James Harrison
@jamesmjharrison.bsky.social
BBC Archive Researcher & AP on Features & Arts progs. Celebrating cinema via @SWSilents, @FilmNoirUK #FilmNoirFest 🏴
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Louvre to hike ticket prices for most non-EU tourists by 45% www.bbc.com/news/article...
Louvre to hike ticket prices for most non-EU tourists by 45%
The price increase is expected to raise millions to fund the museum's renovation plans.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Louvre to hike ticket prices for most non-EU tourists by 45% www.bbc.com/news/article...
I always try and lineup a certain selection of films set around a theme/subject/franchise to watch over the Christmas hols.
This year, I’m going back to RKO’s The Falcon series starring George Sanders, Tom Conway, John Calvert from 1941-1949. 16 titles in all me thinks.
This year, I’m going back to RKO’s The Falcon series starring George Sanders, Tom Conway, John Calvert from 1941-1949. 16 titles in all me thinks.
November 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I always try and lineup a certain selection of films set around a theme/subject/franchise to watch over the Christmas hols.
This year, I’m going back to RKO’s The Falcon series starring George Sanders, Tom Conway, John Calvert from 1941-1949. 16 titles in all me thinks.
This year, I’m going back to RKO’s The Falcon series starring George Sanders, Tom Conway, John Calvert from 1941-1949. 16 titles in all me thinks.
Christie’s Opens Marquee Auction Week with Double-Header Sale Totaling $690 M. Amid Deep Bidding: www.artnews.com/art-news/mar...
Christie’s Opens Marquee Auction Week with Double-Header Sale Totaling $690 M. Amid Deep Bidding
Christie's kicked off marquee auction season wit the Robert and Patricia Ross Weiss single-owner sale, followed by its 20th century evening sale.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Christie’s Opens Marquee Auction Week with Double-Header Sale Totaling $690 M. Amid Deep Bidding: www.artnews.com/art-news/mar...
The species at risk of extinction named in UK-first report: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The species at risk of extinction in Wales named in first of its kind report
Species in Peril identifies thousands of at-risk species in Wales based on geographical restriction.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The species at risk of extinction named in UK-first report: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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One of the great #FilmNoir classics is being screened on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social today, 1:05pm.
Get ready for one of our favs, Broderick Crawford, starring in Phil Karlson’s Scandel Sheet (1952).
Some excellent cinematography by Burnett Guffey + love the artwork for this one. #Noirvember
Get ready for one of our favs, Broderick Crawford, starring in Phil Karlson’s Scandel Sheet (1952).
Some excellent cinematography by Burnett Guffey + love the artwork for this one. #Noirvember
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
One of the great #FilmNoir classics is being screened on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social today, 1:05pm.
Get ready for one of our favs, Broderick Crawford, starring in Phil Karlson’s Scandel Sheet (1952).
Some excellent cinematography by Burnett Guffey + love the artwork for this one. #Noirvember
Get ready for one of our favs, Broderick Crawford, starring in Phil Karlson’s Scandel Sheet (1952).
Some excellent cinematography by Burnett Guffey + love the artwork for this one. #Noirvember
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Clive James passed away on this day in 2019. I highly recommend watching the fantastic (and very funny) Clive James… Postcard from Rome from 1990: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
November 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Clive James passed away on this day in 2019. I highly recommend watching the fantastic (and very funny) Clive James… Postcard from Rome from 1990: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Another chance to see it again at 3:25pm today on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social! #BritNoir #FilmNoir
Get ready for Laurence Harvey in #BritNoir heist film The Good Die Young (1954) on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social today at 2:25pm. Co-starring Gloria Grahame, Joan Collins, Stanley Baker and many more. Directed by the great Lewis Gilbert. #FilmNoir
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Another chance to see it again at 3:25pm today on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social! #BritNoir #FilmNoir
Why are people so surprised that #Wicked: For Good (2025) is bad…
a woman with gray hair is wearing a blue jacket and earrings
ALT: a woman with gray hair is wearing a blue jacket and earrings
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November 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Why are people so surprised that #Wicked: For Good (2025) is bad…
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Get ready for Laurence Harvey in #BritNoir heist film The Good Die Young (1954) on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social today at 2:25pm. Co-starring Gloria Grahame, Joan Collins, Stanley Baker and many more. Directed by the great Lewis Gilbert. #FilmNoir
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Get ready for Laurence Harvey in #BritNoir heist film The Good Die Young (1954) on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social today at 2:25pm. Co-starring Gloria Grahame, Joan Collins, Stanley Baker and many more. Directed by the great Lewis Gilbert. #FilmNoir
Reform's ex-Wales leader read pro-Russia MP's 'script' in European Parliament, court told: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Reform UK's former Wales leader Nathan Gill is being sentenced over pro-Russia bribes
Nathan Gill is being sentenced at the Old Bailey after pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Reform's ex-Wales leader read pro-Russia MP's 'script' in European Parliament, court told: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
US stocks slide as Wall Street's AI jitters persist www.bbc.com/news/article...
