangerous in-swinging cross and Toby Steward does really well to gather that ball with some difficulty and Freddie Carter had thrown himself into the back of the net to try and get on the end of that cross from Olly Lee.

Stuart O’Keefe was then harshly penalised for a foul when we thought that Stuart O’Keefe had won possession of the ball, and moments later, Bailey Akehurst was penalised for a foul, and the resulting free kick see’s a dangerous in-swinging cross saved by Jake Turner, Gillingham then make a substitution in The Eighty Sixth Minute, With Olly Lee applauded off the pitch and Matty Macarthur comes on the play the remaining four minutes and any additional time that gets added on at the end of the match, and when play resumed, Elkan Baggott’s long pass down-field almost picked out Alex MacDonald, But Elkan Baggott’s long pass down-field was slightly over-hit and the ball runs through to Toby Steward in goal for Portsmouth.

But In The Eighty Ninth Minute Of The Match, Portsmouth managed to re-take the lead, and Joe Rafferty whips in a fantastic in-swinging cross and Connor Ogilvie headers the ball back across the face of goal, And Connor Ogilvie’s header hits the inside of the post and goes into the back of the net and Portsmouth look like they have won the match late on with a last gasp winner from Connor Ogilvie - GILLINGHAM 1-2 PORTSMOUTH.

Look, It is a great cross from Joe Rafferty and Connor Ogilvie has scored a late winner against Gillingham, and this late goal has taken some of the shine of what was a really good performance from Gillingham against A Portsmouth Side who you expect to see challenging for a playoff spot in League One This Season, it is also important to note that the back four for Gillingham when Connor Ogilvie scored was Alex Giles, Freddie Carter, Elkan Baggott and Bailey Akehurst, all four players are under the age of twenty one, all four players are inexperienced and Alex Giles usually plays in midfield when he plays for Gillingham’s Youth Team, So that does need to be taken into consideration, just like Gillingham’s spell when we were on top and causing Portsmouth Problems happened when Portsmouth had made changes themselves.

And that goal from Connor Ogilvie was the final noteworthy moment of the match because Referee Tim Robinson blew the whistle for full time and there was no additional time added on at the end of the second half, All in all, a disappointing defeat which takes the shine off a very encouraging performance for Gillingham, And whilst the defeat against Dover Athletic was concerning, this loss has much more for Gillingham to be positive about, even though there is still a lot of work to be done for Gillingham to strengthen the squad in the transfer window.

FULL TIME: GILLINGHAM 1-2 PORTSMOUTH

ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS

The Positives for Gillingham has to be Olly Lee performs better for Gillingham playing as A Attacking Midfielder, Jordan Green can cause defenders problems with his pace, Will Wright and Cheye Alexandra and David Tutonda and Bailey Akehurst see Gillingham strengthen both full back positions, but there are concerns amongst supporters if Elkan Baggott and David Tutonda were both to start as Left Centre Back and Left Back For Gillingham respectively, Because Elkan Baggott is going to have to learn very quickly that he isn’t going to have as much time on the ball playing competitive first team football for Gillingham In League Two.

Me and Diane spoke with Colin after the game, And Colin spoke about where are the goals going to come from, Mikael Mandron is a solid signing, but he may be a striker who will score ten goals a season, Scott Kashket looks like he will mostly play out-wide, Joseph Gbode was enthusiastic and put himself about in this match a lot, But Joseph Gbode is only seventeen, he still has much to learn and much to improve on, And Gillingham are still linked with a move for Paul McCallum, But Dagenham & Redbridge will want a massive transfer fee for Paul McCallum, And Paul McCallum will want a big money long term contract, And if Gillingham are to sign Paul McCallum, then Gillingham have got to get Paul McCallum tied down to a four year contract.

Isaac Olaofe, Kai Corbett, and Tom Elliott are all linked with moves to Gillingham, that suggests that Gillingham are still looking to strengthening the squad in the final third of the pitch, and Gillingham are going to need those reinforcements in the final third as well, because Neil Harris has spoken about the importance of game changers and impact substitutes on the bench and having those players who can come on and make an impact, and with five substitutes this season, the substitutes bench will play a pivotal and crucial role for all clubs this season.

