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wie-sagt-man-noch · 7 years ago

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ALL OF THESE FANFIC QUESTIONS ARE SO GOOD, wie soll man sich da bitte entscheiden??? Anyways: 6, 15, 21, 28, 31, 44, 51?

[JA MAN DIE SIND SO GUT OMG??????????????]

6. List your OTP from each fandom you’ve been involved in.

Fußball - Herrkreutz (Patrick Herrmann x Kevin Großkreutz) One Piece - KidLaw (Eustass Kid x Trafalgar D. Water Law)Skispringen - Lellinger (Andreas Wellinger x Stephan Leyhe)Supernatural - Destiel (Dean Winchester x Castiel)One Direction - Larry (Louis Tomlinson x Harry Styles)

Das war sehr hart

15. Is there an obscure ship which you love?

Puuuuh - ich bin eher so von der “absurd aber cute” Sorte was Ship betrifft (obskur ist ja eher unklar im Sinne von düster, oder?); deswegen, dunno. Am Ehesten dann wahrscheinlich KidLaw oder Zosan (Zorro x Sanji; One Piece) aber nur, weil man die beiden Pairings so schön in Düsteres stecken kann.

21. What was the first fanfic you ever wrote?

Das allererste, was ich jemals geschrieben habe, war Schultby (André Schürrle x Lewis Holtby), wo Lewis über Tumblr gestolpert ist und da auf das Ship Schultby aufmerksam wurde :D:D Ist nicht mal ne halbe Seite lang geworden weils einfach so grottig war.Die erste wirklich fertig geschriebene Story bzw. One Shot ist Viel zu laut und doch zu leise - eine Studenten!AU mit Manuel Neuer und Mario Gomez, die ich für ein Wichteln geschrieben habe.

Omg das ist 5 Jahre her.

28. If someone were to draw a piece of fanart for your story, which story would it be and what would the picture be of?

Oh mein Gott ich würde sterben wenn sich jemand die Mühe machen würde und etwas zu einer meiner Storys zeichnen würde - egal, zu welcher. Hmmm… ich denke, entweder zu Neujahr oder zu Stumm. Bei Neujahr die Balkonszene, in der Lewis in Chris’ Arme stolpert und bei Stumm die Poolszene, in der Andi peinlich berührt ins Nichts starrt, während Stephan total entspannt ist.

31. What’s the nicest thing someone has ever said about your writing?

Dass sich die Geschichte echt angefühlt hat und man richtig in die Geschichte eingetaucht ist. Das war ein wunderschönes Kompliment ♥ Und dass sich mein Geschreibsel inzwischen reifer anhört.

44. What ship do you feel needs more attention?

Definitiv Ppurity (Patrick Weihrauch x Pierre Emile Hojbjerg) - die beiden passen so unfassbar gut zusmmen. Dieses kindliche und inzwischen doch erwachsen(er) gewordene - hach. Nein wirklich, die beiden haben großes Potential!

Schleichwerbung an dieser Stelle:

PoldiAndSchweiniFan - Götterknaben»Sein Herz ist leer, weil es nicht hier in England ist, nicht hier in seiner Brust, nicht bei ihm ist. Es sitzt in Bielefeld, in irgendeiner verdammt verregneten deutschen Stadt, die angeblich nicht einmal existiert, und scheint ihn daran zu erinnern, mit aller Macht und Wucht, was es bedeutet, ein Versprechen zu brechen, und welchen Preis er, sie beide dafür zahlen müssen.« PoldiAndSchweiniFan - Wir

Triple-Drabble aus: Salz und ZuckerEs ist das Bittere und Scharfe und Salzige, das, was auf der Zunge wehtut, brennt, kratzt, aber wovon man nicht genug bekommt, und das, was süchtig macht und dessen Geschmack man immer noch nach einiger Zeit im Mund hat. Das, was man nicht vergisst. Aber es ist auch das Süße, das einen vollkommen einnimmt und wovon man überzuckert, wenn man zu viel einnimmt, dieses leichte Gefühl der Übelkeit, aber auch der vollkommenen Freude und Glückseeligkeit. All diese Drabbles sind dies - Salz und Zucker.

Schnaf - Tåge Es ist nicht schön, das Herz gebrochen zu bekommen. Erst recht nicht, wenn man dabei alleine in der dänischen Pampa sitzt.

