#agnes macdonalds

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marauders girls + what they'd wear for school dances!

lily:

marlene:

mary:

pandora:

dorcas:

sybill:

emmeline:

hestia:

alice:

narcissa:

bellatrix:

andromeda:

rita:

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My provincial personification OC compilation

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Agnes MacDonald, Morag and Ewen MacLellan. Isle of South Uist, Outer Hebrides. Scotland. 1954

Photo: Paul Strand

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It’s Fine Press Friday! 

This week we bring you, Lucifer, a poem by English philosopher, novelist, and poet, John Cowper Powys (1872-1963), with illustrated headers by Scottish wood engraver, illustrator, and painter, Agnes Miller Parker (1895-1980), and  published in London by Macdonald & Company in 1956 in an edition 560 copies signed by the author. The poem is written from the perspective of Lucifer himself as he contemplates his fall from Heaven which was caused by his own arrogance. 

Agnes Miller Parker created six small wood engravings as headers to each of the six parts of the poem. The impressive linework and the amount of narrative packed into these small prints speak to the artist’s great skill in the medium.  This book was made and printed in Great Britain by Purnell and Sons, and is quarter bound in blue leather with light-blue book cloth over boards and gold foil-stamped spine title and floral design on the front cover. 

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– Teddy, Special Collections Graduate Intern.

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2 marzo … ricordiamo …

2 marzo ... … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2022: Tony Walton, Anthony John Walton, costumista e scenografo britannico. Ha vinto un Oscar alla migliore scenografia e ha ricevuto altre tre volte la nomination, di cui una ancora per la scenografia (1979) e due per i migliori costumi (1975 e 1965). Molto attivo anche in campo teatrale, ha vinto tre Tony Award per il suo lavoro a Broadway. Ha sposato nel 1959 l’attrice Julie Andrews da cui ha…

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Barnsley, James Macdonald

Among the Rushes

1884

Oil on canvas

Agnes Museum

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Kelly Macdonald as Agnes Mata in Puzzle (2018) dir. Marc Turtletaub

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lots of hate for tradwife types I think it's mostly seething and coping. I mean it's like the Trump stuff, they were always trying to make fun of Trump but they were clearly like actually upset and mad which makes it immediately unfunny. Norm Macdonald said something about that I think. like you have to sort of like the person you're making fun of or it's just not going to be funny. "TRUMP IS SO STUPID.... AND HES ORANGE!" crowd goes wild. I never liked that stuff even when I was coping and seething after the election, I voted for Clinton lol.

oh right but the tradwife stuff, I definitely think it's weird and a lot of it is sort of LARPer-y but it's harmless. Agnes was telling me about her boyfriend like she's unemployed and so she's doing a lot of cooking and cleaning while he's at work, and she was saying "yeah i feel kind of bad for not having a job, not contributing money." I thought, huh, you're slaving away like you're making a huge effort who cares about money.

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Burke’s Law -  List of Guest Stars

The Special Guest Stars of “Burke’s Law” read like a Who’s Who list of Hollywood of the era.  Many of the appearances, however, were no more than one scene cameos.  This is as complete a list ever compiled of all those who even made the briefest of appearances on the series.  