One player who looks way off the pace, even though it is fantastic to see him back on the pitch at Priestfield Stadium is Alex MacDonald, Me and Colin both think that Alex MacDonald will need to do a lot of gym work for the next six to eight weeks to get anywhere near 100% match fitness and match sharpness levels, and with Alex MacDonald and Ben Reeves in the squad, Gillingham have got two players who are susceptible to injuries, and both players are going to have to be eased through pre-season and given a rest every now and then.

Still no news on Season Tickets, Diane spoke about problems getting her Season Ticket on her mobile phone, and Me and Colin are still waiting for our Season Ticket Cards to arrive through the post, and they were supposed to be posted out a few weeks ago, and with No Club Shop anymore, The Ticket Office only open Friday’s and Match-Days, and having experienced the worst season on and off the pitch that I have ever experienced in The 2021 / 2022 Season, Gillingham are in decline, which is sad to say, and our hope and optimism for the up and coming season is with Neil Harris, and with what he is trying to achieve at Gillingham Football Club.

But new signings are clearly needed, and one player who’s name was mentioned over the weekend - is a player who has now signed for Gillingham - And that’s Ryan Law, A Left Back From Plymouth Argyle who will strengthen Gillingham’s Full Back Options even further, and with Neil Harris wanting his full backs to play high and wide, and get forward and get back, maybe Gillingham will have two full backs on the bench who can come on and re-energise that area of the pitch.

Colin said he was going to The Crystal Palace Match On Tuesday Night and headed off, and Me and Diane said c ya to Colin before heading towards The Players Entrance, and we saw Scott Wagstaff standing there, Max Ehmer said to us that he will be back in the squad for The Tuesday Night Game against Crystal Palace, and I sent Ben and Eddie messages to find out what is going on regarding Ramsgate V Gillingham, Because that match will have kicked off by now.

After waiting around The Players Entrance for a bit, Me and Diane headed off, and I mentioned that supporters could watch Ramsgate V Gillingham XI For Free, which is a really nice gesture from Ramsgate, and we’re now two weeks away from the start of the season, and I still needed to book on The Kings Ferry Coach for AFC Wimbledon Away - I Have booked on the coach since then, But still need to buy my ticket for AFC Wimbledon Away - Diane mentioned that she will be booking on the coach as well, Because there is residential and double yellow and double red lines all the around New Plough Lane, and with the train strike, it has to be coach for AFC Wimbledon Away, and for supporters who prefer to travel via train, the train strike on the opening day of the season is less then ideal to say the least.

Luke caught up with us and mentioned that Neil Harris was not happy with Gillingham conceding late on in the match and some of the younger players have to be reminded that you cannot switch off for one second and you need to be concentrating from the first minute until the last, and of course it had to be Connor Ogilvie who scored against Gillingham as well, And we’re now two weeks away from the start of the season.

Luke had to make a move, and we said c ya to Luke, and I had to make a move myself as I was going to a friends BBQ In the evening, So The 1PM Kick Off Time proved to be helpful in that regard, I also needed to buy a few bits and pieces, a few bottles of coca cola for The BBQ, and some food for back home as well, and again, the early kick off meant I could go into Tesco’s, get what I needed, before heading back home.

The defeat was disappointing and takes some of the shine off Gillingham’s Performance Against Portsmouth, the performance was encouraging and Gillingham are taking shorter throws, we’re trying to pass the ball on the deck and the change in style of play is going to take time to implement, and two players who will benefit greatly from the change in style of play is Olly Lee and Ben Reeves, both players last season saw Gillingham knock the ball long to Vadaine Oliver and Gillingham were battling and scrapping for second balls, this season, Gillingham are looking to get the ball down and play a more possession based style of play.

Jordan Green was excellent, But Gillingham can do with one or two players with the pace and skill of Jordan Green, just so that Gillingham have got a few game changers and impact substitutes on the bench, Jordan Green cannot play for Gillingham in every match, and with five substitutions, the subs bench is going to be very important from this season onwards, either when it comes to making substitutions to turn a loss into a draw or a draw into a win, substituting players who are booked so that they are not sent off, being in a rare position where your winning 4-0 and being able to substitute five starting players to ensure that they are fit and available for selection for the next game, or being able to give a debut to a young player coming through the youth system.