[Wer nach den drei wundervollen Geschichten noch nicht genug von den beiden hat, der kann auch bei mir vorbei schauen:

vanilla-sky - Glückstrunken Mai 2014: Pierre hat ein Jahr hinter sich, in dem er innerhalb weniger Woche sportlich viel gewonnen und persönlich noch mehr verloren hat. Getragen von der Euphorie über das Double feiert er zum ersten Mal seit langer Zeit wieder ausgelassen. Es geht ihm gut, zumindest für einen kurzen Augenblick. Nicht nur wegen des Doubles, sondern auch wegen Patrick. Wahrscheinlich gerade wegen Patrick. ]

Hach ja, Ppurtiy ist Liebe ♥

51. Rant or Gush about one thing you love or hate in the world of fanfiction! Go!

Ich liebe, dass nichts unmöglich ist. Jedes Szenario, jedes Pairing, jede Zeit, jede noch so absurde Idee - zu 99% gibt es jemanden, der genau das geschrieben hat, was man sucht. Alles ist nur einen Klick entfernt - Fanfiction ist die größte Bücherei der Welt. Und das ist etwas, was ich unglaublich großartig finde. Plus den Fakt, dass all das am Ende nur existiert, weil es Menschen gibt, die sich dachten “fuck it” und ihren Teil zu einer Geschichte beitragen wollten. :)

Vielen vielen Dank! ♥

#ask #spacerhapsody #DANKE #das war spaßig

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kapuzenhemd-blog · 5 years ago

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Die 100 besten Science-Fiction-Bücher (a..z)

Als es noch Menschen gab - Clifford Simak (City, 1952)

Andymon - Angela und Karlheinz Steinmüller (1982)

Auf zwei Planeten - Kurd Laßwitz (1897)

Auslöschung - Jeff VanderMeer (Annihilation, 2014)

Bedenke Phlebas - Iain M. Banks (Consider Phlebas, 1987)

Binti - Nnedi Okorafor (2015)

Blade Runner (Träumen Androide von elektrischen Schafen) - Philip K. Dick (Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep, 1968)

Blumen für Algernon - Daniel Keyes (Flowers for Algernon, 1966)

Der brennende Mann (Die Rache des Kosmonauten, Tiger! Tiger!) - Alfred Bester (The Stars My Destination, 1956)

Commander Perkins - H. G. Francis (1979, Hörspiele 1976)

Contact - Carl Sagan (1985)

Cyberabad - Ian McDonald (River of Gods, 2004)

Dämmerung - Octavia Butler (Dawn, 1987)

Dangerous Visions - Hrsg. Harlan Ellison (1967)

Die denkenden Wälder - Alan Dean Foster (Midworld, 1979)

Dhalgren - Samuel R. Delany (1975)

Doktor Ain - James Tiptree jr.

A Door Into Ocean – Joan Slonczewski

Die Drachenreiter von Pern - Anne McCaffrey (Dragonriders of Pern, 1977 - 2012)

Die drei Sonnen - Cixin Liu (三體 / 三体, 2008)

Die Ehen zwischen den Zonen Drei, Vier und Fünf - Doris Lessing (The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five, 1980)

Ein Junge und sein Hund - Harlan Ellison (A Boy and His Dog, 1969)

Einsatz der Waffen - Iain M. Banks (Use of Weapons, 1990)

Enders Spiel - Orson Scott Card (Ender’s Game, 1985)

Es stirbt in mir - Robert Silverberg (Dying Inside, 1972)

Evolution - Stephen Baxter (2003)

Der ewige Krieg - Joe Haldeman (The Forever War, 1974)

Expanse-Reihe - James A. Corey (2011 - )

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury (1953)

Frankenstein oder Der moderne Prometheus - Mary Shelley (Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, 2018)

Foundation-Trilogie - Isaac Asimov (Foundation, 1951)

Die Frau des Zeitreisenden - Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler's Wife, 2003)

Freie Geister (Planet der Habenichtse, Die Enteigneten) Ursula K. Le Guin (The Dispossessed, 1974)

Fremder in einer fremden Welt - Robert Heinlein (Stranger in a Strange Land, 1961)

Der futurologische Kongress - Stanislaw Lem (Kongres futurologiczny, 1971)

Gateway - Frederik Pohl (1977)

Gelb - Jeff Noon (Vurt, 1993)

Die Haarteppichknüpfer - Andreas Eschbach (1995)

Hardboiled Wonderland und das Ende der Welt - Haruke Murakami (Sekai No owari to Hādoboirudo Wandārando, 1985

Herland - Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1915)

Hier sangen einst Vögel - Kate Wilhelm (Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang, 1976)

Die Hölle ist die Abwesenheit Gottes - Ted Chiang

Hyperion - Dan Simmons (1989)