Beverly Adams, Nick Adams, Stanley Adams, Eddie Albert, Mabel Albertson, Lola Albright, Elizabeth Allen, June Allyson, Don Ameche, Michael Ansara, Army Archerd, Phil Arnold, Mary Astor, Frankie Avalon, Hy Averback, Jim Backus, Betty Barry, Susan Bay, Ed Begley, William Bendix, Joan Bennett, Edgar Bergen, Shelley Berman, Herschel Bernardi, Ken Berry, Lyle Bettger, Robert Bice, Theodore Bikel, Janet Blair, Madge Blake, Joan Blondell, Ann Blyth, Carl Boehm, Peter Bourne, Rosemarie Bowe, Eddie Bracken, Steve Brodie, Jan Brooks, Dorian Brown, Bobby Buntrock, Edd Byrnes, Corinne Calvet, Rory Calhoun, Pepe Callahan, Rod Cameron, Macdonald Carey, Hoagy Carmichael, Richard Carlson, Jack Carter, Steve Carruthers, Marianna Case, Seymour Cassel, John Cassavetes, Tom Cassidy, Joan Caulfield, Barrie Chase, Eduardo Ciannelli, Dane Clark, Dick Clark, Steve Cochran, Hans Conried, Jackie Coogan, Gladys Cooper, Henry Corden, Wendell Corey, Hazel Court, Wally Cox, Jeanne Crain, Susanne Cramer, Les Crane, Broderick Crawford, Suzanne Cupito, Arlene Dahl, Vic Dana, Jane Darwell, Sammy Davis Jr., Linda Darnell, Dennis Day, Laraine Day, Yvonne DeCarlo, Gloria De Haven, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Richard Devon, Billy De Wolfe, Don Diamond, Diana Dors, Joanne Dru, Paul Dubov, Howard Duff, Dan Duryea, Robert Easton, Barbara Eden, John Ericson, Leif Erickson, Tom Ewell, Nanette Fabray, Felicia Farr, Sharon Farrell, Herbie Faye, Fritz Feld, Susan Flannery, James Flavin, Rhonda Fleming, Nina Foch, Steve Forrest, Linda Foster, Byron Foulger, Eddie Foy Jr., Anne Francis, David Fresco, Annette Funicello, Eva Gabor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Reginald Gardiner, Nancy Gates, Lisa Gaye, Sandra Giles, Mark Goddard, Thomas Gomez, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Sandra Gould, Wilton Graff, Gloria Grahame, Shelby Grant, Jane Greer, Virginia Grey, Tammy Grimes, Richard Hale, Jack Haley, George Hamilton, Ann Harding, Joy Harmon, Phil Harris, Stacy Harris, Dee Hartford, June Havoc, Jill Haworth, Richard Haydn, Louis Hayward, Hugh Hefner, Anne Helm, Percy Helton, Irene Hervey, Joe Higgins, Marianna Hill, Bern Hoffman, Jonathan Hole, Celeste Holm, Charlene Holt, Oscar Homolka, Barbara Horne, Edward Everett Horton, Breena Howard, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Arthur Hunnicutt, Tab Hunter, Joan Huntington, Josephine Hutchinson, Betty Hutton, Gunilla Hutton, Martha Hyer, Diana Hyland, Marty Ingels, John Ireland, Mako Iwamatsu, Joyce Jameson, Glynis Johns, I. Stanford Jolley, Carolyn Jones, Dean Jones, Spike Jones, Victor Jory, Jackie Joseph, Stubby Kaye, Monica Keating, Buster Keaton, Cecil Kellaway, Claire Kelly, Patsy Kelly, Kathy Kersh, Eartha Kitt, Nancy Kovack, Fred Krone, Lou Krugman, Frankie Laine, Fernando Lamas, Dorothy Lamour, Elsa Lanchester, Abbe Lane, Charles Lane, Lauren Lane, Harry Lauter, Norman Leavitt, Gypsy Rose Lee, Ruta Lee, Teri Lee, Peter Leeds, Margaret Leighton, Sheldon Leonard, Art Lewis, Buddy Lewis, Dave Loring, Joanne Ludden,  Ida Lupino, Tina Louise, Paul Lynde, Diana Lynn, James MacArthur, Gisele MacKenzie, Diane McBain, Kevin McCarthy, Bill McClean, Stephen McNally, Elizabeth MacRae, Jayne Mansfield, Hal March, Shary Marshall, Dewey Martin, Marlyn Mason, Hedley Mattingly, Marilyn Maxwell, Virginia Mayo, Patricia Medina, Troy Melton, Burgess Meredith, Una Merkel, Dina Merrill, Torben Meyer, Barbara Michaels, Robert Middleton, Vera Miles, Sal Mineo, Mary Ann Mobley, Alan Mowbray, Ricardo Montalbán, Elizabeth Montgomery, Ralph Moody, Alvy Moore, Terry Moore, Agnes Moorehead, Anne Morell, Rita Moreno, Byron Morrow, Jan Murray, Ken Murray, George Nader, J. Carrol Naish, Bek Nelson, Gene Nelson, David Niven, Chris Noel, Kathleen Nolan, Sheree North, Louis Nye, Arthur O'Connell, Quinn O'Hara, Susan Oliver, Debra Paget, Janis Paige, Nestor Paiva, Luciana Paluzzi, Julie Parrish, Fess Parker, Suzy Parker, Bert Parks, Harvey Parry, Hank Patterson, Joan Patrick, Nehemiah Persoff, Walter Pidgeon, Zasu Pitts, Edward Platt, Juliet Prowse, Eddie Quillan, Louis Quinn, Basil Rathbone, Aldo Ray, Martha Raye, Gene Raymond, Peggy Rea, Philip Reed, Carl Reiner, Stafford Repp, Paul Rhone, Paul Richards, Don Rickles, Will Rogers Jr., Ruth Roman, Cesar Romero, Mickey Rooney, Gena Rowlands, Charlie Ruggles, Janice Rule, Soupy Sales, Hugh Sanders, Tura Satana, Telly Savalas, John Saxon, Lizabeth Scott, Lisa Seagram, Pilar Seurat, William Shatner, Karen Sharpe, James Shigeta, Nina Shipman, Susan Silo, Johnny Silver, Nancy Sinatra, The Smothers Brothers, Joanie Sommers, Joan Staley, Jan Sterling, Elaine Stewart, Jill St. John, Dean Stockwell, Gale Storm, Susan Strasberg, Inger Stratton, Amzie Strickland, Gil Stuart, Grady Sutton, Kay Sutton, Gloria Swanson, Russ Tamblyn. Don Taylor, Dub Taylor, Vaughn Taylor, Irene Tedrow, Terry-Thomas, Ginny Tiu, Dan Tobin, Forrest Tucker, Tom Tully, Jim Turley, Lurene Tuttle, Ann Tyrrell, Miyoshi Umeki, Mamie van Doren, Deborah Walley, Sandra Warner, David Wayne, Ray Weaver, Lennie Weinrib, Dawn Wells, Delores Wells, Rebecca Welles, Jack Weston, David White, James Whitmore, Michael Wilding, Annazette Williams, Dave Willock, Chill Wills, Marie Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sandra Wirth, Ed Wynn, Keenan Wynn, Dana Wynter, Celeste Yarnall, Francine York.

