#Tom Nairn

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Did the minister's wife fart?

I find I can't get excited about the prospect of listening to the old guard of the independence movement talking the same talk they've been talking since 2012 while the movement itself fails to walk any kind of walk at all.

Does it make sense to “try to extend the constitutional reform debate to the English left”? George Kerevan says so. So, I guess it must be so. Although he might have put at least a token effort into explaining what sense it makes. That sense is not as obvious to me as it is to George. Elsewhere in this newspaper we have its editor, Laura Webster, pontificating that it would be “wise to consider”…

[peterabell]

Did the minister's wife fart?

I find I can't get excited about the prospect of listening to the old guard of the independence movement talking the same talk they've been talking since 2012 while the movement itself fails to walk any kind of walk at all.

Does it make sense to “try to extend the constitutional reform debate to the English left”? George Kerevan says so. So, I guess it must be so. Although he might have put at least a token effort into explaining what sense it makes. That sense is not as obvious to me as it is to George. Elsewhere in this newspaper we have its editor, Laura Webster, pontificating that it would be “wise to consider”…

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Tom Nairn and the power of nationalism

I only realised this week that the great Scottish political theorist Tom Nairn had died at the end of January, at the age of 90. The Scottish writer Gerry Hassan assessed his large legacy in an article in The Scottish Review. Hassan, a friend of Nairn’s, reminded us that Nairn had been influential over a long period of time in a whole range of political debates: about the nature of Britain’s…

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07/18-19/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; Rhys & Rosie; Samba Schutte; David Jenkins; Taika Waititi; #FirstMateFriday: Con O'Neill; Vico Ortiz; Linds Cantrell; Alex Sherman & Alyssa Lane; Kristian Nairn; Rachel House; Erroll Shand; Jes Tom; WBD Status; ; Fan Spotlight: Cast Cards; Stede & Ed; Our Flag Means Fanfiction; Love Notes ; Daily Darby / Today's Taika;

Hey crew, sorry for the delay. I was going to finish yesterday's recap this morning, and then my draft got nuked again due to my computer crashing, so yeah two day it is!

== Rhys & Rosie ==

Rhys and Rosie are out at the AllBlacks Rubgy game! They're super excited for AoNZ vs Fiji!

Source: Rhys & Rosie's Instagram Stories

== Samba Schutte ==

So some of the news that came out of Florida Supercon last weekend was Samba revealed in a panel that there was supposed to be an official OFMD Podcast and it was in the works until WBD said they "ran out of money". You can read the Full Article here

== David Jenkins ==

Chaos dad came out and had some commentary as well regarding it-- and Samba had more to add.

Source: David Jenkins' Twitter

== Taika Waititi ==

Taika out and about!

Source: Rosie Matheson's Instagram

Annnd Taika just being goofy!

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The associated Press released another interview with Taika and Jemaine!

and yet ANOTHER interview with Taika and Jemaine, this time with Brad Gilmore!

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== First Mate Friday: Con O'Neill ==

There's a new trend this week! Folks on twitter have started up #FirstMateFriday in honor of Con O'Neill! There are so very many lovely tributes to him! I was only able to fit a few in, but they're all beautiful, and full of so much heartfelt love, and I'm sure he is out there basking in it all right now! Thank you to everyone who sent him some love today (and thank you to the lovely folks below for letting me share them!) Also, special thanks to RudestFish on twitter for coming up with this love fest for Con!

Source: RudestFish's Twitter

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== Alex Sherman and Alyssa Lane ==

Our beloved writers/co-producers Alex and Alyssa were out in Mexico City! So nice to see them out and having fun again!

Source: Alex Sherman's Instagram

Alex also popped in to appreciate our darling @fidisart on twitter!

Source: Fidisart's Twitter

== Long Post is Long, Lots under the Cut ==

== Vico Ortiz ==

Vico wants to wish everyone a Happy #NonMonogamyVisibility Week! They shared a lot about their history with polyamory and lots of Garlic Soup on their Instagram Stories as well!

Source: Vico's Instagram

== Linds Cantrell ==

Lindsey Cantrell is the biggest sweetheart by the way and she's been so happy to be interacting with everyone in the OFMD community-- it was just nice to see her feeling included and loved (she shared this on her IG Story). If you don't already follow her on IG, please do, she always has super cool stuff to share, even if it's not OFMD related. <3

Source: Linds Cantrell's Instagram

== Rachel House ==

Rachel was out seeing Bob Tidicue!

Source: Rachel House's Instagram Stories

== Erroll Shand ==

New Episode yesterday of The Twelve on Binge!

Source: Binge's Instagram

== Jes Tom ==

Jes was featured on the "GOOD BOYS" Podcast: Episode 2: Model Behavior! Wanna listen in? You can check out their linktree.

Source: For Them's Instagram

Some photos from Jes' recent comedy show with Tessa Skara: Corporate Pride.

Source: TessaFuckinSkara's Instagram

== Kristian Nairn ==

Kristian is the special guest at Van Love Fest in Elvington Airfield, York!

Source: Kristian Nairn's Instagram

== WBD News ==

So many of our crewmates on twitter have been highlighting some big news with WBD. It sounds like they may actually be doing a split in the upcoming future. Lot of articles below with more info.

Warner Bros Discovery drafts break-up plan

Warner Bros. Discovery might split itself into two pieces

Cord Cutting Today Warner Bros. Discovery Selling Max? Here is What We Know

Why Warner Bros. Discovery Stock Jumped 15% This Week

David Zaslav's Come To Jesus Moment

Sources: Meowzawowza, Never Left Podcast, Ashley (seven_sugars), MrButtons294 on Twitter

== Trends ==

Always nice to see!

Source: Never Left Podcast's Twitter

== Fan Spotlight ==

= Cast Cards =

Naureemum S. was another one of the stand-ins in OFMD according to https://ofmd-crew.com/ - Thank you to @melvisik for giving her a spotlight!

Source: @melvisik's Twitter

== Our Flag Means Fanfiction ==

Are you going to be at San Diego Comic Con on July 25-28? Well keep an eye out for these free bookmarks from Our Flag Means Fanfiction!

Source: Our Flag Means Fanfiction Instagram

== Love Notes ==

Hey there lovelies! I hope the end to your week was good to you! A lots happened in the last 48 hrs, and I apologize I'm so late sharing some of it. Please let me know if I missed anything! I love how much people are really stepping up the love for cast members after all the Emmy stuff that went down. I see everyone just aggressively (I say affectionatly) loving so many of them and it's so heart-warming and uplifting. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, but your love and kindness is so incredibly impactful. You may never get to see the fruits of your love (although the cast and crew does tend to show us they hear us) but know that every little bit builds up. Maybe someone was having a bad day, and seeing how much we love them gave them that extra boost to get through it-- you never know! There is an old greek proverb: "A society grows great when [folks] plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."

That is really true about kindness and support and love too. You are sowing the seeds and roots of a better tomorrow, even if you yourself never get to see the branches and fruit that love produces.

Never let the harshness of the world dim your light lovelies. Your kindness and love moves mountains tiny bits at a time.

I hope you all have a wonderful, fairly uneventful weekend (unless you want it to be eventful!) and get some good rest <3

== Daily Darby / Tonight's Taika ==

There is no theme tonight! Just Rhys being ridiculously hot, and Meow blessing us with this adorable Taika smile. Happy belated Meow Day! Rhys Gif by @ofmd-ann and Taika Gif by @blakbonnet!

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05/22-23/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; Cast & Crew Sightings; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Vico Ortiz; Kristian Nairn; Jes Tom; Watch party Reminders; Enby Gender Census; Fan Spotlight; Mermay; Love Notes; Daily Darby/Tonight's Taika;

Hey crew, I've been kinda knocked out with work and life the last few days. Trying to catch up <3 Hope you all are hanging in. Sorry for the delay!

== David Jenkins ==

Chaos Dad did a hat tip to our lovely friends Our Flag Means Sass on his Instagram

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The speculation on what this is about is that the NBA will be moving from WBD to NBC, Amazon and ESPN.

= More Chaos Dad =

It's David's sister Tracy's birthday today! He sent out some goofy and fun love her way.

Source: David Jenkins' Instagram

== Rhys Darby ==

Our Captain posted a very silly video these last couple days on The Cryptid Factor Patreon! This time, Rhys came up with a Musical Improve with the help of his son Finn and other members of Big Cow Band!

Note: You'll probably notice I'm not sharing images / content from Patreon, this is because the creators on Patreon have asked us not to, but also because we want to make sure they're being properly supported!

Wanna check it out? Visit The Cryptid Factor Patreon!

== Nathan Foad ==

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== VIco Ortiz ==

Vico's been busy! Getting some love from fans of The Diablo's Curse and getting some love from Jack <3

Source: Em Roar's Instagram Stories / Vico Ortiz' Instagram Stories

Also some new BTS on Vico's Patreon!

Wanna view the BTS? You can sign up for Vico's Patreon here.

== Kristian Nairn ==

Kristian just feeling cute today <3

Source: Kristian Nairn's Instagram

== Jes Tom ==

Jess and Elliot out and about at the Hot Girl Summer Tour!

Source: Jes Tom's Instagram

== Watch Party Reminders ==

Dates: May 20 - 26, 2024 Times: 3:30 pm PT / 6:30pm ET / 11:30 pm BST The #RhysDarbyFaction will be hosting OFMD Season 1 on the RDF Discord Server. Don't have access? Reach out to me on @gentlebeardsbarngrill on tumblr, or @aspirantabby42 on twitter.

Next week we'll be doing the same thing with Season 2 of OFMD

May 28-31 (we're skipping Memorial Day) Times: 3:30 pm PT / 6:30pm ET / 11:30 pm BST

== Gender Census ==

Hey Non-Binary friends! There's a Gender Census going on by an independent researcher. If you're interested in filling it out, it's available thru Thursday 13th June 2024. Gender Census 2024

== Fan Spotlight ==

= Cast Cards =

Tonight's cast card by @melvisik is the lighthouse keeper that Ned Low was being a complete dick to!

Source: @melvisik's Twitter

= Colouring Pages =

More colouring pages from @patchworkpiratebear! For all you Izzy stans out there you'll love the first one! This would be a pretty damn cool coin! Tumblr - Indestructible Little Fucker / Lighthouse

= Our Flag Means Fanfiction =

Another episode this week from Our Flag Means Fanfiction! This time The Blackbeard Episode!

Source: Our Flag Means Fanfictions Instagram

== Mer May ==

= Chlorallines =

Today we have a MerMay submission from an artist we haven't seen in fan spotlight before-- @chlorallines! Really beautiful work dear! I'm loving the bubbles and lighting, it feels so sad and hopeful at the same time!