Ich, der Robot - Isaac Asimov (I Robot, 1950)

Der illustrierte Mann - Ray Bradbury (The illustrated Man, 1951)

Die Insel des Dr. Moreau - H. G. Wells (The Island of Dr. Moreau, 1869)

Kinder der Zeit - Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, 2015)

Krieg der Klone - John Scalzi (Old Man’s War, 2005)

Krieg der Welten - H. G. Wells (The War of the Worlds, 1898)

Krieg mit dem Molchen - Karel Čapeks (Válka s mloky, 1936)

Die lange Erde - Stephen Baxter und Terry Pratchett (The Long Earth, 2012)

Der lange Weg zu einem kleinen, zornigen Planeten - Becky Chambers (The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, 2015)

Die Letzten der Menschheit – Walter Tevis (Mockingbird, 1980)

Der letzte Tag der Schöpfung - Wolfgang Jeschke

Liebe ist der Plan - James Tiptree jr.

Die linke Hand der Dunkelheit (Der Winterplanet) - (The Left Hand Of Darkness, 1969)

Little Brother - Cory Doctorow (2008)

Die Mars-Chroniken - Ray Bardbury (The Martian Chronicles, 1950)

Der Marsianer - Andy Weir (The Martian - 2001)

Die Mars-Trilogie (Roter Mars, Blauer Mars, Grüner Mars) - Kim Stanley Robinson (Red Mars, Blue Mars, Green Mars, 1992 - 1996)

Die Maschinen - Anne Leckie (Ancillary Justice, 2013)

Metro 2033 - Dmitri Glukhovsky (2007)

Der Mond ist eine herbe Geliebte (Revolte auf Luna, Mondpsuren) - Robert Heinlein (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, 1966)

Morgenwelt - John Brunner (Stand on Zansibar, 1968)

Nachspiel-Trilogie (Star Wars) - Chuck Wendig (Aftermath 2015 - 2017)

Neuromancer - William Gibson (1984)

Das Orakel vom Berge - Philip K. Dick (The Man in The High Castle, 1962)

Otherland von Tad Williams

Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis - Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 1979)

Perdito Street Station (Die Falter/Der Weber) - China Miéville (2000)

Perry Rhodan - Clark Dalton

Picknick am Wegesrand - Arkadi und Boris Strugatzki (Piknik na obotschinje, 1972)

Die Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde - Jules Verne (Voyage au centre de la terre, 1864)

Rendezvous mit Rama - Arthur C. Clark (Rendezvous with Rama, 1973)

Der Report der Magd - Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale, 1985)

Ringwelt - Larry Niven (Ringworld, 1970)

Schöne neue Welt - Aldous Huxley (Brave New World, 1932)

Schlachthof 5 oder Der Kinderkreuzzug - Kurt Vonnegut (Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death, 1969)

Simulacron-3 - Daniel F. Galouye (1963)

Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson (1992)

Solaris - Stanislaw Lem (1961)

Spin - Robert Charles Wilson - (2005)

Der Splitter im Auge Gottes - Larry Niven und Jerry Pournelle (The Mote in God's Eye, 1974)

Starship Troopers (Sternenkrieger) - Robert Heinlein (1959)

Die Triffids - John Wyndham (The Day of the Triffids, 1951)

Ubik - Philip K. Dick (1969)

Uhrwerk Orange - Anthony Burgess (Clockwork Orange, 1962)

Das Unsterblichkeitsprogramm - Richard Morgan (Altered Carbon, 2002)

Utopia - Thomas Morus (De optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia, 1516)

Die vergessene Welt - Arthur Conan Doyle

Was aus den Menschen wurde - Cordwainer Smith (2011, umfasst Kurzgeschichten von 1928 bis 1966)

Wer fürchtet den Tod - Nnedi Okorafor (Who Fears Death, 2010)

Wir waren außer uns vor Glück – David Marusek

Das Wort für Welt ist Wald - Ursula K. Le Guin (The Word For World Is Forest, 1972)

Der Wüstenplanet von Frank Herbert (Dune, 1965)

Die Zeitmaschine - H. G. Wells (The Time Machine, 1895)

Zerrissene Erde - N. K. Jemisin (The Fifth Season. 2015)

1984 - George Orwell (1949)

2001 - Arthur C. Clark (1968)

20.000 Meilen unter dem Meer - Jules Verne (Vingt mille lieues sous les mers, 1869)

https://www.amazon.de/Science-Fiction-Bücher/s?k=Science+Fiction

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Cosmicflows-3: Cosmography of the Local Void [] https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.08329

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allofbeercom · 6 years ago

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Terry Jones: ‘I’ve got dementia. My frontal lobe has absconded’

The actor, director and Monty Python star talks about how he is learning to live with his illness, with the help of close friend Michael Palin

Terry Jones first exhibited signs that all was not well with his health in July 2014. He and his close friend Michael Palin were performing with the rest of the surviving Monty Pythons Flying Circus troupe in a show of sketches and songs, Monty Python live (mostly) at the O2 in London.

