#constable & robinson

[missfisherandjack]

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (2012-2015) ↳ 1x04 Death At Victoria Dock

[misswhateveryouwant]

IMO one of the most underrated scenes of the whole tv show.

The way she‘s talking - just adorable, followed by Jack‘s look …

[notwithaste]

phryne fisher is that you

[adventuressclubamericas]

Tickets for Miss Fisher Con 2024, July 18-20 in New Orleans, are flying faster than Jack chasing down Rupert Higgins at the RAAF airfield! Don’t miss out on all the fun – the parties, the fellowship, the incredible sessions, and of course, our VIP guest Nathan Page! Grab your space now, before they’re gone!

[bookgeekgrrl]

#jack looks at hugh like he's an insect in a terrarium #“I don't understand what you're doing or why but it's strangely fascinating” #“Please stop it though” (@galadriel1010)

[fearisnear31]

day 20

telling society not keen on a hell cat

remix poetry composed with words P. 94

Levin, Ira: The Stepford Wives (1972) edition published by Corsair, Constable & Robinson, Ltd, 2011

photo credit: Tucker Good

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"BOAT ALLEGED TO HAVE TAKEN WINE IS SEIZED," Hamilton Spectator. December 4, 1933. Page 7. --- Said to Have Carried Liquor From Hamilton ---- And Deposited It Near Rochester City --- Impounded By R.C.M.P. at Port Hope ---- A new development in the wine transaction between the H. Robinson corporation and an American bootleg ring came to light over the week-end when Sergeant Frank Samson took two men to Port Hope and seized the Harry H., a 125-foot craft that is alleged by the police to have carried the shipment of wine from Hamilton to a point near Rochester in the latter part of October.

Mounted Police officers stated that they had information in their possession that the craft in question had made the trip from Hamilton to a point near Rochester, where the purchasers of the wine had received it. Late Saturday Constables Crawford and McDuff, from the Toronto R.C.M.P. barracks, were placed on the boat after it was officially impounded by the government.

The boat has been lying in the west harbour at Port Hope for several months, ever since the law was passed prohibiting the export of liquor, but longshoremen at Port Hope said the ship was absent from its berth for three days at the time the police claim it made the trip. At this time the waterfront men said it sailed light and came back. -light and they believe the boat made the trip first to Hamilton and then to the American shore before returning.

Former Sub-Chaser The ship is of sturdy build and was used as a sub-chaser in the Black Sea during the war and is capable of doing about 40 miles an hour. It could make the trip from - its home berth to Rochester in about an hour, the lake sailors stated. It was registered at Toronto and the crew never stayed in Port Hope, residents of that town said. Whenever the ship made a trip the crew was brought down from Toronto.

At present Milton B. Staud is being held at Rochester charged by United States authorities with being in possession of merchandise that entered the country without the taxes being paid, but he will be turned over to the Mounted Police officers after they apply for extradition.

[uwmspeccoll]

It’s Fine Press Friday! 

We are excited to share Ivanhoe, a romance by Scottish historiacal novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832),  illustrated with linocuts by American artist and illustrator, Arthur Allen Lewis (1873-1957) published in two volumes by the Limited Editions Club, New York, in 1940. Ivanhoe is a historical novel that was first published in three volumes by Archibald Constable (1774-1827), Edinburgh, and Hurst, Robinson and Co., London, in 1819. 

The perceptions of some popular historical figures have been shaped by Ivanhoe, like King Richard the Lionheart, Prince John, and most famously Robin Hood.  Allen Lewis’s illustrations are funny and energetic. He strategically created  interaction across the the page-spread by separating the illustrations with the gutter. The characters awkwardly navigate the space of the page with the effect of them running, falling, jabbing across the book space. The space also may suggest a greater distance, where some characters are just out of reach.  This edition was planned by Allen Lewis who also cut the initials that begin each chapter and the linocut illustrations in two colors. The book was printed at the Marchbanks Press in New York. The type is Monotype Kennerly. The rag paper was produced by Worthy Paper Company, made specially for this edition, and the book was bound by the Russell-Rutter Company in New York. The book boards are wrapped with a silver pyroxylin cloth that is embossed in a chain-mail design. The whole book is cohesive and beautifully designed. It is definitely a favorite of mine. 

Look at how cute! Knights reading books! 

View more Limited Edition Club posts.

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Teddy, Special Collections Graduate Intern

[foxspirit1928]

Miss Fisher Snippets (181 – 210)

181. Posted 02-Mar-2024 (Constable, is it possible Miss Fisher has just kidnapped the victim's daughter and one of our suspects?)

182. Posted 08-Mar-2024 (Miss Fisher would do whatever she felt was best, and there was nothing to be done about it. Queenscliff would just have to cope.)

