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1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)

7.7 (3 Ratings) Rate It

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Determined to find a new sailing route to India, Christopher Columbus (Gérard Depardieu) convinces...

Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)

6.0 (3 Ratings) Rate It

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Late-period Hammer horror movie, based on Bram Stoker's 'The Jewel of the Seven Stars'. An...

Keeping Bees: Choosing, Nurturing & Harvests

Paul Peacock, Pam Gregory and Claire Waring

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Beekeeping is a fascinating and rewarding activity and is hugely important to the survival of our...

Emily Mortimer recommended Edie: American Girl in Books (curated)

Edie: American Girl

Jean Stein | 2021

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"A boy I had a crush on gave this to me to read at university. In a way, it was my first taste of America and of New York, where I now live. It really affected me. A tragic tale of the life and death of Edie Sedgwick, the charming, broken, sophisticated, naive, sexy, innocent muse for a generation of geniuses—Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan and the Velvet Underground. The Queen of the Scene and its victim, too. I couldn’t stop looking at the photo of her on the cover in all her eye make up, and trying to work her out."

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Andy Bell recommended Plastic Letters by Blondie in Music (curated)

Plastic Letters by Blondie

1978 | Punk, Rock

7.4

(5 Ratings)

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"Already their second studio album, they had scored hit singles with 'Denis Denis' (I first heard that on my Grandad's window cleaning round) and the sublime 'I'm Always Touched By Your (Presence Dear)', still one of my favourites to this very day. As a whole album, it sounds like a spy movie soundtrack with 'Contact In Red Square' and 'Kidnapper'. Highlights for me include 'I'm On E' and 'Love At The Pier'. The very definition of late 70s New York pop art and punk glamour; Deborah Harry, for me, will remain forever the Queen of New Wave."

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Chloe (778 KP) rated Empire of Storms in Books

May 26, 2021

Stories back! (1 more)

Fantasy

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It's back, I'm so glad I carried on with the series after the Queen of Shadows. The story in this one is excellent and I love how everything ties together. So much fantasy!

I still HATE Rowan, he's so sappy and I hate the romance scenes with him involved. I don't know why but this character writing is wrong for his history and experience.

Plus I think the blood oath is just a farce at this point, used for a plot hole and show how powerful Caleana is but we know that from other things

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David McK (3755 KP) rated Star Wars, Vol. 11: The Scourging of Shu-Torun in Books

Sep 1, 2019

I've just discovered that this is the final part in Keiron Gillen's run of Star Wars graphic novels, edging ever closer (as it does) to the timeline of The Empire Strikes Back.

Any, yes, in many respects it does 'feel' like a finale or even an epilogue, with the disparate plot threads of the previous entries all finally coming together and with Leia, Han, Luke and co all making a strike back at the Queen of Shu-Torun, whose betrayal was largely responsible for the massive defeat they suffered in Star Wars, Vol. 9: Hope Dies.