Terry was always very good at remembering lines, recalled Palin last week. But this time he had real problems, and in the end he had to use a teleprompter. That was a first for him. I realised then that something more serious than memory lapses was affecting him.

Jones, now 75, later passed standard tests designed to pinpoint people who have Alzheimers disease. His speech continued to deteriorate nevertheless. He said less and less at dinner parties, when he used to love to lead conversations, said his daughter Sally.

Eventually, in September 2015, Jones was diagnosed as having frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a condition that affects the front and sides of the brain, where language and social control centres are based. When cells there die off, people lose their ability to communicate, and their behaviour becomes increasingly erratic and impulsive. Unlike Alzheimers, there is no loss of reasoning or orientation. However, planning, decision making and speech are affected, and patients often seem less caring or concerned about their family and friends.

Sally recalls that even though her fathers speech was faltering, he was still initially able to outline his plans and thoughts by email. However, the emails slowly became more and more jumbled, and by autumn last year he had to give up, she said. For someone who lived by words and discussions this was tragic.

Joness family revealed his condition to the public six months ago, and at last years Bafta Cymru ceremony in October, his son Bill had to help his father collect his award for outstanding contribution to television and film. The only words that Jones was able to utter were to tell his audience to quieten down.

Monty Python star Terry Jones and son tearful at Bafta ceremony video

Jones was not expected to talk to the press again until last week, when his family requested an interview to help promote public awareness of FTD, a condition that affects tens of thousands of people in the UK but which remains a relatively little-known medical problem. Their hope was that information about Joness responses to his condition might help others cope with it.

Many patients, particularly those in the early stages of the condition, are often unaware they have anything wrong with them at all, said Professor Nick Fox, a dementia expert who has been involved in the diagnosis and care of Jones. It is only later when FTD is diagnosed that you get some inkling of the root of their earlier behaviour. People may not show sympathy or concern for others, including their spouses much to the consternation of the rest of their family, added Fox, who is director of the Dementia Research Centre at University College London.

Loss of language nevertheless remains the most noticeable symptom of FTD. In the case of Jones, his dialogue is now restricted to a few words, usually uttered to agree with those who are speaking to him. Apart from that, he looks fit for his years. Dressed in black trousers, shirt and jacket and lurid purple socks, he cut a trim figure during our interview. He remains an enthusiastic walker, likes his beer and wine, and watches old films compulsively. Some Like It Hot is a favourite.

Palin is a frequent visitor to Joness home and the affection between the two men is clear from the start. They clasp each other warmly on Palins arrival and Jones looks relieved to see him. The thing that struck me was how Terry reacted to his diagnosis, said Palin. He was very matter of fact about it and would stop people in the street and tell them: Ive got dementia, you know. My frontal brain lobe has absconded.

He knew exactly what was affecting him and he wanted to share that knowledge because that is the way that Terry is. FTD may cause loss of inhibition, but Terry was never very inhibited in the first place.

Palin and Jones first started working together in 1965 on The Frost Report, a collaboration that culminated in the formation of the Monty Python Flying Circus team in 1969. Jones was also co-director (with Terry Gilliam) of Monty Python and The Holy Grail before directing the Python films Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life. He went on to direct other films, including Personal Services and The Wind in the Willows. He has also written books on medieval history and the Iraq war (to which he was bitterly opposed).

The Pythons in 2014, at the time of the last live show. Photograph: Andy Gotts/PA

The pair still regularly have lunch together. We chat well, I chat, added Palin. But when the meal is over he makes it clear he has to move. He has to get to the next thing on his agenda and he just puts his head down and goes. I have never felt discomfited in his presence, however. There is no embarrassment. He doesnt shout or show his bottom.

Only taxis cause problems. He always wants to give directions and he hates traffic, said Sally. That is nothing new in a sense. He always knew a better way and would always let the taxi driver know that very early on in the journey. At this point, Jones nods vigorously.