183. Posted 16-Mar-2024 (You can have any man you like. Girls like me, it's not so easy.)

184. Posted 23-Mar-2024 (I thought your hands were tied.)

185. Posted 30-Mar-2024 (Well, he could've had a sweetheart whose name began with A.)

186. Posted 06-Apr-2024 (I went to war a newlywed.)

187. Posted 13-Apr-2024 (I am not afraid of you.)

188. Posted 20-Apr-2024 (You're different enough for me, Miss.)

189. Posted 27-Apr-2024 (Perhaps we could allow ourselves just one candle.)

190. Posted 01-May-2024 (If I do that, do you think He'll start paying us wages?)

191. Posted 07-May-2024 (One clever, grubby little girl gets to stay in school and look what you end up with.)

192. Posted 12-May-2024 (I'm not a nice girl.)

193. Posted 18-May-2024 (Impatience is your middle name.)

194. Posted 25-May-2024 (I've gotten to be too reliant on things and people. It'll do me good to manage on my own for a while.)

195. Posted 01-Jun-2024 (Robinson smiled. He had a peculiarly beautiful smile, which invited trust.)

196. Posted 08-Jun-2024 (It's for your birthday. I hope you like them.)

197. Posted 16-Jun-2024 (You're a woman with influence, Dorothy, though you may not realize it.)

198. Posted 22-Jun-2024 (If anyone happens to ask, you're my nurse.)

199. Posted 29-Jun-2024 (Handsome Hanson and Little Miss Fern)

200. Posted 06-Jul-2024 (One, two, buckle my shoe)

201. Posted 19-Jul-2024 (Glad you could make it, Inspector.)

202. Posted 25-Jul-2024 (Christmas is happy, any time of the year.)

203. Posted 29-Jul-2024 (Gem of the butlering profession, Mr. Butler.)

204. Posted 03-Aug-2024 (Hello, Jack!)

205. Posted 10-Aug-2024 (I see a very careful man...)

206. Posted 17-Aug-2024 ("I should lock him up for drunk and disorderly." "Could ya? Just for a bit?")

207. Posted 31-Aug-2024 (So, should I put this brain where I found it?)

208. Posted 07-Sep-2024 (You're a traitor to the suburb you were born in, Cec.)

209. Posted 14-Sep-2024 (Clear all the Heaven that bends above / The lofe-road of this man and wife)

210. Posted 18-Sep-2024 (Perhaps another time, at a less dangeroud hour, in a less lethal dress.)

(Posted 20-Sep-2024)

[star-trek-pop-quiz]

Star Trek POP-QUIZ #6

( 11 / 11 / 2023 )

Question 1. In "The Die is Cast", what does Garak say his reason for exile is? a. Theft. b. A political scandal. c. Tax evasion. d. Falsely accused of an assault.

Bonus Question: Which character in DS9 is directly responsible for Garak's exile?

Question 2. What weapon was Sulu originally meant to fight with?

Question 3. Which of these roles did Jeffrey Combes audition for? a. Ensign Paris b. Lieutenant Commander Data c. Constable Odo d. Commander Riker

Bonus Question: True or False: Jeffrey Combes has had the most roles in Star Trek.

Question 4. Which of these alien species designs were inspired by Princess Leia from Star Wars? a. the Vorta b. the Breen c. the Saurians d. the Barzans

Question 5.

TRUE or FALSE: Armin Shimmerman and Andrew Robinson once left set completely in make-up due to a hurricane.

Bonus Question: Which characters do these actors play and in which show?

Score: __ / 5 + 3 bonus ( answers under cut )

Question 1. c. Tax Evasion.

+ Enabran Tain

Question 2. Samurai Sword.

Question 3. d. Commander Riker.

+ False: According to most sources, this goes to either Vaughn Armstrong ( 12 distinct roles ) or Majel Barret ( a lot, including Nurse Chapel, Lwaxana and the voice of the Computer ).

Question 4. b. The Breen

( left: Breen, right: Princess Leia in disguise )

Question 5. FALSE. Armin Shimmerman and Andy Robinson left set in makeup due to an Earthquake.

+ Both are actors on DS9. Armin Shimmerman: Quark. Andy Robinson: Garak.

[missfisherandjack]

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (2012-2015) ↳ 2x13 Murder Under The Mistletoe

[scotianostra]

On 21st July 1827 Archibald Constable, the Scottish publisher, died.

Archibald Constable was born at Carnbee in Fife on 24th February 1774, the son of Thomas Constable and Elizabeth Myles.

He was apprenticed to a bookseller and set up on his own in 1795. His specialisation in Scottish historical and literary books drew the attention of many in Edinburgh society. He bought 'The Scots Magazine' in 1801 and published 'The Edinburgh Review' the following year. He was very forward thinking in providing large sums for his authors and even advances for work that was still to be produced. One of his greatest selling authors was Sir Walter Scott.

