#conrad p. clarke

[marejadilla]

Conrad P. Clarke "Sand bank", 2020, oil on canvas. Lives and works in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

[jadeseadragon]

Conrad P. Clarke, Life on the Verge, oil on canvas, 60 × 60 cm.

[hotvintagepoll]

this is a poll for a movie that doesn't exist.

It is vintage times. The powers that be have decided to again remake the classic vampire novel Dracula for the screen. in an amazing show of inter-studio solidarity, Hollywood’s most elite hotties are up for the starring roles. the producers know whoever they cast will greatly impact the genre, quality, and tone of the finished film, so they are turning to their wisest voices for guidance.

you are the new casting director for this star-studded epic. choose your players wisely.

Previously cast:

Jonathan Harker—Jimmy Stewart

The Old Woman—Martita Hunt

Count Dracula—Gloria Holden

Mina Murray—Setsuko Hara

Lucy Westenra—Judy Garland

The Three Voluptuous Women—Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, and Lauren Bacall

Dr. Jack Seward—Vincent Price

Quincey P. Morris—Toshiro Mifune

Arthur Holmwood—Sidney Poitier

R.M. Renfield—Conrad Veidt

[worldsandemanations]

Conrad P. Clarke “Sand bank”, 2020, oil on canvas.

[vintagelasvegas]

El Rancho Vegas, 1941-1960

Construction of El Rancho Vegas c. 1941. First resort on US 91 just outside the Las Vegas city limits, the future Las Vegas Strip.

“Tom Hull always boasted about how cheap he got that land, if we'd have known what he was going to do with it, we'd have probably given it to him for free.” - Walter Hunsaker, manager of Leigh Hunt estate which owned hundred of acres in the upper Strip area.

‘39: Thomas Hull's Hull Hotel Corp buys the property from Vegas Valley Development Co. (Estate of Leigh SJ Hunt). Accounts of the land size range from 43, 57, and 66 acres; accounts of the price range from $5000 (66 acres) to $15,000 (43 acres). The apocryphal story of Hull’s car breaking down, leading to the idea of the hotel, was first told by D. Ashbaugh, “LV Blvd was birthplace of Las Vegas,” Review-Journal, 5/9/61.

'41: Opened 4/3/41. W. McAllister, architect (Los Angeles). Built by Midstate Construction Co (Fresno). Neon by Nevada Electric Co (Las Vegas). The hotel was the third of Hull's El Rancho chain in Sacramento and Fresno. Opening advertisement in Los Angeles Times, 3/30/41, called it "The Caliente of Nevada," and said, "Bring your play clothes" for the opening. Hull acquires an additional 20 acres from Vegas Valley Development in May. New hotel wing and KENO-AM radio station added later in Nov.

'43: Construction of El Rancho Village, community of housing on 10 acres north of El Rancho Vegas, in Jan.-May. Hotel and village bought by Conrad Hilton, Joe Drown. Leased to different groups over the next five years.

'46: Chuck Wagon buffet introduced.

'48: Bought by El Ranco Inc. (Jake Katleman & partners)

'50: Road sign opposite from the resort changed from a billboard to the neon arrow by YESCO in Sep. Beldon Katleman is president of the hotel after inheriting El Ranco Inc. stock from J. Katleman.  

'51: Hotel renovation led by B. Katleman, designer Tom Douglas (“Katleman told Douglas he wanted to ‘get rid of the corn’ but keep the Western character”); Round Up room becomes Opera House, signs on the building changed.

'60: Casino/showroom destroyed by fire 6/17/60. El Rancho Vegas closed. Debris remained on site until late ‘61.

'62: Some bungalows removed/relocated “to make way for new multi-million-dollar El Rancho building on the grounds.”

'63: Remaining hotel section used as Thunderbird West

'64: Remaining hotel rebranded El Rancho Vegas Motor Inn with retail shops through, continues through '67.

'68: El Rancho’s neon arrow sign removed, Dec. 4.

'70: Property acquired by H. Hughes. Last structures moved off site circa ‘74.

'95: Property acquired by Gordon Gaming (W. Bennett), excluding the 27 acres of the future Wet N Wild.

2001: Hilton Corp acquires 10-acres, builds Hilton Grand Vacations Club on the Las Vegas Strip (2650 LVBS).

2007: MGM Resorts purchases the northern property, opens Las Vegas Festival Grounds in 2014. MGM property sold to P. Ruffin in 2019.

Photos of El Rancho Vegas

Sources include: Tom Hull, Noted Operator, To Erect $250,000 Building. Review-Journal, 10/25/40; El Rancho Vegas advertising section, Review-Journal, 4/19/41 p16; Plan Expansion for El Rancho. Review-Journal, 5/26/41 p1; Plat map of El Rancho Village, Clark County, Nevada, 7/28/42. UNLV Special Collections & Archives; Residential Area to be Developed by Thomas Hull. Review-Journal, 10/8/42; El Rancho Village To Hook on Sewer. Review-Journal, 2/5/43; El Rancho Vegas Sale Is Announced By Hull Today. Review-Journal, 6/22/43 p3; Control of Hotel El Rancho Vegas Changes Hands. Review-Journal, 12/3/50 p9; El Rancho Plans Big Expansion. Review-Journal, 7/3/51 p2; Tom Douglas. Review-Journal, 6/18/52 p18; Don Beale. 'Creator’ of Strip Revisits Las Vegas. Review-Journal, 8/20/61; Barbara Lawry. Birth of the Strip: El Rancho Vegas. The Nevadan, 4/29/73; Georgia Lewis. Reality and myth on the Las Vegas Strip. The Nevadan, 10/13/74; Jane Ann Morrison. Leigh Hunt bet on Vegas more than 50 years ago. The Nevadan, 9/11/77; L. Benston. Bennett pulls prime Strip property off the market. Las Vegas Sun, 10/17/2002.

[ulkaralakbarova]

A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house’s dark past. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Caroline Ellis: Kate Hudson Violet Devereaux: Gena Rowlands Luke Marshall: Peter Sarsgaard Ben Devereaux: John Hurt Jill: Joy Bryant Bayou Woman: Marion Zinser Mama Cynthia: Maxine Barnett Hallie: Fahnlohnee R. Harris Desk Nurse: Deneen Tyler C.N.A.: Ann Dalrymple Nurse Trula: Trula M. Marcus Madeleine Thorpe: Jen Apgar Robertson Thorpe: Thomas Uskali Grace Thorpe: Jamie Lee Redmon Martin Thorpe: Forrest Landis Nurse Audrey: Tonya Staten Creole Gas Station Owner: Isaach De Bankolé Creole Mother: Christa Thorne Papa Justify: Ronald McCall Mama Cecile: Jeryl Prescott Frail Customer: Lakrishi Kindred Luke’s Secretary: Sabah Paramedic: Joe Chrest Party Guest: David J. Curtis Party Guest: Tiffany Helland Party Guest: Brian Ruppert Film Crew: Producer: Stacey Sher Set Decoration: Beauchamp Fontaine Original Music Composer: Ed Shearmur Costume Design: Louise Frogley Producer: Iain Softley Director of Photography: Dan Mindel Art Direction: Drew Boughton Producer: Michael Shamberg Unit Production Manager: Clayton Townsend Casting: Ronna Kress Production Design: John Beard Producer: Daniel Bobker Editor: Joe Hutshing Writer: Ehren Kruger Costume Supervisor: Joyce Kogut Producer: Lorenzo P. Lampthwait Steadicam Operator: Colin Anderson Carpenter: Leo Lauricella Sound Mixer: Peter J. Devlin Set Production Intern: Hiro Taniguchi Key Hair Stylist: Susan Germaine Gaffer: Adam Harrison Sound Designer: Harry Cohen Standby Painter: Andrew P. Flores Location Manager: M. Gerard Sellers Production Supervisor: Gary R. Wordham Visual Effects Coordinator: Stephanie Pollard Greensman: Ronald S. Baratie Key Grip: Thomas Gibson Craft Service: Chris Winn Stunt Coordinator: Buddy Joe Hooker Lighting Technician: Greg Etheredge Supervising Sound Editor: Wylie Stateman Construction Foreman: Chuck Stringer Painter: Andrew M. Casbon III Stunts: Liisa Cohen Transportation Captain: Louis Dinson Scoring Mixer: Chris Fogel Video Assist Operator: Greg Mitchell Special Effects Supervisor: Jason Hamer Thanks: Michelle Guish Post Production Supervisor: Tania Blunden Stand In: Lexi Shoemaker Digital Compositors: Sean McPherson Art Department Coordinator: Stephanie Higgins Frey Makeup Artist: June Brickman Set Costumer: Laurel Frushour Set Dressing Artist: Dale E. Anderson Propmaker: William Davidson Rigging Gaffer: Martin Bosworth Production Manager: Kimberly Sylvester Music Supervisor: Sara Lord Leadman: Jason Bedig Leadman: Brad Bell Grip: Gordon Ard Production Intern: William Jackson Transportation Coordinator: Ed Arter Set Designer: Mick Cukurs First Assistant Camera: John T. Connor Visual Effects Supervisor: Karl Herbst Script Supervisor: Elizabeth Ludwick-Bax Best Boy Electric: Larry Cottrill Production Coordinator: Zoila Gomez Still Photographer: Merrick Morton Special Effects Coordinator: Bob Stoker Editorial Production Assistant: Jen Woodhouse Foley: Craig S. Jaeger Dolby Consultant: Thom ‘Coach’ Ehle Art Department Assistant: Amanda Fernald Jones Sculptor: Fred Arbegast Aerial Director of Photography: Phil Pastuhov Orchestrator: Robert Elhai Visual Effects Supervisor: Dan DeLeeuw Construction Coordinator: Dave DeGaetano Seamstress: Giselle Spence Driver: Bill C. Dawson Property Master: Peter C. Clarke Publicist: Patti Hawn ADR Supervisor: Hugh Waddell Sound Effects Editor: Christopher Assells Assistant Art Director: Jann K. Engel Hairstylist: Kathryn Blondell First Assistant Director: Gary Marcus First Assistant Editor: Davis Reynolds Electrician: Jimmy Ellis Production Accountant: Gregory D. Hemstreet I/O Supervisor: Ryan Beadle Set Medic: John Lavis Visual Effects Producer: Gary Nolin Rigging Grip: Mike Nami Jr. Boom Operator: Kevin Cerchiai Casting Associate: Courtney Bright Stunt Coordinator: Tom Bahr Stunts: Conrade Gamble Stunts: Annie Ellis ADR Mixer: Jeff Gomillion Camera Production Assistant: Alex Scott Storyboard Artist: Richard K. Buoen Assistant Location Manager...

