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Dana and Tom with 10x guests, Robb Conlon (Founder of Westport Studios and Host of B2B Business Class) and Kieran B. (Host and Creator of the Best Picture Cast; @bestpicturecast on X, IG, Letterboxd - BPC, Letterboxd - Personal) discuss the Best Picture Winner of 2000, Gladiator: directed by Ridley Scott, written by John Logan, David Franzione, William Nicholson, cinematography by John Mathieson, music by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard, starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Richard Harris, and Djimon Hounsou.Plot Summary: In Gladiator, Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius (Russell Crowe) leads his army to victory in a decisive battle under Emperor Marcus Aurelius. The emperor, disillusioned with his son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), wishes to pass power to Maximus to restore the Roman Republic. Before this plan can be enacted, Commodus murders his father and seizes the throne.Refusing to serve the new emperor, Maximus is sentenced to death. He escapes execution but returns home to find his wife and son brutally murdered by Commodus's men. Captured and sold into slavery, Maximus becomes a gladiator under the training of Proximo (Oliver Reed), a former gladiator himself. Maximus ultimately works his way to Rome, igniting a battle not just for revenge but for the soul of Rome.As the story builds to a final confrontation, Maximus must fight one last time—against a corrupt emperor and the cruelty of the empire—to restore honor and justice and to fulfill a dying emperor's last hope.Guests:Robb ConlonFounder of Westport Studios and Host of B2B Business ClassLinkedIn: Robb / Westport StudiosPreviously On: Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), Die Hard (1988), The Godfather (1972), John Wick (2014), The Dark Knight (2008),

Robert Winfree and Mark Radulich present our Gladiator 2000 Movie Review!Gladiator is a 2000 historical epic film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson from a story by Franzoni. It stars Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, and Richard Harris. Crowe portrays the Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius, who is betrayed when Commodus, the ambitious son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, murders his father and seizes the throne. Reduced to slavery, Maximus becomes a gladiator and rises through the ranks of the arena, determined to avenge the murders of his family and the emperor.The screenplay, initially written by Franzoni, was inspired by the 1958 Daniel P. Mannix novel Those About to Die. The script was acquired by DreamWorks Pictures, and Scott signed on to direct the film. Principal photography began in January 1999 and wrapped in May of that year. Production was complicated by the script being rewritten multiple times and by the death of Oliver Reed before production was finished.Gladiator had its world premiere in Los Angeles, California, on May 1, 2000. The film was released in the United States on May 5, 2000 by DreamWorks and internationally on May 12, 2000 by Universal Pictures. The film grossed $465.4 million worldwide, becoming the second highest-grossing film of 2000, and won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Crowe. A sequel, Gladiator II, was released in November 2024.Disclaimer: The following may contain offensive language, adult humor, and/or content that some viewers may find offensive – The views and opinions expressed by any one speaker does not explicitly or necessarily reflect or represent those of Mark Radulich or W2M Network.Mark Radulich and his wacky podcast on all the things:https://linktr.ee/markkind76alsohttps://www.teepublic.com/user/radulich-in-broadcasting-networkFB Messenger: Mark Radulich LCSWTiktok: @markradulichtwitter: @MarkRadulichInstagram: markkind76RIBN Album Playlist: https://suno.com/playlist/91d704c9-d1ea-45a0-9ffe-5069497bad59

Ridley Scott's Gladiator (2000) wasn't just a movie—it was an event, a cultural phenomenon that revived the sword-and-sandal epic for a modern audience. In this week's Born to Watch podcast episode, we take a deep dive with our Gladiator (2000) Movie Review, a timeless classic that set the bar for historical dramas, earning critical acclaim and five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. With stunning visuals, a poignant score, and unforgettable performances, Gladiator remains one of cinema's greatest achievements.The Story That Defined a GenerationAt its core, Gladiator is a revenge tale wrapped in the grandeur of the Roman Empire. Russell Crowe stars as Maximus Decimus Meridius, a loyal Roman general betrayed by the scheming Commodus, played with unsettling intensity by Joaquin Phoenix. Stripped of his rank, family, and freedom, Maximus is forced into the brutal world of gladiatorial combat. As he rises through the ranks of the arena, he becomes a beacon of hope and rebellion, culminating in a battle not just for his life but for the soul of Rome itself.What makes Gladiator resonate so deeply is its ability to blend intimate human drama with epic stakes. Maximus's vendetta against Commodus intertwines with his larger quest for justice, making every clash in the Colosseum emotionally charged. The screenplay, penned by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson, is poetic and visceral, delivering lines like “Are you not entertained?” that have become iconic in pop culture.A Visual and Sonic MasterpieceRidley Scott is a director known for his meticulous attention to detail, and Gladiator is no exception. The film's portrayal of ancient Rome is nothing short of breathtaking. Using a mix of practical sets, CGI, and miniatures, Scott and cinematographer John Mathieson recreated the grandeur of the Colosseum and the chaotic energy of Rome's streets with staggering realism.Equally stunning is Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard's haunting score. The music perfectly captures the film's shifting tones, from the mournful longing of Maximus's loss to the triumphant swell of his victories. Tracks like “Now We Are Free” remain synonymous with the film's legacy, blending orchestral power with ethereal vocals to evoke an almost mythic quality.A Performance for the AgesRussell Crowe's portrayal of Maximus is the beating heart of Gladiator. His transformation from a respected general to a vengeful gladiator is physically demanding and emotionally rich. Crowe embodies Maximus with a quiet intensity, delivering a performance that won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. His ability to convey a deep well of grief, determination, and defiance elevates the character into the realm of timeless cinematic heroes.Joaquin Phoenix's Commodus, on the other hand, is a masterclass in villainy. He's not just evil for the sake of it—he's deeply insecure, desperate for approval, and chillingly manipulative. Phoenix walks a delicate line, making Commodus repulsive yet compelling, a character you can't look away from, no matter how despicable his actions.The supporting cast, including Connie Nielsen as the morally torn Lucilla and Richard Harris as the wise Emperor Marcus Aurelius, rounds out the ensemble with gravitas and depth. Even in smaller roles, the film excels in giving its characters memorable moments that add richness to the world.Themes That Echo Through HistoryGladiator isn't just a feast for the senses—it's a film that grapples with timeless themes. Justice, loyalty, and the corrupting nature of power all play pivotal roles in the story. Maximus's journey is as much about reclaiming his honour as it is toppling a corrupt regime. His mantra, “What we do in life echoes in eternity,” underscores the film's meditation on legacy and the impact of our actions.The movie also speaks to the enduring appeal of underdog stories. Maximus's rise from slave to hero taps into a universal desire for justice and redemption, making his triumphs all the more cathartic. At the same time, the film doesn't shy away from the brutality of its world, reminding us that victory often comes at a high cost.A Lasting LegacyWhen Gladiator hit theatres in 2000, it reignited interest in historical epics, paving the way for films like Troy, 300, and Kingdom of Heaven. But few have matched its impact. Its influence extends beyond the genre, inspiring video games, TV series, and countless parodies in pop culture.The film's success also cemented Ridley Scott's reputation as a visionary director and launched Russell Crowe into superstardom. It remains a benchmark for storytelling and craftsmanship, a movie that feels as fresh and powerful today as it did over two decades ago.Why We Still Love GladiatorSo why does Gladiator still hold such a special place in our hearts? Part of it is the sheer spectacle—few films manage to combine action, drama, and historical detail so seamlessly. But more than that, it's the emotional core of the story. Maximus's journey is one of loss, perseverance, and ultimate redemption, themes that resonate universally.Watching Gladiator is an experience that lingers long after the credits roll. Whether it's the breathtaking battles, the nuanced performances, or the hauntingly beautiful score, every element works in harmony to create something truly unforgettable.Final ThoughtsOur latest Born to Watch podcast episode celebrates everything that makes Gladiator a masterpiece. From its technical achievements to its emotional depth, the film is a triumph in every sense of the word. It's a reminder of why we go to the movies—to be moved, thrilled, and inspired.If you haven't revisited Gladiator lately, now is the perfect time. As Maximus would say, “Strength and Honour”—this movie delivers both in spades.

Are you ready to be entertained?! In this month's episode, Austin and Big T discuss the 2000 film, Gladiator, and all its pros and cons. Grab a good seat in the arena and tune in as Austin discusses how this film has changed for him since he last watched it and Big T gives us his first impression. We share our opinions about the soundtrack and discuss what we think makes Commodus such a great villain.  So pour yourself some wine then join us for next month when we discuss the new horror film, Strange Darling.Write into us at layersoffilmpod@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok: @layersoffilmpod

Send us a Text Message.Have you ever watched a movie or read a book and tried to put yourself in the shoes of the main character?  Imagined yourself going through all their trials and tribulations and asked yourself the question "could I survive"?  That is our new theme and mission for this round.This episode focuses on 'Unbroken', the 2014 film adaptation of the excellent 2010 non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand.  Written by the Coen brothers, Richard LaGravenese and William Nicholson and directed by Angelina Jolie the film follows American Olympian and Army officer Louis Zamperini who survived in a raft for 47 days after his bomber ditched in the ocean during the Second World War, before being captured by the Japanese and being sent to a series of prisoner of war camps.We also discuss our own brushes with mortality and discuss what it really means to survive.

Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) centers on the plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England, the arrest and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (Elizabeth's cousin), and King Phillip II of Spain's attempt to topple Elizabeth and install a Catholic monarch on the English throne, which culminates in England's defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. The film also portrays the complex emotional triangle involving Elizabeth, the English statemen, soldier, and explorer Sir Walter Raleigh, and Elizabeth's lady-in-waiting, Beth Throckmorton, whom Raleigh marries and has a child with. (The film depicts Elizabeth as enamored with Raleigh). Directed by Shekhar Kapur, from a script by William Nicholson and Michael Hirst, the film is a sequel to Kapur's Elizabeth (1998). The cast includes Cate Blanchett (Queen Elizabeth I), Clive Owen (Walter Raleigh), Geoffrey Rush (Elizabeth's spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham), Samantha Morton (Mary, Queen of Scots); Abbie Cornish (Beth Throckmorton); and Jordi Mollà (Phillip II of Spain). In addition to dramatizing this critical and memorable period of English history (albeit with some notable historical inaccuracies), the film provides a window into important and timely legal issues around torture, trial for matters of state, and piracy in Tudor England.  I'm joined by Alka Pradhan, a leading human rights attorney, adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, and Tudor history buff. (Alka's full bio is here)Timestamps:0:00     Introduction3:38     Queen Elizabeth I and the film's historical context 9:14     The Babington assassination plot 15:38   Mary's letters and the evidence of guilt16:53   Torture and torture warrants during Elizabeth I's reign22:51   Walsingham, the spy master24:08   The trial of Mary Queen of Scots32:38   The Defeat of the Spanish Armada36:18   The law of piracy38:24   Elizabeth, Walter Raleigh, and Beth Throckmorton44:56   More on depicting torture and trials on film 48:44   What the movie and Tudor history can tell us about contemporary society Further reading:Cooper, John, The Queen's Agent: Sir Francis Walsingham in Elizabethan England (2013)Lewis, Jayne E., The Trial of Mary Queen of Scots: A Brief History with Documents (1999)Martin, Colin & Parker, Geoffrey, The Spanish Enterprise and England's Deliverance in 1588 (2023)Read, Andrew, “Pirates and Privateers in Elizabethan England,” in The Laws of Yesterday's Wars (Samuel C. Duckett White ed. 2021)Webb, Simon, A History of Torture in England (2018)Williams, Kate, Rival Queens: The Betrayal of Mary Queen of Scots (2021)Law on Film is created and produced by Jonathan Hafetz. Jonathan is a professor at Seton Hall Law School. He has written many books and articles about the law. He has litigated important cases to protect civil liberties and human rights while working at the ACLU and other organizations. Jonathan is a huge film buff and has been watching, studying, and talking about movies for as long as he can remember. For more information about Jonathan, here's a link to his bio: https://law.shu.edu/faculty/full-time/jonathan-hafetz.cfmYou can contact him at jonathanhafetz@gmail.comYou can follow him on X (Twitter) @jonathanhafetz You can follow the podcast on X (Twitter) @LawOnFilmYou can follow the podcast on Instagram @lawonfilmpodcast

