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Aspirant crime novelist. Cheap watch aficionado. Exiled ex directory Sunderland fan. Expect Crime Fiction/Film, Music, Football, Art, Photography and the usual bollocks. Same name over the road.

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A true classic.

11.03.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Still love RH&TVs despite my disappointment at finding out that Blank Generation was a rewriting of a US comedybrecord.

11.03.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Best DR for ages. More crime films requested. I saw Internal Affairs at the cinema and my main memory was walking out after thinking β€œWhat’s a nice girl like Cindy Crawford doing knocking about with that bastard? Which I suppose is the ultimate compliment an actor can be paid.

11.03.2026 20:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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That 70s Movie Podcast returns . . . with Klute!!
Possibly our best episode to date.
Give a listen, and decide for yourself if our devoted followers are on to something!
[And if you have any thoughts - give us a holler]

open.spotify.com/episode/114s...

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...

11.03.2026 19:52 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
a small brick building in disrepair. It has shutters over the doors and holes in the roof. A lot of plants and trees are growing over and around it

a small brick building in disrepair. It has shutters over the doors and holes in the roof. A lot of plants and trees are growing over and around it

a back road in Horden with some plants in the foreground and single storey buildings further down on either side

a back road in Horden with some plants in the foreground and single storey buildings further down on either side

an old billiard hall, single storey with its windows boarded up. It's in good repair.

an old billiard hall, single storey with its windows boarded up. It's in good repair.

two terraced houses in red brick, with the ground floor windows and doors boarded up.

two terraced houses in red brick, with the ground floor windows and doors boarded up.

We were in Horden yesterday filming a brother and sister who face eviction from their childhood home because of 'regeneration' (see: gentrification). More soon. In the meantime here are some images of Horden from recent years.

#Photography #ThePhotoHour

11.03.2026 12:27 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fascinating time with Niall Hammond and the team at the historic Heighington Station in County Durham, the world's first purpose built railway station. The Friends of Stockton & Darlington Railway own, and are now restoring the building. A long road ahead, but incredible progress made. #Railways

11.03.2026 12:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Lovely to meet siblings Ray and Moira, and their friend Keith, yesterday. Horden's regeneration plan means their childhood home would be demolished and replaced with new housing they couldn't afford. They support regeneration, but not at the cost of the house they've lived in for 60 years.

11.03.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not an easy watch by any means but every needs to see Judgment at Nuremberg at least once. Especially NOW.

Montgomery Clift's testimony is devasting.

10.03.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Outrageously lucky.

10.03.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Rub the cocker Al out and you can use it for his next job Which he’ll surely be looking for tomorrow.

10.03.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A lovely read. Seems like a lovely business too.

10.03.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Place For Everyone to Read: Opening a β€œCultural Treasure” in Philadelphia Harriett’s was my last resort. I opened Harriett’s Bookshop, named for historic heroine Harriett Tubman, six weeks before the pandemic, and could have never predicted that my tiny shop would surviv…

Bookseller Jeannine Cook explains why she opened Harriett’s Bookshop, a β€œcultural treasure” in Philadelphia.

10.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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We love our #femmefatale vixens, but let's not forget the Good Girls of #FilmNoir... who's your favorite? πŸ‘ΌCathy O’Donnell
Coleen Gray
Lucille Ball
Shelley Winters
#WomenInNoir
#WomensHistoryMonth

09.03.2026 10:30 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Windows Her smile was as pleasing to me as a blue banana boat from the ice cream man in August,

Growing-up in Harlem in the 1970s, I discovered the first love of my life living across the way.
--Windows mrbellersneighborhood.com/2024/08/wind...

10.03.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Nazi Town, USA | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS
Nazi Town, USA | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS YouTube video by American Experience | PBS

Nazism, Political #Religion and Ordinary Germans - Samuel Koehne pdf.infobooks.org/ING/PDF/Migr...
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Nazi Town, USA / AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | #PBS youtu.be/g9HmV_-EE8g?...

10.03.2026 18:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

β€œI was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me.”
(In a Lonely Place, 1950)

09.03.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Incredible mail day. Thanks to LOA for sending along a copy of their new Jim Thompson volume, which collects five of his best novels. It’s gorgeous. Beyond glad to see him getting the treatment he deserves. Out officially tomorrow. Go get it. www.loa.org/books/five-n...

09.03.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Paul Newman’s Reflection on Noir: The 25th Anniversary of Twilight β€œYou any tougher than you look?” β€œHell yes! At least, I used to be.” β€œI used to be. We all used to be.” Harry Ross (Paul Newman) was, as he describes it, a cop f…

3/6/98: Robert Benton gem Twilight
w/Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman ++
More:
@janetmaslin.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/1998/03/06/m...
@tippingmyfedora.bsky.social: bloodymurder.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/t...
Hamilton/ @crimereads.bsky.social: crimereads.com/paul-newman-...

06.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Booklist Online: Leading Book Discovery

NBCC member Tony Miksanek's review of "Becoming Martian: How Living in Space Will Change Our Bodies and Minds" by Scott Solomon was Booklist's featured "Review of the Day" for February 26:

06.03.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On the Rise of Pitchfork and 21st-Century Music Criticism In 1994β€”when a young Jeff Bezos started Amazon, and Yahoo! went live, and Netscape launched the first commercial browser for the World Wide Webβ€”a friend of Ryan Schreiber’s introduced him to the In…

Ronen Givony traces the ascent of Pitchfork and the early days of online music criticism.

06.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

News I missed!

Recently, Korea banned ticket reselling.

If you try to resell a concert/play/game/event ticket for more than you paid, the fine is 50X what you tried to charge. Anyone can turn you in and collect 10%.

So long, scalpers.
(Apparently BTS tickets were up to 11k until this passed)

06.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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What are β€˜The Big Five’ book publishers? While researchingΒ how to get published, one term you’re likely to run into is β€œThe Big Five”. This refers to five publishing houses that now dominate the book industry in the United States. The maj…

#selfpub #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #thefutureofpublishing inventingrealityediting.com/2...

06.03.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe try reading your own biography before replying to others, maybe try taking into account the country the person you’re being unkind too is from, maybe try being nice. Maybe you’d be best off over the road.

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The Texture of the French Connection I watched the French Connection recently

The texture of the French Connection.

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05.03.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Eisenhower

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MvdV using one hand to pull the Palace lad back waits until him and his dance partner get inside the box before grabbing him with both hands! As a Sunderland fan I’ve seen a helluva lot of relegations and this clown show stuff is what happens when you are going down.

05.03.2026 20:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why did the Palace keeper wander out from between the posts there? If he’d stayed in between them the shot would’ve hit him.

05.03.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love the title though I’d have overegged the pudding and went for β€œBadgers Badges” myself.

05.03.2026 20:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Music Feature: "Which Side? A Protest Music Teach-out" - How Music Meets the Moment - The Arts Fuse The eighth iteration of β€œWhich Side?” was a wild success, mixing musical genres from reggae to old-school Boston punk and punctuated by two moving (and brief) speakers.

NBCC member Clea Simon wrote about the β€œWhich Side” concert/teach-out series based on James Sullivan’s 2019 book, "Which Side Are You On?: 20th Century American History in 100 Protest Songs," for The Arts Fuse:

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