[colesmurf23]

(OC) Marlin The Yoshi

Bio: Marlin Yoshi

Name: Marlin

Gender: Male

Age: 25

Sexuality: Straight

Birthday: January 1st

Species: Yoshi

Relationship/Wife: Arilyn

Family Members: Cole (Mother) Micole (Mother) Nivian (Grandma) Midnight (Grandpa) James (Grandpa) Tori (Grandma) Vicktoria (Aunt) Jamarr (Uncle) Victorio (Uncle) Jamell (Uncle) Jamesie (Uncle) Victoire (Aunt) Toree (Aunt) Jame (Uncle) Noora (Sister) Maxwell (Brother) Noel (Sister) Manfried (Brother) Marlyssa (Brother) Moses (Brother) Nerissa (Sister) Nuna (Sister) Nea (Sister) Micoletta (Sister) Mickey (Brother) Luiggi (Brother) Luigina (Sister) Clo (Sister) Coe (Brother) Cloris (Younger Sister) Madea (Younger Sister) Olivia (Younger Sister) Hailee (Youngest Sister) Cube (Youngest Brother) Starr (Youngest Sister) Aryan (Son) Aryeh (Son) Marabella (Daughter) Marabelle (Daughter) Arysta (Daughter) Marcelo (Son) Marcel (Son) Malin (Favorite Son) Arilla (Daughter) Arielle (Daughter) Arietta (Adopted Daughter) Maryn (Adopted Son) Zavier (Piplup Pokemon) Evan (Brother in law) Evans (Nephew) Maxima (Niece) Margolette (Niece) Margo (Nephew) Evanam (Nephew) Maxon (Nephew) Maxton (Nephew) Evanne (Niece) Evander (Nephew) Evanna (Niece) Danny (Brother in law) Delora (Niece) Dallan (Nephew) Dallin (Nephew) Nova (Niece) Nikolas (Nephew) Danae (Niece) Danni (Niece) Danna (Niece) Nooriel (Nephew) Darry (Nephew) Dooley (Nephew) Noah (Younger Nephew) Noa (Younger Niece) Noire (Younger Niece) Donny (Younger Nephew) Noor (Youngest Niece) Norah (Youngest Adopted Niece) Daniyal (Youngest Adopted Nephew) Ryder (Brother in law) Nollan (Nephew) Rylan (Nephew) Ryland (Nephew) Renae (Niece) Noeletta (Niece) Ryden (Nephew) Nohl (Nephew) Noella (Niece) Ryenne (Niece) Noely (Niece) Clover (Sister in law) Clovis (Nephew) Marcie (Niece) Marcy (Niece) Claude (Nephew) Claud (Nephew) Marcellus (Nephew) Cloud (Nephew) Mearl (Nephew) Cova (Niece) Clarke (Niece) Clark (Nephew) Malik (Nephew) Mali (Nephew) Cove ((Niece) Manfred (Nephew) Karl (Brother in law) Marly (Niece) Marlis (Niece) Mirabela (Niece) Carlyle (Nephew) Carlus (Nephew) Carlin (Niece) Cal (Nephew) Karl (Brother in law) Marly (Niece) Marlis (Niece) Mirabela (Niece) Carlyle (Nephew) Carlus (Nephew) Carlin (Niece) Cal (Nephew) Miggy (Niece) Mariam (Niece) Kiri (Nephew) Kerri (Niece) Embo (Nephew) Audrina (Sister in law) Marlo (Nephew) Audey (Nephew) Adya (Nephew) Audley (Nephew) Adney (Nephew) Marrin (Niece) Marry (Niece) Morris (Nephew) Audric (Nephew) Auden (Nephew) Austen (Nephew) Marten (Nephew) Moselle (Niece) Audry (Youngest Niece) Moshe (Youngest Nephew) Marco (Brother in law) Nessa (Niece) Maci (Niece) Marco (Nephew) Neela (Niece) Marc (Nephew) Nestor (Nephew) Marcella (Niece) Marcelle (Niece) Nero (Nephew) Nerian (Nephew) Sunset (Sister in law) Elaine (sister in law) Sandra (Sister In law) Micola (Niece) Sander (Nephew) Sandro (Nephew) Sammy (Nephew) Micolette (Niece) Suzette (Niece) Sandriana (Niece) Michelette (Niece) Michela (Niece) Sanderson (Nephew) Michel (Nephew) Michele (Nephew) Melissa (Sister in law) Mellisa (Niece) Mick (Nephew) Melissza (Niece) Melisha (Niece) Mel (Niece) Micki (Niece) Mickie (Niece) Mike (Nephew) Mikko (Nephew) Melvyn (Nephew) Virginna (Sister in law) Candace (Sister in law) Lydia (Sister in law) Peasly (Brother in law) Tiffiny (Sister in law) Toren (Brother in law) Boone (Uncle) Amarah (Aunt) Nikson (Uncle) Nirvana (Aunt) King Coal (Uncle) Nicole (Aunt) Katie (Cousin) Kylar (Cousin) Coal Jr (Cousin) Aleiza (Cousin) Zeke (Cousin) Tabarious (Cousin) Tavio (Cousin) Adalley (Cousin) Tamburlaine (Cousin) Fuzzy (Cousin) Sabrina (Younger Cousin) Ayden (Younger Cousin) Nikole (Younger Cousin) Koal (Younger Cousin) Cortney (Youngest Cousin) Nicoletta (Youngest Cousin) Nicola (Youngest Cousin) Nicco (Youngest Cousin) Colette (Aunt) Colleen (Cousin) Cox (Cousin) Coxe (Cousin) Clarette (Cousin) Coleta (Cousin) Colley (Cousin) Robley (Cousin) Colie (Cousin) Coline (Cousin) Conrad (Cousin) Conran (Cousin) Coelee (Cousin)

Personality: Clumsy, Active, Shy, Caring, Helpful, Creative, Gamer, And Sensitive

Friends: Clumsy Smurf Nat Smurfling Smurfette Smurf Painter Smurf Cookie (My bestie's oc and Best Friend) Karlie (2nd Best Friend) Javon (3rd Best friend) Boston (4th Best friend) Forest (5th Best friend) Ebbe Muffin (My Bestie's oc and 6th best friend) Laura (My bestie's oc and 7th best friend) Clova (My bestie's oc) Myron (My bestie's oc and 8th best friend) Finnley (My bestie's oc) Julyana (Our oc and 9th best friend) Kaitlin (Our oc) Kaeli (Our oc and 10th best friend) Kaleo (Our oc and 11th best friend) Keara (Our oc) Alysha (My Bestie's oc and 12th best friend) Noelia (13th best friend) Ozzy (My bestie's oc and 14th best friend) Ander (Our oc and 15th best friend) Leevi (Our oc and 16th best friend)