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The next morning, after making laundry arrangements, I untethered my bike and pedaled to the garage where I keep Miss Agnes sheltered from brine and sun. She needs tender loving care in her declining years. I believe she is the only Rolls Royce in America which has been converted into a pickup truck. She is vintage 1936, and apparently some previous owner had some unlikely disaster happen to the upper half of her rear end and solved the problem in an implausible way. She is one of the big ones, and in spite of her brutal surgery retains the family knack of going eighty miles an hour all day long in a kind of ghastly silence. Some other idiot had her repainted a horrid electric blue. When I found her squatting, shame-faced, in the back row of a gigantic car lot, I bought her at once and named her after a teacher I had in the fourth grade whose hair was that same shade of blue.

— The Deep Blue Good-By, by John D. MacDonald

[my-chaos-radio-00s-list]

L'amour Toujours - Gigi D'Agostini

La Bomba - King Africa

La Camisa Negra - Juanes

La Tortura - Shakira feat. Alejandro Sanz

Lady (Hear Me Tonight) - Modjo

Leaving New York - R.E.M.

Life Is A Rollercoaster - Ronan Keating

Lift Me Up - Moby

Like A Hobo - Charlie Winston

Little Wonders - Rob Thomas

Lola - Superbus

Lola’s Theme - The Shapeshifters

Lonely No More - Rob Thomas

Lost Without You - Delta Goodrem

Love At The First Sight - Kylie Minogue

Love etc. - Pet Shop Boys

Love Foolosophy - Jamiroquai

Love It When You Call - The Feeling

Love Long Distance - Gossip

Lucky - Lucky Twice

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Make It Mine - Jason Mraz

Me & You - Cassie

Me And My Imagination - Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas 

Memories - Within Temptation

Miss California - Dante Thomas

Miss Independent - Ne-Yo

Mixed Up World - Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Monday Morning - Melanie Fiona

Morning After Dark - Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado, Soshy

Mr. Rock & Roll - Amy Macdonald

Murder On The Dancefloor - Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Music - Madonna