In today's episode, Bex Scott uses her confessed addiction to thrifting to share the top six items that she always seeks out at thrift stores. Bex lives in Canada so the availability of items, and store names, may vary from country to country, but the general categories of vintage items Bex looks for are a great guide. She walks us through what to look for, why, and how to value an item if you do find one. Bex's list of items she frequents Value Village, Goodwill, and Salvation Army to find wouldn't, of course, be complete without Pyrex occupying the number one spot. She tells stories of lining up before the store would open to be one of the first inside and she divulges some of the greatest Pyrex finds she's experienced. Her six top sought-after items after Pyrex are brass, Blue Mountain pottery, cross stitch and crewel patterns, vintage linens, and kids' books. Why does she search for these specific items? Bex tells all in this episode: the why, their collectible value, and some of the pieces and brands to be on the lookout for. Tune in and then share your own top ten list with Bex on Instagram @PyrexWithBex.Resources discussed in this episode:JAJ Cherry Blossom PyrexWhatnotBlue Mountain Pottery blue glaze bowlBrass lounging frogs“Blue Mountain Pottery Angelfish - A Star is Reborn” by C. Biernacki & T. Milks for Antique67.comCrewel curtain c 1696, English leaf detail—Contact Rebecca Scott | Pyrex With Bex: Website: PyrexWithBex.comInstagram: @pyrexwithbex—TranscriptBex Scott: [00:00:02] Hey everybody, it's Bex Scott and welcome to the Pyrex with Bex podcast where, you guessed it, I talk about vintage Pyrex, but also all things vintage housewares. I'll take you on my latest thrifting adventures, talk about reselling, chat with other enthusiasts about their collections, and learn about a bunch of really awesome items from the past. Subscribe now on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you love listening to podcasts so you don't miss a beat. Bex Scott: [00:00:30] Hey, everybody, this is Bex Scott and you are listening to the Pyrex with Bex podcast. Today. I wanted to go through the top six items that I always pick up at the thrift store if the price is right. That is the most important part of this. If the price is right for you to resell, if you're a reseller, or if it's right to you as a collector. So for those of you who know me, I am addicted to thrifting. And I realized that I had an actual addiction this year when I took all of January off of thrifting and buying anything vintage, and it was so difficult for me, I had no idea it would be that hard. But it really brought to light the fact that I love going to Value Village. I love going to Goodwill. And it is a huge part of my life. It's become a hobby, something that I like to do when I'm feeling stressed, and it's really helped me to connect with an amazing group of people on Instagram and whatnot, and it's just something that's really fun to do. Bex Scott: [00:01:41] So when I go to the thrift store, I usually have a few things in mind that I'm always on the lookout for. And for those of you who are new to thrifting or new to reselling, I thought I would bring up these six things so that maybe you could start taking a look when you go to Value Village, Goodwill, Salvation Army. And I'm located in Canada so what I'm finding might be a bit different than what you're finding in the States or different parts of the world, and I would love to know what your top ten items are as well. So feel free to find me on Instagram @PyrexWithBex to let me know your opinion of what I'm going to go through in this podcast episode, and what you would add or maybe take out from what I'm going to mention, because price has a huge impact on what you pick up when you go out thrifting. If you're a collector, that price may have a lot higher of a ceiling, because you'll pay a lot more to have that piece in your collection. I know I'm like that with Pyrex. If there's a piece that I absolutely need to have and I find it at the thrift store and it is a bit higher than I would usually pay, especially if I'm going to be reselling it. I don't hesitate to invest that money in it. But if I'm looking to make some profit off of it, then I'm looking for a lot lower of a cost. Bex Scott: [00:03:15] So let's get into it. The first item that I have on my list is obviously Pyrex. I would be feeling pretty weird if I didn't have Pyrex on this list. Unfortunately, it's becoming harder and harder to find good Pyrex in the thrift stores, and I'm sure all of you know this. It's the same across the board with all of the collectors that I talk to, and those of you who have been collecting for quite a long time, not myself, you have mentioned to me how easy or how much easier it used to be, even 5 or 6 years ago, to find good pieces at the thrift store. So before we had our daughter, I would wake up early a couple of times a week to go to Value Village and Goodwill. Those are the ones in the city that I lived in that I like to hit up, and I would line up before it opened, so I'd be there super early. It was cold a lot of the time. I was still going in the winter. And this was the only way that I could find good Pyrex at the thrift stores, and it was definitely worth it for me. It was pretty funny because the same people lined up every single morning, there were about 15 or 20 of us, and I always try to be maybe 4th or 5th in the line. Any earlier than that and I was not awake enough to be out there. But you would start to recognize the people who were in line and start chatting with them, and you'd get to know them. And there was always a teacup lady. She was always ahead of me. There was always a video game and book guy. And then you had your handful of what I like to call vintage generalists like myself. And those ones were my main competition. You'd see the doors open and everybody would pile in all at the same time, and then kind of disperse into the store. And if you were fast enough, you could grab a cart. But sometimes there wasn't enough time because people were in it to win it, and you'd all rush towards the same shelf and kind of scan the shelves that you pass to see if there's anything good on your way back, and you would hope that you got there first. And some of the best finds that I've had at Value Village and the Salvation Army have been an almost full set of the Friendship Cinderella bowls. The 441 was dishwasher damaged, but it was, the rest of it was in amazing condition. I found a charcoal Snowflake divided dish, a Friendship divided dish, a full primary set. I found a few full primary sets at the thrift store. And a bunch of other just random, little less desirable pieces here and there. Bex Scott: [00:06:01] Something that I see all the time is the JAJ Cherry Blossom, and those ones I always leave behind. When I first started reselling, I would pick them up, but they are so common now that they've kind of lost their appeal to me. Those are the ones that I would buy if I needed something to cook in, that I wasn't going to put into my collection or my display, or if I wanted to gift somebody something. I've heard that people, they make their friends and their family casseroles, and they gift them the dish that it comes in and I think that's a really great idea to do with some of these less desirable, more commonly found casserole and pieces of dishware. Bex Scott: [00:06:46] Next up is brass, and I only pick up brass if the price is right. And depending on what it is, that price is usually $7 or under for me. And my favorite have always been the animals, especially deer. Our baby's nursery was full of deer. I even put some brass deer in there. And I know I always mention this on my podcast, but my husband despises brass and I try not to put it around the house. I love it at Christmas. I've purchased huge brass deer for Christmas decorations, and I've also found large seagull wall hangings, a massive brass easel, a set of lounging frogs. The frogs were probably top of my list for my favorite. I like to call them the sexy frogs because they're both lying on their side with their arms under their head, lounging like they're striking a pose on a beach. And I've been pretty lucky as well with brass at online auctions. Just this past week, I won a box of 11 pieces for $17, which I'm pretty excited about because the Whatnot Canadian group of resellers that I'm a part of, we're thinking of having a brass, glass and wood seller train coming up, and I'm hoping to join that one to sell a bunch of brass and glass goodies. So most antique brass items are solid brass, and something that I've learned, a way of identifying solid brass pieces is by using a magnet. And if you feel a pull when you put the magnet up to it, then the item is brass plated and not solid brass. And a lot of the vintage or antique brass pieces, they don't have the display stamps or maker's marks to depict the place and year of manufacturing, so that's not as common. So usually if they do, you'll know that they are more modern pieces and not the antique or vintage brass. So any brass that I pick up now I don't usually hold onto. It's listed for sale on Marketplace or in one of my Whatnot shows. So if you're a reseller or looking to get into reselling, brass is definitely a no-brainer if you're able to find it for a decent price. So always keep your eye on that price tag. Bex Scott: [00:09:08] Next up we have the Canadian favorite Blue Mountain pottery. So I have sold a large amount of Blue Mountain pottery over the years, especially animals; elephants, deer, dogs, and then other common objects like vases, ashtrays, candy dishes. And it's actually a pretty hot seller with Americans right now. A lot of my fellow Whatnot sellers, they sell Blue Mountain pottery online in their auctions and their live shows, and it does really well. So word to the wise, though, when you find it at a thrift store, check every single inch of it because it is so commonly chipped. I've gotten overly excited way too many times and haven't realized that there was a chip or 2 or 5 until I got home. I just was so excited to have found a piece. And then I get home and I'm super disappointed and there's not much you can do with it at that point except keep it in your collection or, I guess, say goodbye to it. So I wanted to give you guys a bit of information about Blue Mountain Pottery, because I've known about it for quite a while, but I've never really dug into the backstory or its beginnings. Bex Scott: [00:10:22] So it was founded in Collingwood in Ontario, Canada in the early 1950s, and this is all information that I've found from my good old friend Worthpoint. The company initially bought ceramic blanks and decorated them with ski motifs, which I think is pretty cool. Soon the founders produced and sold their creations. Before long, the company was successful and exported globally, including to the United States, Europe and Australia. I'd love to know how many pieces or how prevalent it is in the United States, because I haven't heard of it much outside of Canada. So if you are a US or European or even Australian collector, let me know on my Instagram. So the pottery began in a barn at Blue Mountain Ski Resort. After they noticed the rich red clay being turned over to create new ski trails, they used it to make pottery to sell in the resort's gift shop. They decorated and glazed the products, primarily vases, ashtrays, bowls, and stylized animal figures. Moving to a factory allowed the business to manufacture tea and coffee sets, tableware, flower pots, decorative ware, and other sculpted animals and figurines. It became well known for its trademarked reflowing, or drip glazing technique that mimicked Blue Mountains colors during the summer. That's something that I also didn't know. I thought it was just a cool technique that they used with the kind of different glazes and flowy look, but it's really awesome to know that it was based off of the mountain's colors. After hand-applying one lighter and one darker glaze on a piece, the colors ran together during the firing process and resulted in mixed hue streaks. The company is best known for using this glaze to make deep green, almost emerald pieces. That's mostly what I've found when I go thrifting. Beginning in the 1960s, the company also produced other colors, including Harvest Gold, Cobalt Blue, Slate Red, Mocha, and Pewter. And I have to say that I think the red is my favorite. The color is so vibrant and it's just beautiful. So they designed many Blue Mountain pottery molds, including its frond vases, bookends, and jugs. They created the Angelfish figurine in the mid 1950s. If you haven't seen the Angelfish, look it up because it's also very beautiful and it's one of the potteries' most famous pieces, beloved by collectors. In the late 1980s, they made a more realistic version of the design called Tropical Fish. Studio potter Dominic Stazioni created hand-thrown vases, bowls, serving ware, and other free-form pieces for the company during the 1960s and 1970s. Designer David Bennett designed the Romar and Robert Wilson Collections, two animal figurine lines named after the company's later owner, Robert Wilson Blair. Rising production costs and increased overseas competition caused the factory to close in 2004. Bex Scott: [00:13:27] Next up, I have cross stitch and crewel patterns. And crewel is something that I've recently gotten into. And I have to say, if you have the patience, it is a super rewarding hobby and also great for reselling. If you're able to find complete kits with a pattern and thread, you're definitely set. The kits they make now, they're pretty, but I find that the vintage ones, they have so much more character and color, depth, and just personality, so they're definitely worth finding if you can. A few of the brands to keep an eye out for are Dimensions, Sunset Stitchery, Paragon, and Jiffy Stitchery. And right now I'm doing a Paragon winter scene. It's massive so it's gonna take me probably like the whole year. But it is so fun and relaxing as long as you have that patience. Anything floral, mushroom, or with cute little animals is also a hit right now. And another thing that I do is I buy complete and framed pieces for resale, and I find that they sell really well because people love adding them to their collage walls in their house. Or a lot of people have a sentimental attachment to a certain pattern. I know that growing up my grandma had, I believe it was crewel because I came across the pattern for it actually on Facebook Marketplace the other day, and it was the Lord's Prayer, and it had flowers all around it like a frame, and that one really stood out in my mind. So I think for a lot of people, they remember their grandparents or their parents having them in their house, and it's nice to be able to recreate them or to have them in their home. Bex Scott: [00:15:14] Number five on my list is sheets and bedding. So anything linens. Before collecting and reselling vintage, I'm not going to lie, buying used bedding and sheets did not seem that appealing to me. But now that I've kind of gotten over that fear, I know it's silly, I'm all over finding them. There are some pretty amazing floral print sheets and bedding sets you can snag in the linen section of the thrift store, and I typically look for flat sheets and pillowcases, as they're usually pretty reasonably priced, and I find it easier to look for damage or stains or rips on those pieces than some of the fitted sheets and larger items. Some of my favorite brands are Wabasso, Burlington, Elegance, and Picot. If I pronounced any of those wrong, which I probably did, I apologize to everybody. One of the vintage resellers that I met through Whatnot, she actually purchased a Wabasso flat sheet from me and used it as wallpaper in her new shop, which was a really cool idea. It looked amazing. It looked like it had been painted on the wall. So if anybody has old vintage sheets out there and you're looking to just spruce up a wall in your office or in your room, check out some old linens because it's such a great idea. Bex Scott: [00:16:35] Okay. And last on my list I have vintage kids books. And I have always been a huge bookworm, especially when I was younger. I would go to the library and spend hours picking out books with my mom. Looking through all the kids books at the thrift store has brought back a ton of memories for me, especially when I find the same ones that I read when I was growing up and when I was little. And I usually find that the vintage books are easy to pick out. They tend to have hard covers, they have nicely textured covers, and they seem to use a different palette of colors in their illustrations and the covers of the books. So I tend to pick up anything with beautifully illustrated pages, because I've discovered that many collectors like to make craft projects out of the images. So this would fall under the ephemera category, which I'm still learning about. My latest addiction is actually a vintage greeting card, so I'll probably do an episode coming up about that, but I find that I have trouble cutting pages out of books unless they're already pretty damaged. But I have seen some awesome craft projects come out of books lately. And I obviously gravitate to the vintage Little Golden Books. But after doing some research on what to keep an eye out for, I discovered there are a bunch of other titles that are extremely hard to find, like needle in a haystack hard to find. They're first editions, they're special copies, and they're worth thousands and thousands of dollars. But I thought it was kind of fun to learn about them and to, you never know, keep an eye out for maybe some of these books. Bex Scott: [00:18:20] So the first one is The Hobbit, the first 1500 first edition copies published by Allen and Unwin in the UK on September 21st of 1937, are the ones that you want to be looking for. Number two, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The current hot copy is Salvador Dali's illustrated limited edition. There are only 2500 copies from 1969. Three, Where the Wild Things Are. I loved this book growing up, and the movie was pretty good as well. The copy defined is the 1963 first edition published by Harper and Row. Number four, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. This was another favorite when I was growing up, and the one that you're going to look for is the 1964 first edition published by Knopf. It has been signed by Dahl and has a pristine dust jacket. Good luck finding that one. And number five is The Velveteen Rabbit. And this one you want is the 1922 William Nicholson copy. And I just recently read The Velveteen Rabbit for the first time to my daughter, and it is a very cute story. Bex Scott: [00:19:40] So I hope you enjoyed these six items that I always pick up at the thrift if the price is right. And I'd love to hear from you guys on my Instagram at Pyrex with Bex. Let me know what you always put into your cart at the thrift store. If you agree with what I've said, if you disagree, and what you would add to my list. Thanks so much everybody! 