US stocks slide as Wall Street's AI jitters persist
Strong sales at AI giant Nvidia have done little to quell investor worries.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
US stocks slide as Wall Street's AI jitters persist www.bbc.com/news/article...
COP30 climate talks evacuated after fire breaks out www.bbc.com/news/article...
COP30 evacuated after fire breaks out
Thousands of people are attending the UN climate talks in Brazil.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
COP30 climate talks evacuated after fire breaks out www.bbc.com/news/article...
#ASTERIX AND THE KINGDOM OF NUBIA: A NEW ADVENTURE IN THEATERS AT CHRISTMAS 2026: www.sortiraparis.com/en/what-to-d...
Asterix and the Kingdom of Nubia: a new adventure in theaters at Christmas 2026.
Asterix and the Kingdom of Nubia, directed by Alexandre Heboyan, will be released in theaters on December 2, 2026. A new adventure featuring the heroes of Goscinny and Uderzo.
www.sortiraparis.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
#ASTERIX AND THE KINGDOM OF NUBIA: A NEW ADVENTURE IN THEATERS AT CHRISTMAS 2026: www.sortiraparis.com/en/what-to-d...
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Join us this Sat, 12PM, for our special #WW1 double bill with #SilentFilm The Battle of the Somme (1916) with live music by Stephen Horne + Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory (1957) on #Bristol’s biggest cinema screen: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
Thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social & @20thcflicks.bsky.social
Thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social & @20thcflicks.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Join us this Sat, 12PM, for our special #WW1 double bill with #SilentFilm The Battle of the Somme (1916) with live music by Stephen Horne + Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory (1957) on #Bristol’s biggest cinema screen: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
Thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social & @20thcflicks.bsky.social
Thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social & @20thcflicks.bsky.social
UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths, says inquiry: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Covid inquiry live updates: UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths, says inquiry
The inquiry says an earlier lockdown could have saved 23,000 lives in the first wave in England - and lockdown could have been avoided altogether with earlier interventions.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths, says inquiry: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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Coming up 22 November: I’m introducing @swsilents.bsky.social events on The Battle of the Somme and Paths of Glory. Here’s my latest piece on the anti-war cinema of the First World War. Details of events are in the article. Sign up for more essays there, too.
Festival of Ideas 2: Anti-War Cinema and the First World War
Andrew Kelly
festivalofideas.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Coming up 22 November: I’m introducing @swsilents.bsky.social events on The Battle of the Somme and Paths of Glory. Here’s my latest piece on the anti-war cinema of the First World War. Details of events are in the article. Sign up for more essays there, too.
School bans singing of KPop Demon Hunters songs
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Singing of KPop Demon Hunters songs banned at school in Poole
The head teacher tells parents references to demons can feel
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November 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
School bans singing of KPop Demon Hunters songs
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’m in the big smoke for work again. In the hotel bar, still trying to get through this Adam Hall book with a pint of Guinness! #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I’m in the big smoke for work again. In the hotel bar, still trying to get through this Adam Hall book with a pint of Guinness! #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking
Should Hitler's DNA have been studied – or just left alone? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Should Hitler's DNA have been studied?
Ground-breaking research has made some fascinating discoveries on the dictator, from his ancestry to possible neurological disorders.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Should Hitler's DNA have been studied – or just left alone? www.bbc.com/news/article...
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It’s a #FilmNoir Joan Crawford day for us. See you all at #Bristol Megascreen from 12pm for a special double bill of Mildred Pierce (1945) + Johnny Guitar (1964) (both the recent 4K restorations). Thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social and @20thcflicks.bsky.social #Melodrama tickets: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
It’s a #FilmNoir Joan Crawford day for us. See you all at #Bristol Megascreen from 12pm for a special double bill of Mildred Pierce (1945) + Johnny Guitar (1964) (both the recent 4K restorations). Thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social and @20thcflicks.bsky.social #Melodrama tickets: ti.to/film-noir-uk...