Source: Chlorallines Tumblr

= ErosTheArist =

More submissions from @erostheartist for MerMay! Blind Man's Cove is particularly creepy! Love it! Day 15: Blind Man's Cove / Day 22: Gravy Basket

= Snejpowa =

Who needs one dagger when you could have ALLLLLL the daggars. Loving all the submissions today from @snejpowa! Day 22: Gravy Basket / Day 23: Dagger

= Spencer Does Artt =

Finally catching up with our crewmate SpencerDoesArtt's MerMay Submissions! I cannot get over the Izzy eyeballs, they kill me every time I look at them.

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== Love Notes ==

Hey Lovelies! I hope you're hanging in there. We're getting to the end of the week, and it's a long weekend for a lot of folks in the U.S.! Hopefully you've got some downtime planned (no matter where you are), you deserve a break.

Tonight I wanted to send a reminder to try and give yourself some self care this weekend. I've been very bad about it this week and my body is finally telling me so, so here's some gentle reminders for you!

Remember to take your meds today!

Drink plenty of water! Yes I know tea is delicious but it can dehydrate you, so remember to drink some water too when you get a chance :)

Take a shower or a bath, you'll feel way better afterward!

Eat something yummy, and something healthy too! Give your body something it wants, it'll tell you what it is.

Make sure you get plenty of sleep, if you have an extra day off-- take advantage of that! Sleep can do wonders for your mental and physical health.

Try to laugh if you can-- watch something funny, read something funny, look up a terrible dad joke on the internet-- ask a friend for a laugh. Laughter can do so much for us and helping to release some of our fight or flight stressors.

You're doing great lovelies. I know it's been a lot lately, but you're really doing great. You've been working so hard, and you're making incremental progress towards your goals. I'm really proud of you. Remember to be proud of yourself too <3 You are such an amazing person, and you deserve to rest too.

Happy weekend all <3 See you on the flip side.

== Daily Darby / Tonight's Taika ==

Tonight's theme is eyes. Look at these two. Those eyes are so expressive.

Tonight's gifs courtesy of the delightful @fandomsmeantheworldtome and @ofmd-ann!

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A list of season 2 cast and crew members, confirmed and speculated

I will try and keep this updated

Not counting the obvious ones

Please note that this is a list of both cast and crew members, so PAs and such are also included and not just actors

Also if you're interested: on my bts instagram I only follow people who have worked on season 1, and people I suspect worked on season 2. So feel free to go through the list of people I follow if you're into that

A

Aaron Morton (Camera) - he’s listed on the very last picture as the camera-man

Adam Stein(Writer)

Alan F. (English solider)

Alexandria S.

Alison Telford (Casting)

Alistair Gregory - from this tweet so uncertain, but followed me back on my bts instagram account so seems to have some interest in ofmd

Amy Barber (Sound department)

Amy Tunnicliffe

Amanda Grace Leo

Amanda M. (Wedding guest)

Andrea Basile (Costume)

Andres Gomez Zamora (Visual effects)

Andrew DeYoung (Director) - I don’t remember if there was any other reason than the fact that he was in Aotearoa during filming

Andy McLaren (senior art director)

Andy Rydzewksi (Cinematographer)

Angelina Faulkner (Sound department)

B

Blair Nicholson (Camera)

Blair Teesdale (Camera)

Brad Coleman (Visual effects)

Brad McLeod (Special effects)

Brian Badie (Hairstylist)

Bronson Pinchot (“Torturer”)

Bryn Seager - I don’t remember why but I follow him

Bryony Matthew (Food stylist)

C

Caleb Staines (Camera)

Chantel Partamian (Visual effects)

Colin Elms (Art department)

Colin Rogers (Sound department)

Cora Montalban (Makeup and/or hairstylist) - I believe she was tagged in an instagram story once, and she’s followed by a ton of cast and crew members

Corrin Ellingford (Sound department)

Corey Moana (Camera)

Corry Greig (Art department)

Coti Herrera (Prosthetics/Makeup)

D

Damian Del Borrello (Sound department)

Daniel Fernandez (Spanish priest)

Danica Duan (Assistan accountant)

David Boden (production manager)

David G. (Stand in)

David Rowell (Financial controller)

David Van Dyke (Visual effects)

Dennis Bailey (Hairstylist)- Leslie revealed that he’s there.

Dion Anderson (Rescue diver)

Don A. (Swampy Town folk)

Donna Pearman (Assistant accountant)

Donna Marinkovich (set decorator)

Doug McFarlene (Pirate)

Duncan Nairn (Visual effects)

E

Eliza Cossio (Writer)

Erroll Shand (Prince Ricky)

Esther Mitchell (Camera)

F

Fernando Frias (Director)

G

Gareth Van Niekerk (Sound department)

Gary Archer (dental prosthetics)

Gemma Campbell (Visual effects)

Grant Lobban

Greg Sager (Safety manager)

Gregor Harris (Camera)

Gregory J. Pawlik Jr. (AD)

Gypsy Taylor (Costume designer)

H

Haroun Barazanchi (Set designer)

Harry Ashby (AD)

Helene Wong (Voice work)

I-J

Jacob Tomuri (Stunts)

Jaden McLeod

James Crosthwaite (Set decorator)

Jamie Couper (Camera)

Jason Samoa, possibly spotted on location

Jemaine Clement, pretty sure this is only based on his friendship with Rhys and Taika tbh

Jes Tom (Writer)

Jessica Lee Hunt (Makeup artist) - followed by a ton of crew and cast members and I believe she’s been tagged in instagram stories and such

John Mahone (Writer)

Jonathan Bruce (Sound department)

Jono Capel-Baker (Groom)

Jonno Roberts didn’t get the role from his audition, but could still have gotten a different role - hung out with Ruibo

Judah Getz (Sound department)

Julia Huberman (Sound department)

Julia Thompson (Costume)

Justin Benn (Republic of Pirates Town)

K

Karl L. (Action extra)

Kate Fu

Kate Leonard (Casting)

Kathleen Zyka Smith (“Red Flag”)

Kosuke Iijima (Fabricator/Sculptor?) - due to interaction on this post

Kris Gillan (Fabricator/Sculptor)

Kura Forrester - followed by quite a few cast and crew members, but I don’t remember if there was anything else to it

L

Laura Stables (SFX makeup artist)

Leanne Evans (Art department)

Lee Tuson

Leslie Jones (Spanish Jackie) - she’s spoiled this so many times, but gjfhdks

Leyla - followed by a lot of cast and crew members, don’t remember if there was more to it than that

Lindsey Cantrell (Set decorator)

Louis Flavell Birch (Blue coat)

Luke V. (Stand in)

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Dos siglos de la cuestión nacional

DANIEL FINN

TRADUCCIÓN: FLORENCIA OROZ

Aquellos que lo critican, sostienen que el marxismo no puede explicar el atractivo popular del nacionalismo. Pero la tradición marxista contiene varias ideas clave sobre los orígenes y el futuro de las comunidades nacionales.

n su ensayo de 1975 «The Modern Janus», Tom Nairn describió la teoría del nacionalismo como «el gran fracaso histórico del marxismo». Se pueden encontrar afirmaciones similares a lo largo de la abundante literatura sobre el tema.

El argumento suele ser más o menos el siguiente: desde Karl Marx en adelante, los socialistas esperaban que los trabajadores se identificaran con su clase más que con su nación, y con el socialismo internacional más que con cualquier forma de ideología nacionalista. Cuando las acciones de los trabajadores reales de carne y hueso no se ajustaron a este esquema abstracto, más espectacularmente al estallar una guerra general europea en 1914, los socialistas no pudieron explicar el atractivo del nacionalismo en términos marxistas, excepto como el producto de la manipulación burguesa destinada a desviar a la clase obrera de su verdadera misión histórica.

Ernest Gellner ridiculizó la perspectiva marxista en su libro Naciones y nacionalismo:

En el fondo, a los marxistas les gusta pensar que el espíritu de la historia o la conciencia humana metió la pata hasta el fondo. El mensaje que había de despertar las conciencias estaba destinado a las clases, pero por algún terrible error postal fue entregado a las naciones. Ahora es necesario que los activistas revolucionarios persuadan al destinatario equivocado para que entregue el mensaje, y el celo que engendra, al destinatario legítimo y previsto. La falta de voluntad tanto del destinatario legítimo como del usurpador para cumplir este requisito causa una gran irritación al activista.

Esta es sin duda una cita memorable, pero no puede hacer justicia a la amplitud y complejidad del pensamiento marxista sobre el tema. En lo que sigue, me concentraré en una selección de ideas de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX, un periodo en el que se suponía que el marxismo estaba voluntariamente ciego a la importancia de esta cuestión. No constituyen una teoría completa y exhaustiva del nacionalismo, pero nos proporcionan algunas herramientas inestimables para reflexionar sobre él.

Naciones y Estados

La idea del nacionalismo tal como la entendemos aún estaba tomando forma cuando Marx y Friedrich Engels publicaron el Manifiesto Comunista en 1848. El Estado-nación territorial aún no se había convertido en el modelo político estándar. Algunos de los mayores Estados-nación de la Europa actual —Alemania, Italia, Polonia— se componían entonces de ciudades-estado subnacionales y principados o fragmentos bajo el control de imperios dinásticos.

Dos famosas líneas del Manifiesto parecen ejemplificar lo que Gellner denominó la «Teoría de la dirección equivocada» del nacionalismo: «Los trabajadores no tienen patria» y «Las diferencias nacionales, y los antagonismos entre los pueblos, se desvanecen cada día más». En primer lugar, situemos esas líneas en el contexto completo de lo que escribieron Marx y Engels:

Los trabajadores no tienen patria. No es posible quitarles lo que no tienen. En la medida en que el proletariado debe conquistar el poder político, elevarse a la condición de clase nacional, constituirse a sí mismo como nación, es aún nacional, aunque no en el sentido burgués de la palabra. Los particularismos nacionales y los antagonismos entre los pueblos van desapareciendo con el desarrollo de la burguesía, con la libertad de comercio, el mercado mundial, la uniformidad de la producción industrial y las condiciones de vida acordes conesta. El dominio del proletariado hará que desaparezcan aún más.

De entrada, parece que aquí hay algo más complicado. Si los obreros «no tienen patria», ¿cómo pueden ser «nacionales, aunque no en el sentido burgués de la palabra»? ¿Qué otros sentidos puede haber?

Erica Benner sugiere una respuesta en su libro Really Existing Nationalisms, señalando que la versión original alemana del Manifiesto decía que los trabajadores no tenían Vaterland: «En la época en que Marx y Engels estaban escribiendo, la palabra Vaterland ya había adquirido connotaciones políticas muy cargadas, muy diferentes de las de la palabra inglesa country, que ahora suena neutra: el lenguaje de Vaterland era utilizado con frecuencia y elocuencia tanto por los defensores del Estado tradicional como por los profetas románticos de la nacionalidad étnica». Desde 1848, por supuesto, Vaterland ha recogido aún más bagaje de la experiencia de la historia alemana del siglo XX.