Favorite Color: Green

Favorite Season: Fall And Winter

Favorite Holiday: Thanksgiving And Christmas

Fun Fact: Marlin is kinda a clumsy yoshi, he does trip and drop stuff sometimes. But he always cleans up his mess. Since he's very clumsy. By being clumsy, he is very active, especially during the winter. He love playing in the snow. And mostly love to have snowball fights with his siblings. And at the end of the day after playing in the snow. He snuggles by the fire, and spend time with he's mini crewmate and mini imposter. Being active, he can be very shy. Even when he was a baby yoshi, he was very shy. He isn't use to be around a lot of people, but he love being by his best friend Cookie. He is very caring, especially around he's family. He may be shy, but he is very caring. Being caring, he love helping out, he helps both he's mother's a lot. He also take care of he's mothers mini imposter and mini crewmarte. Why they both are out on a date. He is also very attached to he's younger adopted siblings. He cares so much about them, that he will and always keep them safe. Because he is very helpful and very caring. on he's free time, he can be very creative. He love's drawing, he most makes fanart of his favorite series or franchise. Like he's mother Cole. She does the same. He also love drawing for he's mothers on their birthday. On he's free time. He does play video games. He mostly plays multiplayer games. He love's playing Among Us, and a bunch of Mario games. He mostly plays them with both he's mothers. He also love being the imposter both normal and hide and seek. He does go after he's mother Cole first. Before killing other crewmates. And he can be very sensitive, he doesn't like to see anything scary, he is very sensitive to scary things. It kind always make him sick a little bit. Since he is very sensitive to that kind of stuff.

Marlin belong to: me

Yoshi Species: Nintendo

[loffl]

Conrad Clarke aka Conrad P Clarke (English, based Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSPJWXyokLF/?utm_medium=tumblr

[randomlyrandoms]

Celebrity Deaths 2020

JANUARY Lexii Alijai - Jan. 1 (Rapper) Nick Gordon - Jan. 1 (Reality Star) Carlos De Leon - Jan. 1 (Boxer) Don Larsen - Jan. 1 (Baseball Player) Sam Wyche - Jan. 2 (Football Coach) John Baldessari - Jan. 2 (Conceptual Artist) Derek Acorah - Jan. 3 (TV Show Host) Gene Reynolds - Jan. 3 (Director) Andrea Arruti - Jan. 3 (Voice Actress) Walter Learning - Jan. 5 (Director) Ria Irawan - Jan. 6 (Movie Actress) Neil Peart - Jan. 7 (Drummer) Silvio Horta - Jan. 7 (Screenwriter) Elizabeth Wurtzel - Jan. 7 (Novelist) Harry Hains - Jan. 7 (TV Actor) *Edd Byrnes - Jan. 8 (TV Actor) Buck Henry - Jan. 8 (Screenwriter) Maxie - Jan. 8 (YouTube Star) Alexis Eddy - Jan. 9 (Reality Star) Brian James - Jan. 10 (Rugby Player) Stan Kirsch - Jan. 11 (TV Actor) La Parka - Jan. 12 (Wrestler) Rocky Johnson - Jan. 15 (Wrestler) *Dwayne Johnson's Dad* Christopher Tolkien - Jan. 16 (Novelist) David Olney - Jan. 18 (Folk Singer) Bubby Jones - Jan. 18 (Race Car Driver) Joe Shishido - Jan. 18 (Movie Actor) Jimmy Heath - Jan. 19 (Saxophonist) Terry Jones - Jan. 21 (Comedian) Jim Lehrer - Jan. 2(Journalist) Gudrun Pausewang - Jan. 23 (Young Adult Author) Jim Lehrer - Jan. 23 (Journalist) Clayton Christensen - Jan. 23 (Non-Fiction Author) Sean Reinert - Jan. 24 (Drummer) Rob Rensenbrink - Jan. 24 (Soccer Player) **Kobe Bryant - Jan. 26 (Basketball Player) *Gianna Bryant - Jan. 26 (Family Member) *Kobe's Daughter* Bob Shane - Jan. 26 (Rock Singer) John Altobelli - Jan. 26 (Baseball Manager) Keri Altobelli - Jan. 26 (Family Member) Jack Burns - Jan. 27 (Comedian) Harriet Frank Jr. - Jan. 28 (Screenwriter) Nicholas Parsons - Jan. 28 (TV Show Host) Tofig Gasimov - Jan. 29 (Politician) John Andretti - Jan. 30 (Race Car Driver) Fred Silverman - Jan. 30 (TV Producer) Mary Higgins Clark - Jan. 31 (Novelist) Anne Cox Chambers - Jan. 31 (Entrepreneur) 

FEBRUARY Gene Reynolds - Feb. 3 (Director) Nadia Lutfi - Feb. 4 (Movie Actress) Kamau Brathwaite - Feb. 4 (Poet) Kirk Douglas - Feb. 5 (Movie Actor) Beverly Pepper - Feb. 5 (Sculptor) *Raphael Coleman - Feb. 6 (Movie Actor) Jhon Jairo Velásquez - Feb. 6 (Criminal) Orson Bean - Feb. 7 (Movie Actor) Paula Kelly - Feb. 8 (Stage Actress) Robert Conrad - Feb. 8 (TV Actor) Qing Han - Feb. 8 (Illustrator) Keelin Shanley - Feb. 8 (Journalist) Mirella Freni - Feb. 9 (Opera Singer) Abam Bocey - Feb. 10 (Comedian) Lyle Mays - Feb. 10 (Planist) Louis-Edmond Hamelin - Feb. 11 (Non-Fiction Author) Jamie Gilson - Feb. 11 (Children's Author) Hamish Milne - Feb. 12 (Pianist) Jimmy Thunder - Feb. 13 (Boxer) Lynn Cohen - Feb. 14 (Movie Actress) Esther Scott - Feb. 14 (Voice Actress) John Shrapnel - Feb. 14 (Movie Actor) Caroline Flack - Feb. 15 (TV Show Host) Amie Harwick - Feb. 15 (Doctor) Vatroslav Mimica - Feb. 15 (Director) Jason Davis - Feb. 16 (Voice Actor) Zoe Caldwell - Feb. 16 (Stage Actress) Tony Fernandez - Feb. 16 (Baseball Player) Frances Cuka - Feb. 16 (TV Actress) Harry Gregg - Feb. 16 (Soccer Player) Ja'net Dubois - Feb. 17 (TV Actress) Owen Bieber - Feb. 17 (Activist) Charles Portis - Feb. 17 (Novelist) Lindsey Lagestee - Feb. 18 (Country Singer) Ashraf Sinclair - Feb. 18 (Movie Actor) Pop Smoke - Feb. 19 (Rapper) Jose Mojica Marins - Feb. 19 (Director) Gust Graas - Feb. 19 (Painter) Lisel Mueller - Feb. 21 (Poet) Tao Porchon-Lynch - Feb. 21 (Fitness Instructor) Katherine Johnson - Feb. 24 (Mathematician) Clive Cussler - Feb. 24 (Oceanographer) David Roback - Feb. 24 (Guitarist) Ben Cooper - Feb. 24 (Movie Actor) Mario Bunge - Feb. 24 (Philosopher) Jahn Teigen - Feb. 24 (Pop Singer) Dieter Laser - Feb. 29 (Movie Actor)

MARCH Jack Welch - March 1 (Entrepreneur) James Lipton - March 2 (TV Producer) Roscoe Born - March 3 (Soap Opera Actor) Nicholas Tucci - March 3 (Movie Actor) Roscoe Born - March 3 (Soap Opera Actor) Javier Perez De Cuellar - March 4 (Politician) Marnie the Dog  - March 5 (Dog) Danny Tidwell - March 6 (Dancer) McCoy Tyner - March 6 (Pianist) Henri Richard - March 6 (Hockey Player) Mart Crowley - March 7 (Playwright) Max Von Sydow - March 8 (Movie Actor) **Cookie Pansino - March 8 (Dog) Josie Harris - March 9 (Reality Star) Lorenzo Brino - March 9 (TV Actor) Eric Taylor - March 9 (Country Singer) Beba Selimovic - March 10 (Folk Singer) Josie Harris - March 10 (Reality Star) Michel Roux - March 11 (Chef) Charles Wuorinen - March 11 (Composer) Genesis P-Orridge - March 14 (Rock Singer) Roy Hudd - March 15 (Comedian) Wolf Kahn - March 15 (Painter) Stuart Whitman - March 16 (TV Actor) Roger Mayweather - March 17 (Boxer) Lyle Waggoner - March 17 (TV Actor) Alfred Worden - March 18 (Astronaut) Peter Whittingham - March 19 (Soccer Player) Kenny Rogers - March 20 (Country Singer) Pradip Kumar Banerjee - March 20 (Soccer Player) Mike Longo - March 21 (Pianist) Sol Kerzner - March 21 (Entrepreneur) Carmen De Mairena - March 22 (TV Actress) Serena Liu - March 22 (TV Actress) Stuart Gordon - March 24 (Screenwriter) Terrence McNally - March 24 (Playwright) Manu Dibango - March 24 (Saxophonist) Bill Rieflin - March 24 (Drummer) Floyd Cardoz - March 25 (Chef) Fred "Curly" Neal - March 26 (Basketball Player) Jimmy Wynn - March 26 (Baseball Player) Mark Blum - March 26 (Movie Actor) John Callahan - March 28 (Soap Opera Actor) Jan Howard - March 28 (Country Singer) Tom Coburn - March 28 (Politician) Linda Roper - March 28 (TikTok Star) Alan Merrill - March 29 (Rock Singer) Joe Diffie - March 29 (Country Singer) Krzysztof Penderecki - March 29 (Composer) Bill Withers - March 30 (Soul Singer) Tomie dePaola - March 30 (Children's Author) Andrew Jack - March 31 (Voice Actor) Smokinhottballz - March 31 (TikTok Star) Wallace Roney - March 31 (Trumpet Player)