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1125, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Lakers 1: Locals in this Upstate New York City know it hosted the 1980 winter Olympics. Lake Placid. 2: Folks on the Nevada border know this lake took its name from the Washoe word for "Big Water". Lake Tahoe. 3: Workers are way above average in ports such as Duluth on this Great Lake. Lake Superior. 4: People walk like Egyptians around this lake formed by the creation of the Aswan High Dam. Lake Nasser. 5: U.N. office workers in Switzerland overlook this lake and have a view of the Alps. Lake Geneva. Round 2. Category: Nyc Authors 1: Walt Whitman, Henry Miller, and Betty Smith's "tree" all grew up in this borough. Brooklyn. 2: Tho he "looked homeward" to North Carolina, he lived in NYC because "You Can't Go Home Again". Thomas Wolfe. 3: James Baldwin called this "the only human part of New York", but left it anyway. Harlem. 4: Mark Twain, Dylan Thomas and Arthur Miller all lived in this famed hotel named for a London district. The Chelsea. 5: The Algonquin Hotel apparently threw this "Borstal Boy" out when he chased the maids thru the halls. Brendan Behan. Round 3. Category: 20Th Century Books 1: "What is fire? It's a mystery", says this novel; "Its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences". Fahrenheit 451. 2: In a Steinbeck tale this title object is thrown back into the water after causing trouble. the pearl. 3: Modern Library's pick as one of this century's top English-language novels is this 1969 Philip Roth book. "Portnoy's Complaint". 4: This novel begins on the porch of Tara. Gone with the Wind. 5: Lucy steps into this part of the title in a 1950 tale and discovers a "second row of coats hanging up behind the first". a wardrobe. Round 4. Category: Statuesque Authors 1: Much of her 6th century B.C. poetry is lost, but her reputation as a female writing pioneer remains. Sappho. 2: That's not such an ugly duckling beside the statue of this Dane in Central Park. Hans Christian Andersen. 3: Never mind the "Nevermore",he's been in Baltimore since 1921. (Edgar Allan) Poe. 4: As you might expect, this author's statue is relaxing at the bar in the El Floridita in Havana. Hemingway. 5: The statue of this Victorian author, born Mary Ann Evans, is in Warwickshire, where she set many of her novels. George Eliot. Round 5. Category: Smarties 1: In 1800 William Nicholson managed to break water molecules into atoms of these 2 elements. hydrogen and oxygen. 2: The temperature scale that this Swede invented in 1742 is used pretty much everywhere except the U.S.. Anders Celsius. 3: We'd have much dirtier windows if Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau hadn't liquefied this gas in 1798. ammonia. 4: In 1996 Gary Hack discovered the sphenomandibularis, a previously unknown one of these in the face. muscle. 5: Last name of the French brothers who introduced the pneumatic tire for cars. Michelin. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

The Velveteen Rabbit (or How Toys Become Real), is a much-loved classic book from 1922, written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit's desire to become real through the love of his owner and proves that you don't need to be shiny, new or trendy, for to love and be loved in return makes you real indeed.Don't forget to subscribe to hear more wonderful stories! Or, if you fancy telling me YOUR story, go to our website: https://www.talltalesandotherstories.com to leave a voicemail. You can also sign-up to support the podcast to bring you new classic tales every, single week!

The Museum of Moving Image held a special screening of Amazon's Thirteen Lives and Ron Howard was in attendance for a live discussion afterwards. Keep watching to see what he had to say about the movie! Dir. Ron Howard. 2022, 142 min. DCP. With Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, and Tom Bateman. Story by Don Macpherson and William Nicholson. Screenplay by William Nicholson. Rated PG-13. Thirteen Lives recounts the incredible true story of the tremendous global effort to rescue a Thai soccer team trapped in the Tham Luang cave during an unexpected rainstorm. Faced with insurmountable odds, a team of the world's most skilled and experienced divers—uniquely able to navigate the maze of flooded, narrow cave tunnels—join with Thai forces and more than 10,000 volunteers to attempt a harrowing rescue of the twelve boys and their coach. With impossibly high stakes and the entire world watching, they embark on their most challenging dive yet, showcasing the limitlessness of the human spirit in the process. Entertainment Earth Affiliate: Enjoy 10% off in-stock orders plus free shipping on orders over $40! https://ee.toys/LOWKEYG **Orders using this link will help support the channel by earning commissions on orders placed at no additional cost to you! Support the channel and get yourself some great coffee...Bulletproof Coffee! Get 15% off your order by using the discount code below at checkout. Discount Code=LOWKEYGEEK Link=https://shop.bulletproof.com/?utm_source=wooley&utm_medium=brand_ambassador&wly=LOWKEYGEEK

I received an email recently from a fellow podcaster. He mentioned how he picks a word at the beginning of January to help him stay focused for the year. His 2022 word of the year was “celebrate.” For 2023 he chose “authentic.” Apparently lots of people are choosing a word of the year for themselves. I googled the phrase “Word of the Year for 2023” and found 1,060,000,000 entries. Keep listening to hear my pick for word of the year for 2023 and what it could mean for you. Welcome to You Were Made for This If you find yourself wanting more from your relationships, you've come to the right place. Here you'll discover practical principles you can use to experience the life-giving relationships you were made for. I'm your host, John Certalic, award-winning author and relationship coach, here to help you find more joy in the relationships God designed for you. To access all past and future episodes, go to the bottom of this page, enter your name and email address, then click on the follow or subscribe button. The episodes are organized chronologically and are also searchable by topics, categories, and keywords. Word of the Year for 2023 Some people like to pick a word for the year at the end of the year to summarize what life has been like for them over the past 12 months. The dictionary people at Merriam-Webster, for example, chose “gaslighting” as their word of the year for 2022. They say it has come to mean “the act or practice of grossly misleading someone, especially for a personal advantage.” The word has an interesting origin and a more robust definition, but we'll have to save that for another episode. Like my podcaster friend, though, I would rather come up with a word of the year at the beginning of the year, not at the end. So my pick for word of the year for 2023 is “Read.” Why “Read”? Here's why I picked this word, rather than any number of other worthwhile words. It starts with a quote I recently came across that I've found to be so insightful. It comes from William Nicholson, the playwright most famous for his play, Shadowlands, the story of C.S. Lewis and his relationship with Joy Gresham whom he eventually marries. Again that's a subject for another podcast. Be that as it may, Nicholson says “We read to know we are not alone.” I find this rather profound. It speaks to the issue of loneliness which plagues many of us, me included, and offers a remedy. We read to know we are not alone. A text I read recently Here is an example of something I read recently about someone's experience that resonated with me, and reminded me I'm not alone. It's a text I received that I've altered slightly to protect the privacy of a listener who wrote it. I'll call her Emily. She writes Well, I just listened to your Podcast 187, “Angels We Have Heard On High.” You asked if anyone wanted to share a Christmas Memory. You did have a deadline, and I missed it. However, I wanted to share with you what I discovered when I asked my husband James if he had a joyful Christmas memory that stood out in his mind. He thought and thought and couldn't come up with one. So now I understand why he has never been excited about Christmas in our 52 years of marriage. Has never done any Christmas shopping…didn't participate in any decorating…I cannot remember getting a gift that he shopped for…and at work, he was known as the “grinch.” It caused more stress in our relationship which ultimately caused me to stop Christmas shopping, and I do very little decorating. So, thanks to you, John, I at least now understand “why.” Greater appreciation of people comes from reading their story I so identify with both people in this little story. Like, James. I can't think of a joyful Christmas memory from my childhood. I have many as an adult, but none as a kid. But I also got the sense that James has no adult joyful memories of Christmas either. I feel fortunate that I've been able to not let the dysfunctional part of my past interfere with the joy of the present. On the one hand, I felt encouraged by what I read in Emily's text. I so easily could have been like her husband James, and her text reminded me of how blessed I am that God saved me from being stuck in my past. I wish the same would be true for James. And at the same time, I feel sad for Emily because her husband hampers her Christmas experience, and sadness for the stress it has caused her. I admire people like Emily who choose to honor her marriage vows despite the conflicts and pain that arise from time to time. How many marriages do you know that have lasted 52 years? The Word of the Year for me in 2023, “Read,” gives me a greater appreciation for the values and character of the people like Emily who cross my path. And it only happened because of something I read, namely her text. A joyful email I read Another podcast listener, Marilyn from Minnesota, has written to me before. This time she wrote to share a joyful Christmas memory, even though it came in after the Christmas deadline. But I'm going to share it anyway. I loved reading it, and I think you'll love hearing it. It's a story her mother told her. Marilyn writes, My grandfather was born and raised in England where he was apprenticed as a "shipwright," a finish carpenter on large ships. When he immigrated to the US at age 21, he settled in a place far from big ships. He became a "finish carpenter" in homes in northern Indiana. The Great Depression hit his business hard as people decided to save the money they had for necessities. There was a lake near grandpa's home and he took a job in the winter cutting huge blocks of ice from the lake for use in refrigeration. During this most difficult financial year, there was no money to buy a real Christmas tree (the only option at that time). On Christmas Eve, he was walking home after cutting ice on Cedar Lake. There it was, lying in a heap, a discarded Christmas tree, complete with tinsel. Apparently, a family was heading to relatives elsewhere and didn't want to come home to a dried-up Christmas tree in their house. Grandpa took the tree home, set it up, and surprised his family the next morning with everything needed for a joyous celebration! God is at work in the stories we read Marilyn doesn't mention “God” at all in her grandfather's story, but can't you see God's hand in providing an unexpected Christmas tree at the last minute for this poor family? I would love to have been in the house on Christmas morning when everyone woke up to see that tinsel-laden Christmas tree. Imagine the joy that would have filled the room. There are so many reasons why “read” is my vote for Word of The Year for 2023. One is that when we read stories of the lives of others, like the one Marilyn shared about her grandfather, we often see God at work. And when we see examples of God at work in the lives of others, it gives us hope that he is at work in our life as well. Reading her story about the Christmas tree reminds me of the verse in the Bible, John 5:17, where Jesus tells the Pharisees, “My Father is always working, and so am I.” So what does what you've heard today mean for YOU? If my Word of the Year for 2023 (read) doesn't resonate with you, what word does? You have a lot to choose from. If you see possibilities in read for 2023, what are you going to read? Today I only talked about the benefits of reading someone's text, and another person's email. We haven't gotten into the rewards that come from reading books, newspapers, blogs, magazines, or other forms of the written word. I'll share more about this in next week's episode. But for now, what are you going to read so that you know you are not alone? Here's the main takeaway I hope you remember from today's episode “Read” is a good choice for Word of The Year for 2023. Reading what others experience connects us with people. Reading reminds us that we're not alone in the struggles we face and that God is at work in them for our good. Do you have a relationship question? Would you like some input regarding a relationship issue? If so, go to JohnCertalic.com/question to record your question using your phone or computer. If you'd rather put your question in writing, just enter it in the Leave a Comment box at the bottom of the show notes. I'll do my best to answer your question in a future episode. Closing In closing, I'd love to hear any thoughts you have about today's episode. Feel free to send me an email, or enter your thoughts in the “Leave a Comment” box at the end of the show notes. I hope your thinking was stimulated by today's show to set aside time to read. Go to a library and check out a book or two. Visit a bookstore. If you make “Read” your Word of the Year for 2023 it will help you experience the joy of relationships God desires for you. Because after all, You Were Made for This. Well, that's it for today. If there's someone in your life you think might like to hear what you just heard, please forward this episode on to them. Scroll down to the bottom of the show notes and click on one of the options in the yellow “Share This” bar. And don't forget to spread a little relational sunshine around the people you meet this week. Spark some joy for them. Tell a few people about what you're reading. And I'll see you again next time. Goodbye for now. Other episodes or resources related to today's shows 139: Why Should I Listen to This Podcast? 021: The Most Important Relationship of All Last week's episode 191: Wanting the Joy of Christmas to Linger Awhile? The place to access all past and future episodes JohnCertalic.com Our Sponsor You Were Made for This is sponsored by Caring for Others, a missionary care ministry. The generosity of people like you supports our ministry. It enables us to continue this weekly podcast and other services we provide to missionaries around the world.