Benner ofrece a continuación su propia interpretación del pasaje:

Los trabajadores no tienen una lealtad exclusiva al Estado-nación, ni interés en la supervivencia de las instituciones y prácticas culturales que contribuyen a mantener la dominación de clase sobre ellos. Por tanto, carecen de nacionalidad en el «sentido burgués de la palabra», que sostiene que los intereses protegidos por los Estados existentes son idénticos a los de la sociedad en su conjunto.

Roman Rosdolsky propuso una lectura similar: «Cuando el Manifiesto dice que los obreros “no tienen patria”, se refiere al Estado nacional burgués, no a la nacionalidad en sentido étnico».

En este punto, es importante distinguir entre dos conceptos que a menudo se mezclan: conciencia nacional y nacionalismo. El primero se refiere a la sensación que puede tener la gente de pertenecer a una nación concreta; el segundo, a las conclusiones políticas que pueden extraer de esa sensación de pertenencia. Escocia, por ejemplo. Durante gran parte del siglo XX, el apoyo a un Estado escocés independiente fue insignificante; hoy es lo suficientemente alto como para hacer de la independencia escocesa una perspectiva realista en los próximos años.

Esto no se debe a un aumento repentino del número de personas que se consideran escocesas. Durante muchos años, el sentimiento de escocés coexistió con el apoyo a la unión con Inglaterra. Un movimiento político tuvo que persuadir a una masa crítica de escoceses de que era necesario un Estado separado para promover sus intereses, y tendrá que persuadir a un número aún mayor si se quiere lograr la independencia.

En el mundo moderno, si alguien se define como nacionalista en el sentido político, no significa simplemente que se identifique con una nación concreta. También significa que se identifica con el Estado que gobierna la nación (o con la lucha por establecer tal Estado en un caso como Escocia).

Por otra parte, el objetivo de los internacionalistas no es persuadir a la gente de que debe dejar de considerarse francesa, griega, tailandesa o mexicana en términos culturales. Se trata de cuestionar el supuesto político de que su lealtad primaria debe dirigirse hacia el Estado nacional que reclama su lealtad.

Diferencias nacionales

Por supuesto, la afirmación de que «los particularismos nacionales y los antagonismos entre los pueblos» estaban «desapareciendo cada vez más» ante el desarrollo capitalista resultó estar muy equivocada. Pero debemos ser más precisos sobre en qué se equivocaron Marx y Engels. Obviamente, no creían que las distinciones culturales basadas en la lengua y otros factores fueran a desaparecer rápidamente (aunque sí esperaban el desarrollo de una «literatura mundial» en la que las «creaciones intelectuales de las naciones individuales» se convirtieran en «propiedad común»).

Más bien parecen haber previsto que el auge del capitalismo crearía un modelo económico mundial más o menos homogéneo basado en la industria a gran escala, con la misma polarización entre trabajadores y capitalistas como principal antagonismo social. En ese escenario, habría habido poca diferencia en términos socioeconómicos entre haber nacido en Londres o en Lagos, en Nueva York o en Nueva Delhi.

Una famosa sección del Manifiesto argumenta que «la necesidad de un mercado en constante expansión para sus productos persigue a la burguesía por toda la superficie del globo» y que «los precios baratos de sus mercancías son la artillería pesada con la que derriba todas las murallas chinas». Al hacerlo, según Marx y Engels, la burguesía «obliga a todas las naciones, so pena de extinción, a adoptar el modo de producción burgués; las obliga a introducir en su seno lo que llama civilización, es decir, a convertirse ellas mismas en burguesas».

Sin embargo, no fueron solo los precios baratos los que funcionaron como «artillería pesada» en la expansión del capitalismo global. Con Gran Bretaña a la cabeza, las grandes potencias europeas también utilizaron artillería pesada real para promover sus intereses económicos. A finales del siglo XIX, la mayoría de los países africanos y asiáticos estaban bajo su control directo. Durante la década de 1850, Marx escribió con salvaje desprecio sobre las guerras que Gran Bretaña había estado librando para abrir China al comercio del opio y rechazó los argumentos utilizados para legitimarlas: «Los chinos tienen al menos noventa y nueve heridas de las que quejarse por una sola por parte de los ingleses».

En una serie de artículos sobre el dominio británico sobre la India, publicados pocos años después del Manifiesto, Marx sugería que la burguesía británica desempeñaría allí el mismo papel que ya había desempeñado en el frente interno, promoviendo el desarrollo industrial. Esto, según Marx, «no emanciparía ni mejoraría materialmente la condición social de la masa del pueblo», que dependía «no solo del desarrollo de las fuerzas productivas, sino de su apropiación por el pueblo». Ese momento de emancipación social no llegaría «hasta que en la propia Gran Bretaña las clases ahora dominantes hubieran sido suplantadas por el proletariado industrial, o hasta que los propios indios se hubieran hecho lo suficientemente fuertes como para deshacerse por completo del yugo inglés».

Pero, ¿y si el efecto de la dominación colonial fuera frenar el desarrollo de las fuerzas productivas en Asia? Marx se acercó a esta posición en sus últimos escritos sobre la India y describió la revuelta de 1857 como una respuesta natural a las atrocidades británicas, incluido el uso rutinario de la tortura para extraer ingresos de la población. En 1914, Vladimir Lenin podía observar que la mayor parte de Asia consistía «o bien en colonias de las grandes potencias, o bien en Estados extremadamente dependientes y oprimidos como naciones», y sin embargo las condiciones para el «crecimiento más libre, amplio y rápido del capitalismo» se habían creado «solo en Japón, es decir, en un Estado nacional independiente».

En Europa y Norteamérica, la posesión de un Estado independiente fue también una herramienta importante en el desarrollo del capitalismo. Países como Alemania y Estados Unidos hicieron un amplio uso de los aranceles y otras formas de intervención estatal para construir sus propios sectores manufactureros antes de predicar las virtudes del libre comercio a los países que aún intentaban ponerse al día. En las últimas décadas, Estados de Asia Oriental como Taiwán y Corea del Sur han seguido un planteamiento similar, por no hablar de China.

No podemos reducir el atractivo popular del nacionalismo en los siglos XIX y XX a una cuestión económica. Pero el desarrollo desigual y combinado del capitalismo en todo el mundo dio sin duda un poderoso impulso a los movimientos por la independencia nacional, especialmente en lo que se conoce como el Sur Global. También contribuyó a reproducir y exacerbar las «diferencias nacionales y los antagonismos entre los pueblos» a los que se referían Marx y Engels en el Manifiesto.

Clase y nación

Aunque el Manifiesto puede ser el escrito más influyente de Marx y Engels, representa una pequeña fracción del material que publicaron, incluidas sus ideas sobre los movimientos nacionales de su época. Se interesaron especialmente por los asuntos de Polonia e Irlanda. Poco antes de que estallaran las revoluciones de 1848, ambos intervinieron en reuniones celebradas en Londres y Bruselas para apoyar la causa de la independencia polaca. Engels propuso una sencilla máxima, dirigida en particular a sus compatriotas alemanes: «Una nación no puede ser libre y al mismo tiempo seguir oprimiendo a otras naciones».

Hacia el final de su vida, Marx siguió siendo un firme defensor de la independencia polaca. Sus comentarios sobre el tema en 1875 revelaron una sutil comprensión de la relación entre nación y clase:

No es en absoluto una contradicción que el partido obrero internacional luche por la creación de la nación polaca. Al contrario; solo después de que Polonia haya conquistado de nuevo su independencia, solo después de que sea capaz de gobernarse a sí misma de nuevo como pueblo libre, solo entonces podrá comenzar de nuevo su desarrollo interior y podrá cooperar como fuerza independiente en la transformación social de Europa. Mientras la vida independiente de una nación es suprimida por un conquistador extranjero, dirige inevitablemente toda su fuerza, todos sus esfuerzos y toda su energía contra el enemigo exterior; durante este tiempo, por tanto, su vida interior permanece paralizada; es incapaz de trabajar por la emancipación social.

Cuando analizó la lucha irlandesa por la reforma agraria, Marx reconoció que el descontento generado por la desigualdad social podía ser más explosivo cuando se combinaba con el dominio extranjero. Sostuvo que sería «infinitamente más fácil» derrocar a la aristocracia terrateniente en Irlanda que en Inglaterra, «porque en Irlanda no se trata únicamente de una simple cuestión económica, sino al mismo tiempo de una cuestión nacional, porque los terratenientes no son allí, como en Inglaterra, los dignatarios y representantes tradicionales de la nación, sino sus opresores mortalmente odiados». Hay pocos indicios aquí de un hombre que suscribiera una simplista «Teoría de la dirección equivocada» del nacionalismo.

Las observaciones de Marx sobre la experiencia de los trabajadores inmigrantes irlandeses en las ciudades británicas prefiguraron la teoría del «salario psicológico» que W. E. B. Du Bois desarrolló más tarde para explicar el arraigo de las actitudes racistas entre los trabajadores blancos en Estados Unidos:

El trabajador inglés ordinario odia al trabajador irlandés porque ve en él a un competidor que rebaja su nivel de vida. Comparado con el obrero irlandés, se siente miembro de la nación dominante y, por esta misma razón, se convierte en un instrumento de los aristócratas y capitalistas contra Irlanda, reforzando así su dominación sobre sí mismo.

En el caso de Norteamérica, Marx fue un apasionado partidario de la causa abolicionista y agitó a favor de la Unión durante la Guerra Civil, prediciendo que sus líderes no tendrían más remedio que abolir la esclavitud si querían prevalecer sobre la Confederación. Incorporó al texto de El capital una de las principales lecciones que se extraían del otro lado del Atlántico: «El trabajo en una piel blanca no puede emanciparse cuando está marcado a fuego en una piel negra».

Por desgracia, Marx y Engels nunca generalizaron sus opiniones sobre Irlanda o Polonia en un sistema teórico coherente. Tras las revoluciones de 1848, Engels hizo mucho más mal que bien al intentar distinguir entre naciones «históricas» y «no históricas». Se mostró hostil a los movimientos nacionales de los eslavos del sur porque las monarquías de Europa Central habían sido capaces de alistarlos en el bando de la contrarrevolución.

En lugar de explicar esta alineación de fuerzas como el producto de un momento histórico, Engels afirmaba que comunidades como los serbios y los rumanos eran permanentemente incapaces de una acción política independiente y solo estaban destinadas a ser la herramienta de poderosos estados reaccionarios. Los pueblos que Engels identificó como «no históricos» falsificaron sus predicciones durante el siglo y medio siguiente.