There is also one positive to take from losing against Portsmouth, Neil Harris can go to Chairman Paul Scally and mention that three or four Plan A Transfer Targets are needed to strengthen the squad, Had Gillingham won against Dover Athletic and Portsmouth, then maybe those Plan A Signings might not have been made, but back to back defeats may well see the playing budget stretched to accommodate those reinforcements that Neil Harris wants to bring into the football club, Crystal Palace, Chatham Town, Southend United and Bearsted are the four remaining friendlies, two first team and two youth team, and then The 2022 / 2023 Season starts with AFC Wimbledon Away On July The 30th - COME ON THE GILLS!!!!!!!!!!!

[the-colony-roleplay]

THE COLONY; a literate original roleplay

THE SURVIVORS

Adeline Cadogan | Uninfected; Chloe Grace Moretz FC Adrien Jackson Bennett | Telekinesis; Jay Baruchel FC Alois Van Asch | Increased Hearing; Baptiste Radufe FC Annie Perreault | Deluded; Crystal Reed FC Ashley “Ash” Bisbee | Deluded; Dave Franco FC August Adelson | Telekinesis; Samira Wiley FC Austin Kelsey | Uninfected; Dev Patel FC Axel Bohr | Praeteria; Jai Courtney FC Cody Moon | Uninfected; Nam Joo Hyuk FC Cosima Nasmath | Telekinesis; Kat Graham FC Cressida Jago | Telekinesis; Chloe Bennet FC Draco Pavlović | Telekinesis; Alex Pettyfer FC Ethan Kerr | Uninfected; Olly Alexander FC Espen Filip Lindqvist | Telepathy; Nick Robinson FC Fleet Michaels | Increased Hearing and Sight; Hong Jong-Hyun FC Fletcher Dahl | Uninfected; Keiynan Lonsdale FC Jelka Dreher | Praeteria; Scarlett Johansson FC Jouko Kyung | Telepathy; John Cho FC Kevin Tsai | Uninfected; Godfrey Gao FC Killian Weaver | Telepathy; Jack Falahee FC Kit “Trig” Balker | Increased Senses; Colin Ford FC Koda Payne | Telepathy; Jamie Campbell Bower FC Kostya Vladislav | Telepathy; Jeremy Allen White FC Kyra Zabala | Empatheia; Troian Bellisario FC Lissy McCall | Uninfected; AnnaSophia Robb FC Maddox Xiao | Telepathy; Christopher Larkin FC Madison Vega | Deluded; Lindsey Morgan FC Maisie Pace | Telekinesis; Natalia Dyer FC Marcel “Hamlet” Gusterson | Deluded; Aaron Tveit FC Michael “Bones” Sikes | Telepathy; Rick Genest FC Minka Vane | Telekinesis; Paulina Singer FC Mira Sigar | Deluded; Katherine McNamara FC Petra Starr | Uninfected; Kiersey Clemons FC Rhea Zaveri | Uninfected; Emeraude Toubia FC Stacey Ricks | Uninfected; Zayn Malik FC Tate Rothchild | Uninfected; Janelle Monae FC Viola Rain Hackett | Deluded; Ruth Negga FC

THE ELITE

Abner Rhodes | Uninfected; JR Bourne FC Bode Levy Bram Lindqvist | Telepathy & Praeteria; Bill Skarsgard FC Cambie Andrews | Uninfected; Megan Markle FC Cameron Lietz | Telepathy; Michiel Huisman FC Cooper Erikson | Telekinesis; Jesse Eisenberg FC Curtis Cuthbert | Uninfected; Robert Downey Jr. FC Emmett Briers | Uninfected; Nico Tortorella FC Gaius Fitrei | Uninfected; Idris Elba FC Honor Bradley | Telekinesis; Hannah John-Kamen FC Ireland Krii | Uninfected; Nicholas Hoult FC Jackson Rocco | Uninfected; Woody Harrelson FC Kyffin Greco | Uninfected; Justin Baldoni FC Mathias Witte | Uninfected; Nikolaj Coster Waldau FC Mei Zhu Fitrei | Uninfected; Fan Bingbing FC Mitch “Dougie” Douglas | Telekinesis; Mark Ruffalo FC Perry Griffiths | Praeteria; Johnny Depp FC Rina Jago | Uninfected; Lucy Liu FC Samuel Andrews | Uninfected; Daniel Craig FC Wren Phillips | Uninfected; Julian Morris FC

NEW WAVE REFORMISTS

Lorelei Larsen | Uninfected; Sarah Gadon FC Nouka Fang | Uninfected; Rosa Salazar FC Suki Yamaguchi | Uninfected; Hayley Kiyoko FC

 HOME | PLOT | SURVIVORS | INFECTIONS | 2157 was the end of the world.