APRIL Bucky Pizzarelli - April 1 (Guitarist) Ellis Marsalis Jr. - April 1 (Piantist) Adam Schlesinger - April 1 (Bassist) Eddie Large - April 2 (Comedian) Logan Williams - April 2 (TV Actor) Tom Dempsey - April 4 (Football Player) Shirley Douglas - April 5 (TV Actress) Honor Blackman - April 5 (Movie Actress) James Drury - April 6 (Movie Actor) Mac P Dawg - April 6 (Rapper) Earl G. Graves Sr. - April 6 (Entrepreneur) Al Kaline - April 6 (Baseball Player) Ital Samson - April 6 (Rapper) John Prine - April 7 (Country Singer) Hal Willner - April 7 (Music Producer) Allen Garfield - April 7 (Movie Actor) Mort Drucker - April 8 (Cartoonist) Chynna Rogers - April 8 (Rapper) Linda Tripp - April 8 (Politician) Glenn Fredly - April 8 (R&B Singer) Tarvaris Jackson - April 12 (Football Player) Tim Brooke-Taylor - April 12 (Comedian) Stirling Moss - April 12 (Race Car Driver) Luminor - April 12 (Rock Singer) Rick May - April 13 (Voice Actor) Brian Dennehy - April 15 (Stage Actor) Lee Konitz - April 15 (Saxophonist) Adam Alsing - April 15 (TV Show Host) Henry Grimes - April 15 (Bassist) Howard Finkel - April 16 (Sportscaster) Steve Cash - April 16 (YouTube Star) Jane Dee Hull - April 16 (Politician) Norman Hunter - April 17 (Soccer Player) Peter Beard - April 19 (Photographer) Tom Lester - April 20 (TV Actor) Derek Jones - April 21 (Guitarist) Jerry Bishop - April 21 (Radio Host) Laisenia Qarase - April 21 (Politician) Shirley Knight - April 22 (Movie Actress) Fred the Godson - April 23 (Rapper) Jace Prescott - April 23 (Family Member) *Dak Prescott's Brother* Harold Reid - April 24 (Country Singer) Per Olov Enquist - April 25 (Playwright) Aarón Hernán - April 26 (Soap Opera Actor) Ashley Ross - April 27 (Reality Star) Troy Sneed - April 27 (Gospel Singer) Nur Yerlitas - April 27 (Fashion Designer) Eavan Boland - April 27 (Poet) Mark Beech - April 27 (Non-Fiction Author) Jill Gascoine - April 28 (TV Actress) Yahya Hassan - April 29 (Poet) Irrfan Khan - April 29 (Movie Actor) Sam Lloyd - April 30 (TV Actor) Rishi Kapoor - April 30 (Movie Actor) Chuni Goswami - April 30 (Cricket Player)

MAY Matt Keough - May 1 (Baseball Player) Cady Groves - May 2 (Country Singer) Erwin Prasetya - May 2 (Bassist) Dave Greenfield - May 3 (Pianist) Don Shula - May 4 (Football Coach) Michael McClure - May 4 (Poet) Millie Small - May 5 (World Music Singer) Didi Kempot - May 5 (Pop Singer) Brian Howe - May 6 (Rock Singer) Florian Schneider - May 6 (Flute Player) Ben Chijioke - May 7 (Rapper) Andre Harrell - May 7 (Entrepreneur) *Roy Horn - May 8 (Magician) Percy Inglis - May 8 (Facebook Star) **Little Richard - May 9 (Rock Singer) Kristina Lugn - May 9 (Poet) **Corey La Barrie - May 10 (YouTube Star) Nick Blixky - May 10 (Rapper) Betty Wright - May 10 (R&B Singer) Jerry Stiller - May 11 (Movie Actor) Hutton Gibson - May 11 (Family Member) *Mel Gibson's Father* Michel Piccoli - May 12 (Movie Actor) *Gregory Tyree Boyce - May 13 (Movie Actor) Beckett Cypher - May 13 (Family Member) *Melissa Etheridge's Son* Rolf Hochhuth - May 13 (Playwright) Phyllis George - May 14 (Sportscaster) Fred Willard - May 15 (Movie Actor) Jorge Santana - May 15 (Guitarist) Lynn Shelton - May 15 (Screenwriter) El Chino Antrax - May 16 (Criminal) Shad Gaspard - May 17 (Wrestler) Ken Osmond - May 18 (TV Actor) Ravi Zacharias - May 19 (Religious Leader) Hagen Mills - May 19 (TV Actor) Jerry Sloan - May 22 (Basketball Coach) Mory Kante - May 22 (World Music Singer) Zara Abid - May 22 (Model) Eddie Sutton - May 23 (Basketball Coach) Hana Kimura - May 23 (Wrestler) Mota Jr - May 23 (Rapper) Jimmy Cobb - May 24 (Drummer) Anthony James - May 26 (TV Actor) Richard Herd - May 26 (TV Actor) Stanley Ho - May 26 (Entrepreneur) Larry Kramer - May 27 (Screenwriter) Houdini - May 27 (Rapper) Sam Johnson - May 27 (Politician) Bob Kulick - May 29 (Guitarist) Hassan Hosny - May 30 (Movie Actor) Blake Fly - May 30 (Instagram Star) Christo - May 31 (Painter)

JUNE Joey Image - June 1 (Drummer) Kailum O'Connor - June 1 (Snapchat Star) Chris Trousdale - June 2 (Pop Singer) Wes Unseld - June 2 (Basketball Player) Héctor Suárez - June 2 (Movie Actor) Mary Pat Gleason - June 2 (TV Actress) Bruce Jay Friedman - June 3 (Novelist) Steve Priest - June 4 (Bassist) Ybc Bam - June 4 (TikTok Star) Basu Chatterjee - June 4 (Director) Reche Caldwell - June 6 (Football Player) Chirru Sarja - June 7 (Movie Actor) Bonnie Pointer - June 8 (Rock Singer) Pierre Nkurunziza - June 8 (Politician) Ain Kaalep - June 9 (Poet) Paul Chapman - June 9 (Guitarist) Pau Donés - June 9 (Pop Singer) Jas Waters - June 9 (Screenwriter) George Canseco - June 12 (TikTok Star) Grandma Daisy - June 13 (Instagram Star) Sabiha Khanum - June 13 (Movie Actress) Sushant Singh Rajput - June 14 (Movie Actor) Yohan - June 16 (Pop Singer) Charles Webb - June 16 (Novelist) Eden Pastora - June 16 (Politician) Vera Lynn - June 18 (Pop Singer) John Bredenkamp - June 18 (Entrepreneur) Ian Holm - June 19 (Movie Actor) Tray Savage - June 19 (Rapper) Carlos Ruiz Zafon - June 19 (Young Adult Author) Pedro Lima - June 20 (Soap Opera Actor) Jim Kiick - June 20 (Football Player) Nastya Tropicelle - June 21 (YouTube Star) Steve Bing - June 22 (Film Producer) Joel Schumacher - June 22 (Director) Siya Kakkar - June 24 (TikTok Star) Huey - June 25 (Rapper) Kelly Asbury - June 26 (Director) Ramon Revilla Sr. - June 26 (Movie Actor) Linda Cristal - June 27 (Movie Actress) Pete Carr - June 27 (Guitarist) Rudolfo Anaya - June 28 (Novelist) Carl Reiner - June 29 (TV Actor) Johnny Mandel - June 29 (Composer) Benny Nardones - June 29 (Pop Singer) Young Curt - June 29 (Rapper) Willie Wright - June 29 (Soul Singer) Ida Haendel - June 30 (Violinist)