In contrast with other forms of dementia, walking or moving around is not usually a problem with FTD. Terry still goes on very long walks across Hampstead Heath, often following the most obscure routes, and it is very hard to keep up with him, said Palin. His old pal Barry Cryer, the comedian, came round one day and said he would like to join Terry on a walk on the heath, and nothing would deter him. It was a muddy day and Barry kept slipping while Terry just walked on and on. In the end, Barry fell over so many times he gave up. He told me that there he was on his backside in the mud while his friend who had dementia was striding out miles ahead of him across the heath.

Certainly Jones is no shuffling, helpless victim of cognitive degeneration. He still enjoys his beer, his wine, his walks, his films and a good joke, added Palin. These are not things you associate with a depressive illness. However, the condition can still cause problems, as Fox stresses.

The frontal lobe contains the brain cells which act as our social censor, he says. Essentially it is a handbrake on our behaviour. Take that off and you start to act impulsively. People get into all sorts of trouble particularly if they are also losing the ability to speak and to explain their actions.

The team in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which Jones co-directed with Terry Gilliam. Photograph: Allstar

People with FTD end up in prison in this way. It is made worse because people with FTD have no insight into their condition. They are not aware that things are going wrong for them.

This lack of insight can have profound consequences, Fox added. The head of a company in the early stages of FTD has no idea that his insight has been compromised and can make decisions that have enormous consequences. There are companies that have lost all their money this way.

A tendency to impulsive action is also noticeable. Food can be a particular problem, said Sally. As soon as it is put down in front of him he will grab it and eat it. We made him a birthday cake a few weeks ago. He started to eat it before we could get him to blow out the candles.

And then there are other peoples perceptions of his condition, which can also cause distress. Friends often ask: will he recognise me?, added Sally.

I tell them: of course he will. It is his speech that has gone. In fact, he loves seeing friends. His only problem is that he no longer has the ability to tell them how pleased he is to see them.

It is a point endorsed by Palin. I think that must be the most difficult thing not to be able to say quite simply how you are feeling on a given occasion. We assume that he is happy, but that assumption could be wrong. We just dont know.

Certainly, it is hard to believe that Jones is unaware of his condition. However, he is clearly consoled by the support of his family, who help to keep his life enriched.

It is also obvious he gets strength from the presence of Palin. Towards the end of our interview, Jones reaches out to grasp his hand, giving it a good squeeze. The pair hold hands for a couple of minutes, a gesture that perfectly reflects their 50 years of friendship and its importance in sustaining Jones through his tribulations.

Where to find help

The FTD support group provides practical help and information for people with the disorder and their families. Their website gives details of meetings in different regions of the UK an important way to meet others coping with similar problems that may seem very different from those experienced in more common dementias.

A specialist progressive aphasia support group offers help for those whose speech and language are affected.

Jargon-free research updates can be found at www.ftdtalk.org

The dementia research centre at UCL has a specialist focus on young-onset dementias and is linked to the cognitive disorders service at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, which receives NHS referrals for people with FTD.

Join Dementia Research enables people both with and without dementia to register an interest in taking part in research.

from All Of Beer http://allofbeer.com/terry-jones-ive-got-dementia-my-frontal-lobe-has-absconded/

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MGC and Headlong today announce the world première of James Graham’s new play Labour of Love, with Martin Freeman and Sarah Lancashire leading the company. Labour of Love sees the return of MGC to the West End following Photograph 51 and their acclaimed 2013/14 season, also at the Noel Coward Theatre, and for Headlong with the multi award-winning People Places and Things, 1984 and most recently James Graham’s This House.

This razor-sharp political comedy reunites James Graham and director Jeremy Herrin following their previous collaboration on Headlong’s This House, which was recently revived at the Garrick Theatre, following its earlier critically acclaimed run at the National Theatre. Labour of Love opens at the Noel Coward Theatre on 25 September, with previews from 15 September, and runs until 2 December.

MGC continue their commitment to offer over 20,000 tickets at £10 (including booking fee and restoration levy), which is 25% of the tickets for the entire run, across all levels of the auditorium. In addition, they will stage access performances – with both captioned and audio described performances.

Michael Grandage said today, “This wonderful new play by James Graham is the start of a body of work that MGC will be producing over the next two years as we continue our commitment to delivering quality theatre at affordable prices in the West End. For this first production, I am delighted Jeremy Herrin and Headlong, a company I have long admired, are joining us.”

Martin Freeman – Photo by Andy Gotts

Jeremy Herrin added, “I’m delighted to be working on such a funny and politically insightful play as Labour of Love, and it’s a privilege to continue my creative relationship with James Graham. It’s a real testament to his writing that it has attracted two perfectly matched actors, both at the height of their powers, as Martin Freeman and Sarah Lancashire. I loved working with Michael at the Donmar, and I’m really looking forward to Headlong and MGC teaming up to bring the best in contemporary theatre to the West End this autumn.”