Music Gets The Best Of Me - Sophie Ellis-Baxtor

My Heart Goes Boom - French Affair

My Immortal - Evanescence

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Need You Now - Lady A

Never Leave You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh) - Lumidee

New Divide - Linkin Park

New Soul - Yael Naim

No Other One - Taio Cruz

Nothing In This World - Paris Hilton

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On and on - Agnes

One More Time - Daft Punk

One To Make Her Happy - Marque

Ooh La - The Kooks

Oops…! I Did It Again - Britney Spears

Other Side Of The World - KT Tunstall

Out Of Reach - Gabrielle

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Photograph - Nickelback

Playgirl - Ladytron

Poker Face - Lady Gaga

Powerless (Say What You Want) - Nelly Furtado

Precious - Depeche Mode

Pure & Simple - Hear'Say

Pure Shores - All Saints

Push The Button - Sugababes

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Rapture - iio

Rapture (Avicii Remix) - Nadia Ali

Release Me - Agnes

Replay - Iyaz

Right Now (Na Na Na) - Akon

Right Round - Flo Rida feat. Kesha

Rise Up - Yves LaRock

Rock Steady - All Saints

Rock Your Body - Justin Timberlake

Rollerblades - Eliza Doolittle

Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"MCFADDEN NAMED AS MURDERER," The Province (Vancouver). July 14, 1933. Page 1 & 2. --- Jury at Inquest States That He Shot Councillor Douglas. ---- IDENTIFIED BY VICTIM'S WIFE ---- Accused Is Said to Have Thought Food Was Being Poisoned. ---- NEW WESTMINSTER, July 14. - Councillor Thomas Douglas, who was fatally shot on Thursday afternoon in his gas station at Burquitlam, was murdered by Robert McFadden, 39-year-old war veteran, according to the verdict returned on Friday afternoon at the inquest held in the Columbia Funeral Service parlors before Dr. G. Morse, Port Haney, coroner for the district. The verdict returned by the jury is: ""That Thomas Douglas of Burquitlam came by his death as the result of a gunshot wound in the abdomen inflicted by a shotgun in the hands of a man named McFadden whom we consider guilty of murder and that the said murder was committed at a gas station at the corner of the North road and Austin road in the municipality of Coquitlam at approximately 1:45 p.m. Thursday, July 12."

Mrs. Agnes Douglas, wife of Councilior Douglas, identified McFadden during her evidence as the man who left the gas station after she heard the fatal gunshot. Mrs. Douglas said that her husband had been at home during the forenoon and went to attend to the gas station after lunch. She did not see him again until her attention was attracted by the gunshot. As soon as she reached the station, Mrs. Douglas said, she saw McFadden leaving the premises carrying a shot- gun. She said that he was about fourteen feet away, headed up the North road, and that he did not speak as he walked away.

ΝΟ ΕΜΟΤΙON SHOWN BY ACCUSED. Councillor Douglas, who was lying wounded on the floor inside the gas station, told his wife, she said, that he did not know "what he had done to Mac to get this." By "Mac," the witness understood her husband meant McFadden.

McFadden appeared at the inquest handcuffed and guarded closely by provincial police officers. He is of slim build, with black hair, clean shaven and of swarthy complexion. He was dressed in a black work shirt, grey hat and dark trousers. He did not testify. He seemed to listen carefully to the evidence and watched the various witnesses closely but showed no emotion.

Reeve R. C. MacDonald of Coquitlam, the first witness, said he was driving along the North road about 100 yards from the gas station when he passed McFadden, who was carrying a shotgun. The latter was apparently going to the station, said Reeve MacDonald, this being prior to the shooting.

Dr. George A. Drew, New Westminster, testified that the gunshot wound was in the abdomen and that Councillor Douglas died from shock and hemorrhage. The shot was fired at close range, probably at six feet, the doctor said. Blood-stained underwear. also a blue workshirt and overalls torn by the shot, were identified by Dr. Drew as taken from Councillor Douglas.

SEEMED UNCONCERNED AFTER TRAGEDY. James Bremner, who lives near the scene of the shooting, said he was standing in his front room when he heard the gunshot and saw a man going up the road with a gun.

Brenner said he called to McFadden and asked, "What's wrong?" McFadden replied, "Go back." The witness said he then went over to the gas station.