Autodeterminación

Los críticos del marxismo argumentan que es irremediablemente esclavo de lo que llaman «reduccionismo de clase». Sin embargo, Lenin, que se consideraba a sí mismo un marxista perfectamente ortodoxo de la generación que vino después de Marx y Engels, rechazó enfáticamente la idea de que los conflictos por la identidad nacional fueran simplemente una forma encubierta de lucha de clases. También negó que la conciencia de clase disolviera el problema de las disputas nacionales, incluso al calor de una revolución socialista:Aunque se base en la economía, el socialismo no puede reducirse solo a la economía. Una base —la producción socialista— es esencial para la abolición de la opresión nacional, pero esta base debe llevar también un Estado organizado democráticamente, un ejército democrático, etc. Al transformar el capitalismo en socialismo, el proletariado crea la posibilidad de abolir la opresión nacional; esa posibilidad se hace realidad «solo» —¡«solo»!— con el establecimiento de la democracia plena en todas las esferas, incluida la delimitación de las fronteras estatales de acuerdo con las «simpatías» de la población.

Con más coherencia que Marx y Engels, Lenin insistió en el mensaje de que las comunidades nacionales que no tuvieran un Estado propio tendrían que obtener el derecho a la autodeterminación. Esto no significaba que los socialistas debieran desear activamente la desintegración de los Estados existentes: «Acusar a quienes apoyan la libertad de autodeterminación, es decir, la libertad de secesión, de fomentar el separatismo, es tan insensato e hipócrita como acusar a quienes defienden la libertad de divorcio de fomentar la destrucción de los lazos familiares».

Para Lenin, había «ventajas indiscutibles» para los Estados grandes en lugar de los pequeños, lo que significaba que las minorías nacionales «recurrirían a la secesión únicamente cuando la opresión nacional y la fricción nacional hicieran la vida en común absolutamente intolerable». Creía que el movimiento obrero desalentaría en realidad la tendencia a la fragmentación política concediendo a esas minorías plenos derechos democráticos, incluido el derecho a formar un Estado propio: «Cuanto más se acerque un sistema estatal democrático a la completa libertad de secesión, menos frecuente y ardiente será en la práctica el deseo de separación».

Esta era una cuestión política urgente para Lenin y sus camaradas del movimiento socialista ruso, porque las nacionalidades no rusas constituían la mayoría de la población en los territorios gobernados por el zar. Lenin parece haber sentido un odio visceral hacia el chovinismo de las grandes naciones. Se refirió con desdén a las autodenominadas «grandes naciones» que eran «grandes solo por su violencia, grandes solo como matonas», y condenó a los socialistas europeos que se negaban a apoyar las luchas anticoloniales de liberación en África y Asia como «chovinistas y lacayos de monarquías imperialistas manchadas de sangre e inmundas».

Quería que el nacionalismo en todas sus variedades diera paso al «internacionalismo, la fusión de todas las naciones en la unidad superior», pero siempre sobre una base voluntaria. El líder bolchevique instó a los socialistas de las naciones pequeñas y sin Estado a apoyar el derecho de sus connacionales a la autodeterminación, pero al mismo tiempo a «luchar contra la estrechez de miras, la reclusión y el aislamiento de las naciones pequeñas».

En sus últimos artículos, hacia finales de 1922, a Lenin le preocupaba que algunos de sus compañeros en la dirección soviética estuvieran empezando a revivir el chovinismo gran ruso bajo una fachada internacionalista. Subrayó que el internacionalismo por parte de los socialistas de un país como Rusia «debe consistir no solamente en la observancia de la igualdad formal de las naciones, sino incluso en una desigualdad de la nación opresora, la gran nación, que debe compensar la desigualdad que existe en la práctica real». Con ese trasfondo en mente, era «mejor exagerar que subestimar las concesiones y la indulgencia hacia las minorías nacionales».

Joseph Stalin era uno de los líderes soviéticos en los que Lenin pensaba cuando lanzó esta advertencia. Aunque el propio Stalin era georgiano, Lenin observó que era «de dominio público que las personas de otras nacionalidades que se han rusificado exageran este talante ruso». Solo podemos imaginar lo que Lenin habría tenido que decir cuando Stalin llevó este «marco mental» hasta el punto de ordenar la deportación de nacionalidades enteras, como los chechenos, a Asia Central, antes de imponer por la fuerza administraciones títeres en toda Europa del Este.

Resultaba irónico que esta falta de respeto por el derecho de las comunidades nacionales a la autodeterminación hubiera desempeñado un papel crucial en la desaparición final de la Unión Soviética. Sin embargo, el resultado de la política seguida por Stalin y sus sucesores probablemente no habría sorprendido a Lenin.

Desde la muerte de Lenin, el número de Estados-nación independientes en todo el mundo ha crecido espectacularmente. Podemos aplicar su argumento más directamente en los casos claros de opresión nacional que quedan, desde Palestina hasta el Sáhara Occidental, Cachemira y Xinjiang. Sin embargo, también se aplica a países como Escocia y Cataluña: puede que sus ciudadanos no sufran la misma opresión que los palestinos o los saharauis, pero también deberían ser libres de decidir si quieren un Estado propio.

Esto sigue dejando una cuestión importante para cualquiera que invoque el derecho de autodeterminación. ¿Cómo decidimos la unidad política en la que debe ejercerse ese derecho? Cuando hay comunidades nacionales que se solapan, una mayoría puede convertirse pronto en una minoría, dependiendo de dónde se trace una línea en el mapa. No existe una respuesta sencilla a esta pregunta, que ha alimentado algunos de los conflictos modernos más insolubles.

Comunidades de destino

Lenin partió del supuesto de que la conciencia nacional era un fenómeno importante que los socialistas no podían ignorar. En su mayor parte, no intentó explicar por qué la gente se identificaba con las naciones. El intento más ambicioso de hacerlo por parte de uno de sus contemporáneos se produjo en un libro de 1907 del líder socialista austriaco Otto Bauer, La cuestión de las nacionalidades y la socialdemocracia.

La obra de Bauer fue olvidada durante gran parte del siglo XX, y hasta el año 2000 no apareció una traducción completa al inglés. Quedó entre dos aguas en cuanto a su legado político: demasiado marxista para los socialdemócratas y demasiado socialdemócrata para los marxistas. Fue una gran pérdida, ya que la obra de Bauer anticipó algunos de los mejores escritos modernos sobre el nacionalismo.

Bauer rechazaba la idea de que las naciones, tal como las entendemos, hubieran existido desde tiempos inmemoriales, considerándolas un desarrollo vinculado al auge del capitalismo industrial, que había dado lugar a «una distribución espacial y profesional de la población completamente nueva». Desarraigados de comunidades rurales en las que «ni siquiera conocían a los campesinos del pueblo de al lado, ya que una cadena montañosa dificultaba la comunicación entre ambos», innumerables personas se encontraban ahora en pueblos y ciudades donde eran «arrojados de aquí para allá con los vaivenes del ciclo comercial».

Este mundo de beneficios y poder requería un nuevo tipo de educación para las masas, que debía impartirse en un lenguaje estandarizado que la mayoría de la gente pudiera entender:

El capitalismo moderno necesitaba un mayor nivel de formación popular, ya que sin ella la complicada administración de los negocios a gran escala sería imposible; el campesino moderno necesitaba educación, si quería convertirse en un agricultor moderno; el Estado moderno la necesitaba, si quería crear la administración local y el ejército moderno.

El reclutamiento en los ejércitos nacionales «arranca al hijo del campesino del estrecho ámbito de la aldea» y «lo reúne con compañeros de la ciudad y de otras partes del país». Mientras tanto, la difusión de la democracia política «se convierte en el medio de llevar las grandes cuestiones del día a cada aldea campesina y a cada taller (…). Cada discurso en la asamblea, cada página del periódico, lleva un trozo de nuestra cultura mental al último votante».

Bauer definió el carácter nacional como «el complejo de características físicas y mentales que distingue a una nación de otras». Subrayó que no era «una explicación» sino «algo que hay que explicar». Para Bauer, el carácter nacional era un producto de la historia, no de la biología o la geografía: «Nada más que un precipitado de la historia, cambia con cada hora, con cada nuevo acontecimiento que experimenta la nación (…). Situada de nuevo en medio de los acontecimientos mundiales, ya no es un ser persistente, sino un constante devenir y perecer». Esta visión histórica es una réplica vital a los temerosos que afirman que la inmigración extinguirá un modo de vida nacional supuestamente intemporal.

Bauer distinguía entre «comunidad de destino», que implicaba «la experiencia común del mismo destino en constante comunicación e interacción mutua», y «similitud de destino», en la que faltaba esa comunicación e interacción. Consideraba que las clases trabajadoras de los distintos países europeos eran un ejemplo de esto último:

Cualesquiera que sean los lazos de comunicación que pueda haber entre los obreros alemanes y los ingleses, estos son mucho más laxos que los que unen al obrero inglés con el burgués inglés: que ambos viven en la misma ciudad, leen los mismos carteles en las paredes, los mismos periódicos, participan en los mismos acontecimientos políticos o deportivos, y ocasionalmente hablan entre sí o al menos ambos hablan con los mismos individuos, los diversos intermediarios entre capitalistas y obreros.

Se podrían escribir libros enteros explorando las ideas que Bauer esbozó, y algunas personas lo han hecho en la gran eflorescencia de escritos sobre el nacionalismo desde la década de 1970. Ernest Gellner basó su propia teoría del nacionalismo en la necesidad de la sociedad industrial de una cultura de masas alfabetizada en la que la gente pudiera instruirse. Benedict Anderson subrayó la importancia de «una interacción medio fortuita, pero explosiva, entre un sistema de producción y relaciones productivas (el capitalismo), una tecnología de comunicaciones (la imprenta) y la fatalidad de la diversidad lingüística humana».

Lo que une a Gellner, Anderson y otros que pertenecen a la escuela «modernista» de teorizar sobre el nacionalismo es la idea de que los estados nacionales no siempre han existido como forma de organizar las sociedades humanas y, por implicación, no tienen por qué existir siempre en el futuro. En el mundo actual, el principal peligro no es que subestimemos la fuerza del nacionalismo, sino que lo veamos como una fuerza que todo lo conquista y una parte eterna de la condición humana.

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Game of Thrones Convention 2022 - Day 2:

Seems a little more eventful but still fairly quiet. Isaac Hempstead Wright could not make it for the ‘Young Kings’ panel due to loosing his passport, which is a shame for it would have been nice to get some insight on the production of season 8. However Tom Glynn-carney & Jack Gleeson were still at attendance and had a good conversation. I think a lot of people tend to forget that Joffrey was only 12 when he was crowned king, so yes a young king indeed.

I didn’t get to see anything from the Paddy Considine (Viserys), Steve Toussaint (Corlys), and Alfie Allen’s (Theon) panel, Ryan Condal’s panel and the Kristian Nairn (Hodor), Daniel Porter, Esmé Augusta, Kristofer Hivju’s panel. However if any of these panels surface, I'll be sure to make future posts discussing anything I find of interest said on these panels. All-in-all not much happened. DJ Kristian Nairn held a dance party at the ‘Kngs Landing Theater’ and fans took part in a cosplay competition.