Author and theologian Luke Aylen is on the Creatively Christian podcast, interviewed by Andrea Sandefur. Luke Aylen talks about his fantasy book series and the various ways he has honed his writing craft. At the end of the episode, Luke shares a special scene from one of his books. Luke Aylen is the author of three older children/young adult fantasy adventure novels. He recently became ordained as a priest in the Church of England and is doing post-grade research in theology. Previously, Luke has worked on both the stage and screen as a creative director and owner of a film production company. This episode can also be found on YouTube. Show Notes The following resources were mentioned in the show or are useful resources recommended by the guests. Links might be marked as affiliates, meaning we earn a commission if you buy through the link. Luke's Book Series: An Adventure in Presadia - https://amzn.to/3y1u1GA [Affiliate]Recommended YouTube lecture series (Brandon Sanderson: 2020 Creative Writing Lectures at BYU)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cf-qdZ7GbA&list=PLSH_xM-KC3Zv-79sVZTTj-YA6IAqh8qeQRecommended Book Series – The Wind on Fire Trilogy by William Nicholson - https://amzn.to/3frjHkG [Affiliate] Learn More About Our Guest You can follow this guest on several platforms, including: Luke's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeAylenAuthor Credits Today's episode is hosted by Andrea Sandefur. Andrea is a civil engineer turned stay-at-home mom and singer-songwriter. She plays the piano, leads worship at her church, and loves to write new songs. One of Andrea's favorite activities is encouraging creative artists in her congregation through hosting artist showcases. Follow Andrea on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Support this show and get access to exclusive content by donating at https://www.patreon.com/creativelychristian. This show is produced by Theophany Media (https://www.theophanymedia.com). The theme music is by Bill Brooks and Andrea Sandefur. Our logo is by Bill Brooks. This show is hosted by Brannon Hollingsworth, Andrea Sandefur, Dave Ebert, and Rachel Anna. Jake Doberenz produces. Follow Theophany Media and the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.

We don't typically cover based-on-a-true-story films, but Thirteen Lives (2022) directed by Ron Howard seemed worth a watch. A retelling of the June 2018 incident where twelve Thai adolescents and their soccer coach were trapped in a flooded cave for 18 days and in need of rescue. Jason Furie and Adam Roth break it down and try and figure out why Viggo Mortensen and Colin Farrell are so unrecognizable here.Visit Website | Join Newsletter | Support | Facebook | Instagram

Chris and Taylor review the biographical rescue film "Thirteen Lives" written by William Nicholson and directed by Ron Howard. The film depicts the real life Tham Luang cave rescue in which 12 members of a youth soccer club and their assistant coach are stuck deep in a cave after an early monsoon downpour and the incredible lengths to rescue them. The film stars Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, Tom Bateman, Sukollawat Kanarot, Sahajak Boonthanakit and Vithaya Pansringarm.

The Velveteen Rabbit is a British children's book written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit's desire to become real through the love of his owner. The book was first published in 1922 and has been republished many times since. Can't sleep? Let the dulcet voice of Erik Braa reading the classics take over for jumping sheep. These tales, narrated in a soothing, calm voice are designed to turn sleeplessness into somnolence. Tune in, zonk out.

Thirteen Lives is a 2022 American biographical survival film directed and produced by Ron Howard, from a screenplay written by William Nicholson. The film stars Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, and Tom Bateman. Thirteen Lives was released in select cinemas on July 29, 2022, by United Artists Releasing, and will stream on Prime Video on August 5. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/popcorn-junkies/message

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 536, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: In The Minority 1: They're the largest minority group in Kyrgyzstan. the Russians. 2: People of this national ancestry form the majority, 67%, of the USA's Hispanic minority. Mexican. 3: Filipino Muslims are called Moros, the Spanish form of this English word. Moor. 4: Initially, Spanish officials said that a group representing this minority did the 2004 train bombings. the Basques. 5: Arabs make up 20% of this country; they vote, serve in the army and are represented in Parliament by the United Arab List. Israel. Round 2. Category: Smarties 1: In 1800 William Nicholson managed to break water molecules into atoms of these 2 elements. hydrogen and oxygen. 2: The temperature scale that this Swede invented in 1742 is used pretty much everywhere except the U.S.. Anders Celsius. 3: We'd have much dirtier windows if Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau hadn't liquefied this gas in 1798. ammonia. 4: In 1996 Gary Hack discovered the sphenomandibularis, a previously unknown one of these in the face. muscle. 5: Last name of the French brothers who introduced the pneumatic tire for cars. Michelin. Round 3. Category: He Was In That? 1: Before playing Cliff on "Cheers", John Ratzenberger appeared as Major Derlin in this second "Star Wars" film. The Empire Strikes Back. 2: In 1961 this future "Jeopardy!" announcer hit the big screen in "Gidget Goes Hawaiian". Johnny Gilbert. 3: Dennis Hopper played the son of Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor in this 1956 classic. Giant. 4: This boxing champ played a bartender in "The Hustler", and that's no "Raging Bull". (Jake) LaMotta. 5: Wayne Knight, who played Newman on "Seinfeld", got to interrogate Sharon Stone in this revealing thriller. Basic Instinct. Round 4. Category: Tv Guide's 50 Greatest Characters 1: Weighing in at No. 6, this son of Sarek and Amanda is the only alien in the Top 10. Mr. Spock. 2: No. 3 on the list, this character was once pinned to a kitchen cabinet by a giant loaf of bread. Lucy Ricardo. 3: No. 11 on the list, this backstabbing, bed-hopping oil baron was once shot by a mysterious assailant. J.R. Ewing. 4: No. 46, this princess wears a leather and metal outift. Xena. 5: This cop ranked No. 18 is the only totally bald character on the list, baby. Kojak. Round 5. Category: I'm Just A Bill 1: A hacker stole this billionaire's credit card number off the Internet and used it to order Viagra for him. Bill Gates. 2: He authored "Between Hope and History: Meeting America's Challenges for the 21st Century". Bill Clinton. 3: Seen here, this actor headed the drama department at Montana State University before his acting career took off. Bill Pullman. 4: TV journalist and producer of such PBS series as "Genesis: A Living Conversation". Bill Moyers. 5: (Here's Sofia having some fun at the San Diego Zoo.) This playful bird is not to be confused with the spoonbill, playbill or T-bill. hornbill. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Thirteen Lives - Review147 Minutes, Rated PG-13Written by William Nicholson and Don MacPhersonDirected by Ron HowardSynopsis:A rescue mission is assembled in Thailand where a group of young boys and their soccer coach are trapped in a system of underground caves that are flooding.Ron Howard is one of those directors who is incredibly talented, yet who is often overlooked in discussions of "the greats," despite the fact he has two Academy Awards (Best Director and Picture for A Beautiful Mind) and countless other nominations and fantastic pieces of work.This is a terrible tragedy.Listen as Mark talks Thirteen Lives.Thirteen Lives stars Colin Farrell, Viggo Mortensen, Joel Edgerton, Tom Bateman, Josh Helman, Paul Gleeson, Vithay Pansringarm, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Natvara Hongsuwan, and Pattrakorn Tungsupakul.~~~~~Read more on the website: VSMoviePodcast.com.And please, if you like what we do, consider helping us keep on entertaining you. Find out how on our Contact/Support page (VSMoviePodcast.com/Contact-VSMP/).Please Like, Share, and Follow us on FB/Twitter (@VSMoviePodcast), and don't forget to Subscribe to our YouTube channel.Thanks for listening and supporting the Visually Stunning Movie Podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/vsmoviepodcast.

In the third episode of season 3 we discuss meritocratic regimes and go on a fantastical adventure with Kestrel, Bowman and Mumpo in William Nicholson's 'The Wind Singer.' Episode Timepoints: 00:00 - Intro 00:18 - Life Updates 01:05 - An Introduction to the Author 04:05 - The Blurb for The Windsinger 05:15 - Our Discussion of The Windsinger 54:15 - A Brief Outlander Reading Update from Corrie 58:45 - The Book We Will Be Reading Next Time 01:02:20 - Outro Other Books Mentioned in this Episode: The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling The Book of Lost Things by John Connelly Outlander by Diana Gabaldon The Sisters of Auschwitz by Roxane van Iperen The Miniatuarist by Jessie Burton Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff Links: William Nicholson on Goodreads Reading Materials on Goodreads Lucia on Goodreads Corrie on Goodreads Reading Materials on Instagram (run by Lucia with minimal input from Corrie!!) Thank you for listening! You can send your feedback, thoughts, questions and book recommendations to us at reading.materials.podcast@gmail.com.

Today's holiday story is "The Velveteen Rabbit: or How Toys Become Real" by Margery Williams. A classic story about a Christmas present who learns what it means to be "real". This relaxing and magical Christmas inspired tale is told by our main podcast host, Vanessa. I hope you'll love the final episode of our sleepy bedtime stories, and that you feel thoroughly relaxed and festive after this series. Wishing you all happy holidays, and a peaceful new year. See you in 2022! - Follow on your favourite podcasting app, and find me on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChejHJl70zJzDELhQ5kxAeQ - The version of tonight's story includes pictures by William Nicholson which can be viewed at: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/11757/11757-h/11757-h.htm - Music: Carol Of The Bells [Celtic Version] by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7137-carol-of-the-bells-celtic-version License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license - This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

Love Street Playhouse reopens with Shadowlands by William Nicholson playing Oct. 29 – Nov. 7 at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts in Longview, WA. https://loom.ly/RGC30b0 #LoveStreetPlayhouse #ColumbiaTheatreForThePerformingArts #Shadowlands #CSLewis #LouPallotta #MelindaPallotta #LiveTheater #PerformingArts #Entertainment #WoodlandWa #LongviewWa #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Episode 100 of Adapt or Perish has finally arrived, and with it we bring the last installment of our three-part look at Victor Hugo's Les Misérables. And this one is all. About. The musical. Listen to our prior installments: Part One and Part Two on the web Part One and Part Two on Apple Podcasts Part One and Part Two on Overcast Part One and Part Two on Spotify In this episode we discuss: Les Misérables, the 1980 concept album and 1985 musical, music by Claude-Michael Schönberg and lyrics by Alain Boublil and Harold Kretzmer Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert, the 1995 filmed concert, directed by Gavin Taylor, and starring Colm Wilkinson, Philip Quast, Lea Salonga, and Michael Ball Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary, the 2010 filmed concert, directed by Nick Morris, and starring Alfie Boe, Norm Lewis, Nick Jonas, Samantha Barks, and Lea Salonga Les Misérables, the 2012 movie musical, directed by Tom Hooper, screenplay by William Nicholson, and starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, and Samantha Barks Les Misérables: The Staged Concert, the 2019 filmed concert, directed by Nick Morris, and starring Alfie Boe, Michael Ball, Matt Lucas, and Carrie Hope Fletcher Footnotes: Hey, Mr. Producer! (1998) Miss Saigon (1989) "Why the Music in Les Misérables (2012) is Worse than you Thought" by Sideways on YouTube You can follow Adapt or Perish on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and you can find us and all of our show notes online at adaptorperishcast.com. We're also on Patreon! You can find us at patreon.com/adaptcast. We have multiple reward levels, which include access to a patron-only community and a patron-only, biweekly bonus show! We hope to see you there. If you want to send us a question or comment, you can always email us at adaptorperishcast@gmail.com.

Happy back to school times listeners!   This month we're reading lovely autobiographical picture book The Year I Didn't Go to School by Giselle Potter. Italian nuns and pasta with eggs abound!   And for our chapter book we're doing an old favourite of both of ours, the Wind Singer, by William Nicholson. It's fantastically critical of the exams system and more relevant now even than when it was written (in our humble opinions).   Episode Transcript will follow later this week, and will be available here - https://eventhetrunchbull.wordpress.com/home/transcripts/   And as always you can check out our bookshop dot org shop front here - https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/trunchbullpod   What A Wonderful Day is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Shane Ivers of silvermansound.com  

En este super episodio esta con nosotros Edwin “Gaby” Soto, si el mismo que hablamos en el primer episodio con Sixto Gómez. Vamos a estar discutiendo una película épica y una de sus películas favoritas; Gladiator del año 2000, dirigida por Ridley Scott y escrita por David Franzoni, John Logan y William Nicholson. Ganadora a cinco Oscares entre ellos mejor película, mejor actor, mejor sonido y VFX. Escúchalo mientras sobrevivimos a los juegos de gladiadores para celebrar la vida del emperador.