Labour MP David Lyons cares about modernisation and “electability”… His constituency agent, Jean Whittaker cares about principles and her community. Set away from the Westminster bubble in the party’s traditional northern heartlands, this is a clash of philosophy, culture and class against the backdrop of the Labour Party over 25 years, as it moves from Kinnock through Blair into Corbyn… and beyond?

Martin Freeman plays David Lyons. For theatre, his credits include Richard III (Trafalgar Transformed), Clybourne Park, Kosher Harry (Royal Court Theatre) and Blue Eyes and Heels (Soho Theatre). For television, his work includes Sherlock (Emmy and BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor), Startup, The Eichmann Show, Fargo (Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor), The Office (BAFTA TV nomination for Best Supporting Actor); and for film, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Captain America: Civil War, The Hobbit Trilogy – An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug, and The Battle of Five Armies; Nativity, Love Actually, Shaun of the Dead, The World’s End, Confetti, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, as well as the forthcoming Cargo, Ghost Stories and Black Panther.

Sarah Lancashire

Sarah Lancashire plays Jean Whittaker. Her theatre work includes Betty Blue Eyes (Novello Theatre), and Michael Grandage’s production of Guys and Dolls (Piccadilly Theatre). Her extensive television credits include Happy Valley (for which she received the BAFTA for Best Actress earlier this week, RTS Award for Best Actress, Best Actress Award at the Monte Carlo Television Festival, National Television Award for Best Drama Performance), The Dresser (nomination for Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress), Last Tango in Halifax (BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress), The Paradise, Upstairs Downstairs, Five Daughters, All the Small Things; Sex, the City and Me; Cherished, The Rotter’s Club, Rose and Maloney, Sons and Lovers, Birthday Girl, The Cry (Best Actress Award at the Monte Carlo Television Festival), Back Home, The Glass, Gentlemen’s Relish, My Fragile Heart, Chambers, Clocking Off, Seeing Red, The Verdict, Blooming Marvellous, Where the Heart Is and Coronation Street; and for film, Dad’s Army and And When Did You Last See Your Father?.

James Graham’s theatre work includes This House (National Theatre – Olivier Award nomination for Best New Play, and Garrick Theatre – Olivier Award nomination for Best Revival), Monster Raving Loony (Theatre Royal Plymouth and Soho Theatre), The Vote (Donmar Warehouse, broadcast live on More4 on election night and nominated for Best Live Event at the BAFTA TV awards), The Angry Brigade (Theatre Royal Plymouth and Paines Plough), the Broadway musical Finding Neverland, written with Gary Barlow and Eliot Kennedy, Privacy (Donmar Warehouse), The Man (Finborough Theatre and on tour), The Whisky Taster (Bush Theatre) and Tory Boyz (Soho Theatre). As Writer in Residence at the Finborough Theatre his plays include Albert’s Boy, Eden’s Empire and Sons of York. His television writing includes political drama Coalition (Channel 4), Prisoner’s Wives (BBC1) and Caught in a Trap (ITV1). His first feature film X+Y was released in 2015 after being selected at the Toronto International Film Festival and London Film Festival, winner of the Writer’s Guild Award for Best Debut Screenplay. His forthcoming work includes Ink (Almeida Theatre) and Quiz (Chichester Festival Theatre), and the film Gypsy Boy.

Jeremy Herrin directs. His credits for Headlong, where he is Artistic Director, include most recently Jack Thorne’s acclaimed Junkyard (UK tour), the Olivier Award-winning People, Places and Things (National Theatre, Wyndham’s Theatre and forthcoming UK tour), The Absence of War (UK tour), The Nether (Royal Court, Duke of York’s Theatre), This House by James Graham at the National Theatre, for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Director (also most recently at the Garrick Theatre – Olivier nomination for Best Revival), and Common which opens later this month at the National Theatre. His other theatre credits include The Plough and the Stars (National Theatre, co-directed with Howard Davies), Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (UK tour), and the world première of Hilary Mantel’s Man Booker prize-winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies in two parts for the RSC, which transferred to the Aldwych Theatre in May 2014, and Broadway in March 2015 and for which he was nominated for an Olivier and Tony Award for Best Director. Herrin was Deputy Artistic Director of the Royal Court Theatre from 2009 until 2012, where his credits included No Quarter, Hero, Haunted Child, The Heretic, Kin, Spur of the Moment, Off the Endz, The Priory, Tusk Tusk and That Face, which transferred to the West End. Further work at the Royal Court includes No Quarter, Hero and Kin, The Heretic, The Priory – which won an Olivier award for Best Comedy, and The Vertical Hour. Also, as a director, Noises Off (American Airlines Theatre, Broadway), The Moderate Soprano (Hampstead Theatre), Another Country (Chichester Festival Theatre /West End), The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare’s Globe), South Downs (Chichester Festival Theatre and Harold Pinter Theatre), Uncle Vanya (Chichester Festival Theatre) and Absent Friends (Harold Pinter Theatre).