I must state clearly in case of confusion (My fault completely) I did not attend the convention myself. I am just reporting on what I have been able to watch, see and read posted around various internet media platforms and form a written summary on my blog.

Oh I almost forgot there was an announcement made on the Game of Thrones Twitter to “alert the realms” and that “ News about Game of Thrones attraction coming to Las Vegas will be announced tonight at 6PM PT..” Turned out to be well... I don’t really know. The teaser posted revealed nothing showcasing what the attraction will be except “ Dragons are coming to Las Vegas.“

Tomorrow should be interesting...hopefully. (Fingers crossed)

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#5

throwing my hat into the ring with yet another "what if hob and morpheus were sat at a table again" fanart because I LOVE THEM. the dialogue is based on this quote from tom sturridge.

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#4

what's up guys, here to report to you on some Events from Nathan Foad and Kristian Nairn's Instagram livestream

"Oh my god this is happening" was improvised EDIT: apparently it was scripted but he chose the moment to say it

"I'm a little wooden boy and my legs are sticks" was improvised

There's a cut scene where Lucius pees himself

"OooOOoOhhh dAdDy" was originally MUCH longer and it got cut down

"I used to make dresses with my mother" was improvised, to paraphrase Kristian it was just him "being gay on set"

Both agreed that a musical episode would be the "best thing ever", if s2 goes ahead

in summary,, MUCH TO THINK ABOUT

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#3

oh my god this is so bad my pen's running out of ink and my brain is in shambles. anyway hit post

quote from what we do in the shadows

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#2

the virgin mark gatiss queerbaiting a generation of terminally online queer people despite having "gay" in his name and literally BEING gay vs the chad neil gaiman making everything in his works as gay as possible including changing characters' genders in TV adaptations to make it MORE gay thus living up to his name and restoring balance to the universe

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My #1 post of 2022

THE GANG'S ALL HERE

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A Versatile Career: Muzz Khan's Journey In Acting And Music

Introduction:

Muzz Khan, born in 1981 in Burnley, Lancashire, is a versatile and talented actor and DJ. His performances are captivating. Khan's on-screen presence is like a symphony of emotions, while his musical talents extend beyond the stage. As a DJ, he creates crowd-pleasing sets that pulse with energy and emotion, transporting listeners to abandon their daily 9-to-5s. His life and career is a testament to the enduring power of artistic exploration, where one individual's passion transcends tradition to create a legacy that echoes through entertainment’s rich history.

Early Life And Education:

Muzz Khan, born in Burnley and raised in Nelson, Lancashire, was born to shine in the world of performing arts. His journey began at Edge End High School, where the BBC chose and elected to film an episode of the Patricia Routledge-led,  detective series "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates." This visit ignited his passion for acting and sparked his determination to pursue his dreams. Khan attended Accrington and Rossendale College to study a BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts, where he honed his skills and built a foundation for his future. It is noted that he received a Distinction grade there for his studies.

He then attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in South Kensington, London, where he trained alongside fellow students and now renowned actors Rupert Friend, Natalie Dormer, Tom Mison, and Elyes Gabel. His time at drama school wasn’t a happy one but he was encouraged by Rupert (Friend) to continue his studies and not throw in the towel. Khan's journey from Lancashire to London and later to Los Angeles, is a testament to his passion, tenacity, pursuit of excellence, and the single-minded vision to set the stage for his remarkable career.

Acting Career:

Muzz Khan began his professional acting career in 1999 with a voice-over (ADR) role in "East is East." Khan initially auditioned for a part as one of the core cast members but his lack of experience at a young age and casting fit were not deemed to be quite right at the time. He has since appeared in various UK television shows, including "No Angels" and "Bradford Riots”, on Channel 4. "24: Live Another Day", for Fox Television, "The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher”, for ITV Studios, and "Black Mirror: White Christmas", playing the amusingly-titled character of Fappuccino. In 2016, he starred in the American, ABC musical comedy "Galavant" with Robert Lindsay, Timothy Omundson, Weird Al Yankovic and others. Khan's versatility is clear in films like "Me Before You", "WONKA" and "The Hatching".

He has also performed at prestigious theaters, including the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Noel Coward Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre, the Bush Theatre and The Wyndhams Theatre in London’s West End. Khan's talent extends to radio drama, narrating novels such as A.A Dhand’s Virdee detective series – which has just been commissioned for television by the BBC for 2024 – and bringing stories to life in dramas on BBC Radio 4.

Music Career:

Muzz Khan, a renowned DJ, began his music career in 2007 in London. He gained recognition in the music scene, performing as a resident at iconic venues like Pacha London, the Ministry of Sound, KOKO and the O2 Academy Brixton and renowned events like Mixmag, EP/IC, Defected and Hed Kandi. Khan's energetic and crowd-pleasing sets, specializing in house music and multi-genre, have captivated audiences across the UK and beyond.

He has performed at venues like Bush Hall, Electric Brixton, Studio 338, Lightbox London, EGG LDN and Ibiza's Space Nightclub and Es Paradis. Khan served as the resident DJ for the 2016 UK tour of "Rave of Thrones" alongside actor Kristian Nairn. He is currently a resident DJ for Hed Kandi and has made appearances in music videos, including "Rather Be" by Clean Bandit, "Feel It All" by KT Tunstall, and "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" by Seamus Haji.

Personal Life:

Muzz Khan, a devoted husband and father to a loving family of five, finds solace in the sanctuary of his parental world. Nestled in the countryside of Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. His personal life serves as a testament to the balance between fame and family life, reminding us to cherish the bonds of family, the haven of home and to remain grounded.

Conclusion:

Muzz Khan's career spans acting and music, showcasing his versatility and dedication. For over two decades, he has been a shining beacon in the entertainment industry, captivated by his artistic exploration and innovation. Khan's acting is a symphony of dramatic and comedic delight, while his DJing continues to help dancing crowds to find liberation and freedom through music. His journey is an ever-evolving climb, pushing the boundaries of artistic possibilities and reminding us that the only limit to our potential is the extent of our imagination. Khan's passion, versatility, and dedication to the arts make him a testament to the boundless possibilities of a dynamic career in the entertainment industry, particularly as a working class, British-Pakistani actor.

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"Nation, nationality, nationalism — all have proved notoriously difficult to define, let alone to analyse. In contrast to the immense influence that nationalism has exerted on the modern world, plausible theory about it is conspicuously meagre. Hugh Seton-Watson, author of far the best and most comprehensive English-language text on nationalism, and heir to a vast tradition of liberal historiography and social science, sadly observes: 'Thus I am driven to the conclusion that no "scientific definition" of the nation can be devised; yet the phenomenon has existed and exists.' Tom Nairn, author of the path-breaking The Break-up of Britain, and heir to the scarcely less vast tradition of Marxist historiography and social science, candidly remarks: 'The theory of nationalism represents Marxism's great historical failure.' But even this confession is somewhat misleading, insofar as it can be taken to imply the regrettable outcome of a long, self-conscious search for theoretical clarity. It would be more exact to say that nationalism has proved an uncomfortable anomaly for Marxist theory and, precisely for that reason, has been largely elided, rather than confronted."

from Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism - Benedict Anderson (© Benedict Anderson, 1983, 1991, 2006)

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33 of the Absolute Best TV Shows to Watch on HBO Max

