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saintlucyrepresents · 4 months ago
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Catherine Falls New Work: Fitness
Catherine Falls collaborated with stylist Anna Woodham on a new commercial fitness shoot in London, England. Catherine photographed talent Kiara Ama Jade, Lola Forsyth, Tabitha Mary, and Nina Lisa in summer fitness attire.
See more of Catherine Fall’s Lifestyle portfolio here.
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servants-hall · 1 year ago
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ACGAS S4 Press Release & Article Round Up
PBS: All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 New and Returning Cast
Radio Times: All Creatures Great and Small casts Shetland and Doctor Who star for season 4
TV Line: All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 Cast: Who’s Returning? Who’s Not? And Who’s New at Skeldale?
What to Watch: All Creatures drops huge hint major character isn't in new series
Deadline: ‘All Creatures Great And Small’ On Masterpiece Announces Return, New & Returning Cast Members
Yorkshire Post: All Creatures Great and Small Series 4: Star cast returns without Tristan actor Callum Woodhouse - but new vet Richard Carmody joins the team
Primetimer: All Creatures Great and Small Season 4: Everything We Know So Far
PBS’s press release is copied below:
PBS: All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 New and Returning Cast
Boston, MA; June 27, 2023: MASTERPIECE on PBS, Channel 5, and BAFTA and Golden Globe®-winning production company Playground (Howards End, Wolf Hall) today announce the casting of the much-loved drama All Creatures Great and Small as it gears up for its fourth season.
Based on the cherished collection of stories by best-selling author James Herriot, the critically acclaimed adaptation returns to the beautiful Yorkshire Dales for a fourth season of timeless and heart-warming stories, picking up in 1940 as Churchill takes office and Europe is under serious threat. The seven new episodes (including a Christmas Special) will air on MASTERPIECE on PBS in early 2024 and Channel 5 this autumn with All3Media International as the global partner.
MASTERPIECE Executive Producer Susanne Simpson adds, “I can’t wait for our MASTERPIECE audience to see this new season of All Creatures Great and Small. It continues to be full of the warmth and humor that has made it one of our most successful series ever.” MASTERPIECE is presented on PBS by GBH Boston.
Sir Colin Callender CBE, Executive Producer and CEO of Playground said: “We are thrilled to be back in the glorious Yorkshire Dales for a fourth season of family, community and, of course, animal hijinks. Our wonderful cast and crew are all delighted to be returning to adapt more of James Herriot’s joyful and life-affirming stories.”
Season 4 sees Nicholas Ralph reprise his role as young country vet James Herriot, now happily married to Helen Herriot, played by Rachel Shenton (White Gold, For Her Sins). Samuel West (Slow Horses, Small Axe) returns as James’ capricious and erratic mentor Siegfried Farnon while Anna Madeley (Time, Patrick Melrose) continues as Mrs. Hall, matriarch of Skeldale House. Patricia Hodge (Miranda, A Very English Scandal) also reprises her role as the wonderfully eccentric Mrs. Pumphrey, and Derek as her adored and pampered Pekingese Tricki.
With Tristan away serving in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, Siegfried and James bring in some extra hands to help around the practice. Neve McIntosh (Shetland) joins the cast as highly efficient bookkeeper Miss Harbottle, alongside James Anthony-Rose (Slow Horses, Pennyworth) as studious undergraduate vet student Richard Carmody who arrives at Skeldale as part of his placement under the guidance of James.
A colorful ensemble of farmers, animals and townsfolk living in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1940s will also star, including Tony Pitts and Imogen Clawson as Helen’s father and sister, Richard and Jenny Alderson, Paul Copley as Ned Clough, Cleo Sylvestre MBE as Anne Chapman, James Bolam MBE as Mr. Dakin and Will Thorp as Gerald Hammond and Sam Retford as FO Woodham.
Louise Pedersen, CEO of All3Media International, commented: “Over three seasons All Creatures Great and Small has offered heartwarming, escapist viewing that has connected with audiences and become a firm fan favorite all around the world, and as Playground’s wonderful series enters its fourth season I am delighted to continue to build the brand globally.”
Returning for Season 4 is Executive Producer Ben Vanstone (A Gentleman in Moscow, The Last Kingdom) who will write the Christmas special. Writer Jamie Crichton (Three Pines, Grantchester) also returns, this time as lead writer and Executive Producer. Joining them for season four are writers Maxine Alderton (Emmerdale Farm, Doctor Who) and Helen Raynor (A Discovery of Witches, Call the Midwife).
Andy Hay (The Last Kingdom, Jamestown) is Lead Director and will direct episodes 1 and 2. Stewart Svaasand (Tin Star, Death in Paradise) will direct episodes 3, 4 and 6, while BAFTA winner Jordan Hogg (Ralph and Katie, Screw) will direct episode 5 and the Christmas Special.
All Creatures Great and Small is a timeless classic that continues to be much loved by generations. Never out of print, the books have sold 60 million copies internationally becoming a global cultural phenomenon with devoted fans around the world. With a sharp focus on community and its importance in our lives, Herriot’s world and spirit is a very much needed antidote to the challenges of modernity and reminds us all that belonging to a community makes us part of something greater than ourselves.
Season 4 is currently filming on location in Yorkshire.