Following a financial crash in 1826 Scott's attempts to pay off his huge debts through his own literary efforts was detrimental to his health. Archibald Constable was relatively unperturbed and started to publish his Constable's Miscellany in 1827. More cheaply produced and moderately priced than his former publications, the Miscellany brought literature to a wider reading public.

Constable also had a shop at MowbrayHouse, the Constable publishing business continued in the twentieth century, issuing a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books. It continues today as Constable & Robinson.

Archibald Constable died, aged 52, at his home of 3 Park Place Edinburgh on this day 1827 of a dropsy. The entry in the Old Parish Register for Leith South gives the date of burial as 26th July 1827 and the place as 'within the centre of his own ground', his own ground being Old Calton Burial Ground.

[bropunzeling]

📓 for hrpf or not!hrpf!

i have and will continue to think about jacqueline robinson, lady police constable, former war nurse, former ladies companion to the deputy superintendent's daughter (that is, until rosie told her, i'm marrying sidney fletcher, and, you don't have to leave, we can carry on as we have, and, do you really think it wise to join the constabulary). constantly at odds with the one honorable miss phryne fisher (who is rich, and glamorous, and doesn't care about working her way up the narrow ladder that society deems acceptable, and maybe it would be easier if jack also decided that working within the system could go hang, but she cares about the system, because what are we if there is no law? what are we without some higher standard we must strive to meet?) (and if she finds herself watching phryne, with her silks and beads and red slash of a smile, and wanting --) (but nothing can come of that)

i have a whole case fic fully plotted, i just haven't felt that my prose skills are up to it, but maybe this year is the year i finally try again!!!!!

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

Rebus BBC reboot: Release date, cast, plot and trailer

Everything you need to know about the BBC reboot starring Richard Rankin.

BBC

Abby Robinson

Published: Friday, 10 May 2024 at 2:30 pm

Ian Rankin's long-running detective novel series Inspector Rebus, which was previously adapted into a series for ITV, first starring John Hannah followed by Ken Stott, has once again been given the TV treatment – this time for the BBC.

Gregory Burke has taken on the writing mantle, with star Lucie Shorthouse describing his work as a "reimagining" of the source material, adding: "Even though the characters are obviously different, I think if you're a fan of the books, hopefully you'll spot those similarities.

"And it's another way to enjoy the story. It's another format to appreciate that level of storytelling.".

Her co-star Brian Ferguson added: "It's built on the Rebus novels, which is such an amazing foundation to work from, but then I think what's really exciting is that at the beginning of this, Ian Rankin did say to Gregory Burke, 'You take these and make them yours.'

"And Greg really has. They feel like a response to the original novels, rather than a faithful adaptation. And by blending those two together, it gives out a whole new life."

Rebus release date: When will it air?

All six episodes of Rebus will arrive on BBC iPlayer on Friday 17th May at 6am.

Episode 1 will also air on BBC Scotland on Friday 17th May at 10pm, and on BBC One on Saturday 18th May at 9:25pm.

Rebus cast: Who stars?

Brian Ferguson as Michael Rebus and Richard Rankin as John Rebus. BBC/Viaplay /Eleventh Hour/Mark Mainz

Richard Rankin, best known for Outlander and The Replacement, stars as title character John Rebus.

He's joined by Brian Ferguson (The Ipcress File, Spanish Princess) as John's brother Michael and Lucie Shorthouse (Line of Duty, Ten Percent) as Detective Constable Siobhan Clarke, Rebus's investigation partner.

The rest of the cast includes:

Amy Manson (The Nevers, The Diplomat)

Neshla Caplan (The Rig, Scot Squad)

Noof Ousellam (Vigil, Guilt)

Stuart Bowman (The Serpent, Bodyguard)

Caroline Lee Johnson (Trying, Ridley)

Sean Buchanan (Censor, Mary Queen of Scots)

Thoren Ferguson (The Midwich Cuckoos)

Michelle Duncan (Baptise, Elizabeth Is Missing)

Rebus plot: What will happen?

When we first meet our lead, who's been reimagined as a younger detective sergeant, he's "at odds with a job increasingly driven by corporate technocrats", wrapped up in a "toxic affair" that he needs to walk away from, and his ex-wife's new husband is impeding his relationship with his daughter.

"Rebus begins to wonder if he still has a role to play – either as a family man or a police officer," adds the official synopsis.

There's also Rebus's brother Michael, a former soldier with financial problems who creates an almighty mess of his own.

Michael "desperately crosses the line in order to provide for his family, and Rebus starts to question if the law still has meaning, or if everyone is reverting to an older set of rules".

"If so, why shouldn't he do so too?" continues the log line.

Rebus trailer: When can I watch it?

Right now.

Enjoy the gritty trailer below:

Rebus starts on Friday 17th May on BBC iPlayer. All episodes will be available on BBC iPlayer from 6am, with episode one airing on BBC Scotland on Friday 17th May at 10pm and on BBC One on Saturday 18th May at 9:25pm.

