Doc Paperback
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Not the former drummer with Roxy Music.
Freelance researcher & writer with a PhD from St Andrews.
Author: 'Masculinity in Lesbian “Pulp” Fiction: Disappearing Heteronormativity?'
Mid-20c queer books. Queer spaces and phenomenology.
Freelance researcher & writer with a PhD from St Andrews.
Author: 'Masculinity in Lesbian “Pulp” Fiction: Disappearing Heteronormativity?'
Mid-20c queer books. Queer spaces and phenomenology.
I am going to have to disagree - I'm about to write an online review as to why. I think it was very visual, as you would expect from Del Toro, but as an adaptation I consider that the wheels began to fall of from the word go. Not something I can explain in sufficient detail here.
December 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I am going to have to disagree - I'm about to write an online review as to why. I think it was very visual, as you would expect from Del Toro, but as an adaptation I consider that the wheels began to fall of from the word go. Not something I can explain in sufficient detail here.
It kept the late Steve Cropper in golf balls. 👍
December 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
It kept the late Steve Cropper in golf balls. 👍
Many great actors get to play Cardassians.
December 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Many great actors get to play Cardassians.
So, Trump got a peace prize from the body that overseas the 'sport' where twenty-two overpaid, bad-tempered, prima donnas in mullet haircuts chase a beach-ball round a park, hacking each other's legs out from under them and lying to the referee about it while a crowd bays for his blood. About right.
December 7, 2025 at 6:36 AM
So, Trump got a peace prize from the body that overseas the 'sport' where twenty-two overpaid, bad-tempered, prima donnas in mullet haircuts chase a beach-ball round a park, hacking each other's legs out from under them and lying to the referee about it while a crowd bays for his blood. About right.
Oh he got a peace prize from the body that overseas the 'sport' where twenty-two overpaid, bad-tempered, prima donnas in mullet haircuts chase a beach-ball round a park, hacking each other's legs out from under them and lying to the referee about it while a crowd bays for his blood.
December 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Oh he got a peace prize from the body that overseas the 'sport' where twenty-two overpaid, bad-tempered, prima donnas in mullet haircuts chase a beach-ball round a park, hacking each other's legs out from under them and lying to the referee about it while a crowd bays for his blood.
I see where you're coming from on that (hence the nods).
One must not, however, ignore the principles of 'natural justice' - what could a jury do, for example, if it were clear to them that evidence had been withheld from them, breaking the principle of 'Audi Alteram Partem'?
One must not, however, ignore the principles of 'natural justice' - what could a jury do, for example, if it were clear to them that evidence had been withheld from them, breaking the principle of 'Audi Alteram Partem'?
a man in a blue shirt is standing in front of a computer monitor .
ALT: a man in a blue shirt is standing in front of a computer monitor .
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December 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I see where you're coming from on that (hence the nods).
One must not, however, ignore the principles of 'natural justice' - what could a jury do, for example, if it were clear to them that evidence had been withheld from them, breaking the principle of 'Audi Alteram Partem'?
One must not, however, ignore the principles of 'natural justice' - what could a jury do, for example, if it were clear to them that evidence had been withheld from them, breaking the principle of 'Audi Alteram Partem'?
The precedent for finding according to conscience goes back to the time of William Penn (R v Mead & Penn).
December 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The precedent for finding according to conscience goes back to the time of William Penn (R v Mead & Penn).
I think I've got a hooky copy of it somewhere. It "invented" reality TV.
December 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I think I've got a hooky copy of it somewhere. It "invented" reality TV.
Visitor from 1966: "Ah yes, that's TV. We have TV." 😆
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Visitor from 1966: "Ah yes, that's TV. We have TV." 😆
It is, however, unusual for a judge to say, specifically, "If you DON'T decide based on the evidence you WILL be held in contempt of court and suffer the legal consequences." Tell me the judge used THOSE words to you and I'll retract.
December 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
It is, however, unusual for a judge to say, specifically, "If you DON'T decide based on the evidence you WILL be held in contempt of court and suffer the legal consequences." Tell me the judge used THOSE words to you and I'll retract.