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Profile of a Possible Savior: Mick Cronin

Cronin! I just like saying it. Cronin. Sounds similar to Crootin’, a good sign IMO.

I agreed to do the Cronin POAPS because I thought it would be easy – I could just update the one we did 6 years ago. But I couldn’t find that old one. I realized that we HADN’T POAP’d Cronin in 2011 because the POAPS committee was so disheartened that he was a real candidate. Time proved us wrong, as discussed below.

Important Questions, In Rough Order Of Importance:

1. Has he coached teams that have won a national title, made multiple deep NCAA tournament runs, and/or consistently been highly ranked?

No. He’s advanced to the Sweet 16 only once in 8 NCAA trips. The Bearcats rank 11th in the AP poll at present, reached as high as 7th before finishing 15th in 2013-14, and have spent at least some time in the polls during 7 of the past 8 season (including this one). But they have been unranked more often than not.

2. Has he built a program from the ground up?

You could go either way on this one. Under Bob Huggins, Cincinnati reach 14 straight NCAAs and finished in the AP top 11 8 times. But Huggins was forced out in August 2005, the 2005-2006 season was played under interim coach Andy Kennedy, and understandably that all took a toll on the roster and recruiting per reports. Cronin went 11-19 in his first year. Things slowly improved – a winning record in year 3, an NCAA tournament bid in year 5. Most impressively, there has been no backsliding. Cincinnati has reached the NCAAs in each of the last six seasons, and they are a lock this year with perhaps Cronin’s best team yet.

So: Cronin did not build Cincinnati up after years from irrelevance – Huggins did that. But he did build them back up from the implosion at the messy end of Huggins’ tenure.

Before Cincinnati, Cronin was the head man at Murray State for three years. He did well there, but it is a strong program in its conference traditionally. Cronin’s predecessor had good results, as did HIS predecessor…Mark Gottfried.

3. Has he substantially improved the program from when he took over?

At minimum, you’d have to say he’s done this at Cincy.

4. Has he succeeded at more than one head coaching job?

Indeed, see above.

5. Does he have significant high-major experience as either a head coach or an assistant?

How you answer this depends on how you characterize the Cincinnati gig. More on this below. If it’s considered high-major (and I would personally), then yes. Besides his stint as Cincy’s head man, he spent three years as a Pitino assistant at Louisville, and a few years as a Huggins assistant at Cincy before that.

6. Is his team one of the best in its conference right now?

Absolutely – they are a half-game behind SMU for first in the American conference, and have compiled a gaudy 22-3 record overall, with only one conference loss (to SMU).

7. Do his teams actually play, what is this thing called, "defense"?

Yes, sir (or ma’am). D is Cronin’s calling card. His KPom AdjD rankings by year, going backwards, starting with 2017 going through 2011: 11, 16, 16, 9, 15, 24, 13. Both outstanding and consistent, and needless to say a huge improvement over what we’ve seen in recent memory. NO NC State team has EVER had a defense in the top 25 going back to the start of the KPom rankings in 2002.

Cincy under Cronin typically excels at making opponents shoot a low percentage. They don’t foul much. They do pretty well at creating turnovers. Defensive rebounding is adequate.

Review this summary from a Cronin talk on his coaching philosophy on defense and other things. Basically the opposite of what we’ve seen this year. BE STILL MY BEATING HEART:

"He believes winning teams shoot free throws and limit turnovers. That’s a commonly held belief among college coaches, but Cronin goes all-out to make it part of his game plan. If players commit bad fouls (he considers fouling a player away from the ball "inexcusable") or commit turnovers, he will not put them on the court.

His defense is driven by analytics. Cronin’s core tenets of defense are denying layups, limiting free-throw attempts and closing out on the opposing team’s best 3-point shooters—which happen to be the three most efficient ways of scoring, by any metric. That may sound obvious, but Cronin practices what he preaches, regularly sending his players video edits of their defensive miscues.