Hello lovely listeners, Nina and Matt here to announce brand new Even the Trunchbull episodes coming in the autumn. Our first episode back will be about WE DON'T NEED NO EDUCATION and it'll come out on the 2nd of September. We'll be reading The Year I Didn't Go to School by Giselle Potter and The Wind Singer by William Nicholson.   From here on out ETTB is going to be a monthly show, publishing on the first Thursday of every month.   As always, you can email us your book suggestions at eventhetrunchbull@gmail.com, or catch us on twitter and facebook @trunchbullPod, or on instagram @eventhetrunchbull. Episode transcripts can be found on our website https://eventhetrunchbull.wordpress.com/home/transcripts/ and if you like our recommendations, you can shop for them at our storefront https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/trunchbullpod What A Wonderful Day is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Shane Ivers of silvermansound.com

"The Velveteen Rabbit is a British children's book written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit's desire to become real through the love of his owner. The book was first published in 1922 and has been republished many times since." Wikipedia. "Bullied from all directions, the Rabbit learned to ignore the people who hated on him and to value his friendships with the Boy and the Skin Horse. Listening to the people who matter and tuning out the rest isn't just a valuable life lesson; it's a survival skill. And you learned it from reading The Velveteen Rabbit." Life Lessons From 'The Velveteen Rabbit: https://www.bustle.com/articles/99034-6-life-lessons-from-the-velveteen-rabbit-because-everyone-deserves-to-be-real. The Velveteen Rabbit can be found in many Brick and Mortar Books Stores, Used Book Stores, Audible, Kindle, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google Play Books, and other online sources as well as your Public Library!!! You can find a coloring page of The Velveteen Rabbit at the following link: www.supercoloring.com/coloring-pages/the-velveteen-rabbit Find out more about TeaFairy StoryTime at: YOUTUBE www.youtube.com/user/TofArcata FACEBOOK PAGE www.facebook.com/TeaFairyAndFriendsStorytimeAndAdventures FACEBOOK GROUP www.facebook.com/groups/286299862950026/?ref=share&exp=e8c2 PODCASTS SPOTIFY: www.open.spotify.com/show/2nENz4106xNMFpgeLJ7dfZ?si=lmocr69pSXyLMQh0hFJGjw&utm_source=copy-link GOOGLE PODCAST: www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81NWJiODJlNC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== BREAKER AUDIO: www.breaker.audio/teafairy-storytime-podcast POCKETCAST: www.pca.st/vu22isrs RADIO PUBLIC: www.radiopublic.com/teafairy-storytime-podcast-WdnBL7 ANCHOR.FM: www.anchor.fm/s/55bb82e4/podcast/rss. COMING SOON... watch fun new educational children's programming with the TEAFAIRY & FRIENDS STORYTIME ADVENTURES SHOW on GREENBELT ACCESS TELEVISION www.greenbeltaccesstv.org. (also on their YouTube channel and Facebook page). Support this podcast and the visual storytime events on YouTube & Facebook with a small monthly donation to help sustain future broadcasts. Your contribution means a lot no matter the size! If you love TeaFairy StoryTime & would like to help assist me in my efforts to bring children's literature to you all, & introduce NEW AUTHORS work, any donation is greatly appreciated & helpful. You can become a supporter or give a gift via a couple of ways. Anchor.fm has a built in supporter option. You can also contact me by email at Teafairystorytime@gmail.com. I am always looking for children's literature by NEW Authors. If you would like to have your book shared either on the podcast or one of the virtual story times email me at teafairystorytime@gmail.com. Thank you for tuning in,listening & reading along! Reading with you is a great privilege. Sharing books by new authors is an honor. Join me for the next storytime via podcast, virtual picture book storytime (YouTube / Facebook) or soon to come, Greenbelt Access Television & live storytimes at events in & around the Maryland/Washington DC area. For now, read a book every day! Expand your Mind, Expand your Horizons! I'll be reading with you soon! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teafairystorytime/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/teafairystorytime/support

"The Velveteen Rabbit is a British children's book written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit's desire to become real through the love of his owner. The book was first published in 1922 and has been republished many times since." Wikipedia. "Bullied from all directions, the Rabbit learned to ignore the people who hated on him and to value his friendships with the Boy and the Skin Horse. Listening to the people who matter and tuning out the rest isn't just a valuable life lesson; it's a survival skill. And you learned it from reading The Velveteen Rabbit." Life Lessons From 'The Velveteen Rabbit: https://www.bustle.com/articles/99034-6-life-lessons-from-the-velveteen-rabbit-because-everyone-deserves-to-be-real. The Velveteen Rabbit can be found in many Brick and Mortar Books Stores, Used Book Stores, Audible, Kindle, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google Play Books, and other online sources as well as your Public Library!!! You can find a coloring page of The Velveteen Rabbit at the following link: www.supercoloring.com/coloring-pages/the-velveteen-rabbit Find out more about TeaFairy StoryTime at: YOUTUBE www.youtube.com/user/TofArcata FACEBOOK PAGE www.facebook.com/TeaFairyAndFriendsStorytimeAndAdventures FACEBOOK GROUP www.facebook.com/groups/286299862950026/?ref=share&exp=e8c2 PODCASTS SPOTIFY: www.open.spotify.com/show/2nENz4106xNMFpgeLJ7dfZ?si=lmocr69pSXyLMQh0hFJGjw&utm_source=copy-link GOOGLE PODCAST: www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81NWJiODJlNC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== BREAKER AUDIO: www.breaker.audio/teafairy-storytime-podcast POCKETCAST: www.pca.st/vu22isrs RADIO PUBLIC: www.radiopublic.com/teafairy-storytime-podcast-WdnBL7 ANCHOR.FM: www.anchor.fm/s/55bb82e4/podcast/rss. COMING SOON... watch fun new educational children's programming with the TEAFAIRY & FRIENDS STORYTIME ADVENTURES SHOW on GREENBELT ACCESS TELEVISION www.greenbeltaccesstv.org. (also on their YouTube channel and Facebook page). Support this podcast and the visual storytime events on YouTube & Facebook with a small monthly donation to help sustain future broadcasts. Your contribution means a lot no matter the size! If you love TeaFairy StoryTime & would like to help assist me in my efforts to bring children's literature to you all, & introduce NEW AUTHORS work, any donation is greatly appreciated & helpful. You can become a supporter or give a gift via a couple of ways. Anchor.fm has a built in supporter option. You can also contact me by email at Teafairystorytime@gmail.com. I am always looking for children's literature by NEW Authors. If you would like to have your book shared either on the podcast or one of the virtual story times email me at teafairystorytime@gmail.com. Thank you for tuning in,listening & reading along! Reading with you is a great privilege. Sharing books by new authors is an honor. Join me for the next storytime via podcast, virtual picture book storytime (YouTube / Facebook) or soon to come, Greenbelt Access Television & live storytimes at events in & around the Maryland/Washington DC area. For now, read a book every day! Expand your Mind, Expand your Horizons! I'll be reading with you soon! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teafairystorytime/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/teafairystorytime/support

"The Velveteen Rabbit is a British children's book written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit's desire to become real through the love of his owner. The book was first published in 1922 and has been republished many times since." Wikipedia. "Bullied from all directions, the Rabbit learned to ignore the people who hated on him and to value his friendships with the Boy and the Skin Horse. Listening to the people who matter and tuning out the rest isn't just a valuable life lesson; it's a survival skill. And you learned it from reading The Velveteen Rabbit." Life Lessons From 'The Velveteen Rabbit: https://www.bustle.com/articles/99034-6-life-lessons-from-the-velveteen-rabbit-because-everyone-deserves-to-be-real. The Velveteen Rabbit can be found in many Brick and Mortar Books Stores, Used Book Stores, Audible, Kindle, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google Play Books, and other online sources as well as your Public Library!!! You can find a coloring page of The Velveteen Rabbit at the following link: www.supercoloring.com/coloring-pages/the-velveteen-rabbit Find out more about TeaFairy StoryTime at: YOUTUBE www.youtube.com/user/TofArcata FACEBOOK PAGE www.facebook.com/TeaFairyAndFriendsStorytimeAndAdventures FACEBOOK GROUP www.facebook.com/groups/286299862950026/?ref=share&exp=e8c2 PODCASTS SPOTIFY: www.open.spotify.com/show/2nENz4106xNMFpgeLJ7dfZ?si=lmocr69pSXyLMQh0hFJGjw&utm_source=copy-link GOOGLE PODCAST: www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81NWJiODJlNC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== BREAKER AUDIO: www.breaker.audio/teafairy-storytime-podcast POCKETCAST: www.pca.st/vu22isrs RADIO PUBLIC: www.radiopublic.com/teafairy-storytime-podcast-WdnBL7 ANCHOR.FM: www.anchor.fm/s/55bb82e4/podcast/rss. COMING SOON... watch fun new educational children's programming with the TEAFAIRY & FRIENDS STORYTIME ADVENTURES SHOW on GREENBELT ACCESS TELEVISION www.greenbeltaccesstv.org. (also on their YouTube channel and Facebook page). Support this podcast and the visual storytime events on YouTube & Facebook with a small monthly donation to help sustain future broadcasts. Your contribution means a lot no matter the size! If you love TeaFairy StoryTime & would like to help assist me in my efforts to bring children's literature to you all, & introduce NEW AUTHORS work, any donation is greatly appreciated & helpful. You can become a supporter or give a gift via a couple of ways. Anchor.fm has a built in supporter option. You can also contact me by email at Teafairystorytime@gmail.com. I am always looking for children's literature by NEW Authors. If you would like to have your book shared either on the podcast or one of the virtual story times email me at teafairystorytime@gmail.com. Thank you for tuning in,listening & reading along! Reading with you is a great privilege. Sharing books by new authors is an honor. Join me for the next storytime via podcast, virtual picture book storytime (YouTube / Facebook) or soon to come, Greenbelt Access Television & live storytimes at events in & around the Maryland/Washington DC area. For now, read a book every day! Expand your Mind, Expand your Horizons! I'll be reading with you soon! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teafairystorytime/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/teafairystorytime/support

"The Velveteen Rabbit is a British children's book written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit's desire to become real through the love of his owner. The book was first published in 1922 and has been republished many times since." Wikipedia. "Bullied from all directions, the Rabbit learned to ignore the people who hated on him and to value his friendships with the Boy and the Skin Horse. Listening to the people who matter and tuning out the rest isn't just a valuable life lesson; it's a survival skill. And you learned it from reading The Velveteen Rabbit." Life Lessons From 'The Velveteen Rabbit: https://www.bustle.com/articles/99034-6-life-lessons-from-the-velveteen-rabbit-because-everyone-deserves-to-be-real. The Velveteen Rabbit can be found in many Brick and Mortar Books Stores, Used Book Stores, Audible, Kindle, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google Play Books, and other online sources as well as your Public Library!!! You can find a coloring page of The Velveteen Rabbit at the following link: www.supercoloring.com/coloring-pages/the-velveteen-rabbit Find out more about TeaFairy StoryTime at: YOUTUBE www.youtube.com/user/TofArcata FACEBOOK PAGE www.facebook.com/TeaFairyAndFriendsStorytimeAndAdventures FACEBOOK GROUP www.facebook.com/groups/286299862950026/?ref=share&exp=e8c2 PODCASTS SPOTIFY: www.open.spotify.com/show/2nENz4106xNMFpgeLJ7dfZ?si=lmocr69pSXyLMQh0hFJGjw&utm_source=copy-link GOOGLE PODCAST: www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81NWJiODJlNC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== BREAKER AUDIO: www.breaker.audio/teafairy-storytime-podcast POCKETCAST: www.pca.st/vu22isrs RADIO PUBLIC: www.radiopublic.com/teafairy-storytime-podcast-WdnBL7 ANCHOR.FM: www.anchor.fm/s/55bb82e4/podcast/rss. COMING SOON... watch fun new educational children's programming with the TEAFAIRY & FRIENDS STORYTIME ADVENTURES SHOW on GREENBELT ACCESS TELEVISION www.greenbeltaccesstv.org. (also on their YouTube channel and Facebook page). Support this podcast and the visual storytime events on YouTube & Facebook with a small monthly donation to help sustain future broadcasts. Your contribution means a lot no matter the size! If you love TeaFairy StoryTime & would like to help assist me in my efforts to bring children's literature to you all, & introduce NEW AUTHORS work, any donation is greatly appreciated & helpful. You can become a supporter or give a gift via a couple of ways. Anchor.fm has a built in supporter option. You can also contact me by email at Teafairystorytime@gmail.com. I am always looking for children's literature by NEW Authors. If you would like to have your book shared either on the podcast or one of the virtual story times email me at teafairystorytime@gmail.com. Thank you for tuning in,listening & reading along! Reading with you is a great privilege. Sharing books by new authors is an honor. Join me for the next storytime via podcast, virtual picture book storytime (YouTube / Facebook) or soon to come, Greenbelt Access Television & live storytimes at events in & around the Maryland/Washington DC area. For now, read a book every day! Expand your Mind, Expand your Horizons! I'll be reading with you soon! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teafairystorytime/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/teafairystorytime/support