(https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/rebus-release-date-bbc/)

Posted 10th May 2024

[cantsayidont]

There may not be a dance soiree, but there is hateration and holleration:

THE JETTY (2024): Exasperating new BBC miniseries, created by Cat Jones and directed by Marialy Rivas, about a detective constable named Ember Manning (Jenna Coleman), raising her teenage daughter Hannah (Ruby Stokes) in the small Lancashire town where she grew up, where everyone knows her and no one takes her very seriously. When Ember realizes that a recent arson might be connected to the past disappearance of a girl named Amy (Bo Bragason), who went missing when she and Ember were teenagers, Ember tries to reopen the case, and butts heads with a crusading true crime podcaster (Weruche Opia), who's also interested in the story and has information about it that she won't share. Ember also realizes Amy's disappearance may have something to do with her daughter's now-dead father, who got Ember pregnant when she was only 17. The story alternates between engaging if uncomfortable drama (like an ongoing flashback sequence about Amy's manipulative flirtation with her friend Kitty (Laura Marcus), who was shyly in love with her despite Amy using her as cover for her secret affair with a shitty older man) and a boatload of stupid pseudo-true-crime white libfem copaganda. It's hampered at every turn by Coleman, who's not nearly as good an actor as some of her costars and seems completely out of her depth playing a cop in what wants to be a socially conscious procedural. CONTAINS LESBIANS? Yes, and if the story had focused more on Amy and Kitty, it might have made its points without all the copaganda horseshit. VERDICT: Some of the segments not centering Coleman are compelling, but Coleman is awful, and the script's fundamentally reactionary mindset and its preoccupation with imputing carceral solutions to misogyny are both clumsy and distasteful (not least because Jones uses one of the story's only Black characters as a rhetorical prop). CWs apply for grooming and sexual violence.

THE LITTLE GIANT (1933): Edward G. Robinson branched out into gangster comedy with this comedy of manners about a notorious Chicago bootlegger, one Jim "Bugs" Ahearn, who decides to retire to Palm Springs with his most loyal stooge (Russell Hopton), where he crashes polite society and falls for ostensibly respectable society dame Polly Cass (Helen Vinson). Meanwhile, Bugs' new housekeeper/girl Friday Ruth Wayburn (Mary Astor), a bankrupt heiress whose family home Bugs has just bought, plays Cyrano de Bergerac while trying to bite her tongue about Polly, whose family is nearly as crooked as Bugs. Not nearly as silly or chaotic as Robinson's later turn in the conceptually similar A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER, and its pre-Code indulgences are pretty modest, but it's an enjoyable romp with some amusing social satire. I ended up wishing the script had made more of the relationship between Bugs and Ruth, although Astor is great as always and her rapport with Robinson is one of the film's best features. CONTAINS LESBIANS? No, although Robinson does use the f-slur at one point. VERDICT: Enjoyable, but not as essential as the sillier A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER.

MATINEE (1993): Delightful comedy about a shlock movie impresario named Lawrence Woolsey (John Goodman) — an obvious pastiche of real-life producer/promoter William Castle — who pulls out all the stops for the premiere of his new Grade-Z sci-fi/horror epic, MANT, at a movie theater in Key West, Florida, during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, setting into motion all manner of chaos. As with the tonally similar A CHRISTMAS STORY, MATINEE is sort of notionally a kids' movie, about two friends (Simon Fenton and Omri Katz) who have each managed to score a date with a cute classmate: horny good girl Sherry (Kellie Martin, who at this age could have plausibly played Sara Michelle Gellar's younger sister) and budding leftist Sandra (Lisa Jakub), who begins to movie by getting herself suspended for protesting that bomb drills would be useless in an actual atomic attack. However, the movie is really aimed as much as adults who nostalgically remember that age (and/or era), and it's an affectionate, in-joke-laden homage to a now mostly vanished genre of cheesy cinematic nonsense (embodied in the clips we see from the MANT film-within-a-film, which are very funny). Goodman is wonderful, as is Cathy Moriarty as his weary girlfriend/star. Robert Picardo pops up in a supporting role as the hysterical theater owner, who's built a bomb shelter in the basement because he's convinced the world is about to end. CONTAINS LESBIANS? Nah. VERDICT: Great fun.

[ao3feed-mfmm]

a moment, a finding

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/aQ4Vx2t

by Anonymous

Having landed back in Australia, there are some things that Jack and Phryne might need to do differently.

Words: 1285, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (TV)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Phryne Fisher, Jack Robinson

Relationships: Phryne Fisher/Jack Robinson

Additional Tags: Various Constables of varying arseholery, Developing Relationship, mentions of handcuffs, Setting Boundaries, phryne ficathon 5

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/aQ4Vx2t