All Creatures Great and Small is a Playground production for Channel 5 and MASTERPIECE in association with All3Media International. Executive Producers are: Colin Callender, Melissa Gallant, Jamie Crichton and Ben Vanstone for Playground, Susanne Simpson and Rebecca Eaton for MASTERPIECE, and Louise Pedersen and David Swetman for All3Media International.
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millie-cooper · 4 years ago
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grandmaster-anne · 2 years ago
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Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has officially opened the new Haverfordwest High VC School on Friday, 14 October.
The Princess Royal’s visit began with a guided tour of the £48.7million school by headteacher Jane Harries and Head Prefects Lucy Ashton, Niall Griffiths and Aimee Pettit, during which Her Royal Highness met students from various classes and chatted to them about their work.
Following the tour, the opening ceremony took place in the Hall, where The Princess Royal was formally welcomed by Councillor Guy Woodham, Cabinet Member for Education and the Welsh Language.
The school choir then gave a wonderful performance of Singabahambayo Thina, before Chair of Governors Paul Lucas gave the vote of thanks.
The ceremony concluded with the presentation of gifts by former Head Prefects Caitlin Arran, Isla Davies and Anna Long. The gifts comprised a commissioned painting by Art Teacher Christopher Prosser of Watwick Bay in Pembrokeshire – the location was chosen as Her Royal Highness visited the beach with her family as a child - and a book of condolence from the pupils and staff following the death of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Headteacher Mrs Harries said the whole school had been delighted to welcome The Princess Royal.
“It was an honour and privilege to welcome Her Royal Highness and to show her our fantastic facilities that will provide educational excellence for generations to come,” she said.
“We have been overwhelmed by the enthusiasm and interest from our pupils, and we are so very proud of them. Their pride in their work and the school is exceptional”
The Princess Royal then concluded her guided tour with a visit to the school’s sports provision, known as the Pembrokeshire Sports Village, and officially opened the facilities with Cllr Paul Miller, Deputy Leader for Pembrokeshire County Council and members of Pembrokeshire Leisure staff.
Haverfordwest High VC School | 14 October 2022
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wutbju · 4 years ago
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So all the students -- 124, btw, not 88 -- who were at Bob Jones College in that first year are as follows:
Perry Bestor Allen from Crichton, Alabama
Ella Louise Buckner from Headland, Alabama
Henry Seymour Blocker from Sandusky, Ohio
Mary Evelyn Brannon from Headland, Alabama
I. D. Barton from Andalusia, Alabama
Olin Comer Cleveland from Hartwell, Georgia
John Andrew Cherry from Dothan, Alabama
Hilary Herbert Clements from Pinckard, Alabama
Henry Mallory Chandler from Grady, Alabama
Dorothy Maxine Ceruti from Millville, Florida
Virgil Miller Culpepper from Ensley, Alabama
Asa Lee Carter from Ramer, Alabama
Leonidas Littlebury Colley from Brundidge, Alabama
Nollie  Dykes from Ariton, Alabama
LeGare  Day from Abbeville, Alabama
Dorothy  Dowling from Enterprise, Alabama
Leonard LeRoy Dunlap from Meridian, Mississippi
Cecil Marvett Ellisor from Andalusia, Alabama
Bessie Ruby Enfinger from Skipperville, Alabama
Rawdon Lee Gallman from Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Samuel Willard Gates from Carrollton, Alabama
Johnnie  Goare from Slocomb, Alabama
Joseph Leon Goodin from Opp, Alabama
Henry Edward Grube from Mobile, Alabama
Ariana  Haymaker from Winona Lake, Indiana
Nellie Pauline Hallford from Slocomb, Alabama
Dorothy Vivian Harris from Valdosta, Georgia
John William Hightower from Brundidge, Alabama
Russell Clifford Hobbs from Lynn Haven , Florida
William Jennings Hughes from Brewton, Alabama
James Ottis Hays from Red Level, Alabama
Ottawa Grace Hall from Blountstown, Florida
Fannie Mae Holmes from Fort Deposit, Alabama
Bonclie  Howell from Hartford, Alabama
Evenly  Howell from Hartford, Alabama
Lonnie Coleman Henley from Ramer, Alabama