"The Velveteen Rabbit is a British children's book written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit's desire to become real through the love of his owner. The book was first published in 1922 and has been republished many times since." Wikipedia. "Bullied from all directions, the Rabbit learned to ignore the people who hated on him and to value his friendships with the Boy and the Skin Horse. Listening to the people who matter and tuning out the rest isn't just a valuable life lesson; it's a survival skill. And you learned it from reading The Velveteen Rabbit." Life Lessons From 'The Velveteen Rabbit: https://www.bustle.com/articles/99034-6-life-lessons-from-the-velveteen-rabbit-because-everyone-deserves-to-be-real. The Velveteen Rabbit can be found in many Brick and Mortar Books Stores, Used Book Stores, Audible, Kindle, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google Play Books, and other online sources as well as your Public Library!!! You can find a coloring page of The Velveteen Rabbit at the following link: www.supercoloring.com/coloring-pages/the-velveteen-rabbit Find out more about TeaFairy StoryTime at: YOUTUBE www.youtube.com/user/TofArcata FACEBOOK PAGE www.facebook.com/TeaFairyAndFriendsStorytimeAndAdventures FACEBOOK GROUP www.facebook.com/groups/286299862950026/?ref=share&exp=e8c2 PODCASTS SPOTIFY: www.open.spotify.com/show/2nENz4106xNMFpgeLJ7dfZ?si=lmocr69pSXyLMQh0hFJGjw&utm_source=copy-link GOOGLE PODCAST: www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81NWJiODJlNC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== BREAKER AUDIO: www.breaker.audio/teafairy-storytime-podcast POCKETCAST: www.pca.st/vu22isrs RADIO PUBLIC: www.radiopublic.com/teafairy-storytime-podcast-WdnBL7 ANCHOR.FM: www.anchor.fm/s/55bb82e4/podcast/rss. COMING SOON... watch fun new educational children's programming with the TEAFAIRY & FRIENDS STORYTIME ADVENTURES SHOW on GREENBELT ACCESS TELEVISION www.greenbeltaccesstv.org. (also on their YouTube channel and Facebook page). Support this podcast and the visual storytime events on YouTube & Facebook with a small monthly donation to help sustain future broadcasts. Your contribution means a lot no matter the size! If you love TeaFairy StoryTime & would like to help assist me in my efforts to bring children's literature to you all, & introduce NEW AUTHORS work, any donation is greatly appreciated & helpful. You can become a supporter or give a gift via a couple of ways. Anchor.fm has a built in supporter option. You can also contact me by email at Teafairystorytime@gmail.com. I am always looking for children's literature by NEW Authors. If you would like to have your book shared either on the podcast or one of the virtual story times email me at teafairystorytime@gmail.com. Thank you for tuning in,listening & reading along! Reading with you is a great privilege. Sharing books by new authors is an honor. Join me for the next storytime via podcast, virtual picture book storytime (YouTube / Facebook) or soon to come, Greenbelt Access Television & live storytimes at events in & around the Maryland/Washington DC area. For now, read a book every day! Expand your Mind, Expand your Horizons! I'll be reading with you soon! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teafairystorytime/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/teafairystorytime/support

Erinnert euch an den erste Teil über Psychological Landscapes im Podcast #6? Heute folgt Psychological Landscapes 2 am Beispiel des Films "Gladiator". Heino spricht mit Isabel darüber, wie in "Gladiator" die Landschaft eingesetzt wird, um die inneren Gefühle des Hauptprotagonisten zum Ausdruck. Isabel hat eine ganze Blogreihe zu den Psychological Landscapes geschrieben und geht in einzelnen Beiträgen der Frage nach, wie wir Landschaften im Film oder beim Schreiben einsetzen können, um den Handlungsablauf zu unterstützen Das ist Inspiration für alle, die Geschichten schreiben oder sich für Film und Kunst interessieren. "Gladiator ist ein Film von Ridley Scott aus dem Jahr 2000. Mit Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris. Das Drehbuch schrieben David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson. Der Film wurde mit fünf Oscars ausgezeichnet, darunter dem Oscar für den Besten Film. Und er ist ein tolles Bespiel für den Einsatz von Landschaften, um eine Geschichte zu erzählen." (aus dem Blogbeitrag PSYCHOLOGICAL LANDSCAPES #3 Himmel und Erde.) Lasst euch auf eine Reise in den Film "Gladiator "ein. Für alle, die den Film schon gesehen haben, vielleicht nachträgliche Einsichten, für alle, die den Film noch nicht kennen - es lohnt sich ihn anzusehen. Viel Spaß bimi Zuhören. Über Isabel Isabel Bongard ist Schauspielerin, hat in über 40 nationalen und internationalen Filmprojekten (u.a. Banklady, Die Päpstin, Die Klasse) mitgewirkt und den Hessischen Filmpreis gewonnen. Sie ist Gaga-Tänzerin und Mitgründerin des Design-Teams Iffy-Studio. Sie bloggt auf Red Bug Culture und Red Bug Home. Mehr Insides: Interview mit Isabel auf Red Bug HomeIsabel bei IMDbBlogreihe über Psychological Landcapes

"The Velveteen Rabbit is a British children's book written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit's desire to become real through the love of his owner. The book was first published in 1922 and has been republished many times since." Wikipedia. "Bullied from all directions, the Rabbit learned to ignore the people who hated on him and to value his friendships with the Boy and the Skin Horse. Listening to the people who matter and tuning out the rest isn't just a valuable life lesson; it's a survival skill. And you learned it from reading The Velveteen Rabbit." Life Lessons From 'The Velveteen Rabbit: https://www.bustle.com/articles/99034-6-life-lessons-from-the-velveteen-rabbit-because-everyone-deserves-to-be-real. The Velveteen Rabbit can be found in many Brick and Mortar Books Stores, Used Book Stores, Audible, Kindle, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google Play Books, and other online sources as well as your Public Library!!! You can find a coloring page of The Velveteen Rabbit at the following link: www.supercoloring.com/coloring-pages/the-velveteen-rabbit Find out more about TeaFairy StoryTime at: YOUTUBE www.youtube.com/user/TofArcata FACEBOOK PAGE www.facebook.com/TeaFairyAndFriendsStorytimeAndAdventures FACEBOOK GROUP www.facebook.com/groups/286299862950026/?ref=share&exp=e8c2 PODCASTS SPOTIFY: www.open.spotify.com/show/2nENz4106xNMFpgeLJ7dfZ?si=lmocr69pSXyLMQh0hFJGjw&utm_source=copy-link GOOGLE PODCAST: www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81NWJiODJlNC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== BREAKER AUDIO: www.breaker.audio/teafairy-storytime-podcast POCKETCAST: www.pca.st/vu22isrs RADIO PUBLIC: www.radiopublic.com/teafairy-storytime-podcast-WdnBL7 ANCHOR.FM: www.anchor.fm/s/55bb82e4/podcast/rss. COMING SOON... watch fun new educational children's programming with the TEAFAIRY & FRIENDS STORYTIME ADVENTURES SHOW on GREENBELT ACCESS TELEVISION www.greenbeltaccesstv.org. (also on their YouTube channel and Facebook page). Support this podcast and the visual storytime events on YouTube & Facebook with a small monthly donation to help sustain future broadcasts. Your contribution means a lot no matter the size! If you love TeaFairy StoryTime & would like to help assist me in my efforts to bring children's literature to you all, & introduce NEW AUTHORS work, any donation is greatly appreciated & helpful. You can become a supporter or give a gift via a couple of ways. Anchor.fm has a built in supporter option. You can also contact me by email at Teafairystorytime@gmail.com. I am always looking for children's literature by NEW Authors. If you would like to have your book shared either on the podcast or one of the virtual story times email me at teafairystorytime@gmail.com. Thank you for tuning in,listening & reading along! Reading with you is a great privilege. Sharing books by new authors is an honor. Join me for the next storytime via podcast, virtual picture book storytime (YouTube / Facebook) or soon to come, Greenbelt Access Television & live storytimes at events in & around the Maryland/Washington DC area. For now, read a book every day! Expand your Mind, Expand your Horizons! I'll be reading with you soon! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teafairystorytime/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/teafairystorytime/support

This is the final chapter of Like a Spark by Lindsey Stanley... Chapter 22 - The Finish Line. Thank you for following along and tuning in. Beginning the next recorded podcast, we will start reading The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams. You can read along with me. I downloaded my copy off Kindle for $.99 but you can pick up a paper back copy as well from a variety of book stores, ebay, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, even used book stores. "The Velveteen Rabbit (or How Toys Become Real) is a British children's book written by Margery Williams (also known as Margery Williams Bianco) and illustrated by William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit's desire to become real through the love of his owner. The book was first published in 1922 and has been republished many times since." (Information Source Wikipedia). Like A Spark By Lyndsay Stanley After a life-changing event, Petra finds out that she is not like any of the other horses- she has wings! Disoriented and seemingly disadvantaged, Petra wishes that she could be just like everyone else. But with the help of her friends and family, Petra learns how to use her wings for the good of her herd and learns that it is ok to be different! Age Level: 5 - 15 Grade Level: 1 - 6 www.amazon.ca/Like-Spark-Lyndsay-Stanley-ebook/dp/B08ZNMTW9V/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=like+a+spark&qid=1620313144&sr=8-2 Paperback Copies are $20 Kindle $2.95 Free with Kindle Unlimited --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teafairystorytime/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/teafairystorytime/support

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A new MP3 sermon from Grace Audio Treasures is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: All of His glorious attributes and perfections are yours! Subtitle: Daily Meditation Speaker: William Nicholson Broadcaster: Grace Audio Treasures Event: Devotional Date: 7/10/2021 Bible: Psalm 48:14; Psalm 23 Length: 2 min.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 104, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: What'cha Got Cookin'? 1: This clear meat soup will be finished in a jiffy; actually, "finished" is what its name means. a consommé. 2: I'm sauteeing this organ meat in butter and lemon juice, as you'd know, if you had any. brains. 3: I'm making passover breakfast fun by using this unleavened bread in a version of French toast. matzah. 4: I'm boiling these to mix with red cabbage; it's too darn hot to roast them on an open fire. chestnuts. 5: Don't be intimidated by the skewers; I'll use them on the marinated lamb to make this. shish kabob. Round 2. Category: Oh "Mi" 1: This city's Herald was founded in 1910. Miami. 2: 2 Samuel 1:25 proclaims "How" have they "fallen in the midst of the battle!". The mighty. 3: Muscovite is a white type of this rock that splits into thin leaves. mica. 4: Math sign that looks like a hyphen. Minus sign. 5: The process of a cell with 46 chromosomes spilitting into 2 cells, each also with 46 chromosomes. Mitosis. Round 3. Category: Dough 1: Chile uses this basic unit of currency. a peso. 2: Italy has issued Euro coins with part of this painter's "Birth of Venus" on the reverse. Botticelli. 3: The name of this unit of currency used in Libya is from the Latin for "ten". Dinar. 4: Cherry blossoms are featured on the back of the coin worth 100 of these. Yen. 5: No peeking! This building is portrayed on the back of the $20 bill. the White House. Round 4. Category: By, The Book 1: The first book by this "Chocolate Factory" guy was "The Gremlins" in 1943, written for Walt Disney. Roald Dahl. 2: False advertising alert! In 1933 she penned "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas". Gertrude Stein. 3: He wrote "Redburn", "Omoo" and a seafaring novel of some repute. (Herman) Melville. 4: In addition to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", he penned "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency". Douglas Adams. 5: The second part of his "The Sound and the Fury" is told by a neurotic on the day of his suicide. Faulkner. Round 5. Category: Plays And Playwrights 1: David Henry Hwang wrote his first play, "F.O.B.", while studying at this school near Palo Alto, California. Stanford. 2: Edward Albee's adaptation of this Nabokov novel starred Donald Sutherland as Humbert Humbert. "Lolita". 3: In 1941 her "Watch on the Rhine" was named best American play by the New York Drama Critics' Circle. Lillian Hellman. 4: He worked as a stagehand in Prague before writing plays such as "Temptation" and before becoming a president. Vaclav Havel. 5: In 1991 Nigel Hawthorne won a Tony for his role as this author in William Nicholson's play "Shadowlands". C.S. Lewis. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Nel 1902, in Inghilterra, una donna mostrò al mondo dello sport di poter infrangere le regole non scritte della discriminazione femminile. Il suo nome era Madge Syers-Cave, la prima campionessa di pattinaggio su ghiaccio al mondo. Nel febbraio 1902 si sarebbe disputata a Londra la settima edizione dei campionati mondiali di pattinaggio. L'uomo da battere si chiamava Ulrich Salchow, uno svedese che ha fatto la storia di questo sport, inventando un salto che tuttoggi è il secondo salto per quoziente di difficoltà. Ma era, appunto, un uomo: e uomini erano tutti coloro che fino a quel momento si erano iscritti a un campionato mondiale di pattinaggio. Ma Madge Syers-Cave verificò che nel regolamento non c'era nessuna clausola che specificasse il sesso dei partecipanti. E decise, così, di sfidare Salchow. Poche settimane prima della performance di Madge Syers-Cave ai mondiali di Londra, il 4 gennaio 1902 il “Times” aveva pubblicato i versi di uno dei più celebri scrittori inglesi di tutti i tempi, Rudyard Kipling. Dopo aver raggiunto il successo con il Libro della giungla, Kipling avrebbe ottenuto nel 1907 il premio Nobel per la letteratura. Ma nel 1902, all'età di 36 anni, era già un celebrato poeta e una delle voci più autorevoli dell'imperialismo britannico. Ed è in questa veste che propone al “Times” quei versi, che furono letti - ed effettivamente lo erano - come una caustica tirata contro gli sport. In questa poesia dedicata ai suoi connazionali, The Islanders(Gli isolani), Kipling definisce i giocatori di cricket “idioti vestiti di flanella”, e le prime star del football come “tonti inzaccherati di fango”. L'obiettivo di Kipling era chiaramente nazionalistico: mentre il paese era in guerra, era inaccettabile, dal suo punto di vista, permettere che gli sport distraessero dallo sforzo bellico i giovani sportivi, e trovava spregevole che con lo sport ci si potesse addirittura arricchire. Ma la storia è sempre fatta di paradossi. E quello di Kipling è che la sua poesia in assoluto più celebre sia oggi considerata come un inno allo sport. Viene citata continuamente da campioni e allenatori, e una delle frase ipotetiche che vi sono contenute è addirittura impressa presso uno dei templi dello sport mondiale, all'ingresso dei campi da tennis di Wimbledon: “Se riuscirai ad affrontare il successo e l'insuccesso trattando quei due impostori allo stesso modo”. È la poesia intitolata If, “Se”. All'interno della produzione poetica di Kipling troviamo un'altra testimonianza del suo rapporto con lo sport. Nell'estate del 1897, Kipling ospita un illustratore venticinquenne, William Nicholson, che sarebbe diventato famoso, anni dopo, come maestro di pittura di Winston Churchill. Ed è in questa occasione che Nicholson mostra a Kipling i suoi disegni realizzati per L'Almanacco di dodici sport, un calendario illustrato. Kipling si mostra interessato e inizia a scrivere versi di accompagnamento a ciascuna illustrazione. Uno sport per ognuno dei dodici mesi, e una poesia per ognuno degli sport. Si tratta di testi di natura giocosa, quasi di filastrocche, ma sempre con una forte vena ironica o irridente. Vi troviamo sport tradizionali, come il cricket, il pugilato, il tiro con l'arco, il golf. Altri considerati tali a quel tempo, come la caccia o il coursing, una competizione tra coppie di cani. Per il mese di dicembre, Nicholson aveva disegnato un'immagine di pattinatori sul ghiaccio. E Kipling accompagna con i suoi versi anche quel disegno.