[ryanlowrie]

my sugar free impression of Trainspotting 2

I have a lust for life and have enjoyed many Danny Boyle films.  Recently got to see the out of nowhere sequel that I was happy to see the trailer for but couldn't understand why after all this time are we plunking down in the Highlands with these lowlifes?  My first guess was the Oliver Stone Wall Street angle.  In the 80's Olive Stone had, (as Robert Duvall's repulsive Frank Hackett barked in Chayefsky's biting satire Network) “a big fat titted hit” with the release of Wall Street, a brutal drama about insider trading and ruthless capitalists.  Unbeknownst to Ollie Stoner though was that a lot of alpha males walked away from seeing his cautionary tale with worshiping fan boy glowing admiration Gordon Gekko despite the fact that Oliver Stone wanted people to hate the character Gordon Gekko but a lot of people took his warped values as virtues.  Kind of like how the far right have taken George Orwell's 1984 as a 'how to oppress people for dummies' manual.  Decades later after winning awards and making huge piles of money, Ollie makes a sequel to Wall Street where he beats you over the head for two hours that Michael Douglas' character is an awful person whose greed hurts other people. Shia Labeouf also starred in Money Never Sleeps which sounds to me like a title of a ZZ Top album.  Yeesh.  Carey Mulligan is in it as well and she's just fabulous in everything.  I believe that Danny Boyle got sick of hearing what a great bunch of lads the core cast of Transpotting were and deciding to pull an Ollie Stoner and make a super depressing sequel where he removes any romantic nostalgia and tells the audience that the main characters are bad people that do bad things and we shouldn't emulate them.  I could be wrong.  I don't hang out with directors or multi-million dollar epics.  This is just the feeling I got out of watching the sequels to Wall Street and Trainspotting because nobody really needs to see what happens next to these guys and gals.  There's nothing in the story that demands completion.  This is just the progenitors of the material trying to steer pop culture towards their interpretation of the material and in both you wind up with long preachy films.  There have been rehashes with director messages that have worked.  I thought Coppola did a great job of wrapping up the Godfather series but most people hated the third one.  Coppola squashed any romantic/outsider hero aspects of Michael Corleone.  In the end he was a cruel man that chose to be a destructive force in his family and the guilt ate him up from the inside out and it should.  You shouldn't kill your brother even though Fredo totally had it coming especially after the Moe Gree fiasco, but that's another story for another time.  Trainspotting 2 is a sad wacky look at middle aged junkies and how their behavior isolates them from enjoying life.  If you want to swim in some morbid waters than take a dip.  I did not hate this movie.  I would watch it again.  I like a lot of downer films, such as Network, 1984, and the original Trainspotting.  

[scarletwitchie2]

not my art 

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1.  Princess Mononoke by Michael Raaflaub

2.  Deviantart He-man. Ken kelly art. Published: Apr 21, 2014 by bka1966

3. She-ra  artist: @JustineFrany

4.  Eyes Unclouded by yuumei

5.  'Saroja and the Moon' by Jae Lee & June Chung for Brown Sugar Fairies

6.  Ghost in the shell by Emilie42

7.  Howls Moving Castle Olly Moss poster Artist Olly Moss

8.  Artist: Caitlin Hackett - Title: "The Red Horse of War"

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Arrow Delivers a Very Different Suicide Squad

Arrow Delivers a Very Different Suicide Squad

Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.

Don’t you hate it when one Arrowverse episode tees up a compelling storyline, only for the next to veer off in a completely different direction? That’s basically what we got with “Past Sins.” In lieu of the much-hyped first meeting between Oliver and Emiko Queen, this episode focused on Ollie and Laurel confronting other demons from their pasts. The result was still a decently enjoyable episode, but again, not one that really focused on the most interesting story at hand.

You do have to give the writers credit for attempting to address that familiar Arrowverse flaw and creating a “villain of the week” with actual depth and motivation. Sam Hackett (Luke Camilleri) was by no means the perfect nemesis for Ollie. The idea that, because Sam’s father vanished all those years ago, Sam himself decided to become an electricity-manipulating supervillain is still a bit of a stretch.