JULY Hugh Downs - July 1 (TV Show Host) Reckful - July 2 (Twitch Star) Earl Cameron - July 3 (Movie Actor) Saroj Khan - July 3 (Dancer) Sebastián Athié - July 4 (TV Actor) Bhakti Charu Swami - July 4 (Religious Leader) Nick Cordero - July 5 (Stage Actor) Charlie Daniels - July 6 (Country Singer) Ennio Morricone - July 6 (Composer) **Naya Rivera - July 8 (TV Actress) Flossie Wong-Staal - July 8 (Biologist) Jack Charlton - July 10 (Socccer Player) Morris Cerullo - July 10 (Religious Leader) Marlo - July 11 (Rapper) Nicole Thea - July 11 (Dancer) **Kelly Preston - July 12 (Movie Actress) Joanna Cole - July 12 (Children's Author) Benjamin Keough - July 12 (Family Member) *Elvis Presley's Grandson* Grant Imahara - July 13 (Reality Star) Zindzi Mandela - July 13 (Politician) Galyn Gorg - July 14 (TV Actress) John Lewis - July 17 (Politician) Zizi Jeanmaire - July 17 (Dancer) Miura Haruma - July 18 (TV Actor) El Dany - July 18 (Rapper) Kansai Yamamoto - July 21 (Fashion Designer) Demitra Roche - July 22 (Reality Star) *Regis Philbin - July 24 (TV Show Host) John Saxon - July 25 (Movie Actor) Peter Green - 25 (Guitarist) Olivia De Havilland - July 26 (Movie Actress) Malik B - July 29 (Rapper) Herman Cain - July 30 (Politician) Karen Berg - July 30 (Self-Help Author) Alan Parker - July 31 (Director)

AUGUST Wilford Brimley - Aug. 1 (TV Actor) Ryan Breaux - Aug. 2 (Family Member) *Frank Ocean's Brother* Leon Fleisher - Aug. 2 (Pianist) John Hume - Aug. 3 (Politician) Dick Goddard - Aug. 4 (TV Show Host) FBG Duck - Aug. 4 (Rapper) Horace Clarke Aug. 5 (Baseball Player) Isidora Bjelica - Aug. 5 (Playwright) James Drury - Aug. 6 (Movie Actor) Kurt Luedtke - Aug. 9 (Screenwriter) Tetsuya Watari - Aug. 10 (Movie Actor) Trini Lopez - Aug. 11 (World Music Singer) Ash Christian - Aug. 13 (TV Actor) Linda Manz - Aug. 14 (Movie Actress) Julian Bream - Aug. 14 (Guitarist) Shwikar - Aug. 14 (Movie Actress) Robert Trump - Aug. 15 (Family Memeber) *Donald Trump's Brother Emman Nimedez - Aug. 16 (Director) Kobe Nunez - Aug. 17 (YouTube Star) Gary Cowling - Aug. 17 (Stage Actor) Dale Hawerchuk - Aug. 18 (Hockey Player) Ben Cross - Aug. 18 (Movie Actor) Jack Sherman - Aug. 18 (Guitarist) Landon Clifford - Aug. 19 (YouTube Star) Chi Chi DeVayne - Aug. 20 (Reality Star) Frankie Banali - Aug. 20 (Drummer) Allan Rich - Aug. 22 (Movie Actor) Lori Nelson - Aug. 23 (Movie Actress) Benny Chan - Aug. 23 (TV Actor) Riley Gale - Aug. 24 (Rock Singer) Gail Sheehy - Aug. 24 (Non-Fiction Author) Lute Olson - Aug. 27 (Basketball Coach) **Chadwick Boseman - Aug. 28 (Movie Actor) El Loco Valdés - Aug. 28 (Comedian) Cliff Robinson - Aug. 29 (Basketball Player) John Thompson - Aug. 30 (Basketball Coach) Tom Seaver - Aug. 31 (Baseball Player) Pranab Mukherjee - Aug. 31 (Politician)

SEPTEMBER Erick Morillo - Sept. 1 (DJ) Ian Mitchell - Sept. 2 (Guitarist) Annie Cordy - Sept. 4 (Movie Actress) Lloyd Cadena - Sept. 4 (YouTube Star) Lucille Starr - Sept. 4 (Country Singer) Ethan Peters - Sept. 5 (Instagram Star) Kevin Dobson - Sept. 6 (Soap Opera Actor) Lou Brock - Sept. 6 (Baseball Player) Xavier Ortiz - Sept. 7 (TV Actor) Stevie Lee - Sept. 9 (Movie Actor) Diana Rigg - Sept. 10 (Movie Actress) Barbara Jefford - Sept. 12 (Stage Actress) Anthony Woodle - Sept. 13 (Director) Alien Huang - Sept. 16 (TV Show Host) Winston Groom - Sept. 17 (Novelist) Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Sept. 18 (Supreme Court Justice) Destiny Riekeberg - Sept. 19 (TikTok Star) Jackie Stallone - Sept. 21 (Family Member) *Sylvester Stallone's Mother* Michael Lonsdale - Sept. 21 (Movie Actor) Tommy DeVito - Sept. 21 (Guitarist) Zaywoah - Sept. 22 (Instagram Star) Joe Laurinaitis - Sept. 22 (Wrestler) Archie Lyndhurst - Sept. 22 (TV Actor) Juliette Greco - Sept. 23 (Movie Actress) Gale Sayers - Sept. 23 (Football Player) Dean Jones - Sept. 24 (Cricket Player) Yuko Takeuchi - Sept. 27 (TV Actress) Mac Davis - Sept. 29 (Country Singer) Helen Reddy - Sept. 29 (Pop Singer) Archie Lyndhurst - Sept. 30 (TV Actor) Quino - Sept. 30 (Cartoonist)

OCTOBER Derek Mahon - Oct. 1 (Poet) Murray Schisgal - Oct. 1 (Screenwriter) Bob Gibson - Oct. 2 (Baseball Player) Thomas Jefferson Byrd - Oct. 3 (Movie Actor) Kenzo Takada - Oct. 4 (Fashion Designer) Armelia McQueen - Oct. 4 (Stage Actress) Johhny Nash - Oct. 6 (Pop Singer) Eddie Van Halen - Oct. 6 (Guitarist) Tommy Rall - Oct. 6 (Dancer) Mario Molina - Oct. 7 (Chemist) Whitey Ford - Oct. 8 (Baseball Player) María García Galisteo - Oct. 9 (TV Actress) Joe Morgan - Oct. 11 (Baseball Player) Conchata Ferrell - Oct. 12 (TV Actress) Saint Dog - Oct. 13 (Rapper) Rhonda Fleming - Oct. 14 (Movie Actress) Fred Dean - Oct. 14 (Football Player) Johnny Bush - Oct. 16 (Country Singer) Doreen Montalvo - Oct. 17 (Stage Actress) Pinky Curvy - Oct. 17 (Instagram Star) James Redford - Oct. 17 (Director) Sid Hartman - Oct. 18 (Journalist) Spencer Davis - Oct. 19 (Guitarist) Marge Champion - Oct. 21 (Dancer) Frank Bough Oct. 21 (TV Show Host) Matt Blair - Oct. 22 (Football Player) Kastiop - Oct. 23 (YouTube Star) Jerry Jeff Walker - Oct. 23 (Country Singer) Diane DiPrima - Oct. 25 (Poet) Lee Kun-hee - Oct. 25 (Entrepreneur) DeOndra Dixon - Oct. 26 (Family Member) *Jamie Foxx's Sister* Billy Joe Shaver - Oct. 28 (Country Singer) Tracy Smothers - Oct. 28 (Wrestler) Bobby Ball - Oct. 28 (Comedian) Leanza Cornett - Oct. 28 (Pageant Contestant) Travis Roy - Oct. 29 (Memoirist) Nobby Stiles - Oct. 30 (Soccer Player) Herb Adderley - Oct. 30 (Football Player) *Sean Connery - Oct. 31 (Movie Actor) Rance Allen - Oct. 31 (Religious Leader) Betty Dodson - Oct. 31 (Novelist) MF Doom - Oct. 31 (Rapper)