James Welborne Johnston from Panama City, Florida
Anna Louise Johnson from Lynn Haven , Florida
Frank Milner Jones from Daleville, Alabama
Isaac Godfrey King from Sneads, Florida
John Clifford Lewis from Red Level, Alabama
Marvin M. Larrimore from Dickinson, Alabama
Bertha Eloise Long from Clio, Alabama
Lillia V. Long from Clio, Alabama
Ruth  Mowbray from St. Andrews, Florida
Margaret  Massey from Luverne, Alabama
Kate  McMillan from Wausau, Florida
Minnie Eunice Monk from Lynn Haven , Florida
Matha Virginia Monk from Clio, Alabama
Ruth Doris Mahan from Montgomery, Alabama
Ruth Ellen Miller from Vernon, Florida
Frances Eudora Moseley from Sylacauga, Alabama
Homer  Napier from Dothan, Alabama
Laura Frances Porter from Sylacauga, Alabama
Frank Norris Pitts from Montgomery, Alabama
Graff  Parish from Dozier, Alabama
Jesse Lamar Price from Eufala, Alabama
Jesse Lee Riley from Enterprise, Alabama
Eugene Clower Smith from Port St. Joe, Florida
Randolph Aenon Sparks from Aucilla, Florida
Miriam Burnett Sellers from Slocomb, Alabama
Eva May Silent from Slocomb, Alabama
Robert Paul Stough from Dothan, Alabama
James Monroe Strickland from Dothan, Alabama
Illah May Smith from Olustee, Florida
Gladys Alma Trawick from Skipperville, Alabama
Bowers Shipp Sandusky from Marianna, Florida
Evelyn Avery Urquhart from Montgomery, Alabama
Virginia  Urquhart from Montgomery, Alabama
Alvine Herman Vanlandingham from Hartford, Alabama
Walter Bowden Venters from Chipley, Florida
Florrie Love Williams from Panama City, Florida
Ruby  Woodham from Slocomb, Alabama
Lynwood Henry Wilson from Crewe, Virginia
Hugh Emmette Wilson from Sweetwater, Alabama
John Wesley Wilson from Goodwater, Alabama
Daniel Cleveland Whitsett from Abbeville, Alabama
Anthony Hamilton Warner from Montgomery, Alabama
Paul Jennings Ward from Geneva, Alabama
Marguerite  Ward from Panama City, Florida
Bessie Lou Ward from Slocomb, Alabama
Alvin Lewis Walden from DeFuniak Springs, Florida
George J. Leslie Amos from Andalusia, Alabama
Olin B. Brooks from Birmingham, Alabama
Selden Temple Bristow from Lynn Haven , Florida
James Carl Bowden from Tennille, Alabama
I. Z. Bowden from Tennille, Alabama
Minnie Pearl Canterbury from Montgomery, Alabama
Oma Leonteen Cain from Panama City, Florida
Lucy Belle Canterbury from Panama City, Florida
Dora Lee Canterbury from Panama City, Florida
J. C. Dean from Ponce De Leon, Florida
Morrison Mosley Davis from McClenny, Florida
Charlie Herns Edenfield from Altha, Florida
Mildred  Edwards from Dothan, Alabama
Maries  Edwards from Dothan, Alabama
Annalee  Folks from Panama City, Florida
Pat  Hall from Thomasville, Alabama
Frances Catherine Glover from Panama City, Florida
James Lafayette Houston from Comer, Alabama
Steadman Eugene Hobbs from Panama City, Florida
Mrs. W. J. Hughes from Hartford, Alabama
Max Darby Jones from Port St. Joe, Florida
Bob Jr. Jones from College Point, Florida
James Walter Kelly from Slocomb, Alabama
Annie Louise Lee from Panama City, Florida
Lenna Elizabeth Leonard from Lynn Haven , Florida
Andrew Paul McKenzie from Panama City, Florida
Minnie Lois Mayers from Panama City, Florida
William Leonard Peters from St. Petersburg, Florida
William Hubbard Reynolds from Montgomery, Alabama
Gaston  Robinson from Clanton, Alabama
Helen Kathryn Sims from Panama City, Florida
Howard William Sapp from Panama City, Florida
Martha Jane Surber from St. Andrews, Florida
Rea  Steele from Panama City, Florida
Herbert Patton Sapp from Panama City, Florida
Minnie Beatrice Seay from Bartow, Florida
Mabel  Thompson from St. Andrews, Florida
Graves Sim Urquhart from Montgomery, Alabama
Marion Kenneth Vickery from Flomaton, Alabama
Mike Litton Whaley from Ozark, Alabama
Edward Meredith Wilson from Goldwater, Alabama
Alcus Addis Walden from DeFuniak Springs, Florida
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theroleofimagination · 5 years ago
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Hey do you know which players on Everton, Brighton, Bristol, Reading and Tottenham play for their national team??????
Decided to do this for all the FAWSL teams, in case I get some follow up questions about the other teams! I’ve only included full internationals, there are quite a lot who play on their youth national teams incl. England, Scotland, Wales, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands etc.