McFadden was unconcerned after the shooting. according to Miss Annie M. Martin, who said she saw him standing at the gas station after the shooting. He was looking in at the door of the station, with a gun in his hand, standing about midway be- tween the gasoline pump and the door, she stated. The witness said she did not think anything serious had occurred because of the unconcerned way in which he walked away up the North road.

McFadden did not say a word as he entered the gas station and shot Councillor Douglas, according to the evidence of Mrs. Ellen Walker. She testified that Councillor Douglas, as he lay mortally wounded, said, "Why has he done this? What have I done to Mac? He said not a word. He just came in and shot me."

OTHER RESIDENTS REPORTED THREATENED. Constable Richard Dunn, provincial police officer stationed at Maillardville, described the search for McFadden and his arrest shortly afterwards on the Port Moody hill.

Both Constable Dunn and James Cobban, a Burquitlam poultry farmer, who went with the officer on the search, testified that McFadden threatened to get other residents of the district.

They said that the accused stated he wanted to get another man named Richardson. This was taken to mean a gas station operator, Andy Richardson, on the Hastings-Barnet road.

Percy Baker, living about fifty yards up the trail from McFadden's cabin on Snake Hill, told of the injuries received by Gordon Wilson allegedly at the hands of McFadden, prior to the murder of Councillor Douglas.

The witness said he had loaned McFadden the shotgun to shoot pigeons. After McFadden left, Wilson came along with his head torn and bleeding, and said that "Mac had cleaned him up." Wilson said he had been struck by a piece of axe handle as he went out of the door of McFadden's cabin.

Baker said he had lived with McFadden all last summer. The latter had seemed a sociable person and easy to get along with. This spring. however, McFadden seemed to have a grudge against Wilson and another man, Axel Anderson. McFadden seemed to think that all his stuff was doped, said the witness.

THOUGHT FOOD WAS POISONED. When McFadden was being taken to Coquitlam police station by Constable Dunn, the former sat in the rear seat with James Cobban. McFadden asked Cobban, according to the latter's evidence, what kind of a fellow Baker was? Cobban replied that he thought he was pretty good.

McFadden then said he thought Baker had changed lately. He complained also of Wilson and another man, whom he thought were putting poison in his food.

There was one more man he wanted to get-Richardson the accused told Cobban, according to the evidence of the witness. McFadden also said he had been in to see Charles Webster, who was not at his home on the North road, Burquitlam.

The arrested man then said two for one is pretty good, according to Mr. Cobban, who believed he referred to Douglas and Wilson.

Gordon Wilson was able to leave the Royal Columbian Hospital Friday afternoon, having recovered sufficiently from his head injuries. He was not a witness at the inquest.

James Ellison was foreman of the jury, the other members being Robert Campbell, Robert Lyman, Charles Murray, John L. Bland and Reg Sparks.

Picture caption:

Accused of Slaying Councillor PHOTO shows Robert McFadden in custody as he left the Columbia Funeral Service Parlors, New Westminster, after the inquest concerning the shooting of Councillor Thomas Douglas. Left to right are: Provincial Constable C. T. Roberts, New Westminster: McFadden, handcuffed; Provincial Constable Richard Dunn, Coquitlam, standing at rear, and Sergt. John Kelly in charge of the New Westminster provincial police district. The jury named McFadden as murderer of the councilor.

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The core four provinces being siblings - art from 2022