NOVEMBER Eddie Hassell - Nov. 1 (TV Actor) Nikki McKibbin - Nov. 1 (Pop Singer) Magda Rodríguez - Nov. 1 (TV Producer) John Sessions - Nov. 2 (Comedian) Max Ward - Nov. 2 (Entrepreneur) Elsa Raven - Nov. 3 (Movie Actress) Ken Hensley - Nov. 4 (Rock Singer) Geoffrey Palmer - Nov. 5 (Movie Actor) BraxAttacks - Nov. 5 (Rapper) King Von - Nov. 6 (Rapper) SauxePaxk TB - Nov. 6 (Rapper) **Alex Trebek - Nov. 8 (Game Show Host) Bert Belasco - Nov. 8 (TV Actor) Tom Heinsohn - Nov. 10 (Basketball Player) Phyllis McGuire - Nov. 11 (Football Player) Mo3 - Nov. 11 (Rapper) Asif Basra - Nov. 12 (Movie Actor) Doug Supernaw - Nov. 13 (Country Singer) Paul Hornung - Nov. 13 (Football Player) Des O'Connor - Nov. 14 (TV Show Host) Soumitra Chatterjee - Nov. 15 (Movie Actor) Ray Clemence - Nov. 15 (Soccer Player) Kirby Morrow Nov. 18 (Voice Actor) Bobby Brown Jr - Nov. 18 (Family Member) *Bobby Brown's Son* Jake Scott - Nov. 19 (Football Player) Jan Morris - Nov. 20 (Non-Fiction Author) Mustafa Nadarevic - Nov. 22 (TV Actor) Hal Ketchum - Nov. 23 (Country Singer) David Dinkins - Nov. 23 (Politician) Abby Dalton - Nov. 23 (TV Actress) i_o - Nov. 23 (DJ) Joe Luna - Nov. 23 (Comedian) Bob Ryder - Nov. 24 (Journalist) Aaron Melzer - Nov. 24 (Rock Singer) Flor Silvestre - Nov. 25 (World Music Singer) Ahmad Mukhtar - Nov. 25 (Politician) Heavy D - Nov. 25 (Reality Star) Diego Maradona - Nov. 25 (Soccer Player) Markus Paul - Nov. 25 (Football Coach) Sadiq Al-Mahdi - Nov. 26 (Politician) Tony Hsieh - Nov. 27 (Entrepreneur) David Prowse - Nov. 28 (Bodybuilder) Lil Yase Nov. 28 (Rapper) Ben Bova - Nov. 29 (Non-Fiction Author) Papa Bouba Diop - Nov. 29 (Soccer Player) Jerry Demara - Nov. 30 (World Music Singer) Paid Will - Nov. 30 (Rapper) Nobby Stiles - Nov. 30 (Soccer Player)

DECEMBER Hugh Keays-Byrne - Dec. 1 (Movie Actor) Alexis Sharkey - Dec. 1 (Instagram Star) Michael Marion - Dec. 1 (Family Member) *Bobbie Thomas's Husband* Pamela Tiffin - Dec. 2 (Movie Actress) DC Fontana - Dec. 2 (Screenwriter) Pat Patterson - Dec. 2 (Wrestler) Alison Lurie - Dec. 3 (Novelist) Whitney Collings - Dec. 3 (Reality Star) David Lander - Dec. 4 (TV Actor) Sara Carreira - Dec. 5 (Instagram Star) Tabaré Vázquez - Dec. 6 (Politician) Natalie Desselle-Reid - Dec. 7 (TV Actress) Dick Allen - Dec. 7 (Baseball Player) Joselyn Cano - Dec. 7 (Instagram Star) Alejandro Sabella - Dec. 8 (Soccer Coach) Paolo Rossi - Dec. 9 (Soccer Player) V.J. Chitra - Dec. 9 (TV Actress) Phil Linz - Dec. 9 (Baseball Player) Barbara Windsor - Dec. 10 (Soap Opera Actress) Tommy Lister - Dec. 10 (Movie Actor) Carol Sutton - Dec. 10 (Movie Actress) Kim Ki-duk - Dec. 11 (Director) John Le Carre - Dec. 12 (Novelist) Ann Reinking - Dec. 12 (Stage Actress) Terry Kay - Dec. 12 (Novelist) Charley Pride - Dec. 12 (Country Singer) Gérard Houllier - Dec. 14 (Soccer Coach) *Jeremy Bulloch - Dec. 17 (Movie Actor) Rosalind Knight - Dec. 19 (TV Actress) K.T. Oslin - Dec. 21 (Country Singer) PlasmaMasterDon - Dec. 21 (YouTube Star) Stella Tennant - Dec. 22 (Model) Rika Zarai - Dec. 23 (World Music Singer) Rebecca Luker - Dec. 23 (Stage Actress) Leslie West - Dec. 23 (Guitarist) Kay Purcell - Dec. 23 (TV Actress) Danny Hodge - Dec. 24 (Wrestler) Genevieve Musci - Dec. 25 (YouTube Star) KC Jones - Dec. 25 (Basketball Player) Tony Rice - Dec. 25 (Guitarist) Lin Qi - Dec. 25 (Entrepreneur) Brodie Lee - Dec. 26 (Wrestler) Phil Niekro - Dec. 26 (Baseball Player) Tito Rojas - Dec. 26 (Folk Singer) Ty Jordan - Dec. 26 (Football Player) Nick McGlashan - Dec. 27 (Reality Star) William Link - Dec. 27 (Screenwriter) Fou Ts'ong - Dec. 28 (Pianist) Armando Manzanero - Dec. 28 (Composer) Jessica Campbell - Dec. 29 (Movie Actress) Pierre Cardin - Dec. 29 (Entrepreneur) Luke Letlow - Dec. 29 (Politician) Shabba Doo - Dec. 30 (Movie Actor) Frank Kimbrough - Dec. 30 (Pianist) Phyllis McGuire - Dec. 31 (Pop Singer) Alexi Laiho - Dec. ?? (Guitarist) 

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The Widow’s best of 2020

Well… during a year when we haven’t been able to see many live shows we’ve still managed to find lots of things we loved. Here are some of them; live shows are indicated, otherwise we watched them online – our grateful thanks go to all the companies that streamed their productions for free – listened to them or read them. You’ll notice that our list includes lots of women and the occasional man.

But before that we start with a new category…

PERSON OF THE YEAR: Circus director Carol Gandey (pictured) of Gandeys Circus. If UK touring circus – an artform championed by The Widow’s Liz Arratoon for more than 25 years – is to survive Covid-19, it will be in large part to her. Gandeys had produced three shows before the UK’s March lockdown, two of which never had a chance to open, incurring hundreds of thousands of pounds in costs. It then provided accommodation and living expenses for 33 stranded artists, and meanwhile developed an air-flow working model for circus – trialling an opening at Butlins – which gave the government enough confidence to allow circuses to reopen with reduced seating capacities.  

Carol constantly lobbied the government and the Arts Council for aid – as did other industry figures – and her application to the Arts Council Recovery Fund, which was said to be exceptional, resulted in a £1.1 million grant; the largest amount awarded to any UK circus company. Gandeys used some of the money to cover the losses due to the lockdown, and to fund a survival package that included some reduced-capacity performances this autumn, as well as funding the production costs for reopening in 2021.

From one strong and inspirational woman to another…

BEST EXTRAVAGANZA: Rhianna’s Savage X Fenty Volume 2 TV special for her lingerie range. Wow! What a mix! This was an explosion of creativity; part fashion show, part dance show, part gig, part circus, part ad, and included a simply stunning floral set. Add a cast of big names, a wonderfully diverse choice of dancers and models, no expense had been spared. Exciting, fresh and really impressive.

BEST LIVE SHOW: Zebra, a solo show by juggling genius Wes Peden, which was part of the London International Mime Festival at the Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room.

BEST CIRCUS SHOW: The really inventive CAPAS by Circo Eia (pictured) – so great to see so many new ideas, and here’s our chat with cast member Francesca Lissia. Plus the intricate and dazzling Twenty Twenty by Gandini Juggling. 

BEST DANCE SHOW: Faust by the Ballets de Monte-Carlo, featuring the spectral Bernice Coppieters (pictured) as Death; and Cia de Dança Deborah Colker’s super-stylish Belle, inspired by the novel Belle de Jour.

BEST KIDS’ SHOW: Little Angel Theatre’s hat trilogy, presented by puppeteer Ian Nicholson; an adaptation of the picture books by Jon Klassen: I Want My Hat Back, This Is Not My Hat and We Found a Hat.

BEST COSTUME: The Widow has always considered costumes to be extremely important. As Federico Fellini said: “Don’t forget that costumes, like dreams, are symbolic communication,” and frankly we wish more artists would make the sort of effort Dua Lipa made on Saturday Night Live!

Staying with costumes… slightly less glamorous, but an effort was made by Hot Mess in party-sketch work-in-progress Dirty Stop Outs.

MOST EXCITING: Meeting Marina Abramović in the foyer at London’s Barbican before the Efterklang gig.

BEST SHOWGIRLS: Seen in the 1972 film Un Flic; costumes by Colette Baudot. Also featured is a stunning black dress, worn by Catherine Deneuve, designed by Yves Saint Laurent.

BEST BURLESQUE: Lady of Burlesque, starring Barbara Stanwyck, who wears costumes by the great Edith Head.

BEST FILM CREDITS: Sudden Fear, starring Joan Crawford as a scorned – but impeccably dressed – woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown! 

BEST CASTAWAY: Hard to choose between Rupert Everett, Ian Wright or Daniel Radcliffe, who all washed up on BBC Radio 4′s Desert Island Discs.