Arsenal:
Beth Mead, Leah Williamson, Jordan Nobbs (& Dan Carter - she only has 4 caps in 4 years but may be called in again now she’s recovered from her injury) - England
Kim Little, Lisa Evans, Jennifer Beattie & Emma Mitchell - Scotland
Vivianne Miedema, Danielle van de Donk & Jill Roord - Netherlands
Katie McCabe & Louise Quinn - Republic of Ireland
Leonie Maier & Tabea Kemme - Germany
Viki Schnaderbeck & Manuela Zinsberger - Austria
Katrine Veje & Janni Arnth - Denmark
Lia Wälti - Switzerland
Pauline Peyraud-Magnin - France
Birmingham City:
Lucy Staniforth - England
Chloe Arthur & Abbi Grant - Scotland
Harriet Scott - Republic of Ireland
Rebecca Holloway - Northern Ireland
Brighton & Hove Albion:
Danique Kerkdijk - Netherlands
Ini Umotong - Nigeria
Megan Connolly - Republic of Ireland
Kayleigh Green - Wales
Laure Rafferty - Northern Ireland
Bristol City:
Loren Dykes & Gemma Evans - Wales
Frankie Brown & Abi Harrison - Scotland
Yana Daniëls - Belgium
Chelsea:
Frank Kirby, Millie Bright, Carly Telford (& Hannah Blundell - 3 caps last season and expect her to be called in again) - England
Maren Mjelde, Maria Thorisdottir & Guro Reiten - Norway
Magdalena Eriksson & Jonna Andersson - Sweden
Erin Cuthbert - Scotland
Sophie Ingle - Wales
Ji So-yun - South Korea
Adelina Engman - Finland
Ramona Bachmann - Switzerland
(Ann-Katrin Berger (not yet capped but usually called into camp last season) - Germany
Everton:
Kika van Es & Inessa Kaagman - Netherlands
Simone Magill - Northern Ireland
Elise Hughes - Wales
Lucy Graham - Scotland
(Chloe Kelly & Gabby George both have a cap or 2 for England from last season, and may be called back into camp)
Liverpool:
Christie Murray - Scotland
Rhiannon Roberts - Wales
Niamh Fahey - Republic of Ireland
Manchester City:
Steph Houghton, Keira Walsh, Demi Stokes, Georgia Stanway, Karen Bardsley, Ellie Roebuck, Jill Scott, Ellen White - England
Caroline Weir - Scotland
Pauline Bremer - Germany
Tessa Wullaert - Belgium
Megan Campbell - Republic of Ireland
Matilde Fidalgo - Portugal
Janine Beckie - Canada
Manchester United:
Alex Greenwood, Abbie McManus & Mary Earps - England
Jane Ross, Lizzie Arnot & Kirsty Smith - Scotland
Jackie Groenen - Netherlands
Hayley Ladd - Wales
Reading:
Jade Moore - England
Angharad James, Natasha Harding, Rachel Rowe, Lily Woodham & Charlie Estcourt - Wales
Grace Moloney - Republic of Ireland
Rakel Hönnudóttir - Iceland
 Sophie Howard - Scotland
Kristine Bjørdal Leine - Norway
Tottenham Hotspur:
Ria Percival - New Zealand
Siri Worm - Netherlands
Anna Filbey - Wales
West Ham United:
Tessel Middag & Esmee de Graaf - Netherlands
Alisha Lehmann - Switzerland
Cho So-hyun - South Korea
Leanne Kiernan - Republic of Ireland
Adriana Leon - Canada
Think that’s all correct! Some of the players didn’t make their World Cup teams, but were regularly called-up so felt it was fair to include them.
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victoriabond · 7 years ago
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gadgetsrevv · 5 years ago
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Women’s Euro 2021 Qualifiers: Rowe & Lawrence back in Wales squad
Nadia Lawrence has scored once in 39 appearances for Wales
Rachel Rowe and Nadia Lawrence have been included in Wales’ 20-player squad for the Euro 2021 qualifier in Belarus on Tuesday, 8 October.
Reading midfielder Rowe returns from an anterior cruciate ligament injury while Cardiff City defender Lawrence has recovered from a shoulder injury.
Tranmere’s Georgia Walters receives a first call up but Lily Woodham and Ella Powell are not included.
Jayne Ludlow’s side are currently top of Group C.
Their campaign began with an emphatic 6-0 win in the Faroe Islands before being held to a 2-2 draw by Northern Ireland at Newport’s Rodney Parade while Belarus also started by beating Faroes 6-0.
The countries last met in a World Cup qualifier in 2014 when Natasha Harding’s hat-trick secured a 3-0 win in Minsk.
Wales squad: Laura O’Sullivan (Cardiff City Ladies), Claire Skinner (Cardiff City Ladies), Sophie Ingle (Chelsea), Hayley Ladd (Manchester United Women), Loren Dykes (Bristol City Women), Gemma Evans (Bristol City Women), Rhiannon Roberts (Liverpool FC Women), Charlie Estcourt (Charlton Athletic Women – on loan from Reading FC Women), Anna Filbey (Tottenham Hotspur Women), Angharad James (Reading FC Women), Elise Hughes (Everton Ladies), Rachel Rowe (Reading FC Women), Natasha Harding (Reading FC Women), Emma Jones(Lewes FC Women), Megan Wynne (Tottenham Hotspur Women), Helen Ward (Watford FC Ladies), Kayleigh Green (Brighton & Hove Albion Women), Josie Green (Tottenham Hotspur Women), Nadia Lawrence (Cardiff City Ladies), Georgia Walters (Tranmere Rovers).
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theleaderdotinfo-blog · 6 years ago
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THE HONDÓN VALLEY DIVAS ‘SMASHED’ IT! has been published at http://www.theleader.info/2019/04/16/the-hondon-valley-divas-smashed-it/
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THE HONDÓN VALLEY DIVAS ‘SMASHED’ IT!
