#james plunkett

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#OTD in 2003 – James Plunkett, best known for his epic novel of Dublin, ‘Strumpet City’, dies at the age of 83.

“Two divine persons in one. A mother lamenting her children in bondage. A girl ravished by the Saxon, who weeps over her stringless harp. But her young champions keep watch in the mountains, awaiting the dawn of the bright sun of Freedom. They will gather around her with pikes and swords.” –James Plunkett ––Strumpet City Plunkett grew up among the Dublin working class and they, along with the…

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A little pencil drawing of Robert Carlyle and Jonny Lee Miller inspired by the bts pic Jonny Lee Miller shared on Instagram in 2021.

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Tony Awards 2024 Best Peformance Nominees - ❤️ Coupled Characters in Musicals ❤️

[savingthegeneration]

Do you remember what this place is? It's not just a monastery. It was a prison. People were executed for fighting each other for supremacy. These "treasures" must have been taken from them; soaked with curses and hatred. And you'll be cursed if you worship those things.

Koudelka (2000) dev. Sacnoth

[theoutcastrogue]

Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues

"3-part BBC documentary series. Few figures in British history have captured the popular imagination as much as the outlaw. From gentleman highwaymen, via swashbuckling pirates to elusive urban thieves and rogues, the brazen escapades and the flamboyance of the outlaw made them the antihero of their time - feared by the rich, admired by the poor and celebrated by writers and artists. In this three-part series, historian Dr Sam Willis ... shows that, far from being 'outsiders', outlaws were very much a product of their time, shaped by powerful national events."

Episode 1 - Knights of the Road: The Highwayman's Story

"In 1714, Captain Alexander Smith's book The Complete History of the Lives and Robberies of the Most Notorious Highwaymen caused a sensation. It set the bar for colourful and slightly dubious accounts of the big names in highway robbery. But whilst the public might find them romantic, the elite weren't so keen. They represented a threat to the social order: not only were they attacking property with impunity without any regard to the rank of their victims, but the robberies were giving them wealth and pretensions of status.

To satirists, there was a delicious irony to the howls of outrage about highwaymen. For them, politicians in the Georgian government were even worse thieves. In 1728, John Gay penned The Beggar's Opera, using a highwayman called Macheath as a central character in his stage satire. Macheath was the theatrical incarnation of the gentleman robber, but he wasn't the villain of the peace. He was moral, he was noble, and it was set against the rapaciousness of the elite. His character was used to dissect the hypocrisy of the ruling classes, who were losing more at the gambling tables than they were on the roads. Then there was the corruption. In John Gay's eyes, highwaymen were more honest thieves than the government. The ruling class were committing robberies of their own, but they were getting away with it. Prime Minister Robert Walpole spirited away thousands of pounds, and when the Chancellor, the Earl of Macclesfield, took a hundred thousand pounds in bribes, all he got was a fine."

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Match Review: Stoke City U18s 0-3 Manchester United U18s

Another day, another win for United's dazzling kids.

On paper it was all United away at Stoke, with the lion's share of possession and more shots to boast too, but the first half was a drab 0-0 at the interval for all United's pressure - just lacking that cutting edge.

Jim Thwaites almost put in a peach of a free kick in the 55th minute, but United still couldn't break the deadlock. Introducing Chido Obi (-Martin? has he dropped the double barrelled name?). United's number 9 battled and bought a foul in the box, which the Dane tucked in neatly to the bottom left. 1-0, 6 in 6 for Chido, and he's now the U18 PL record holder for goals scored. This lad's getting promoted to the U21s for sure next season, if not in the New Year perhaps.

Victor Musa came close in the 81st minute but tried chipping the keeper to no avail. Two minutes later and a Kukonki pass puts in Musa. His shot deflects back out to James Scanlon who hits it into the net. 2-0, and 10 for the season for the Gibraltan international. I'm not sure about his long-term potential for United, but he - along with Ennis - are potential backups for the first team next year. Pre-season will be fun.

Dante Plunkett finished the game off with a third goal for United, again finishing a rebounded shot that originally came from a Bendito Mantato effort.

Special mention should go to Michael Zeitzen in goal for Stoke. His excellent saves vs Thwaites' free kick and Sekou Kaba's shot at point-blank range were the difference between defeat and a second-half rout.

United's unbeaten league season continues. 10 wins out of 10. We failed to be invincible right at the death last season, but could we do it now? The 4-3 vs Spurs was a freak match, and a cup game, so maybe that was the jolt/warning we needed to stay on track?

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SPENCER 2021

Hold on. Fight them. Be beautiful. You are your own weapon. Don't cut it to pieces.

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The Rocketeer Adventure Magazine #3 (January 1995)

Sandy Plunkett and James Sinclair

Dark Horse Comics

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battleship art fill for @sishal01 - cuddling and snuggling

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The Crowded Day (Shop Spoiled) (1954) John Guillermin

December 1st 2024

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#OTD in 1916 – Approximately 1,000 copies of The Proclamation of the Irish Republic are printed in Liberty Hall in a print office set up by James Connolly.

The proclamation would be read by Pádraig Pearse outside the General Post Office on Sackville Street (now called O’Connell Street) on Monday 24th April. The proclamation was printed secretly on an old and poorly maintained Wharfedale Stop Cylinder Press in the printing office that had been set up by James Connolly in the basement in the original Liberty Hall in Beresford Place, Dublin. All seven…

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A little Plunkett and Macleane drabble because I couldn't stop thinking of this silly little scene that came to me out of nowhere, and this is the only way.