BEST SHOWBIZ STORY: Catherine Russell – on Outlook, BBC Radio 4 – who has played the same role for 32 years and said the same lines more than 13,000 times. She holds the world record for the most theatre performances in the same role; Margaret Thorne Brent – a psychiatrist who might also be a cold-blooded killer – in the off-Broadway play Perfect Crime.

BEST TV SERIES: It was a close call with The Queen’s Gambit, but our choice is the utterly brilliant My Brilliant Friend; the adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s series of Neapolitan novels. 

BEST DOCUMENTARY: The Bee Gees – How Can You Mend a Broken Heart.

BEST CABARET PIC: The ever-lovely Eve Ferret at the Crazy Coqs in London. Picture: @marc_t_albert 

BEST SHOWBIZ MEMOIR: John Cooper Clarke’s I Wanna Be Yours.

BEST SHOWBIZ BIOGRAPHY: Jon Gresham: The Life and Adventures of a Sideshow Showman, Fire-Eater and Magician by Edwin A Dawes, Pat Gresham and Jon Marshall. This is a painstakingly detailed and enthralling account of Gresham’s life, lovingly compiled by his widow and friends from material written by Gresham himself. Want one? Details below.

BEST SHOWBIZ AUTOBIOGRAPHY: The heartbreaking Everything and Nothing: The Dorothy Dandridge Tragedy by Dorothy Dandridge and Earl Conrad. The revealing autobiography of Hollywood’s first African-American sex symbol and screen legend.

BEST GIG: Sevdaliza’s only show this year, streamed live from The Hague's Koninklijke Schouwburg (Royal Theatre) to a global audience.

BEST SONG: Désormais by Charles Aznavour, which was used as the title track for the film Chambre 212 or On a Magical Night.

BEST ALBUM COVER: Charles Aznavour’s Désormais. That hat!

MOST CHARMING: The sheep invasion during Isabella Rossellini’s show Sex and Consequences, which was streamed live from her farm in Bellport, Long Island, USA. Yes, her live sheep! 

BEST TWITTER CIRCUS PIC: The stunning Crystal Pyramids by Severus posted by @PablosCircus.

BEST LIVE COMEDY: Myra Dubois – star of Britain’s Got Talent – at The Poodle Club in Sydenham. Some of us recognised the greatness of Rotherham’s finest before she was famous!

GONE TOO SOON: Actor Chadwick Boseman (pictured) at just 43, funnymen Eddie Large, Tim Brooke Taylor and Bobby Ball, and dancer, choreographer and actor Ann Reinking.

MOST MISSED: Davenports magic shop that closed at the end of January – but you luckily can still order from it online – and a more recent casualty, after 96 years, London’s beautiful Café de Paris.

MOST DISAPPOINTING: Madonna’s Madame X show at the London Palladium. Goodness, this was shoddy! She was so incapacitated that she simply marked all the dance moves and had to be helped around the set, and up and down the stairs. The tickets were exorbitantly expensive and no one paid to see someone hobbling about onstage. We paid to see Madonna!

But let’s not end on a sour note…

BEST SHOWBIZ MASK: Shirley Bassey’s fabulous sequinned number!

REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL: Some things we’re looking forward to include:  The 45th London International Mime Festival, which will be screening free-to-view videos of shows from past LIMF editions, running an extended workshop series with live and online classes, and hosting a series of talks.

We’re also awaiting the new series of Call My Agent, which starts on Netflix on 21 January 2021.

And, last but by no mean least, one of the world’s truly funny clowns, Gloria – also known as Mooky Cornish – has been busy training her chickens – Kukuruzza (pictured top), who has been taking piano lessons, and the athletic Galina – and will be touring the Canadian prairies with them next summer. Now that’s something we’d love to see! Picture: Nichole Huck

Better days ahead!

*Jon Gresham book is available via PayPal from jon@magiccarpettheatre.com: P&P incl, UK – £25, EU – £30, USA tracked – $52

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Conrad P. Clarke, "Abundance", 2022, oil on canvas. Lives and works in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

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Conrad P. Clarke, October Evening, oil on canvas, 60 × 60 cm.

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"When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears And I held your hand through all of these years But you still have all of me You used to captivate me by your resonating light Now, I'm bound by the life you left behind Your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams Your voice it chased away all the sanity in me These wounds won't seem to heal, this pain is just too real There's just too much that time cannot erase When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears And I held your hand through all of these years But you still have all of me I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone But though you're still with me, I've been alone all along..." Evanescence- My Immortal "But when I think of Clark he's still so bright and vivid. I can see him when I close my eyes remind me of what I need to do" - Immortal Wonder Woman 2 - Becky Cloonan & Michael W. Conrad. #superman #wonderwoman #supermanwonderwoman #smww #superwonder #powercouple #ultimatepowercouple #dccouple https://www.instagram.com/p/CLXYguuAQrw/?igshid=1611bmtozne5s

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Books read in 2020

As always, here's my list of all the books I read in the previous year, below the read-more cut! Only a little late posting. Stars are from one to five in terms of my enjoyment of the book, italics mean the book is a reread, all links are to my reviews of the books. If you have any questions about the books I didn't review (or the ones I did tbh!), please let me know and I can share some thoughts!

(links are all to the dreamwidth versions of my book posts because I don’t want to recode THAT many links for tumblr, sorry not sorry, but if you want to find any of the posts on my tumblr, I always tag my book posts with the author name and book title)