DIVAs, a fledgling Amateur Dramatic Society in the Hondón Valley, recently staged McGillivray & Zerlin’s ‘Murder at Checkmate Manor’. A production that included scripted missed entrances, an undisciplined set, miss-timed sound effects, seemingly off-the-cuff dialogue and uncertain lighting, proved to be an entertaining and adventurous choice for their first production. Thankfully, the support of the Hondón de los Frailes Ayuntamiento and a small, but effective team of support staff, made everything possible. All profits are donated to The Children’s Care Home in Elche. Unexpectedly, the evening’s entertainment started in the entrance to Hondón de Los Frailes’ El Teatro when Kim Vance (a last minute replacement for the injured Jill Jordano) dressed as the ‘saucy’ French maid ‘Regine’, greeted those of us queuing to collect our free programmes. The brilliant Sandra Ward, as the scripted Chairperson, heralded the start of a production that occasionally reminded me of the fondly remembered ‘Acorn Antiques’. The eight Cast members, gainfully played the numerous characters. Unexpected costume and character changes added to the confusion and amusement. Richard de Ste Croix’s purposefully troublesome set had a mind of its own, offering an additional degree of uncertainty.   As a lover of farce, I found the absurdity of the piece, thoroughly entertaining.  All the cast were well rehearsed under Lorraine Latchford and Julie Cooke’s direction. Anna Woodham as Lady Doreen and Barbara Colclough as Pawn kept the gaffe-filled plot moving along nicely. Thankfully Joe Logan, playing Daphne, disguised his masculinity well within a badly tailored tennis skirt: but reinvented himself in the closing scene as an Astronaut wearing a domestic hot water heater as a back pack! Chris Wyatt, playing Inspector O’Reilly with more than a hint of ‘Clouseau’, benefitted from wearing the same costume throughout. Along with his “sister” Patricia de Ste Croix, Len Simm  had one of the least demanding roles as a wheel-chaired curmudgeon. Later he played the family solicitor. Last, but by no means least, Peggy Wyatt, as a Cook in an inflatable suit, was an extraordinary sight. Jacqueline Logan, the ‘prompter’, unashamedly sitting amongst the audience, was only required once to my knowledge: but I could be wrong ... not knowing if her intervention was necessary or scripted. Judging by the reaction of those sitting around me, everybody enjoyed the performance. I hope that DIVAs continues to entertain us for years to come: particularly those like me, who lack the ambition ... or talent to ‘tread-the-boards’ themselves! No doubt the next production will be more ambitious, requiring more cast members ... so DIVAs would welcome any aspiring ‘performers’ to join them before their next production: whatever it may be! Those of you with an unfulfilled dream ‘to get up on stage’, are cordially invited to contact Julie Cooke at [email protected]. I leave you with this .... Sir Thomas Beecham is reputed to have once remarked, ‘If there is to be a chair for Theatre Critics ... I think it had better be an electric one!’ Peter Broadbent.  
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caveartfair · 8 years ago
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Three Ways a Single Auction in 1973 Changed the Art Market
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Andy Warhol photographed with art collectors Ethel and Robert Scull, sculptor George Segal, and painter James Rosenquist at the Scull's residence in 1973. (Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty Images)
Many common complaints about today’s contemporary art market—the billions of dollars sloshing around the market, the spectacle-driven fairs, the speculators and profit-seekers buying up works by young artists, the relentless marketing by auction houses—can be traced to the actions of one Robert C. Scull.
Scull, a New York taxicab impresario and passionate collector of Abstract Expressionist and Pop Art, sold 50 of his best paintings at Sotheby Parke Bernet on October 18, 1973, in an auction that “heralded the beginning of a new era in the art world: a hyper-commercialized art market focused on promoting and selling contemporary art,” according to Doug Woodham, author of the recent book “Art Collecting Today.” The famous, or infamous, Scull sale does, in hindsight, look like a turning point. It demanded copious amounts of marketing and publicity, launched prices for living artists into new territory, and catalyzed an ongoing debate on artist resale royalties.
Understanding how the Scull auction departed from the norm can help illuminate how today’s market operates. Here are three ways the sale helped shape today’s art market.
The Scull sale put post-war and contemporary art on the map, price-wise.
Andy Warhol. Jasper Johns. Robert Rauschenberg. Franz Kline. Frank Stella. Do any of these names ring a bell? Scull and his wife Ethel collected these artists long before they became touchstones of Art History 101. In the 1960s and 1970s, they were still just bright young things, represented and promoted by equally bright young dealers, such as the legendary Leo Castelli and his wife Ileana Sonnabend. In the documentary The Mona Lisa Curse, Scull is described as paying $1,000 to $2,000 on average for a Johns or a Rauschenberg, and often buying several works at a time.
That’s not to say the dealers were naive: Castelli and Sonnabend excelled at getting their artists press coverage and shown in museums, and the Pop Art movement was starting to take off. Collectors knew the work and wanted to own it.
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Still from the 1973 Scull Auction, via “The Art Market, Explained: How and Why a Patron Supports an Artist,” directed by Oscar Boyson for Artsy, in collaboration with UBS.
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Still from the 1973 Scull Auction, via “The Art Market, Explained: How and Why a Patron Supports an Artist,” directed by Oscar Boyson for Artsy, in collaboration with UBS.
“There was a small buyer base by 1973,” says Woodham. “A lot of people didn’t know where to buy that stuff, or where to access it, and now here was a chance.”
The results were extraordinary. At the auction, the works sold for many multiples of their purchase prices, reaching a then-unheard of total of $2.2 million, or just under $12 million in today’s dollars. A painting by Cy Twombly sold for $40,000, over 50 times the $750 Scull paid. A Jasper Johns painting, Double White Map, went for $240,000. Scull had bought it for $10,200. These were record sales for living artists.  
The sale “established the idea that modern art could be a really effective money-making tool,” says Barbara Haskell, a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art. It was not just a watershed moment for certain branded artists, who still top charts of the highest-performing artists at auction, but “the whole field of contemporary art got the stamp.…It changed the whole idea that you could make a lot of money from art,” she says.
Marketing and publicity moved to the center.