Playing time has to be earned. There are three things a player absolutely has to prove he can do before Cronin will put him on the floor: Play defense, take care of the basketball, and be in the right spot."

8. So how about offense?

Not to the level of the defense, but not awful. Cincy is 41 in the current KPom AdjO rankings, the best of the Cronin tenure. During this 7 year NCAA streak they’ve ranged between the 50s and the 110s. I haven’t seen anything about him playing a particular offensive style. Maybe it’s out there. Feel free to research on your own. I’m not getting paid for this.

9. Any indication that he can recruit McDonald’s All-American-type players?

I counted 6 Cincinnati recruits in the RSCI top 100 composite rankings during Cronin’s tenure, but 4 of those came in his first two years. Unless I missed something, he’s not really drawn big time talent to Cincinnati (but won anway).

10. Does he have any connection to NC State, North Carolina, or the ACC?

Not that I can tell.

11. Any other random red flags or positives?

1. Positive: That article I linked earlier has some good stuff about how he demands accountability and buy-in from his players, while working every day to steer them clear of negative outside influences. Read it, it’s impressive. Again, the obvious comparison to where we are now.

2. Positive: Despite having over a decade of head coaching experience at Cincy, he’s still only 45 somehow.

3. Negative? They play s l o w. Tempo down near the slowest in the country, year in and year out. Defense first, slow tempo…think something like UVA (though I think the defensive scheme is different).

This is not the way I want to play. My preferred style, as much as it pains me to say it, is UNC’s under Roy: Run like hell, balanced offense (i.e. not chucking threes all day), annihilate your opponent on the glass at both ends. But beggars cannot be choosers. If we have to play a variation of soul-deadening Bennett-ball to win, so be it. And, perhaps, with better recruiting using NC State’s platform in the ACC, Cronin could marry his stifling defense with a better offensive scheme.

4. Negative: Cronin had to sit out most of the 2014-15 season due to an unruptured aneurysm. All indications now are that he’s fine, and hopefully he is, but he seems like the typical workaholic/super-intense coach so you’d have to worry a little about his health.

Summary (note: I changed these up a bit):

Would he be better than Gottfried?

Yes. Cronin has hit a 6 seed or better 3 times in the NCAAs in his Cincy run, whereas Gott has never had that seeding at State. Moreover, Cronin’s record and philosophy describe a guy who works hard and smartly to build a sustainable program with patience. I think his ceiling exceeds Gott’s and that he would avoid the wild swings and unpredictability of the Gott tenure.

Two caveats: (1) Cronin’s lack of experience in the ACC region could hurt with recruiting; (2) there’s a possibility of a health problem (but that’s true for all of us, I suppose).

OK, so what is his ceiling?

He’s gotten Cincy to the consistent top 25-ish/non-bubble team level that we want to reach here. I don’t know if that’s his ceiling or if he could do even better with more time and the NC State platform. I’d love to find out.

Would he take the job if offered?

It seems like the answer should be "no." Mick’s a Cincy native and UC is his alma mater. He’s got them rolling.

And yet, Cronin has had dalliances with other jobs in the past. Most recently, he took a hard look at UNLV last year, to the point where UNLV’s AD alleged that Cronin reneged on a verbal agreement to take the job. Cronin, for his part, acknowledged that he "chose to evaluate his career and his life" but claims he never "officially" accepted.

Of course, Cronin was a candidate for the NC State job last time around. Reports at the time were that he wanted the job, but couldn’t take it due to a personal situation preventing him from moving. Mike DeCourcy of Sporting News, in a very good and level-headed column on our job opening, reported that we low-balled Cronin last time. If so, then he may still have hard feelings towards Yow.

So, who knows. Query whether the uncertainty around Cincinnati’s place in the college basketball pecking order gives Cronin pause. Perhaps no school has suffered more from the conference musical chairs game. The American conference includes a bunch of total non-entities in basketball – UCF, USF, ECU, Tulane. I think the conference straddles the line between high-major and mid-major. Cincy has bounced from the Metro to the Great Midwest (the what?) to Conference USA to the Big East and now the AAC. Stability and the best basketball conference in the nation might be appealing.

How would I feel if he were hired?

Great! My bottom line: Among quasi-realistic options (if you consider Marshall unrealistic), Miller and Cronin are 1(a) and 1(b), and maybe even not in that order.

How would the fan base as a whole feel if he were hired?

I think everyone would be very happy to hire a coach away from a top 20 team with Cronin’s track record. The only possible blemish on his resume is a lack of tournament success, though he’s basically performed in line with expectations.

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