January **** Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott (annotated by John Matteson) **** The Ghost Bride, by Yangsze Choo *** Lord of the Last Heartbeat, by May Peterson **** Tales the Elders Told: Ojibway Legends, by Basil H Johnston *** Tales from the Igloo, edited & translated by Maurice Metayer **** Black Folktales, by Julius Lester **** Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir *** The Bird Who Cleans The World, And Other Mayan Fables, by Victor Montejo ***** The Magnolia Sword, by Sherry Thomas February *** Prisoner of Love, by Beverly Jenkins *** In The Vanishers' Palace, by Aliette de Bodard ***** To Be Taught If Fortunate, by Becky Chambers **** The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South, by Michael W. Twitty - nf *** Tempest, by Beverly Jenkins **** Rebel, by Beverly Jenkins ***** The Black God's Drums, by P Djeli Clark **** The Adventures of Nanabush: Ojibway Indian Stories, by Emerson Coatsworth and David Coatsworth March **** Gods of Jade and Shadow, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ***** An Unkindness of Ghosts, by Rivers Solomon *** The Very Worst Missionary: A Memoir or Whatever, by Jamie Wright - nf ***** The Wolf and the Girl, by Aster Glenn Gray ***** The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics, by Olivia Waite * The Still, Small Voice of Trumpets, by Lloyd Biggle Jr April **** Paul Bunyan, by Esther Shephard * The Naked Anabaptist, by Stuart Murray - nf ***** The Threefold Tie, by Aster Glenn Gray *** The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions: The Leading Liberal and Conservative Jesus Scholars Present the Heart of the Historical Jesus Debate, by Marcus J. Borg and N.T. Wright - nf *** Black Maria, by Diana Wynne Jones *** After Many Days: Tales of Time Past, by LM Montgomery ** The Convenient Marriage, by Georgette Heyer *** The Best of Robert Service, by Robert W Service *** Songs of a Sourdough, by Robert W Service *** Ballads of a Cheechako, by Robert W Service ** Rhymes of a Rolling Stone, by Robert W Service ** Rhymes of a Red Cross Man, by Robert W Service ** Ballads of a Bohemian, by Robert W Service *** Bar-Room Ballads, by Robert W Service May **** Stories from Pangnirtung - nf *** A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller, Jr. *** Xeni: A Marriage of Inconvenience, by Rebekah Weatherspoon *** Zel, by Donna Jo Napoli **** Shadow Spinner, by Susan Fletcher *** A Mountain of Gems: Fairy Tales of the Peoples of the Soviet Land, translated by Irina Zheleznova **** Flatlanders and Ridgerunners: Folktales from the Mountains of Northern Pennsylvania, by James York Glimm *** The Merlin Conspiracy, by Diana Wynne Jones **** Paladin's Grace, by T. Kingfisher *** Driven to Distraction, by Edward M. Hallowell * Fake Marriage to her Best Friend, by Kat Cantrell ***** Thick as Thieves, by Megan Whalen Turner *** Conrad's Fate, by Diana Wynne Jones *** The Privilege of the Sword, by Ellen Kushner *** The Worst Best Man, by Mia Sosa **** Network Effect, by Martha Wells *** The Door in the Hedge, by Robin McKinley *** After Hamelin, by Bill Richardson June **** If I Never Met You, by Mhairi McFarlane ***** Work For It, by Talia Hibbert **** Damaged Goods, by Talia Hibbert **** The Proposal, by Jasmine Guillory *** Operation Atonement, by Talia Hibbert **** A Girl Like Her, by Talia Hibbert *** Dragon Pearl, by Yoon Ha Lee *** Minor Mage, by T Kingfisher ***** The Haunting of Tram Car 015, by P Djeli Clark ***** The Deep, by Rivers Solomon **** Playing House, by Ruby Lang ***** Open House, by Ruby Lang July **** Consolation Songs, edited by Iona Datt Sharma **** The Wedding Date, by Jasmine Guillory ** This Is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone ***Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom, by Ted Chiang *** In an Absent Dream, by Seanan McGuire ***** Deeplight, by Frances Hardinge ** House Rules, by Ruby Lang **** Girl Gone Viral, by Alisha Rai **** Royal Holiday, by Jasmine Guillory ** Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus ***** Riverland, by Fran Wilde ***** Empire of Sand, by Tasha Suri ***** A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking, by T. Kingfisher **** Get a Life, Chloe Brown, by Talia Hibbert *** The Kiss Quotient, by Helen Hoang ***** The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows, by Olivia Waite August **** The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water, by Zen Cho ** The House in the Cerulean Sea, by TJ Klune ** The Princess Tales Volume One: The Fairy's Mistake, The Princess Test, & Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep, by Gail Carson Levine **** Summer Pony, by Jean Slaughter Doty *** Born to Race, by Blanche Chenery Perrin September ** The Last Emperox, by John Scalzi ***** The Duke Who Didn't, by Courtney Milan *** I Wish You All The Best, by Mason Deaver **** The Wedding Party, by Jasmine Guillory ***** Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen *** The Search for Delicious, by Natalie Babbitt ** Prairie Princess, by Margaret Epp **** The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl 12: To All the Squirrels I've Loved Before, by Ryan North **** The Music of Dolphins, by Karen Hesse *** Folktales of Israel, edited by Dov Noy **** The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands, by Mary Seacole - nf **** The Pilgrimage of Etheria, by Etheria, translation and commentary by ML McClure and Charles Lett Feltoe - nf **** The Midwife's Apprentice, by Karen Cushman ** Glimpses of Bengal, by Rabindranath Tagore - nf *** Where The Mountain Meets the Moon, by Grace Lin **** Take a Hint, Dani Brown, by Talia Hibbert **** The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner **** The Queen of Attolia, by Megan Whalen Turner October ***** The King of Attolia, by Megan Whalen Turner *** A Conspiracy of Kings, by Megan Whalen Turner *** Return of the Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner *** Papa's book - nf ***** The Blue Castle, by Lucy Maud Montgomery *** Untouchable, by Talia Hibbert **** That Kind of Guy, by Talia Hibbert **** Division Bells, by Iona Datt Sharma ***** Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke **** Stories from a Ming Collection: The Art of the Chinese Story-Teller, by Feng Menglong, translated by Cyril Birch **** Letters to a Young Housekeeper, by Jane Prince - nf **** Letters from Egypt, by Lucie Duff-Gordon - nf *** Harrow the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir November ** Cinderella is Dead, by Kalynn Bayron **** The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, by Marie Kondo - nf *** The Kingdom of Back, by Marie Lu ***** No More Dead Dogs, by Gordon Korman **** Spoiler Alert, by Olivia Dade **** The Picts and the Martyrs, by Arthur Ransome *** The Golem and the Jinni, by Helene Wecker ***** The Broken Kingdoms, by NK Jemisin *** The Capricorn Bracelet, by Rosemary Sutcliff *** The Satapur Moonstone, by Sujata Massey *** Pissing in the Snow, and Other Ozark Folktales, by Vance Randolph December ***** Burning Roses, by SL Huang * The Angel of the Crows, by Katherine Addison ***** Scandinavian Folktales, translated and edited by Jacqueline Simpson *** A Duet for Invisible Strings, by Llinos Cathryn Thomas ** Sparks Fly, by Llinos Cathryn Thomas *** The Winter Duke, by Claire Eliza Bartlett **** The Untended Rue, by Caroline Ratajski And now it's stats time! As always, stats are to be taken with a grain of salt, as I may have made mistakes in my counting or misunderstood/misremembered an author's identity or straight-up forgotten what genre a book was. Books read: 136 Rereads: 26 (19% of total) Fantasy: 43 Romance: 41 Historical fiction: 26 Kidlit: 24 Science Fiction: 15 Nonfiction: 12 Folk/fairy tale collection: 11 YA: 10 Poetry: 7 Old books: 7 Short Stories: 7 Literary Fiction: 6 Memoir: 4 Famous/Classic: 3 Mystery: 2 Graphic novels: 1 Books with male authors: 37 (27% of total) Books with female authors: 97 (71% of total) Books with nonbinary authors: 4 (3% of total) Books with authors of colour: 53 (39% of total) This has been a record breaking year for my reading. Thank you pandemic, I guess. I read just so many books this year, well above my previous record since I started keeping records. 136 books! When the average number of books I read per year for the last five years was only 82! Sometimes books are what sustain you through the hard times, and I'm very grateful for it. Especially since I know some people found themselves unable to read as much as usual due to everything going on, and that could have easily been me as well. I have been working over time to improve the number of books I read by authors of colour, and this is the first year I feel like I really got somewhere with that. I'm pleased that I read over 50 books by poc this year, and significantly improved my percentage too. (39% of total, when last year was 23%.) Still room for continued work on this though, of course! Since a lot of my reading comes from the library, I found myself repeatedly frustrated to see that the books I wanted to read by authors of colour or queer authors were stocked in lower proportions. So I had to balance my book buying budget against my desires to read more diversely, unfortunately. Something to keep considering. Though this may improve once the pandemic is over and I can easily and safely access the library's physical book collections as well as their ebooks, since they have more selection in hard copies, I think. Usually in my year-end book roundup I discuss my fave and least fave new-to-me book of the year, and most years I complain about how hard it is to choose a fave, and this year is NOT an exception. I read so many incredible books this year! Idk, just look at the five-star books on the list above and they're all my faves, ok? I'm not going to choose between them this year. Least fave....that's a little easier. I only have a few one-star books to choose between. The Still, Small Voice of Trumpets I think would be the winner in this race to the bottom, though it does have competition. But overall my thesis for the year is Books Are Good, Actually.

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It's been an age since I posted anything on this platform, but maybe the pandemic is the time to bring blogs back along with things like baking bread at home. 

I made this graphic for a recent genre discussion hosted by the Massachusetts Library Association's Readers' Advisory section. If you're new to the genre of Science Fiction but want to get started on some recent titles, this might provide a starting point. As I said in my talk, many of the books below could be placed in a variety of the subgenres I've arbitrarily listed, this is not a comprehensive list, it's purely subjective, etc. Link to the graphic here.

Titles and authors:

Space Opera

Behind the Throne, K.B. Wagers

Unconquerable Sun, Kate Elliott

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, Becky Chambers

Chilling Effect, Valerie Valdes

A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine

Military

Vorkosigan series, Lois McMaster Bujold

Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee

Fortune's Pawn, Rachel Bach

Dystopia/Post-Apocalyptic

Moon of the Crusted Snow, Waubgeshig Rice

The Record Keeper, Agnes Gomillion

American War, Omar El Akkad

Afro/Africanfuturism

Broken Earth series, N.K. Jemisin

Who Fears Death, Nnedi Okorafor

An Unkindness of Ghosts, Rivers Solomon

Artificial Intelligence

All Systems Red, Martha Wells

Robopocalypse, Daniel H. Wilson

Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie

Aliens

The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu

Rosewater, Tade Thompson

Lilith's Brood, Octavia Butler

Annihilation, Jeff Vandermeer

Time Travel/Alt-History

Here and Now and Then, Mike Chen

To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis

This is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Romance

The Agent Gambit, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller

Ice Planet Barbarians,  Ruby Dixon

Rulebreaker, Cathy Pegau

Polaris Rising, Jessie Mihalik

Climate Fiction

New York 2140, Kim Stanley Robinson

Gold Fame Citrus, Claire Vaye Watkins

Humorous

Redshirts, John Scalzi

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams

Space Western

Serenity: Those Left Behind, Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews, Will Conrad

Dark Tower series, Stephen King

Superhero

The Mighty Thor v. 5, Jason Aaron, Walt Simonson, Russell Dauterman, James Harren

Heroine Complex, Sarah Kuhn

Graphic/Manga

Saga series, Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples

Pluto series, Naoki Urasawa

Steampunk/Cyberpunk

Parasol Protectorate series, Gail Carriger

The Black God's Drums, P. Djèlí Clark

Young Adult Science Fiction with Adult Appeal

Illuminae series, Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Not Your Sidekick, C.B. Lee

The Marrow Thieves, Cherie Dimaline

Warcross, Marie Lu

Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi

Proxy, Alex London

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I'm looking for descendants from Edward Presgrave (1795-1830) Of Bourne / Singapore

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