Many of the artists in the sale, such as Warhol or Roy Lichtenstein, were already well-known, according to Haskell, laying the groundwork for Scull’s high-intensity marketing. “The public had already embraced Pop Art,” said Haskell. “It was accessible and something everyone knew about, so the sale built on that momentum.”
But Scull had a few tricks up his sleeve. He was already known as a brilliant publicist with respect to his taxi business, famously hiring etiquette expert Amy Vanderbilt to teach his cab drivers manners in a lesson held at the Waldorf Astoria, an event covered, naturally, by a group of invited reporters. Ethel Scull entered the auction in a long black Halston gown with the taxi fleet’s logo—“Scull’s Angels”—on her chest. Angry protesters outside supplied tension and drama. A lavish catalogue, hardbound and featuring multiple fold-out pages illustrating the works, was a rare investment for living artists. And Rauschenberg, possibly drunk, confronted Scull about his supposed profiteering (more below) from artists’ works.
CBS news reported on the auction, and a documentary film crew was in tow. In the film, America’s Pop Collector: Robert C. Scull—Contemporary Art at Auction, art historian Baruch Kirschenbaum writes, “The auction is seen not simply as self-contained historical occurrence, but as a media event.”
“Between the catalogue, the media campaign, the parties—I think Scull was really a master of” generating publicity, said Woodham. While auction houses previously may have turned up the publicity every now and then for an Old Masters sale of some exclusive pieces from a duke or duchess, the Scull sale “absolutely set a new standard for post-war and contemporary.”
And that was largely thanks to Scull himself, although the art world quickly absorbed the lesson.
“The guy knew how to create a marketing machine to support his business, and to promote their own personal brand, if you will,” says Woodham. “And the art world saw the Scull auction and said, ‘This is how to do it.’”
With prices reaching new levels, artists wondered where their cut was.
The novel prices achieved at the Scull auction highlighted the gap between what artists earned selling their work and what a shrewd collector could make by selling the same items. Rauschenberg’s Thaw combine, sold to Scull for $900, went for $85,000. Following the sale, Rauschenberg famously confronted Scull, annoyed that Scull was reaping thousands of dollars while the artist was “working [his] ass off.” But as Art Market Monitor’s Marion Maneker points out, Scull was quick to remind Rauschenberg that the high prices would eventually redound to the artist. “The sale set a new price level to Rauschenberg’s direct benefit,” Maneker writes. Woodham suspects that “the artists were probably happy, since what they were producing seemed to now be worth a whole lot more.”
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Still from the 1973 Scull Auction, via “The Art Market, Explained: How and Why a Patron Supports an Artist,” directed by Oscar Boyson for Artsy, in collaboration with UBS.
Regardless of whether the sale enraged or delighted the artists in question, it revived a debate over whether artists should receive royalties on sales of their work. The following year, art historian Robert Hughes proposed in TIME a federally legislated mandatory artists’ resale royalties program. “The hitch in an informal royalty system is simple: any one who thinks a collector will voluntarily give a 15% cut on resale back to the artist simply does not know collectors,” he wrote. “If there are to be any royalty assurances, then, they can only work if they are written into U.S. law.”
Nearly half a century on, that still hasn’t happened in the U.S., and a state-level effort in California appears to have had little impact. That’s despite auction results for post-war and contemporary art that regularly reach the hundreds of millions of dollars.
And other aspects of the sale might also look familiar, from the crowd of women artists protesting outside (only one of the artists in the sale, Lee Bontecou, was female), to the still-unresolved tension between art’s bohemian spirit, artists’ frequently modest living conditions, and the vast wealth of collectors and some dealers (one protest sign outside read, “Never Trust a Rich Hippie”).
“People are still complaining about these things,” Woodham says. “It struck me how nothing changes.”
—Anna Louie Sussman
from Artsy News
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joannahalpin · 11 years ago
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Women’s Euro 2021 qualifier: Faroe Islands v Wales
Jayne Ludlow became Wales manager in October, 2014
Wales begin their qualifying campaign for Euro 2021 confident they can reach a major finals for the first time.
Wales improved markedly to come close to a play-off berth in World Cup qualifying, losing only once in their group and Jayne Ludlow’s side expect to be contenders in qualifying Group C.
Norway, Northern Ireland, Belarus and the Faroe Islands stand in Wales’ way.
But Wales’ hopes have been hit by the absence of key midfielders Jess Fishlock and Rachel Rowe.
The influential duo both have knee injuries, though it is possible Rowe could return for Wales’ qualifiers in October.
Fishlock is not expected to return until January 2020.
Wales are hopeful they can take the experience of finishing second in their World Cup qualifying group behind eventual semi-finalists England and use it to go one step further this time around.
“We know that our time to perform is now and I think that we are all ready for this campaign to start,” defender Hayley Ladd told BBC Sport Wales.
“We know what we are building in-house is really special and we are going to take lots from that campaign, we need that as a foundation for future campaigns so we know that stands us in good stead and we are excited for the next challenge now.”
Wales will have to deal with a 4G pitch in the Faroese capital of Torshavn, but Ladd says that will not pose a problem.
“We won’t have any excuses, 4G pitches are part of our culture here and whatever we play on, whatever conditions are like, we have to perform,” she added.
Wales could hand a debut to 15-year old Carrie Jones, who is not yet eligible to play for her club Cardiff City.
Fellow midfielder Angharad James says Jones has impressed in training.
“Carrie Jones, she has shone since she came in and she is going to be a great player for the future,” James told BBC Sport Wales.