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Arrow Delivers a Very Different Suicide Squad

Arrow Delivers a Very Different Suicide Squad was originally published on Sarcastard Reviews

[frvckles]

there's something   a   little   BITTERSWEET   about   the   last   day   of   camp   that   olly   hadn't   been expecting.   watching   an   entire   summer   get   stored   away   and   the   campers   pack   their   own   bags as the   sounds   of   the   forest   start   to   return.

with laundry   bags   slung   over   each   shoulder,   he uses   the   very   last   of   his   energy   to   awkwardly barge   the   door, but shoes   SKID   against   the   floor   as   he   tries   to   stop   himself,   barely avoiding   a   collision   with   a   stack   of   cooking   supplies,   dropping   his   own   baggage   to   steady   himself   against   the   wall. “   SORRY! sorry   sorry   sorry!  ”

“   nick. i have   spent   my whole   morning   dragging   canoes   out   of   the   lake   and   folding   dirty   towels   and   getting   the   boathouse   shipshape   for   mr   H –-  ” he   almost   breaks at that, mister   hackett's   TERRIBLE   puns   had,   admittedly, caused   a   chuckle   or   two   from   the   blonde   over   the   summer. “   and   now   YOU   want   help   stocking   cupboards   too?  ” arms fold across   his   chest, eyebrows furrowing into an unimpressed frown.

“   ok!  ” his  demeanour   changes   in   an   instant,   and   he   flashes   nick   a   bright   smile,   kicking   his   own   bags   against   the   wall   and   turning   on   his   heels. “   but you need   to   help   me   take   those   to   the   laundry   when   we're   done.   DEAL?  ”

@frvckles ➤ plotted starter ➤ olly & nick

he's feeling distinctly harried, which is probably why he's not looking where he's going, attention focused squarely on the assortment of ingredients he's balancing in his arms as he flicks through a mental list, cataloguing what he has, counting —

he turns the corner, headed for the kitchen, and thank god his reflexes have rarely let him down because he only narrowly avoids crashing directly into olly. as it is, he clutches his collection to his chest, frantically readjusting as a bag of flour tips perilously to one side.

⠀ ⠀❛     shi— sugar. i'm so sorry, man, hold on— ❜

he turns to the kitchen door before thinking better of it, half - reversing to face him as he walks backwards, nudges the door open with a hip.

⠀ ⠀❛     actually, olly, can you do me a huge favour ? can you grab the last couple of bags from the dining hall and bring them through here ? i need everything in the cupboards for tomorrow and i'm already kinda behind. i'd owe you one. ❜

[fashiontrendin-blog]

8 Statement Looks You Can Pull Off This Spring/Summer

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8 Statement Looks You Can Pull Off This Spring/Summer

Bank statements, police statements, damage limitation statements; the consensus on statements is that they’re no good thing. However, statement looks – when approached with the right amount of chutzpah – can fast-track you from middle of the road to menswear maestro.

We know, we know, ‘statement pieces’ often create the kind of outfits that lead to well-meaning celebrities ending up being mercilessly mocked in the web’s comment sections or immortalised via memes.

But fear not, because we’ve tapped the advice of some of the style industry’s most clued-up so you can reap the rewards of dressing daringly with minimal chance of online annihilation. Wardrobe crisis averted.

White Trousers

Stating the obvious: white trousers may as well be physically moulded from Marmite because of their ability to polarise opinion. Everyone has something to say about white legwear, and more often than not they aren’t fans. But there are ways to keep the haters at bay.

“Ensure your white trousers are cut slim and not too long at the hem, so showing a bit of ankle,” says Reiss head of menswear design, Alex Field. If those ankles are as white as the trousers, it’s advisable to slap a small amount of tan on them, or you risk looking like you’re wearing sports socks.

While tonal outfits in shades of black, navy and even beige are a solid choice, when it comes to white Field suggests breaking up the look to avoid any sailor jibes. “Style the trousers with something that isn’t white. Preferably a knit in a neutral colour or navy for a classic, nautical look.”

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Floral Shirt

We love the minimal, painfully tasteful Nordic menswear movement as much as the next pseudo-Scandinavian dresser, but (dare we say it) sometimes it gets a bit, well, boring. What’s the antithesis to boring? A floral shirt, of course.

“Remember, this look is more Bloomsbury boffin than it is Honolulu hottie, so if a floral shirt screams Hawaiian luau, step away slowly,” says style writer Miriam Bouteba. “Go for micro or painted florals while also making sure that the shirt’s base colour is dark and short sleeves are rolled slightly to minimise any whiff of novelty.”