Searching for a premium TV show to settle in with tonight? Despite the HBO Max TV and movie cull of 2022, there are still quite a few quality TV series to binge on the streamer. It helps that it's the home of HBO, Warner Bros. and DC Comics. You'll find something to keep you on the couch. Read more: The best movies on HBO Max What's new on HBO Max in March March 6 - Perry Mason, season 2 premiere (2020): Period drama. Perry, Della and Paul brace themselves for the murder trial of the century. - Rain Dogs, season 1 premiere (2023): Dark comedy. It chronicles the life of Costello Jones, a devoted mother who wants more for her precocious young daughter, Iris. March 12 - The Last of Us, season 1 finale (2023): Post-apocalyptic series. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. March 26 - Succession, season 4 premiere (2018- ): Comedy-drama. It explores themes of power and family dynamics through the eyes of patriarch Logan Roy and his four grown children. Best HBO Max original TV series At time of writing, these TV shows all score at least 70 on Metacritic. Comedy Jake Giles Netter/HBO Max Our Flag Means Death (2022—) In this comedy set on the high seas, Rhys Darby plays Stede Bonnet, an aristocrat who abandons his cushy life and family to become the captain of a pirate ship. Spoiler: He hilariously bumbles through the gig. Game of Thrones fans may spot Hodor actor Kristian Nairn hanging out among the crew, and the series also stars Taika Waititi as Blackbeard. Nathan Fielder, best known for his Comedy Central show, Nathan For You (and cringe comedy), writes, directs and stars in this new HBO series. In the show, the comedian goes to extraordinary lengths to let people rehearse moments before they happen. In the first episode, Fielder helps a man prepare for a confession to a friend, and builds an exact replica of the bar they're planning to meet at (the attention to detail is incredible). After planning for any outlandish thing that might happen, we see how the real exchange between the two friends plays out. Bizarre and truly fascinating, The Rehearsal should get some time on your screen. HBO Max A half-hour comedy series from Issa Rae (the star and creator of HBO's acclaimed series Insecure), Rap Sh!t introduces two former friends from high school. Shawna is an aspiring, socially conscious rapper, and Mia is a make-up artist and single mother who works multiple jobs. By the end of the first episode, the young women (now in their 20s) have reconnected and filmed a mesmerizing rap video that takes off on the internet. The show's protagonists are phone-obsessed, constantly checking up on social media and recording videos, and it impacts the viewing experience in interesting ways. HBO Max The great Jean Smart rightfully takes the spotlight in this acclaimed comedy-drama series. Throwing iPads into swimming pools and delivering withering looks, Smart plays Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedy diva who must face the prospect of appealing to a younger audience or disappearing into obscurity. She's partnered with Ava (Hannah Einbinder), a young and equally snarky comedy writer, to freshen up her material. Perfectly balancing its biting insight into how the comedy business treats women, with the warmth of an odd couple buddy comedy, Hacks is one of the best originals to come out of HBO Max. HBO Max Starstruck is a classic screwball comedy, starring the lovably goofy Rose Matafeo. She plays Jessie, a twentysomething Londoner who parties it up on New Year's Eve, then later discovers she had a one-night stand with Tom Kapoor, a celebrity played by Nikesh Patel. Follow Jessie as she juggles odd jobs, from cinema worker to nanny, and her blossoming relationship with a film star that involves no high jinks whatsoever. Watch out for scene-stealer Minnie Driver as Tom's agent in this witty, neatly crafted comedy package. HBO Max The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021—) Mindy Kaling co-created this dramedy about four 18-year-old girls who start their freshman year of college together in Vermont. Equipped with distinctly different personalities, the college newcomers navigate love and sex in their own ways. The show is funny, easily bingeable and bolstered by the chemistry between its female leads. A contemporary teen comedy showcasing messy experiences, relatable characters and raunchy jokes. HBO Max I Hate Suzie sees Billie Piper team up once again with Secret Diary of a Call Girl writer Lucy Prebble. The result is a frenetic tour de force of ideas, steered by a vulnerable performance from Piper. She plays the titular Suzie, an actress who, moments after winning a part in a Disney movie, discovers she's one of the victims in a celebrity phone hacking scandal. Each episode explores a stage of trauma, tackling the question of how compromising leaks both upend and perhaps liberate a person's life. Amid the ruthless satire is a wonderful friendship between Suzie and her manager Naomi (Leila Farzad). HBO Max The Righteous Gemstones (2019—) This outrageous series highlights a highly dysfunctional family of famous televangelists called the Gemstones. In the show's first season, a member of the family is blackmailed, and ridiculous antics ensue. John Goodman stars as the family patriarch, Eli, and Danny McBride, Edi Patterson and Adam Devine also commit to the bit, pulling off an absurd and addicting black comedy. The second season of the show just wrapped up, and HBO has already renewed the series for a third. HBO Max From the minds of the gang behind Horrible Histories comes Ghosts, a sitcom that manages to become better and better with every episode. The ever-reliable Charlotte Ritchie (Feel Good, Call The Midwife) stars as Alison, a woman doing up the old mansion she inherited with the help of her amateur builder husband. On top of money problems, their reno plans aren't helped by the ghostly residents who want the house to themselves. If you're on the look out for purely light-hearted viewing, Ghosts delivers a high gag rate, a talented comedic ensemble and even an endearing arc of friendship. Most of all, it's gleefully silly. HBO Max The sibling rivalry is strong and primed for hilarity in this comedy from a couple of Saturday Night Live writers. Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider tell the story of Cary (Drew Tarver) and Brooke (Heléne Yorker), siblings in their late 20s who struggle with the sudden rise to internet fame of their 13-year-old Justin Bieber-channeling brother. Molly Shannon is a treat as their mother, Pat, ushering her children through open doors to success. Once you get over the gimmicky premise, The Other Two's pop culture satire and surprisingly heartfelt storylines are a winning combination. Schitt's Creek fans should give this a look. HBO Max In Barry's opening scene, SNL alum Bill Hader casually leaves a hotel room that contains a dead body. The actor plays hitman Barry Berkman, who isn't happy with life or his unconventional profession, but his path is altered when he travels to Los Angeles and gets roped into performing in an acting class. Barry features plenty of violence and a deeply troubled protagonist, leaning into the "dark" part of its dark comedy designation. But it's also really funny, and there are three seasons to binge. At the very least, you'll want to tune in for truly great scenes between Hader and his acting teacher, played by Henry Winkler. HBO This satirical show follows the family controlling the world's biggest media and entertainment company, whose members become embroiled in a battle to take over as their father's health declines. HBO Max Search Party caught the eye of HBO Max, shifting to production with the streamer in its third and fourth seasons. The latter is arguably its best yet, taking the story of four, clueless millennials to even greater extremes, including a bizarrely brilliant Susan Sarandon cameo. But we begin when twentysomething Dory becomes an amateur detective to track down a missing woman she barely knew in college. Really, she's searching for something else: herself. Equally conceited are her boyfriend Drew, the scene-stealing Elliott and the hilariously blonde Portia. This oddball show somehow creates the perfect cocktail of dark humor, mystery and insane characters. A collector's item that won't come around very often. HBO Max The best TV show of 2021 might already be here. It's a Sin follows a group of young gay men living in London during the '80s, just when HIV/AIDS was first diagnosed. This unique look at the early stages of what became a death sentence is handled with creator Russell T Davies' trademark irrepressible joy for life. The warm, empathetic characters continue to live their lives to the full, flitting between bustling share houses and local bars to the beat of a popping '80s soundtrack. Fast-paced, stylish and eye-opening, with a prevailing sense of hope, It's a Sin is a soaring triumph for everyone to fall in love with. HBO In the words of CNET reviewer Richard Knightwell: "2020 sucked. You got up every morning and it all was all just a tiny bit worse. But every now and then a ray of sun would appear through the clouds. One of those bright spots was Betty, a fly-on-wall-style tale of skateboarding teens in a balmy New York. Utterly real and breathlessly dreamy at the same time, HBO's TV follow-up to the indie hit Skate Kitchen painted a picture of young women facing the world head-on, pushing off and gaining speed and reducing obstacles into things waiting to be jumped over while looking cool. My baby daughter turned one while this show was on, and I can't wait to plonk her on a skateboard. I hope she finds a Betty crew of her own." HBO Max This black comedy takes us from London to Newcastle, Australia, following the misfortune of a woman who loses everything after the untimely death of her husband (don't ask how he died). Broke and desperate, Sammy is forced to return to her hometown with her son and daughter, where she soon discovers she isn't exactly a popular resident. The cringe factor is strong as Sammy does everything in her power to return to London, with some standout moments when she reunites with her bickering brother. Drama Liane Hentscher/HBO This TV adaptation of a popular video game follows hardened survivor Joel (The Mandalorian's Pedro Pascal) and spunky teen Ellie (Game of Thrones' Bella Ramsey) as they face human and not-quite-human dangers in a post-apocalyptic world. HBO Max The White Lotus (2021—) What was initially a limited series was so good HBO renewed it for a second season. The satire about guests at a fancy resort gradually unveils the darker edges of its picture-perfect postcard. The White Lotus features an ensemble cast, including Jennifer Coolidge, Alexandra Daddario, Steve Zahn, Molly Shannon and more hilarious people, who make this series soar. If that wasn't enough, a murder mystery with the big reveal waiting till the very end will keep you thoroughly entertained. Seacia Pavao/HBO Max Following the life of television chef and cookbook writer Julia Child, this drama doles out a generous serving of humor and charm (and delicious-looking food, of course). Sarah Lancashire is endlessly watchable as the famed American cook, who paved the way for future cooking shows with her long-running series The French Chef. All eight episodes of the season are available on the streamer now, and HBO Max has confirmed it's dishing out a second season. HBO Euphoria's second installment is on HBO Max now. This visually stunning series has garnered its fair share of fans, and it's not hard to see why -- the absorbing performances, cinematography and exploration of mature topics make this show shine. If nothing else, stick around to see Dune star Zendaya, who plays teenager Rue. HBO Max A dramatized miniseries that draws in part from a 2004 documentary of the same name, HBO's The Staircase is an enthralling take on a true-life story with fleshed-out characters and an all-star cast. Colin Firth stars as Michael Peterson, a novelist and husband to Kathleen (Toni Collette), who is found dead under suspicious circumstances. You'll want to tune in to see what happens next. Sophie Turner, Dane DeHaan, Parker Posey and others also lend their talents to the drama. Carole Bethuel/HBO In this captivating limited series, Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina, 2018's Tomb Raider) plays Mira, a young movie star who takes a role outside her normal blockbuster -- a criminal gang's muse in a remake of real-life French silent film The Vampires. The HBO show is based on a cult 1996 film of the same name, and both are directed by Olivier Assayas. HBO Max With Station Eleven, post-apocalyptic TV fans are in for a treat. The show's nonlinear storytelling will keep you on your toes, and well-conceived characters add to the appeal. As most of humanity succumbs to a flu-like virus, a young girl named Kirsten and an adult named Jeevan take shelter from the scourge. But from there, the show immediately launches 20 years into the future, which opens the story up to new dramatic turns and keeps us guessing at the past. It's really good TV, and it will likely satisfy those who don't typically opt for post-apocalyptic stories. HBO Small-town detective Mare Sheehan investigates the murder of a young woman, but Sheehan's own life is marred by personal struggles, including a divorce and the death of her son. Animation HBO Max Harley Quinn is an adult-oriented animated series that centers on the baseball bat-wielding antihero. Kaley Cuoco voices the mayhem-prone Harley, who in the first episode breaks up with the Joker and tells him she's going to replace him as the top villain in Gotham. The hilarious, action-packed show also features characters like Poison Ivy, and three seasons are available to binge. It premiered on the DC Universe streaming service before moving to HBO Max. HBO Max Adventure Time: Distant Lands (2020-21) Two years after Adventure Time ended, this four hour-long special came along, and it's a brilliant treat for fans of the animated series. The miniseries nails the spinoff brief, introducing new characters and expanding on the Land of Ooo universe, while remaining true to its source material. Its heroes Finn and Jake, his magical doggo pal, set off on new adventures, along with Princess Bubblegum, Marceline the Vampire Queen and BMO. The hourlong format is a nice way to change up and add to the exciting storytelling. A surprisingly emotional ride packed with every ingredient that made the original so beloved. Thriller HBO Max The Tourist starts its engine with an intense car chase in the Australian outback. More specifically, Belfast star Jamie Dornan is mercilessly chased off road and through the desert by a semitrailer. The next thing we know, Dornan's character is in the hospital with complete amnesia. A fun and twisty miniseries, The Tourist lets us tag along with Dornan as he searches for answers. One mystery that doesn't need solving? What you should watch tonight. HBO Max The Flight Attendant (2020-22) This compulsive thriller starring Kaley Cuoco is one of the best new shows to come out of HBO Max. Cuoco plays Cassie, a reckless flight attendant who sleeps with a passenger on a wild night out. She wakes up in Bangkok with barely any memory -- and a dead body in bed with her. With the ghost of the deceased helping her piece things back together, she sobers up and takes on the mystery of what happened. Watch out for a fantastic title sequence, as well as a surprisingly dark psychological layer. But mainly enjoy the amusing combination of an inept detective bumbling through the world of cold killers. Superhero HBO Max Following the events of 2021's The Suicide Squad, this DC spinoff catches up with Peacemaker (John Cena), our towering, costume-clad protagonist who's just been released from the hospital. Peacemaker believes he's a superhero, but with his oft-repeated phrase about attaining "peace, no matter how many people I have to kill to get it," the title doesn't really suit him. The show establishes Peacemaker's next steps -- he isn't returning to prison, but instead taking part in a black ops mission that will (again) get his hands dirty. The show often lands its jokes, and you'll especially enjoy its entertaining supporting cast. Documentary HBO Award-winning filmmaker Nanfu Wang (One Child Nation, In the Same Breath) directs this fascinating docuseries about the 1985 murder of 68-year-old Helen Wilson in the small town of Beatrice, Nebraska. There's a lot to the story -- six people were convicted for her murder and exonerated 20 years later. In the first episode, we learn about the impact of these events on Wilson's family and the Beatrice community. The show also introduces Burt Searcy, a former police officer who decided to tackle the case. Crime HBO Max Season 1 of Tokyo Vice, a crime drama based on a book by journalist Jake Adelstein, has slickly stepped on to HBO Max. Set in Japan in the late 1990s, this noir follows an American journalist (Ansel Elgort) who eagerly joins the staff of a major Japanese newspaper. A world of grisly murders, neon nightclubs and powerful crime bosses awaits. Paul Schiraldi/HBO This well-reviewed crime miniseries comes from David Simon and George Pelecanos, who've also worked together on The Deuce, Treme and The Wire (which Simon created). It's directed by King Richard's Reinaldo Marcus Green. Based on a nonfiction book written by a Baltimore Sun reporter, the absorbing, six-episode show explores police corruption through a story about the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force. HBO Max With its fifth and final season, this Italian crime drama based on a true story has carved itself a place among the great mafia shows. It stands out for its realistic portrayal of the Naples underworld, following a clan's internal power struggle after its head is arrested. With a dark, claustrophobic atmosphere and believable characters, Gomorrah is a refreshing and complete piece of TV. Read the full article