“We have that balance and I think that is important, good experience helps bring the youngsters on and younger players who want to take the shirt off the players who are starting.”
Wales squad: Laura O’Sullivan (Cardiff City), Claire Skinner (Cardiff City), Olivia Clark (Huddersfield Town), Sophie Ingle (Capt, Chelsea), Hayley Ladd (Manchester United), Loren Dykes (Bristol City), Gemma Evans (Bristol City), Rhiannon Roberts (Liverpool), Charlie Estcourt (Charlton Athletic) Anna Filbey (Tottenham Hotspur) Angharad James (Reading), Elise Hughes (Everton Ladies), Josie Green (Tottenham) Carrie Jones (Cardiff City), Natasha Harding (Reading), Emma Jones (Lewes), Megan Wynne (Tottenham Hotspur), Helen Ward (Watford), Kayleigh Green (Brighton & Hove Albion), Lily Woodham (Charlton Athletic Women), Kylie Nolan (Cardiff City), Ella Powell (Lewes).
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Euro 2021: Wales boss Jayne Ludlow recalls Angharad James and Rachel Rowe
Jess Fishlock has won 116 caps for Wales
Wales manager Jayne Ludlow is able to recall experienced midfielders Angharad James and Rachel Rowe as she prepares to start Euro 2021 qualification without record cap holder Jess Fishlock.
Currently recovering from a knee injury Fishlock isn’t expected to return until January 2020.
Wales open their campaign away in the Faroe Islands on Thursday, August 29.
They play their first home game against Northern Ireland five days later.
Ludlow has also included four uncapped players in her squad of 22, including 15-year-old Carrie Jones. It’s a first call up for Cardiff City Ladies midfielder Jones who captained Wales at U17 level.
Rowe is returning to the squad after her own knee surgery in October 2018, whilst her Reading team mate James was rested for Wales’ 1-0 victory over New Zealand in June.
Also in Qualifying Group C for the 2021 Euro finals to be staged in England are Belarus and World Cup quarter finalists Norway.
Wales squad: Laura O’Sullivan (Cardiff City), Claire Skinner (Cardiff City), Olivia Clark (Huddersfield Town), Sophie Ingle (Capt, Chelsea), Hayley Ladd (Manchester United), Loren Dykes (Bristol City), Gemma Evans (Bristol City), Rhiannon Roberts (Liverpool), Charlie Estcourt (Charlton Athletic) Anna Filbey (Tottenham Hotspur) Angharad James (Reading), Elise Hughes (Everton Ladies), Rachel Rowe (Reading), Carrie Jones (Cardiff City), Natasha Harding (Reading), Emma Jones (Lewes), Megan Wynne (Tottenham Hotspur), Helen Ward (Watford), Kayleigh Green (Brighton & Hove Albion), Lily Woodham (Charlton Athletic Women), Kylie Nolan (Cardiff City), Ella Powell (Lewes).
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Wales Women squad for Euro 2021 qualifiers announced as 15-year-old talent called up for first time
Wales manager Jayne Ludlow has named a 22-player squad for the two opening matches of her side’s 2021 Women’s European Championship qualification campaign.
Wales will face Northern Ireland, Norway, Belarus and the Faroe Islands in Group C over the course of the campaign in their bid to qualify for their first major tournament, which is being staged in England.
Ludlow has selected a 22-player squad for the openers, handing a first senior Wales call-up to fifteen-year-old midfield talent Carrie Jones, who has captained Wales at Under-17 level and has previously trained with the seniors. She is the youngest member of the squad.
Wales’ most capped footballer Jess Fishlock unavailable until early next year due to an ACL injury, while midfield stalwarts Angharad James and Rachel Rowe make their return. James was rested for Wales’ 1-0 win against New Zealand in June, and Rachel Rowe returns from a lengthy lay-off due to an ACL injury.
Wales begin their new campaign when they travel to the Faroe Islands for the opening fixture in Torshavn on August 29, before making a return to Newport’s Rodney Parade five days later on September 3 to face Northern Ireland.
Wales’ first three home games are being staged at Rodney Parade, where the attendance record for a Wales women’s home match was set last August – with more than 5,000 fans watching the side take on the Lionesses.
Wales go into their new campaign after narrowly missing out on World Cup qualification, going unbeaten across an entire campaign before succumbing to Phil Neville’s Lionesses at the last outing last August.
Wales Women narrowly missed out on World Cup qualification after going unbeaten until their final outing against England in August 2018 (Image: PA)
Now enjoying their highest profile to date, Wales climbed into the top 30 of the FIFA women’s rankings for the first time in history after their efforts over the last 18 months, and will be boosted by the result of their last outing – a 1-0 win over New Zealand in June, beating a side that went on to compete in the World Cup.
The FAW will be hoping to build on the momentum of the last campaign, boosted by a new partnership meaning every game of the qualifying campaign will be broadcast live by BBC Wales, with home games being shown on BBC Two Wales.
Wales sing the anthem at Rodney Parade (Image: Huw Evans Picture Agency)
A record total of 47 nations have entered the qualifying draw, with England automatically qualifying for the tournament as hosts. They will be joined by 15 other nations in July 2021.
Fans will be able to see some of the world’s best players in action at the tournament as 31 matches are played over three and a half weeks, with games being staged in London, Brighton, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Rotherham, Sheffield and Southampton.
