Nathan Francis
@NathanFrancis__
Passionate about the #Arts and #Digital #Culture. Interests: #Art #Film #History #Literature #Philosophy #Tech
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30-05-2013 11:55:47
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#Cannes2024 May 14 as a world premiere: #Napoléon by #AbelGance (1st period), in a version resulting from a colossal restoration by the #Cinémathèquefrançaise , with the support of the CNC.
[festival-cannes.com/en/press/press…]
Letter about #Byron 's lost memoirs discovered in Cambridge.
#Byron 200 #LordByron #Literature #Poetry
bbc.com/news/uk-englan…
“Come, come, no weakness. Let's be a man to the last.'
Poems: poetryfoundation.org/poets/lord-byr…]
200th Anniversary ✒️ #LordByron [George Gordon #Byron ], British romantic poet, #DOTD 19 April 1824, aged 36. #Poetry #Literature #Byron 200
“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”
✒️ #DaphneDuMaurier , English novelist and playwright, #DOTD 19 April 1989. #Literature
📺 #OTD in #Animation and #TV #History 19 April 1987, #TheSimpsons first appeared in the short 'Good Night' as a segment on #TheTraceyUllmanShow . After recurring appearances, they debuted on their own show on 17 December 1989.
▶️youtu.be/nekvVuoiTyA]
MR MOJO RISIN!
📀 #OnThisDay in #Music #History 19 April 1971, #TheDoors released their sixth studio album LA WOMAN on Elektra Records. Frontman #JimMorrison would pass away three months later in Paris.
'Riders On The Storm': ▶️youtu.be/iv8GW1GaoIc
'Everything is becoming #sciencefiction . From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century.'
✒ #JGBallard , English #scifi novelist, short story writer, and essayist, passed away #OTD 19 April 2009. #Literature
'To set the cause above renown,
To love the game above the prize.'
Poems: poetryfoundation.org/poets/henry-ne…]
✒️ #HenryJohnNewbolt , English poet and author (Studies Green & Gray), #DOTD 19 April 1938. #Poetry #Literature
“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”
✒️ #DaphneDuMaurier , English novelist and playwright, #DOTD 19 April 1989. #Literature
'The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.'
✒️ #BenjaminDisraeli , 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, British Prime Minister (Tory: 1868, 1874-80), and writer, #DOTD 19 April 1881. #Politics #Literature
“Come, come, no weakness. Let's be a man to the last.'
Poems: poetryfoundation.org/poets/lord-byr…]
200th Anniversary ✒️ #LordByron [George Gordon #Byron ], British romantic poet, #DOTD 19 April 1824, aged 36. #Poetry #Literature #Byron 200