Me again! This week I talk to screenwriter and director William Nicholson about his incredible movie “Hope Gap” and the personal experiences that fed into the project. Bill also has screenwriting credits on “Les Mis”, “Gladiator”, “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”, and more, so it was fascinating to learn about his approach to projects that diverse.   Also on the show I talk to Halifax indie-disco merchants The Orielles about their brilliant new record “La Vita Olistica” and the accompanying short film. We discuss the relationship between different art forms, the benefits of returning to a project with some perspective, and much more.   Twitter @signalspodcastInstagram @sendingsignalspodcasttheorielles.co.ukwilliamnicholson.com 

Episode: 1998 Fast presses and the new literacy.  Today, let the presses roll.

The epic conclusion to the Wind on Fire Trilogy. A coming of age story that ain't messing around.

In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite films: the epic 2000 historical drama film "Gladiator" directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson. "Gladiator" stars Russell Crowe as Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius, who is betrayed when Commodus, played by Joaquin Phoenix - the ambitious son of Emporer Marcus Aurelius - murders his father and seizes the throne. Seeking to expose Commudus' murder of Marcus Aurelius, Maximus sets upon a path of revenge and redemption, following the murder of his wife and his son, and is reduced to slavery - however he eventually becomes a gladiator who rises in popularity in the eyes of the crowds and before long Maximus and Commudus must face each other within the arena of the Colleseum in order to decide the fate of Rome itself. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/markthepoet/message

In episode 44, Shorty 2 Cute and I do a deep dive into the 1992 film Sarafina.Sarafina! is a 1992 musical drama film based on Mbongeni Ngema's 1987 musical of the same name. The film was directed by Darrell Roodt and written by Ngema and William Nicholson, and stars Leleti Khumalo, Miriam Makeba, John Kani, Ngema, and Whoopi Goldberg; Khumalo reprises her role from the stage performance.An international co-production of the South Africa, United States, France, and the United Kingdom, the film premiered on May 11, 1992, at the Cannes Film Festival.

The journey continues for Kestrel, Bowman and Mumpo in the second book of the Wind on Fire Trilogy. Darker in tone than The Wind Singer but still bursting with life and humor. 

The first book of the acclaimed Wind on Fire Trilogy! There's twin telepathy, giant rolling cities and touching moments between new friends. What could go wrong?

Crítica de Regreso a Hope Gap, con Bill Nighy y Annette Bening.

Wat verbënnt d'Schauspiller Annette Bening, Bill Nighy a Josh O'Connor? Si sinn net just um groussen Ecran beléift, mee och op Theaterbünen. De perfekten Trio fir de William Nicholson. Den engleschen Auteur a Metteur-en-scène wollt nämlech en eegenen Theatertext aus den 1980er filmesch ëmsetzen. D'Resultat sollt bei eis Mëtt Mäerz ulafen; wéinst dem Confinement ass dat op September verréckelt ginn. D'Kerstin Thalau iwwer "Hope Gap".

Notre critique du film "Goodbye (Hope Gap)" réalisé par William Nicholson avec Annette Bening, Bill Nighy.  Abonnez-vous au podcast CINECAST sur la plateforme de votre choix : https://smartlink.ausha.co/cinecast  ABONNE-TOI à la chaîne YouTube pour tenter de remporter deux places de cinéma UGC ! Toutes les sorties cinéma sont sur : https://www.ugc.be  Voir les horaires près de chez vous : https://www.cinenews.be/fr/films/hope-gap/ ---   Titre : Goodbye (Hope Gap) Sortie : 2 Septembre 2020 De : William Nicholson Avec : Annette Bening, Bill Nighy.  Synopsis : L'histoire intime, intense et affectueux de HOPE GAP retrace la vie de Grace, choquée d'apprendre que son mari la quitte pour une autre après 29 ans de mariage. Nous suivons les conséquences émotionnelles que cette décision a sur leur vie et celle de leur fils Jamie. À travers des étapes de choc, d'incrédulité et de colère, tout le monde essaie de suivre un nouveau chemin ... le chemin de l'espoir. Bande-annonce : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55x7YAp4f00 #HopeGap #Goodbye #CINECAST

In this weeks episode of the world’s-fastest-movie-review podcast Jackson and Mike review the new drama DRIVEWAYS starring acting legend Brian Dennehy and Golden Globe® Nominee Hong Chau. And an as fast-as-we-can review of the intimate drama HOPE GAP about facing hard truths, from Oscar nominated writer/director William Nicholson. Starring Annette Bening and Bill Nighy.

On the latest episode of Flick City I review the new films “Swallow” and “Hope Gap.” Both feature solid performances (Haley Bennett headlines “Swallow” and Bill Nighy and Annette Bening topline “Hope Gap.” Also in the episode, “Hope Gap” writer William Nicholson talks about his love for the films “Lawrence of Arabia” and “It’s A […]

Stuart Voytilla (author of ‘Myth and the Movies') joins The 21st Rewrite to discuss the iconic film Gladiator. We analyse the screenplay using the ‘Hero's Journey' model, which is explored in detail in Stuart's book. Learn about the functions of the archetypes, audience expectations regarding story structure, and much more as we delve into the characters and themes of this epic historical drama. Buy Stuart Voytilla's Myth and the Movies  *** Want to comment, get news and join episode discussions? Join the community on Syncify: https://syncify.fm/podcast/the-21st-rewrite. Instagram: @the21strewrite. Website contact page: https://www.the21strewrite.com/contact

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 3: Gladiator (2000) Released 21 February 2018 For this episode, we watched Gladiator, written by David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen and Oliver Reed. As well as Best Picture, Russell Crowe won for Best Actor and it also won for Visual Effects, Costume Design and Sound Mixing. How Star Wars was Saved in the Edit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFMyMxMYDNk Next time we will be discussing From Here to Eternity. If you want to watch it before listening to the next episode you can buy the DVD or Blu-Ray on Amazon.co.uk, or Amazon.com, or you can download it via iTunes (UK) or iTunes (USA). To send in your questions, comments, thoughts and ideas, you can join our Facebook group, Tweet us on @bestpickpod or email us on bestpickpod@gmail.com. You can also Tweet us individually, @MrJohnDorney, @ItsJessRegan or @TomSalinsky. You should also sign up to our mailing list to get notified as soon as a new episode is released. Just follow this link: http://eepurl.com/dbHO3n

In this episode, we speak to Hugh Bonneville and Liz White, who are both appearing in Shadowlands by William Nicholson, which runs in the Festival Theatre until 25 May 2019 and is part of the Festival 2019 season. Recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre. Music by Ted Hayes

We brought 6 people together for a cross platform combo supercast with the amazing MVMT PTs. These two new graduates and the founders of the MVMT PTs platform, Dalton Laino & William Nicholson, share their story of the genesis behind this platform and their experiences as a new grad! Tune in!

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 3: Gladiator (2000) Released 21 February 2018 For this episode, we watched Gladiator, written by David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen and Oliver Reed. As well as Best Picture, Russell Crowe won for Best Actor and it also won for Visual Effects, Costume Design and Sound Mixing. How Star Wars was Saved in the Edit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFMyMxMYDNk Next time we will be discussing From Here to Eternity. If you want to watch it before listening to the next episode you can buy the DVD or Blu-Ray on Amazon.co.uk, or Amazon.com, or you can download it via iTunes (UK) or iTunes (USA). To send in your questions, comments, thoughts and ideas, you can join our Facebook group, Tweet us on @bestpickpod or email us on bestpickpod@gmail.com. You can also Tweet us individually, @MrJohnDorney, @ItsJessRegan or @TomSalinsky. You should also sign up to our mailing list to get notified as soon as a new episode is released. Just follow this link: http://eepurl.com/dbHO3n

In this week’s episode, we examine the 2000 Status/Admiration epic Gladiator, written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson. Let us know what you think of our analysis. You can reach us on Twitter @StoryGridRT. This is a show dedicated to helping you become a better editor. Each week Story Grid Editors Jarie Bolander, Valerie Francis, Anne Hawley, Kim Kessler and Leslie Watts analyze a film from one of the 12 Story Grid content genres and discuss it using the Editor’s Six Core Questions as developed by Shawn Coyne. Click here to see the full show notes.

Support The Bookening here! What's this??? An episode of The Lookening!!!! Aka our heroes are reviewing a movie. What is said movie you ask? It's Shadowlands. According to our pals at Wikipedia, "Shadowlands is a 1993 British biographical drama film about the relationship between Irish academic C. S. Lewis and American poet Joy Davidman, her death from cancer, and how this challenged Lewis's Christian faith. It is directed by Richard Attenborough with a screenplay by William Nicholson based on his 1985 television film and 1989 stage play of the same name. The 1985 script began life as I Call It Joy written for Thames Television by Brian Sibley and Norman Stone. Sibley later wrote the book, Shadowlands: The True Story of C. S. Lewis and Joy Davidman." Here's some things that happen in this episode: 00:30 Our heroes are the coolest 06:23 Pig Latin Donor Shout-outs 11:00 Semi-colons are; the worst 12:15 Shadowlands is a movie we are discussing! 14:29 Things happened in this movie 15:36 Ugly crying 19:03 A Grief Observed 21:22 Lost! 24:32 Baggage check 26:13 Things the movie got wrong 32:03 Britishness prettified 33:58 British acting vs. Method acting 38:27 Offensive American Stereotypes 41:21 Why did Lewis fall in love with Joy? This movie has no clue 43:37 Quotable Lewis vs. Real Lewis 48:37 CS Lewis wrap-up 55:28 The Not-So-Great Divorce★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In Episode 73 of The Cinescope Podcast, Chad and Aaron White talk about one of their favorite movies, Les Misérables! The Cinescope Podcast on iTunes Show Notes Les Misérables on iTunes Les Misérables deluxe soundtrack on iTunes Stats Released December 25, 2012 Dir. Tom Hooper (Red Death, The Damned United, The King's Speech, The Danish Girl) Written by William Nicholson, adapted from original musical by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, and Herbert Kretzmer; based on book Les Misérables by Victor Hugo Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg (La Révolution Française, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre, The Pirate Queen, Marguerite) Starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, Daniel Huttlestone, Colm Wilkinson, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Isabelle Allen Contact Aaron Twitter Facebook Feelin' Film - Twitter, Facebook, Website Chad Twitter Facebook Letterboxd An American Workplace | A Retrospective The Office Podcast Cinescope Facebook Twitter Website Email thecinescopepodcast@gmail.com Note: The iTunes links provided are affiliate links, meaning that when you click on them you help to support The Cinescope Podcast by earning it a bit of money. Thank you for your support! Special Guest: Aaron White.