B. I've always been here.
a clown with a red nose is holding a yellow ball
ALT: a clown with a red nose is holding a yellow ball
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December 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
B. I've always been here.
Might just win the Grand National though.
December 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Might just win the Grand National though.
Without the képi.
December 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Without the képi.
If you think THAT's weird, watch The Year Of The Sex Olympics.
December 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
If you think THAT's weird, watch The Year Of The Sex Olympics.
Robert Shaw simply stole that movie!
I'm kind of a Bond fan. I feel the franchise has long since run its course and ought to stop. But I rather fancy the idea of remakes of films based closely on the novels and set IN PERIOD. I think that might work.
I'm kind of a Bond fan. I feel the franchise has long since run its course and ought to stop. But I rather fancy the idea of remakes of films based closely on the novels and set IN PERIOD. I think that might work.
December 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Robert Shaw simply stole that movie!
I'm kind of a Bond fan. I feel the franchise has long since run its course and ought to stop. But I rather fancy the idea of remakes of films based closely on the novels and set IN PERIOD. I think that might work.
I'm kind of a Bond fan. I feel the franchise has long since run its course and ought to stop. But I rather fancy the idea of remakes of films based closely on the novels and set IN PERIOD. I think that might work.
Money is both the measure of inequality and the fuel that drives its engine. It serves only to mask the true, intrinsic value of things. Whenever I see a phrase like "property values" my blood boils. How can you put a price on shelter, comfort, personal space, and safety? To the 1% it's numbers.
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Money is both the measure of inequality and the fuel that drives its engine. It serves only to mask the true, intrinsic value of things. Whenever I see a phrase like "property values" my blood boils. How can you put a price on shelter, comfort, personal space, and safety? To the 1% it's numbers.
I'm reminded about the time that Shrewsbury Rep put on Arthur's Plough, a play by Chris Eldon Lee, about Shropshire farmer Arthur Hollins - an unusual wee guy (whom I met) - who pioneered yoghurt & invented a kind of shallow ploughing device. Keep it up, George.
www.fordhallfarm.com/arthur-the-p...
www.fordhallfarm.com/arthur-the-p...
Arthur the Pioneer
Be inspired by the story of Arthur Hollins, organic pioneer.
www.fordhallfarm.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I'm reminded about the time that Shrewsbury Rep put on Arthur's Plough, a play by Chris Eldon Lee, about Shropshire farmer Arthur Hollins - an unusual wee guy (whom I met) - who pioneered yoghurt & invented a kind of shallow ploughing device. Keep it up, George.
www.fordhallfarm.com/arthur-the-p...
www.fordhallfarm.com/arthur-the-p...
Surely these "courts" have absolutely no legal standing anywhere in the world? They are a fiction. They do not exist outside the oligarchs' imagination.
Right-wing conspiracy nuts bang on about "Globalism" yet won't recognise that corporate capitalism already IS globalism, if they get away with this
Right-wing conspiracy nuts bang on about "Globalism" yet won't recognise that corporate capitalism already IS globalism, if they get away with this
December 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Surely these "courts" have absolutely no legal standing anywhere in the world? They are a fiction. They do not exist outside the oligarchs' imagination.
Right-wing conspiracy nuts bang on about "Globalism" yet won't recognise that corporate capitalism already IS globalism, if they get away with this
Right-wing conspiracy nuts bang on about "Globalism" yet won't recognise that corporate capitalism already IS globalism, if they get away with this
Absolutely. I had the pleasure of seeing him and Duck Dunn backing Eddie Floyd in Perth in 2011(?).
December 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Absolutely. I had the pleasure of seeing him and Duck Dunn backing Eddie Floyd in Perth in 2011(?).
The problem is that The State is always (potentially at least) a violent institution. The history of the US is violent by default, not peaceful, not fair, not just. ICE thugs operate because of, not despite, the system(s) in place. The State cannot cure The State.
Don't get me started on capitalism!
Don't get me started on capitalism!
December 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The problem is that The State is always (potentially at least) a violent institution. The history of the US is violent by default, not peaceful, not fair, not just. ICE thugs operate because of, not despite, the system(s) in place. The State cannot cure The State.
Don't get me started on capitalism!
Don't get me started on capitalism!