Styling-wise, opt for smart chinos or tailored trousers and wear the shirt buttoned up or open over a plain T-shirt. For a next-level move, try tucking the shirt in for a sleek finish.

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Pastel Blazer

Despite what many think, your surname doesn’t have to be Gatsby for you to be able to pull off a pastel blazer. Already one of the season’s key fashion trends, frankly they’re a no-brainer.

“A pastel blazer may seem a daring choice, but it’s a versatile and easy way to dress for spring/summer,” says stylist Ozzy Shah, who has dressed the likes of Olly Murs and Jim Chapman.

As softly stylish as they are, pastel blazers tend to scream try-hard, so keep things simple. Shah’s go-to combinations include “a crisp white shirt for the day and a black roll neck in the evening”. But they can also be deployed as part of a smart separates look (either contrasting or tonal); casually over a T-shirt, or used to soften a more rugged denim or chambray button-down. No matter which option you choose, swerve the cliché boat shoes in favour of loafers or clean sneakers. Pastel perfected.

Key Pieces

Relaxed, Cropped Jeans

We’ve lost count of the number of times the nineties have made a comeback (for better or worse). This season the decade is returning (yet again), and there’s nothing more nostalgic than a pair of cropped jeans.

Whereas the first time around cropped jeans got the full-on grunge treatment, for a more wearable look tone down your inner Kurt Cobain and smarten things up. “Cropped jeans should be cut with a relaxed fit and worn with half cab shoes or desert boots,” says Johan Lindstedt, a denim designer at Nudie Jeans.

To reclaim looser fits from the skate world, try dressing them up with Derbies and an Oxford shirt, or hit the middle ground with athleisure pieces that give off sportswear vibes without the need to drop into a half pipe.

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Neckerchief

Neckerchiefs are near peak wardrobe statement, and unfortunately, the line between cabin crew and cool is alarmingly thin. But while this bandana-style accessory serves little-to-no functional purpose, when worn correctly, it can look damn good.

“The best way to pull off the summer neck scarf is to make sure it’s not interfering with or being covered by any high collars,” says stylist Nas Abraham, who has worked with the likes of Adidas, River Island and Hackett.

By this suggestion, look to grandad collar shirts, lightweight knitwear and T-shirts in block colours to let the neck scarf speak for itself.

Key Pieces

Wide Brim Hat

With the exception of the baseball cap, which seems to be having another season in the spotlight, few modern men are willing to doff to the art of wearing a hat. That sound you hear? It’s our ancestors turning in their graves.

They may never again be everyday staples, but for summer holidays, a wide brim hat like a Panama or fedora offers an easy way to send your style stock skyrocketing.

“The best way to pull off a wide brim hat is to feel comfortable wearing it,” says Noel Stewart, creative director of historic London milliner Christys’. “Play with the hat on your head in the mirror (preferably two mirrors), so you can see how the shape affects your silhouette.”

In short, confidence is vital. Once you’ve scored that, the hat (depending on its colour and material) can be put to work in a range of outfits both smart and casual.

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Coloured Lens Sunglasses

The return of the nineties isn’t just bringing with it old-school denim trends; coloured lens sunglasses are also back in the game.

Fortunately, we’re not talking those wraparound ski goggle types that were essentially more popular than eyes at the time, but something a little more stylish.

“Choosing the right colour lenses boils down to two main factors: where you are wearing them and your individual look,” says David Lochhead, co-founder of British eyewear brand Finlay & Co. “Dark grey or deep blue lenses are perfect if you prefer a minimal look and wear predominantly neutral colours.”

To signpost that you’re more menswear maverick and less Croc-wearing tourist, always seek out a pair that suits your face shape. Classic Clubmaster styles are a good catch-all for most people.

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Patterned Suit

In the world of menswear there’s bold, and then there’s patterned suit bold. On a scale of one to statement, it’s right there at the top. But don’t let that put you off; donning patterned tailoring doesn’t have to end in disaster and regret.

“Think of where you’ll be wearing it,” says menswear writer Tom Courcey. “If it’s for a formal occasion then avoid, unless you’re certain it won’t break the dress code. If going to dinner at a restaurant or a summer wedding, a bold windowpane check suit will work perfectly in a grey or blue hue.”

If a full patterned two-piece feels a little too statement, try toning it down by using separates, such as a patterned grey windowpane check blazer anchored with simple black trousers.

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