The 16 sides will be drawn into four groups of four, with the top two in each section progressing to the knockout phase.
The final will then be staged at Wembley, a year after the men’s Euros final next summer.
England previously hosted the tournament in 2005, but this is the the first time they will host it since it became a 16-team competition in 2017.
Wales Women squad for opening Euro 2021 qualifiers
Laura O’Sullivan (Cardiff City Ladies), Claire Skinner (Cardiff City Ladies), Olivia Clark (Huddersfield Town Ladies FC), Sophie Ingle (Chelsea Women), Hayley Ladd (Manchester United Women), Loren Dykes (Bristol City Women), Gemma Evans (Bristol City Women), Rhiannon Roberts (Liverpool Women), Charlie Estcourt (Charlton Athletic Women, on loan from Reading, Anna Filbey (Tottenham Hotspur Women), Angharad James (Reading Women), Elise Hughes (Everton Ladies), Rachel Rowe (Reading Women), Carrie Jones (Cardiff City Ladies), Natasha Harding (Reading Women), Emma Jones (Lewes Women), Megan Wynne (Tottenham Hotspur Women), Helen Ward (Watford Ladies), Kayleigh Green (Brighton & Hove Albion Women, Lily Woodham (Charlton Athletic Women, on loan from Reading), Kylie Nolan (Cardiff City Ladies), Ella Powell (Lewes Women).
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  Wales’ full Euro 2021 qualifying fixtures
Faroe Islands v Wales – August 29, 2019
Wales v Northern Ireland – September 3, 2019
Belarus v Wales – October 8, 2019
Northern Ireland v Wales – November 12, 2019
Wales v Faroe Islands – April 10, 2020
Wales v Norway – April 14, 2020
Wales v Belarus – June 9, 2020
Norway v Wales – September 22, 2020
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  Key Dates
Play-off draw: 25 September 2020, Nyon.
Play-offs (two legs): 19–27 October 2020.
Final tournament draw: late 2020, England.
Final tournament: July 2021, England.
Tickets for Wales v Northern Ireland are still available and can be purchased at  www.bit.ly/WalNirTICKETS .
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THE HONDÓN VALLEY DIVAS ‘SMASHED’ IT! has been published at http://www.theleader.info/2019/04/16/the-hondon-valley-divas-smashed-it/
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THE HONDÓN VALLEY DIVAS ‘SMASHED’ IT!
DIVAs, a fledgling Amateur Dramatic Society in the Hondón Valley, recently staged McGillivray & Zerlin’s ‘Murder at Checkmate Manor’. A production that included scripted missed entrances, an undisciplined set, miss-timed sound effects, seemingly off-the-cuff dialogue and uncertain lighting, proved to be an entertaining and adventurous choice for their first production. Thankfully, the support of the Hondón de los Frailes Ayuntamiento and a small, but effective team of support staff, made everything possible. All profits are donated to The Children’s Care Home in Elche. Unexpectedly, the evening’s entertainment started in the entrance to Hondón de Los Frailes’ El Teatro when Kim Vance (a last minute replacement for the injured Jill Jordano) dressed as the ‘saucy’ French maid ‘Regine’, greeted those of us queuing to collect our free programmes. The brilliant Sandra Ward, as the scripted Chairperson, heralded the start of a production that occasionally reminded me of the fondly remembered ‘Acorn Antiques’. The eight Cast members, gainfully played the numerous characters. Unexpected costume and character changes added to the confusion and amusement. Richard de Ste Croix’s purposefully troublesome set had a mind of its own, offering an additional degree of uncertainty.   As a lover of farce, I found the absurdity of the piece, thoroughly entertaining.  All the cast were well rehearsed under Lorraine Latchford and Julie Cooke’s direction. Anna Woodham as Lady Doreen and Barbara Colclough as Pawn kept the gaffe-filled plot moving along nicely. Thankfully Joe Logan, playing Daphne, disguised his masculinity well within a badly tailored tennis skirt: but reinvented himself in the closing scene as an Astronaut wearing a domestic hot water heater as a back pack! Chris Wyatt, playing Inspector O’Reilly with more than a hint of ‘Clouseau’, benefitted from wearing the same costume throughout. Along with his “sister” Patricia de Ste Croix, Len Simm  had one of the least demanding roles as a wheel-chaired curmudgeon. Later he played the family solicitor. Last, but by no means least, Peggy Wyatt, as a Cook in an inflatable suit, was an extraordinary sight. Jacqueline Logan, the ‘prompter’, unashamedly sitting amongst the audience, was only required once to my knowledge: but I could be wrong ... not knowing if her intervention was necessary or scripted. Judging by the reaction of those sitting around me, everybody enjoyed the performance. I hope that DIVAs continues to entertain us for years to come: particularly those like me, who lack the ambition ... or talent to ‘tread-the-boards’ themselves! No doubt the next production will be more ambitious, requiring more cast members ... so DIVAs would welcome any aspiring ‘performers’ to join them before their next production: whatever it may be! Those of you with an unfulfilled dream ‘to get up on stage’, are cordially invited to contact Julie Cooke at [email protected]. I leave you with this .... Sir Thomas Beecham is reputed to have once remarked, ‘If there is to be a chair for Theatre Critics ... I think it had better be an electric one!’ Peter Broadbent.  
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