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UNEprès ses 70 ans de règne, la mort d'Elizabeth II en septembre a été un choc national. Une grande partie du pays s'est arrêtée. Les foules défilaient devant elle allongée en état à Édimbourg et à Londres. L'avènement de Charles III s'est déroulé avec grâce. Les funérailles royales étaient grandes et dignes. Quelque 43 % de la population du Royaume-Uni (et 11 % de la population française) l'ont regardé à la télévision. C'était la fin d'une époque.Même en ces jours solennels, il n'y avait pas, cependant, une humeur nationale établie quant à l'avenir. C'est plus vrai que jamais maintenant, trois mois après le règne du roi de 74 ans. Les sondages d'opinion suggèrent une division de deux contre un parmi le public en faveur d'un monarque héréditaire. Mais sous Charles III, la monarchie cherche encore à se frayer un chemin dans sa relation post-Elizabeth avec la nation. Le tempérament du nouvelle ère n'est pas encore défini.Les défis les plus immédiats à la monarchie britannique ne viennent pas du sentiment républicain. Au lieu de cela, ils découlent de la colère exprimée contre le roi et le prince de Galles par le duc et la duchesse de Sussex. En utilisant leur série documentaire Netflix pour brosser un tableau du racisme, de la misogynie, de l'insensibilité et de l'inflexibilité au sein de la maison de Windsor, les Sussex pourraient saper le nouveau roi plus efficacement qu'une campagne plus axée sur la constitution ne pourrait le faire. La publication des mémoires du prince Harry en janvier ne fera qu'ajouter à cela.Un test très différent mais non moins conséquent attend dans moins de cinq mois. Le sacre de Charles III, qui aura lieu samedi 6 mai 2023, s'insinue sur une nation qui n'a pas beaucoup réfléchi à ce qu'elle implique. C'est compréhensible. Il n'y a pas eu de couronnement depuis 70 ans. La plupart des Britanniques sont trop concentrés sur le dur labeur d'une crise du coût de la vie pour passer leur temps à réfléchir à un ancien rituel.À la recherche de sensPourtant, le couronnement comptera sûrement. À un certain niveau, cela représentera le genre de pays que nous sommes. Mais que dira-t-il ? Après avoir assisté au couronnement de 1953, le chroniqueur conservateur Henri "Chips" Channon a écrit : « Quelle journée pour l'Angleterre, pour l'aristocratie et les forces traditionnelles du monde. Allons-nous même revoir la même chose ? » Les sociologues Edward Shils et Michael Young étaient également éblouis, mais moins snobs ; le couronnement, ont-ils écrit, a montré la Grande-Bretagne comme une grande famille.Une génération plus tard, le critique Tom Nairn a rejeté le point de vue de Shils et Young comme illustrant « la sociologie du rampant ». Mais l'historien Ben Pimlott pensait que le couronnement était "plus qu'un simple bavardage... il a aidé à définir, non seulement la royauté, mais l'identité britannique pour la prochaine génération". Si quelque chose comme cela est également vrai pour son successeur de 2023, il est grand temps de réfléchir davantage à ce que devrait être le contenu et aux messages qu'il devrait essayer de transmettre.Mais d'abord, il est important de poser une question souvent négligée : s'il devrait même y avoir un couronnement ? Une date pour le sacre a été rapidement annoncée en septembre. Pourtant, un couronnement n'est pas nécessaire pour faire de Charles III monarque. Comme le Dr Bob Morris de l'Unité Constitutionnelle à l'University College de Londres déclare succinctement : "La loi fait cela." La loi a été suivie en septembre lors de l'adhésion. Charles III est le roi depuis lors. Alors, à quoi ça sert exactement ?C'est un fait remarquable que pas de monarchie en Europe exige un couronnement sauf les Britanniques. Les autres – la Belgique, le Danemark, le Luxembourg, les Pays-Bas, la Norvège, l'Espagne et la Suède – n'ont pas de rituel de ce genre. Plusieurs se contentent d'une proclamation. Mais seul le monarque britannique est à la tête d'une église établie

- en tant que gouverneur suprême de l'Église d'Angleterre et, par son serment d'accession, en tant que défenseur de la foi presbytérienne en Écosse. Surtout, seul le monarque britannique est oint d'huile sainte par un prêtre dans le cadre d'un rite chrétien eucharistique qui proclame, en effet, une bénédiction et une connexion divines. Est-ce plus justifié ?Bien que la constitution lie toujours la monarchie à l'église anglicane, la Grande-Bretagne en 2023 sera profondément différente de la Grande-Bretagne en 1953. La religiosité de la Grande-Bretagne des années 1950 peut être exagérée et, de la même manière, l'influence des valeurs chrétiennes dans la Grande-Bretagne moderne ne doit pas être sous-estimée. . Néanmoins, le déclin de l'observance chrétienne, la croissance de la sécularisation et la diversité religieuse croissante de la Grande-Bretagne moderne sont de grandes réalités. L'emprise de l'antidisestablishmentarianisme s'affaiblit. Lors du recensement de 2021, seuls 46% des habitants de l'Angleterre et du Pays de Galles se sont identifiés comme chrétiens. La place et la signification d'un couronnement qui agit comme si rien de tout cela n'était le cas est sujette à question et, à tout le moins, à discussion.Des époques profondément différentesCe n'est pas le seul aspect sur lequel le sacre de 2023 sera forcément très différent du passé. La Grande-Bretagne n'est plus une puissance impériale, comme elle l'était en 1953. Ce n'est pas non plus une puissance militaire à l'échelle d'il y a 70 ans ; à l'époque, 40 000 soldats participaient aux défilés ou gardaient la route, tandis que 190 navires participaient à la revue navale de Spithead. Ces deux chiffres sont inconcevables aujourd'hui. La pairie héréditaire, partie intégrante du couronnement d'Elizabeth, est constitutionnellement marginale 70 ans plus tard. L'union centralisée de 1953 est aujourd'hui un État décentralisé et moins stable. Aux prix d'aujourd'hui, le couronnement de 1953 a coûté au Trésor environ 27 millions de livres sterling. Les rois préférence déclarée car une affaire plus somptueuse est vouée à être controversée dans une crise du coût de la vie.Pourtant, il en va de même pour presque tout le reste de ce qui est prévu pour le 6 mai. Fait remarquable, il y a eu peu d'annonces sur le type d'événement que le roi et ses conseillers, qui comprennent vraisemblablement des ministres responsables devant le parlement, envisagent. Nous savons que le roi Charles et la reine Camilla seront tous les deux couronnés (et vraisemblablement oints), que l'archevêque de Cantorbéry officiera, que la fréquentation de l'abbaye sera moindre qu'en 1953 (lorsque des tribunes spéciales ont été construites) et que le service est vraisemblablement plus courte (elle a duré trois heures en 1953).On ne sait cependant pas quel genre de cérémonie est prévu, quel serment le roi prêtera, quel rôle joueront les non-anglicans, qui sera invité (cette question est plus vaste que le sort des Sussex), s'il y aura quelle dimension de la société civile de la cérémonie dans, disons, Westminster Hall, ou même quel type de processions sont envisagées. Cela laisse beaucoup de questions intéressantes et potentiellement symboliques et résonnantes sans réponse. Il est sûrement temps que le planning du sacre sorte du placard du secret et soit partagé et débattu. Après tout, le sacre ne concerne pas que lui. Il s'agit de nous aussi. Avez-vous une opinion sur les questions soulevées dans cet article? Si vous souhaitez soumettre une réponse de 300 mots maximum par e-mail pour être considérée pour publication dans notre section de lettres, veuillez cliquer ici.

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Tales of Asgard Casting

Asgard:-

Algrim the Strong (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje)

Odin's trusted advisor. Lost his entire race in a three way war between Svartalfheim, Jotunheim and Asgard. Odin's father Bor, having defeated the Dark Elves, made peace with the Jotuns. To keep said peace he elected not to stop their march on Svartalfheim decimating the realm and its people. Bor brought Algrim to Asgard out of pity, believing him to be the last of his kind. Algrim then struck up a friendship with Odin.

Balder (Alexander Skarsgård)

The eldest son. A little older than Thor and is an Einherjar in training. The favourite son, Odin frequently asks him for his opinion. Admires his father greatly.

The golden boy. Finds things too easy in general and pals around with Volstagg and Hogun, not taking things too seriously.

He is one of the Warriors Three in the first series instead of Fandral. He gets into the Einherjar despite the Sword of Surtur incident. He becomes more serious after this.

Balder is one of Thor's training partners and becomes his sole, private trainer after the Sword of Surtur incident.

He has his eye on Nanna from the Royal courtiers.

Fandral (Zachary Levi. I just enjoy his performances. Sorry Joshua!)

Son of courtiers, of an age with Thor. Appears sporadically in s1 as a teen. Replaces Balder in the Warriors Three after an episode in s2. Sporadic appearances from parents and sister.

Runs very fast! (Not as fast as Quicksilver). Talks very smooth! Loyal and brave!

Frigga (Renee Russo)

Frigga is more reasonable than Odin and just as wise, we should see that. She can make proclamations and even disagree with him in public. If he is stubborn she uses more subtle methods.

Everyone respects her opinion.

She has taught Loki well, but he wants to know things that Frigga won't teach.

Haldor (?)

Haldier's son. Einherjar in training. Falls for Sif at first sight. Brave and honourable.

Receives Gullenbursti to pull his chariot. Bequeths it to Sif upon his death.

Haldier (?)

Asgardian blacksmith.

Heimdall (Idris Elba)

Guardian of the bifrost. Wise and just can see almost anywhere in the nine realms. Has the gift of foresight, often sees trouble coming.

Hodr (Kristian Nairn? Ha! A tall person)

A member of the royal court. Gentle. Visually impaired.

Hogun (Tadanobu Asano)

Originally a Vanir. Moved to join Einherjar during long established peacetime between Vanaheim and Asgard. Overly serious. A little cynical. A fine warrior. Brave and loyal.