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The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Florence Foster Jenkins: Meryl Streep St. Clair Bayfield: Hugh Grant Cosmé McMoon: Simon Helberg Kathleen Weatherley: Rebecca Ferguson Agnes Stark: Nina Arianda Phineas Stark: Stanley Townsend John Totten: Allan Corduner Earl Wilson: Christian McKay Carlo Edwards: David Haig Dr. Hermann: John Sessions Kitty: Brid Brennan Arturo Toscanini: John Kavanagh Mrs Vanderbilt: Pat Starr Mrs. James O’Flaherty: Maggie Steed Mrs Oscar Garmunder: Thelma Barlow Mrs EE Patterson: Liza Ross Baroness Le Feyre: Paola Dionisotti Mrs Patsy Snow: Rhoda Lewis Lily Pons: Aida Garifullina Augustus Corbin: David Mills Carlton Smith: David Menkin Cpl. Jones: Sid Phoenix Pvt. Smith: Tunji Kasim Orlando Adams: Carl Davis Microphone Engineer: Lloyd Hutchinson Elevator Operator: Richard Kilgour Ernest Ziegler: Jonathan Plowright Donaghy: Josh O’Connor Tallulah Bankhead: Nat Luurtsema Colonel: Ewan Stewart Gino: Cameron Cuffe News Vendor: John Guerrasio Edgar Booth Cunningham Jr: Elliot Levey Clifford B. Thornton III: Danny Mahoney Cole Porter: Mark Arnold Film Crew: Writer: Stephen Frears Director of Photography: Danny Cohen Screenplay: Nicholas Martin Producer: Michael Kuhn Producer: Tracey Seaward Editor: Valerio Bonelli Casting: Kathleen Chopin Casting: Leo Davis Casting: Lissy Holm Art Direction: Gareth Cousins Art Direction: Christopher Wyatt Production Design: Alan MacDonald Costume Design: Consolata Boyle Supervising Art Director: Patrick Rolfe Script Supervisor: Sue Hills Music Director: Terry Davies Music Editor: Stuart Morton Music Supervisor: Karen Elliott Assistant Costume Designer: Rosie Grant Costume Supervisor: Marion Weise Camera Operator: Iain Mackay Gaffer: Paul McGeachan Camera Operator: Lucy Bristow First Assistant Camera: Andrew Banwell First Assistant Camera: Iain Struthers Additional Camera: Jason Ewart Special Effects Supervisor: Manex Efrem Visual Effects Coordinator: Jenny King Visual Effects Producer: Noga Alon Stein Visual Effects Supervisor: Adam Gascoyne Visual Effects Editor: Edd Gamlin Sound Effects Editor: Phil Lee Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Dafydd Archard Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Mike Dowson Supervising Sound Editor: Becki Ponting Supervising Sound Editor: Ian Wilson Makeup Artist: J. Roy Helland Hairstylist: Anita Burger Hairstylist: Andrea Cracknell Hairstylist: Beverley Binda Makeup Designer: Daniel Phillips Makeup Artist: Karen Cohen Makeup Artist: Tahira Herold Wigmaker: Ray Marston Digital Intermediate: Rob Farris Digital Intermediate: Patrick Malone Digital Intermediate: Gemma McKeon First Assistant Editor: Karenjit Sahota Stunt Coordinator: Eunice Huthart Stunt Coordinator: Jo McLaren Assistant Art Director: Aoife Warren Original Music Composer: Alexandre Desplat Foley Artist: Andrea King Conceptual Design: Elo Soode Carpenter: Josh Wood Movie Reviews: Reno: **Nothing is greater than to have a supportive life partner by side.** I follow closely what films are announced and what are getting released. Sometimes its common that some films comes out without my knowledge, particularly non-Hollywood English language films. This British film was about a wealthy couple from the New York, especially the husband who tries his best to fulfill his seriously ill wife’s dream to be an opera singer. The problem is she’s not any good. Not just him, but everybody who is close to them and once laughed at her, try to understand them and give their support. But not all the occasion seems to remain the same. So on one such a big event, the disaster strikes and how it affects the couple is the rest of the tale to disclose. A very surprising film. I thought it was just a comedy like it brings small smiles on our face, but I laughed out loud on many occasions. This is definitely a right time, because I felt like it was a music and cinematic version of the American presidential candidate Don Trump. Yep, there not much difference, but still this ...

[thetetra]

the Miss Agnes from the Travis McGee series of books by John MacDonald. at 21 books I am going to investigate the series.

[valkyries-things]

AGNES CAMPBELL // LADY OF DUNNYVEG

“She was the Lady of Dunnyveg, and was married twice. To James MacDonald, the 6th Chief of Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg and to Turlough Lynagh O’Neill, Chief of Clan O’Neill of Tyrone. Her first husband died while held prisoner by Clan O’Neill, the chief’s successor married her to himself. She took with her a dowry of 1,200 Highland troops, and Gaelic tradition allowed her to lead the troops. She personally led them against occupying English forces and proved herself a formidable leader. She also helped mobilise Scottish support for the Irish. Agnes Campbell was fluent in English and Latin, which greatly impressed the English.”