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    Goldfinger

    Ian Fleming

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    Auric Goldfinger - cruel, clever, and frustratingly careful - is a cheat at Canasta and a crook on a...

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Sonofdel (6291 KP) rated Who am I, again? in Books

Jul 24, 2020  
Who am I, again?
Who am I, again?
Lenny Henry | 2019 | Biography
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
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I have seen Lenny Henry in many things over the years and I don't know why but i always assumed he walked straight into television, boy was i wrong. Here is an in-depth look at life growing up in 70's England and the prejudices and racism that was so prevalent in our society (and still is unfortunately). From 3 minute stints at impressions to being Trevor Mcdonut on TISWAS. Its a wonderful read and a real eye opener on what society and the entertainment industry was like. Lenny paints a picture of a time when being 'black' was a joke in itself and his frank account of incidents is a revelation (sometimes a disturbing one). Definitely a great read :)
  
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Michel Gondry recommended Kes (1969) in Movies (curated)

 
Kes (1969)
Kes (1969)
1969 | Drama
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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"I would say Kes by Ken Loach. It’s a story about a 12-year-old kid in the middle of England in a very poor area. He finds a kestrel – it’s like a small eagle – and tries to tame it. He goes to the library and steals a book about how to tame and educate a kestrel. And there is this scene – he’s always dismissed in class; he has nothing to say – and one time the teacher asks each pupil to tell a personal story. Every pupil has something really flat to say, and suddenly he stands up and he tells his story about his kestrel, and he becomes animated and he’s completely inspired, to the point that his teacher comes to see his bird."

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Rufus Wainwright recommended Around the World in a Day by Prince in Music (curated)

 
Around the World in a Day by Prince
Around the World in a Day by Prince
1985 | Rock
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"Yes – of all his albums this is the one that got me. I admire him to the nth degree, no matter what, but that record just captured me wholeheartedly when it was released, and I must have listened to it at least 2000 times. My dad was living in England at the time and it was really here that I fell into the chasm of that journey. I've so many memories of my dad taking me to these really dodgy carnivals that they would have in the suburbs, with guys with tattoos operating these iffy lifts, and I would be listening to 'Raspberry Beret' or 'Around the World in a Day' on my Walkman. I'm a lucky guy; that was a fun period."

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David McK (3377 KP) rated Robin Hood and the Castle of Bones in Books

Jan 22, 2021  
Robin Hood and the Castle of Bones
Robin Hood and the Castle of Bones
Angus Donald | 2021 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.0 (1 Ratings)
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The newest entry (at the time of reviewing) in Angus Donald's 'Robin Hood' series, set between "Robin Hood and the Caliph's Gold" and "King's Man", which should really be called "Alan Dale and the Castle of Bones" (although I understand why it is not), as it is more concerned with the trials and tribulations of the (here) 17 year old Alan Dale, still travelling home to England from the Holy Land in the company of Robin, Little John, Hanno and other members of Robin's entourage.

And Alan deserves a slap around the head more than once throughout this.

Robin, of course, has his own agenda, sowing chaos and seeking opportunity in Burgundy on behalf of (or so he says) King Richard.