The Prophet
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In a distant, timeless place, a mysterious prophet walks the sands. At the moment of his departure,...
The Naughty List
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A modern take on our favorite Christmas traditions, The Naughty List will take you on a worldwide...
Christmas Santa Claus
David McK (3623 KP) rated Shakespeare in Love (1998) in Movies
Oct 19, 2025
Whilst this is a bit slow starting, it gets better once the plot starts moving, roughly half an hour or so into it, with the introduction of (a very young) Gwyneth Paltrow as Lady Viola who - in the best traditions of Shakespeare - wants to become an actor herself, a role forbidden to females of the time, and so is forced to 'go undercover', pretending to be a young man.
Sound familiar?
It's a plot device Shakespeare would return to, time and time again.
The Oxford History of the Novel in English: Volume 1: Prose Fiction in English from the Origins of Print to 1750
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The Oxford History of the Novel in English is a 12-volume series presenting a comprehensive, global,...
Gandhi and the Stoics: Modern Experiments on Ancient Values
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Richard Sorabji presents a fascinating study of Gandhi's philosophy in comparison with Christian and...
The Live Art Almanac: Volume 4
Lois Keidan, Aaron Wright and Harriet Curtis
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Live Art is now recognized as one of the most vital and influential of creative spaces in the UK....
Alla Osipenko: Beauty and Resistance in Soviet Ballet
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Alla Osipenko is the gripping story of one of history's greatest ballerinas, a courageous rebel who...
Farali vangi, recipes of delicius for upvas and vrat (Fasting)
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Indian families practice the traditional form of fasting where they consume only some of food items...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2434 KP) rated Away in a Manger (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #15) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
The book gives us a wonderful look at Christmas in another time as we see different traditions we don’t follow any more. But that feeling is balanced by the mystery, which has some serious tones to it. Rhys Bowen balances the two perfectly. Mix in our favorite characters, and you’ve got a Christmas mystery to savor.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2015/12/book-review-away-in-manger-by-rhys.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Time and Place are Nonsense: The Films of Seijun Suzuki
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Japanese film director Seijun Suzuki began his career making increasingly outrageous B movies for...