For the 99th Second Hand Book Factory, Charles Adrian goes to meet theatrical educationalist and daydreamer Natalie Flynn at the Liverpool Empire Theatre. They talk about childhood, friendship, stories, the wisdom of Pooh, the importance of acceptance and the pain of becoming real. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED Talk The Danger Of The Single Story can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg Warning: There is a certain amount of background noise sidling in through the open window of the room this episode was recorded in. Website (for book listings etc): http://www.pageonepodcast.com/ (Episode image is a detail from the cover of The Original Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams, published by Egmont Press 2004; original art by William Nicholson.)

This week on StoryWeb: Richard Attenborough’s film Shadowlands. “The pain then is part of the happiness now. That’s the deal.” So says Joy Lewis to her husband, Jack, as they are enjoying their honeymoon in Herefordshire, England’s Golden Valley. Joy’s terminal cancer is in a brief remission, and Joy and Jack are reveling in their love and in their precious time together. Jack is better known to the world as C.S. Lewis, the author of a series of books on Christian theology as well as the famous Chronicles of Narnia children’s books. Joy’s line – about the inextricable intermingling of pain and happiness, sorrow and joy – comes near the end of Richard Attenborough’s film Shadowlands, which tells the unlikely love story between American poet Joy Davidman Gresham and the Oxford University professor C.S. Lewis. The screenplay was written by William Nicholson, based on his stage play of the same name. Nicholson’s work was influenced in part by Douglas Gresham’s book Lenten Lands: My Childhood with Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis. A staid and confirmed bachelor, Jack – as he is known to his friends – has lived throughout his adult life with his brother, Warnie, also a staid and confirmed bachelor. They have friendly but distant relationships with the other professors at Oxford (virtually all men). They tutor students, dine at the university, smoke their pipes in convivial pubs, sip sherry in the evenings at their quiet home, maintained for them by their housekeeper, Mrs. Young. When Joy Gresham appears on the scene, she arrives in full living color. “Anybody here called Lewis?” she practically shouts at the hotel when she goes to meet Jack and Warnie for the first time. Jack will never be quite the same after meeting Joy. It takes him an inordinately long time to realize he’s in love with Joy – much longer than it takes the viewer to see his growing feelings for her. It is a delight to see their love and tenderness for each other unfold, especially to see Jack succumb to this late-in-life explosion of feeling, unsettling his predictable, safe life. To learn more about C.S. Lewis, visit the official C.S. Lewis website, which includes a timeline of Lewis’s life. At the C.S. Lewis Foundation website, you can tour Lewis’s home (known as The Kilns) and explore a walking tour of Oxford. An interesting chapter of Lewis’s life is explored in Colin Duriez’s book Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship. You may be particularly interested in Lewis’s book A Grief Observed, which was written under a pseudonym and which tells of his struggle to come to terms with Joy’s death. To learn more about Joy Davidman (also known as Joy Gresham), a remarkable writer in her own right, you can visit the Wikipedia page on her and the Modern American Poetry page on her work. A biography of Davidman and an overview of her work can also be found at the C.S. Lewis Institute website. You might also want to read Lyle Dorsett’s biography of her, And God Came In: The Extraordinary Story of Joy Davidman, and Abigail Santamaria’s biography, Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C.S. Lewis. Shadowlands is very much worth watching, starring Anthony Hopkins as C.S. Lewis and Debra Winger as Joy Gresham. You can explore Jack and Joy’s story even more fully by reading Brian Sibley’s book Through the Shadowlands: The Love Story of C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman. I first saw the film when it came out in 1993 – and the line about the marriage of pain and happiness has stayed with me these many years since. I watched the film again last week and was as deeply moved again as I had been the first time I heard those words. As the film ends, we witness Jack – the famed C.S. Lewis – transformed from the boy who chose safety in response to loss to the man who chooses suffering – the price for a great and true love. “Why love if losing hurts so much?” Jack asks at the end of the film. That’s the deal – joy and sorrow, love and loss – all bound up together, no having one without the other. “The pain now is part of the happiness then.” Visit thestoryweb.com/Attenborough for links to all these resources and to watch the clip from Shadowlands in which Joy and Jack talk together during their honeymoon in the Golden Valley.  

Hosts Briana Phipps, Jacque Borowski, and Alexis Torres discuss the Broadway Musical Les Miserables. Les Misérables is a 2012 British-French-American epic romantic musical period drama film produced byWorking Title Films and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film is based on the musical of the same nameby Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg which is in turn based on the 1862 French novel by Victor Hugo. The film is directed by Tom Hooper, scripted by William Nicholson, Boublil, Schönberg, and Herbert Kretzmer, and stars an ensemble cast led by Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, and Amanda Seyfried. The film tells the story of Jean Valjean, an ex-convict who, inspired by a kindly bishop, decides to turn his life around. He eventually becomes mayor of a town in France and owner of a factory in that town. He is always alert to the risk of being captured again by police inspector Javert, who is ruthless in hunting down law-breakers, believing t

Story: Der Mount Everest gilt als die ultimative Grenze der Menschheit. Wer den höchsten Berg der Welt, den schon hunderte von Opfern gefordert hat, bezwingen will, braucht Können, Mut und Entschlossenheit - und das Glück, dass das Wetter hält. Doch was, wenn ein jahrelang entwickelter Plan zur Besteigung dieses Berges in Gefahr gerät? Der packende Abenteuer-Thriller erzählt die wahre Geschichte zweier Expeditionen, die am Everest von einem der schlimmsten je verzeichneten Unwetter überrollt werden und um ihr Überleben kämpfen müssen. DVD/Blu Ray-Release: 28.01.2016 (Universal Pictures Germany GmbH) Thriller, Drama, Abenteuer Land: USA, Großbritannien, Island 2015 Laufzeit: ca. 122 min. FSK: 12 Regie: Baltasar Kormákur Drehbuch: Justin Isbell, William Nicholson, Simon Beaufoy, Mark Medoff, Lem Dobbs Mit Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Sam Worthington, Emma Watson, ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FImNe3-03es

Story: Der Mount Everest gilt als die ultimative Grenze der Menschheit. Wer den höchsten Berg der Welt, den schon hunderte von Opfern gefordert hat, bezwingen will, braucht Können, Mut und Entschlossenheit - und das Glück, dass das Wetter hält. Doch was, wenn ein jahrelang entwickelter Plan zur Besteigung dieses Berges in Gefahr gerät? Der packende Abenteuer-Thriller erzählt die wahre Geschichte zweier Expeditionen, die am Everest von einem der schlimmsten je verzeichneten Unwetter überrollt werden und um ihr Überleben kämpfen müssen. DVD/Blu Ray-Release: 28.01.2016 (Universal Pictures Germany GmbH) Thriller, Drama, Abenteuer Land: USA, Großbritannien, Island 2015 Laufzeit: ca. 122 min. FSK: 12 Regie: Baltasar Kormákur Drehbuch: Justin Isbell, William Nicholson, Simon Beaufoy, Mark Medoff, Lem Dobbs Mit Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Sam Worthington, Emma Watson, ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FImNe3-03es

The Times: ‘A beguiling meditation on poetry and love… After reading this I’m resolved to become more familiar with Nicholson the novelist and to learn more about Alice, Jack, Nick and Laura’s back stories in novels such as The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life. What more could you ask for?’ The Avid Reader Show is sponsored by Wellington Square Bookshop in Chester County, PA. The Show airs every Monday at 4PM EST on WCHE AM 1520. Please visit our website at www.wellingtonsquarebooks.com

Aastal 1942 on Kitty Sussexis paiknev sõjaväeautojuht. Ta tutvub Kuningliku Mereväe eriüksuslase Ediga ja Mountbatteni juhtimise all olevate ühendoperatsioonide sideohvitseri Larryga. Alguse saab saatuslik armastuskolmnurk. Mountbatten võtab ette rünnaku sakslaste hõivatud Dieppe'i rannikule Põhja-Prantsusmaal. See sõja suurimaid katastroofe muudab nii Larryt kui ka Edi ja selle mõju on tunda veel tulevategi sugupõlvede elus. (William Nicholson. Emamaa. Loeb Rando Tammik.)

A gifted and imaginative writer, William Nicholson returns to the Book Festival in 2005 with the first book in his new trilogy Seeker, an extraordinary adventure full of magic, glory and truth. Suitable for children aged 11 and upwards.

Discusses William Nicholson’s painting The Beautiful Motorist – here we see the modern woman, dressed in the lavish uniform of that new-fangled device, the motor car.

La Belle chauffeuse is a portrait of the playwright Sylvia Bristowe. Nicholson loved style and often included costume in his paintings. In depicting Sylivia Bristowe in a motoring outfit he made a statement about her being a modern woman, adopting the latest modes of transport as well as being wealthy enough to own a car.

Florence, Lady Phillips (1863–1940) was the daughter of a South African land surveyor. In 1885, she met and married Lionel Phillips, who had become wealthy in the 1880s by mining diamonds. They lived in England from 1898 to 1906, during which time Lady Phillips developed a keen interest in art and bought contemporary works — by William Orpen, William Rothenstein, Walter Sickert and Philip Wilson Steer, as well as by Pissarro, Monet and Sisley. In 1919, her daughter Edith married the artist William Nicholson.

A decoration was once owned by Pickford Waller, an English designer and a collector of Conder’s work, as well as paintings by Spencer Gore, George Lambert, William Nicholson, Charles Shannon and Whistler. In his house in Pimlico, Waller placed this large decorative piece in a room that was entirely hung with Conder’s works. It includes features that are typical of Conder’s work, such as the oval medallion, wreaths and ribbons, and decorative borders.

In Lotty and a lady , Lambert presented an apparently everyday kitchen scene in which the housemaid, Lotty, is in command of her kitchen, looking out comfortably at the viewer. The lady, with head in profile and dressed for outdoors in hat and gloves, occupies the upper left of the scene. On the table is a carefully arranged still life with two fish, observed with precision. Neither mistress nor maid engage with these objects. They are lost in thought, posed as the still life. The model for the lady was Thea Proctor. The model for ‘Lotty’ was Lottie Stafford, a Cockney washerwoman living in the slum cottages of Paradise Walk in Chelsea. She was a popular model on account of her naturalness, total self-assurance and subtle sensuality. She had a ‘swan neck’ which greatly appealed to William Orpen, and which he emphasised in the series of works he painted around 1905 – including The wash house 1905 (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin) – that deal with working-class themes. Lottie also posed for British artists William Nicholson and Walter Sickert. Lambert painted the work with assured brushstrokes in a restricted palette. He used broader paintwork for the main elements of the picture, with some remarkable crisp flicks of paint, and a more detailed and delicate handling for his depiction of the fish and other still-life details in the foreground. Lambert’s painterly approach and careful design reflects his desire to paint in the manner of Velázquez, and the image resembles Velázquez’s Kitchen scene with Christ in the house of Martha and Mary 1618 (National Gallery, London). As in a number of Velázquez’s works the viewpoints are organised so that we see the table and the objects from above while looking directly at the figures. But Lambert also suggested that he could not have painted Lotty’s head had he ‘not been so impressed by the work of Manet’ (ML MSS A1811, p.72). This apparently straightforward genre scene may also have symbolic significance. Lambert may have intended to depict one of the themes of Velázquez’s painting, the contemplative versus the active life, with the lady representing the contemplative or leisurely life and Lotty the world of work, necessary for the contemplative life. Lambert may also be presenting two aspects of one woman, the elegant public face as opposed to the domestic private self. Further, this painting may also be a comment on class relations. By portraying a housemaid sitting in the kitchen together with the mistress of the house, Lambert challenged traditional Edwardian social roles and behaviours. At this time servants were urged to make themselves invisible when in the presence of their employers, and to this extent the scene is stage-managed. Lotty is posed in a subversive manner with her hand defiantly on her hip, and she wears earrings, something that might be considered unusual for a servant girl. The subject is similar to those of several of Lambert's Bulletin illustrations in which he portrayed a mistress with a confident servant – with the servant usually getting the better of her mistress. The painting was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria at the insistence of Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer, a gallery trustee, from its exhibition at the Guild Hall, Melbourne, in 1910. It was the first of Lambert's European paintings to be purchased for an Australian public collection, and the only one to be purchased while he lived abroad.