[savingthegeneration]

Koudelka (1999) dev. Sacnoth

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Showing Up (2023, dir. Kelly Reichardt) - review by Rookie-Critic

I am a huge Kelly Reichardt fan. Ever since Tucker Meyers let me borrow his copy of her second film, Old Joy, earlier last year I've been greatly anticipating whatever she decided to make next. When I saw the trailer for Showing Up the first time I was instantly hooked. Not only was frequent Reichardt collaborator Michelle Williams starring, but 2022-breakout star Hong Chau would also be playing a role. Set in an artist community in Portland, the film follows William's Lizzy as she navigates the week leading up to a potentially career-making art show. Between the hot water in her apartment being busted, worrying about her mentally unwell brother, and an incident with a bird, the week Lizzy needs to really focus on her work is thrown into chaos.

Lizzy seems to have a generally negative disposition, even when factoring in all of the curveballs life throws at here over the course of the film. It's understandable, and there are many scenarios in the film where I was firmly on her side, but at the same time you wonder if she's too much emphasis on the negative instead of just focusing and what needs to be done. At the heart of the film and the center of Lizzy's character is why I adore Reichardt's filmmaking so much. Her characters have a tendency to feel almost too real. They're the kind of people you could pass by on the street. That you see sitting in the car next to you at a stoplight, or are even just another face in the crowd. She creates these characters that very likely actually exist and just plops them down in the world, and this allows her to analyze life from the perspective of somebody that is purely relatable. Their flaws feel organic, which makes their mistakes understandable, and their personalities tactile (Reichardt's insistence on shooting with 35mm film cameras also adds an aspect of warmth and intimacy to the world and characters). We don't see the characters go through grand, life-altering change or growth, because that would be too grandiose. Instead, we see them change very slowly, sometimes the character growth is so subtle that they're not even done changing by the time the story is over, but merely set on the right path. It all just feels so organic. Maybe that seems boring to some of you, but something about the way she weaves her stories just clicks with me.

This film also continues the tradition in Kelly Reichardt's films of analyzing characters the are stuck in some way. Stuck in life, physically stuck or lost, stuck in a dead-end town, stuck in an unfair system, Reichardt loves viewing how different personalities react to their individual claustrophobia. Lizzy has herself trapped in a negative headspace of her own design. Again, some her grievances are well-placed, but it is so all-encompassing. Everything is against her in some way shape or form. I won't spoil the ending for anyone interested, but the way the title of the film works into the overall message of taking life in stride and being there for others is truly inspired and something I didn't fully get until the conversation with Tucker on the drive home. To cut myself off from rambling any more nonsense at you, I'll just say the Showing Up is a wonderful film and another feather in Reichardt's cap. It's hard to nail down exactly what about her films gels with me on a deeply fundamental level, but I haven't watched a film of hers yet that I haven't absolutely adored. If you have the patience for a slow-paced character study, I highly recommend this. It's been the second-most fulfilling film-watching experience I've had with a new film in 2023 next to Colin West's Linoleum.

Score: 9/10

Only in theaters.

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Match Review: Manchester United U18s 9-0 Blackburn Rovers U18s

Well, this is a bit silly isn't it? The U21s threw hands with Norwich, but the U18s don't even let you glove up to fight. Ruthless little bastards, I love it.

James Scanlon, pictured above, managed to bag four goals for United; 1 in the first half and 3 in the second to really flex on Rovers.

Goal 1: Battling Biancheri won the ball back on the edge of the Blackburn box to jink into the box, pop the ball onto his left and bosh - bottom right corner finish for 1-0.

Goal 2: United had several chances from here on out but it took until the 30th minute for Zach Baumann to make it 2-0. Fitzgerald released Mantato, who then hit traffic, but the back pass came to Baumann for a lovely double-megs that the keeper had no vision of. Cheeky.

Goal 3: A nice win back from Fitzgerald was passed on to Tyler Fletcher and played through at the perfect pace for Biancheri to slot home with precision.

Goal 4: More nice give-and-go football from United sees Biancheri tee Fletcher who tees Scanlon for a close-range finish.

Goal 5: TYLER FLETCHER YOU BEAUTY. Left back Dante Plunkett scores, and it's a nice close-range finish again, but Tyler with the side-foot pass at an angle away from his body, through the lines, killer throughball... he sold everyone and just puts Plunkett through in miles of space. Unreal.

== HALF TIME ==

Goal 6: Hot prospect Jim Thwaites, on for goalscorer Zach Baumann, enjoyed another lovely spectacle of give-and-go 1-2 passing with Gabi Biancheri, allowing a sideways pass to Scanlon for his second goal of the game.

Goal 7: Centre-back Godwill Kukonki scored after United excuted a short corner, whipped in to back post and headed back central by Reece Minro for Kukonki to pass into the net.

Goal 8: Hat-trick hero! James Scanlon on the left side of the Blackburn box bundles home his third after pressure on the Rovers keeper saw Thwaites win the ball back mid-half. A short pass to Tyler Fletcher - him again! - and a timely relay wide to Scanlon again gave United their 8th of the afternoon.

Goal 9: Now you're showing off... Gibraltan hero Scanlon basically gets the ball and just drives, drives, drives, shoots, goal, thanks.

BONUS: A 91st minute red card for Jackson Shorrocks after a blatant, full-on arm grab and throw of United RB Devaney - but luckily for Blackburn it was just outside the penalty area, else we might have hit wacky double figures...