Loki Odinson (Tom Hiddleston/Sophia Di Martino when Loki changes sex)

The troubled middle child. He senses that Odin has never truly liked or trusted him. He envies his older brother Balder who can seemingly do no wrong. He envies his younger brother who is rewarded even when he screws up.

Loki is jealous, devious and mischievous.

Taught by Frigga to shape-shift, he sometimes loses himself in the new form, resulting in some interesting children.

His father took Sleipnir, Loki's foal when he grew big and strong as he was very fast.

His father took Jormungundr, his baby serpent as it grew big and dangerous.

Similary, Odin brought Fenrir back as a pup from a quest in Jotunheim. He gives it to Loki to raise and we frequently see the wolf with him. Only heartache follows once again.

He finds a kindred spirit in Sigyn, who teaches him illusion casting and other dark magicks.

When he changes sex he is played by Sophia Di Martino. Instead of her blond wavy look in the Loki series it is long, dark and straight like boy Loki's.

Lorelei (Elena Satine)

Once Lorelei begins to explore her gifts she loves the thrill of the power it gives her over others.

Punished for taking the menfolk of the nine realms in her thrall and the devastation this leaves in her wake, she takes terrible revenge on the Asgardian royal family.

Odin (Anthony Hopkins)

The all knowing Allfather. Outwardly arrogant and crochety, Odin is feeling the strain of all his secret and not so secret misadventures and conquests possibly coming back to haunt him. Though less warlike than in his younger days he is still prone to rash judgements and sometimes rash actions. He is trying to be more considered as he is genuinely trying to keep the peace. Frigga sees the strain of this task and tries to help him walk the path.

Still has a twinkle in the eye when it comes to adventure, but all too aware of the consequences now. He likes to tell his boys tales of his adventures, but Loki's disbelief and mockery sometimes makes him wish he never started.

Blows hot and cold with his boys. Mostly cold to his youngest, Loki, due his origins.

Hugin and Munin are his crow spies.

Sif (Jaime Alexander)

A strong candidate for the Einherjar, rejected for her dalliance with the Valkyries. Clever and skilled, she is more than a match for Thor. Unfortunately Thor never sees it.

She finds comfort with Haldor, but heartache soon follows.

Tries to bring some much needed wisdom to the Warriors Three without much success.

Replaces Freya in all the tales that feature here. Sister to Volstagg. Daughter of Njord.

Sigyn (Noomi Rapace)

Not high born and fully aware of it. Ambitious in outlook but always feels like an outsider. Naturally drawn to Loki as an "in" to the Royal court, but genuinely likes him and is aggrieved by his treatment at Odin's hand. She undermines Odin to him, getting him riled up about things that Odin and his family have done and encouraging him to be ambitious. She wants Loki on the throne.

An accomplished sorcerer, she teaches Loki illusion casting and other dark magicks. We see her teaching Loki some things that Frigga wouldn't. But where did she learn them?

Sigyn replaces Amora as Sylvie is clearly the MCU's Enchantress.

Siegrold

Friend of Haldor and Sigyn

Thor Odinson (Chris Hemsworth)

The spoilt youngest. Adores his father and puts too much stock in his tales, believing glory in battle is the measure of a man and a king.

Full of bravado, rash and foolhardy. Has a good heart underneath.

Has his goats, Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr, to pull his chariot when he can't use the bifrost.

Volstagg (Ray Stevenson)

Replaces Frey in the old Norse tales that appear here. Enjoys eating, storytelling and a good fight. Sif teases him by saying they used to call him the fairest of the gods. Then he pats his tummy and says, "Is this not a thing of beauty?"

Full of bluster and tall tales, Volstagg is actually a fine warrior when he gets round to it. Loyal and brave.

Brother to Sif. Son of Njord. Captain of Skidbladnir.

Captain Ander (?)

Leader of the Einherjar in s1.

Captain Harokin (?)

New Captain of the Einherjar in s2. At some point after s2 ends, the Battle of Harokin is pretty much started by Harokin's death. When Thor and Sif joke about the battle of Harokin (TDW), Thor can profess that he misses Harokin. He was a fine warrior. RIP.

Elliot Randolph (Peter MacNicol)

Don't actually know this character's Asgardian name.

Tyr (Clive Russell)

Skurge (Karl Urban)

An ordinary soldier in the Einherjar at this point.

+Various Einherjar

Eir (Alice Krige)

Frey (?)

Very beautiful. Brother to Freya.

Freya (?)

Very beautiful. Sister to Frey.

Grace (Eliza Matengu)

Hidegund (Claire Brown)

Nanna (Alicia Vikander)

Recurring guest star. Develops a relationship with Balder over 2 seasons.

Njord (?)

Father of Volstagg and Sif. Taken by Skírnir as a husband, his second marriage.

Skírnir (?)

Giantess. Marries Njord as consolation for the death of her father.

Frey's employee

+Various courtiers

Alfheim - Light Elf

Various female Light Elves in the Lorelei episode, also occasionally appearing in Asgard.

Jotunheim - Frost Giant

Laufey, Thrym, various Frost Giants

Kona Lifandi - Kára, various Valkyries

Midgard - Mostly humanoid

Any humans? Maybe in storytelling

Muspelheim - Fire demons

Surtur in flashback maybe?

Nidavellir - Dwarf

Eitri, Brokk, the Ivaldi bros

Niflheim (inc Utgard for simplification) - unValhallan dead, undead, giant etc

Hela Odinsdottir (Cate Blanchett)

Simply credited as death. Guest stars in the final episode(s?), though she never lets on who she truly is. She enjoys Odin's pain by proxy.

+Various unValhallan dead and the undead.

Hymir (?)

Skadi's uncle. A giant.

Utgardaloki (?)

The leader of Utgard. A giant. A trickster, hence the nickname.

+Various Giants

Svartalfheim - Dark Elf

Various Dark Elves in flashback.

Vanaheim - Vanir

In flashback maybe

From the storytelling sections:-

Creation myth - Vili, Ve, Audhumla, Ymir

Algrim's story - Bor, various Asgardians, Dark Elves and Jotuns

Mead of poetry story - Baugi, Suttung, Gunlodd

En Sabah Nur (Not Oscar Isaac as he is our Steven)

Langobards story - Gambara, Winniles, Vandals

Valkyries story- Sigrún, various Valkyries, Sigrún's family, Helgi, Sigrún's betrothed, Granmarr and various royals/soldiers

[studysoc]

“Nationalism" is the pathology of modern developmental history, as inescapable as “neurosis" in the individual, with much the same essential ambiguity attaching to it, a similar built-in capacity for descent into dementia, rooted in the dilemmas of helplessness thrust upon most of the world (the equivalent of infantilism for societies) and largely incurable.

Tom Nairn

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

05/10/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Vico, Con, and Kristian at Basingstoke; Jes Tom; Madeleine Sami's Birthday; New Watch Parties; Fan Spotlight; MerMay; Love Notes; Daily Darby/Tonight's Taika

== Rhys Darby ==

Rhys is on his way to Basingstoke for the con! Also, just recently announced, he'll be joining To_29_And_Beyond on June 7 and 8 in 29 Palms California! You can get tickets here: To29AndBeyond.com

Img Sources: Rhys Darby's Instagram / To_29_And_Beyond Instagram

== Taika Waititi ==

Taika in his cat era <3

Source: Rita Ora's Instagram

== Vico, Con, and Kristian ==

Basingstoke Comic Con is starting off strong! The first day we got to see lots of sightings of Vico, Con, and Kristian from their panels! Rhys is joining tomorrow!

Source: Vico Ortiz' Instagram Stories

== Madeleine Sami ==

Happy Birthday to our wonderful Archie! Hopefully she didn't have to crawl out of snake for this one! Getting some chill time with her Double Parked co-star: Antonia Prebble!

Source: Antonia Prebble's Instagram

= Jes Tom =

Jes Tom was out performing at Netflix Is A Joke Fest!

== Watch Party Reminders ==

Palm Royale WP May 16 via @LCWebsXOXO with the lovely @ dominicburgess approx. 4pm EDT/9pm BST/1pm PST! Available on Apple TV.

Wrecked S3 WP May 13-May 17 - 3:30pm PT / 6:30pm ET / 11:30pm BST! If you need access feel free to dm me here at @gentlebeardsbarngrill or @aspirantabby42 on twitter.

== Fan Spotlight ==

= Cast Cards =

Tonight, @melvisik's Cast Card's from the last two days were Jenna Carley (aka Eugenia "who I hear had a child with Sebastian...") and Mawie D Lewis, aka one of the Piano Workers that helped make Stede's Fuckery complete!

== OFMD Colouring Pages ==

Our darling crewmate @patchworkpiratebear has more colouring pages for us! 31 days of pages! Wow!

Source: PatchworkPirateBear's Tumblr

== Mer May ==

The daily prompts from @saveofmdcrewmates have been:

Day 9: "Revenge" Day 10 is "Where's the fucking loot?!"

= Snejpowa =

@snejpowa Has really be hitting it hard this May! Check out these gorgeous colors for the last couple days of prompts!

@snejpowa's Tumblr

== Blueberreads ==

More MerMay prompts from our dear friend @blueberreads! I love all the detail in the Revenge pics!

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== Love Notes ==

Hey there lovelies! Happy Friday! I hope you've started your weekend off having fun and are getting some rest!

It seems like spirits are up today! I don't know if it's just from the polite menacing yesterday, or all the excitement and sightings with the convention happening-- but I'm really loving seeing people in good spirits. I know we've all had a bit of a rough time of it lately, and we deserve to enjoy life a bit for a change!

This life has so many wonders to offer-- if you happen to be in Europe, the Northern Lights are going on right now and all the pictures everyone has shared have been absolutely stunning. I've never gotten to see them in person before-- but the photos are radiant, I can't imagine what it'd be like IRL-- please if you haven't seen them and they're still around tomorrow go out and take a peek!

Something else I've noticed the last couple days crew, is a lot of you are feeling more comfortable talking about your insecurities and fears with each other. This is really wonderful, because so many people are coming out and are trying to support one another in them-- and that's what crew is all about. Seeing people build their confidence bit by bit with every interaction, it makes me feel so incredibly fuzzy inside. Every day you continue to grow into these wonderful little remarkable beings, and getting to see that blossoming in you all over the past few months has been a serious privilege. You aren't your insecurities lovelies, and while those feelings are absolutely valid, I hope you can get to a point (if you aren't already there) where you can hold them in your heart, feel them, give them love, and let them go so they too can heal the parts of you that caused them in the first place.

We're all on your side crew, I hope you know that. You are an etherial soul in a delightfully beautiful little shell, remember to love yourself too so you can keep blooming into that exceptional gleam of wonder that you are. Happy Weekend Crew, I hope your next few days are filled with good times and laughter <3

Art by @thelatestkate

== Daily Darby / Tonight's Taika ==

Tonight's theme is Gifs I don't think I've seen before!

Gifs Courtesy of @ fandomsmeantheworldtome and @ neverswungonswingingstars!