Very sad to see that this will be the very last day for our friends Bristol Ideas. Established in 1992, they have been supporters of ours from the very beginning and have supported many a #SilentFilm event over the decades in #Bristol ! Good luck to everyone there! 👇

It feels like the tides are finally starting to turn on this.

Allowing a few thousand unelected & unaccountable people to appoint a Prime Minister is fundamentally anti-democratic.

The choice should be returned to elected MPs, who are answerable to the public for their choices.

Syd Chaplin stars in CHARLEYS AUNT (1925) The Cinema Museum from a BFI 35mm print this Wednesday night, with Colin Sell 🎹 & Ashley Valentine 🎹🇺🇦 intro’d by Dave Glass with Syd rarities + special recorded intro by Lisa Stein Haven! Do not miss this! 7.30pm Wed 1st May cinemamuseum.org.uk/2024/kenningto…

Michael Hobbes Absolutely legitimate not to know the right answer for a long term solution in Israel.

I don't know have one either, but then I don't go sneering at protesters who look at what's happening and say, 'that's fucked up and I want people to know I think it's fucked up.'

A thread: I have only read this article and NOT the book from which it derives, but as the author of the standard biography of Anthony Blunt, I feel inclined to comment. The main contention is that not only was Blunt spying for the Soviets, but that he was/

Would love to screen this at Kennington Bioscope

I love this story! But sometimes the result of the obsession would have been there without the obsession itself. The point above all is the craft of playing, the physical toil, the search for perfection.

In 2010, the Tories came to power talking of 'broken Britain'. And by god they delivered.

whoever put the Te Deum from Tosca segueing into The Maple Leaf Rag on BBC Radio 3 classical mixtape this evening deserved a bonus - talk about unexpected

Matthew Sweet BBC Radio 3 Suspense (1913)

You could have chosen any general in history and you picked Napoleon! Napoleonic code guy! Civil service reform guy!

That Coventry goal should have been given, whether it was offside or not, because it’s what most people wanted. It should have gone to a referendum.

The day in silents… The Seventh Silent Film Weekender, Kennington Bioscope

A cast of hundreds down Lambeth way with players old and new, many surprises and the nicest crowd you'll ever find! East Lynne and Pompeii the stars but there were more than in MGM!

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Day 2 of Kennington Bioscope’s awesome silent film weekend today! I’m accompanying on piano at 5pm for Taras Bulba (1924), a historical Ukrainian epic. I won’t see the film in advance - but from the stills, it looks like there’ll be some interesting hats and groovy facial hair!

Today is the glorious day!! We’re here and open for silent film business all weekend now The Cinema Museum See you all soon for films galore, wonderful live accompaniment & fascinating intros + programme notes!! A lotta love & graft goes into this & we’re excited to share with you!!

Me trying to hear people at the table in a venue with any background music

Someone put a camera collar on their cat to see what the little fella gets up to. Genius.