Nathan Francis
@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social
Passionate about #Art and #Culture.
UK
Interested in #Arts #Comedy #Film #History #Literature #Philosophy #Tech
UK
Interested in #Arts #Comedy #Film #History #Literature #Philosophy #Tech
🔪 #WakeUpDeadMan: A #KnivesOut Mystery #Film #Review.
#DanielCraig is joined by a sparkling array of talent including Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close and Josh Brolin in this latest murder mystery with a religious undercurrent.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
#DanielCraig is joined by a sparkling array of talent including Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close and Josh Brolin in this latest murder mystery with a religious undercurrent.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery review – Josh O’Connor excels in another deadpan delight
Daniel Craig is joined by a sparkling array of talent including O’Connor, Glenn Close and Josh Brolin in this latest murder mystery with a religious undercurrent
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🔪 #WakeUpDeadMan: A #KnivesOut Mystery #Film #Review.
#DanielCraig is joined by a sparkling array of talent including Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close and Josh Brolin in this latest murder mystery with a religious undercurrent.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
#DanielCraig is joined by a sparkling array of talent including Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close and Josh Brolin in this latest murder mystery with a religious undercurrent.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
#TheBeatlesAnthology #TV #Review – the incredible audio shows exactly why the world fell in love with this band.
This update of the 1995 #documentary series is utterly authoritative. On #Disney+ now.
#Music #TheBeatles
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
This update of the 1995 #documentary series is utterly authoritative. On #Disney+ now.
#Music #TheBeatles
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
The Beatles Anthology review – the incredible audio shows exactly why the world fell in love with this band
This update of the 1995 documentary series is utterly authoritative. And its tweak of the Fab Four’s songs is a thing of wonder – their music absolutely thumps!
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 AM
#TheBeatlesAnthology #TV #Review – the incredible audio shows exactly why the world fell in love with this band.
This update of the 1995 #documentary series is utterly authoritative. On #Disney+ now.
#Music #TheBeatles
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
This update of the 1995 #documentary series is utterly authoritative. On #Disney+ now.
#Music #TheBeatles
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Logue: They're idiots.
George VI: They've all been knighted.
Logue: Makes it official, then.
15th Anniversary 👑🎙️#OTD in #Film #History 26 Nov 2010, #TomHooper's Best Picture Oscar-winning "The King's Speech", starring Oscar-winner #ColinFirth and #GeoffreyRush, hit the 🇺🇸
George VI: They've all been knighted.
Logue: Makes it official, then.
15th Anniversary 👑🎙️#OTD in #Film #History 26 Nov 2010, #TomHooper's Best Picture Oscar-winning "The King's Speech", starring Oscar-winner #ColinFirth and #GeoffreyRush, hit the 🇺🇸
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Logue: They're idiots.
George VI: They've all been knighted.
Logue: Makes it official, then.
15th Anniversary 👑🎙️#OTD in #Film #History 26 Nov 2010, #TomHooper's Best Picture Oscar-winning "The King's Speech", starring Oscar-winner #ColinFirth and #GeoffreyRush, hit the 🇺🇸
George VI: They've all been knighted.
Logue: Makes it official, then.
15th Anniversary 👑🎙️#OTD in #Film #History 26 Nov 2010, #TomHooper's Best Picture Oscar-winning "The King's Speech", starring Oscar-winner #ColinFirth and #GeoffreyRush, hit the 🇺🇸
"If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door."
⚖️🏳️🌈 #OTD in #Film #History 26 Nov 2008, #GusVanSant's stirring political biopic "Milk", starring Oscar-winner #SeanPenn, #JamesFranco, and #JoshBrolin, was released in 🇺🇸
⚖️🏳️🌈 #OTD in #Film #History 26 Nov 2008, #GusVanSant's stirring political biopic "Milk", starring Oscar-winner #SeanPenn, #JamesFranco, and #JoshBrolin, was released in 🇺🇸
a man stands in front of a crowd of people holding a sign that says he right
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November 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door."
⚖️🏳️🌈 #OTD in #Film #History 26 Nov 2008, #GusVanSant's stirring political biopic "Milk", starring Oscar-winner #SeanPenn, #JamesFranco, and #JoshBrolin, was released in 🇺🇸
⚖️🏳️🌈 #OTD in #Film #History 26 Nov 2008, #GusVanSant's stirring political biopic "Milk", starring Oscar-winner #SeanPenn, #JamesFranco, and #JoshBrolin, was released in 🇺🇸
"Anarchy for the U.K.
It's coming sometime and maybe..."
🧷 🇬🇧 #OTD in #Punk #Music #History 26 November 1976, the #SexPistols released their debut single "Anarchy In The UK" on EMI Records.
▶️ youtu.be/qbmWs6Jf5dc?si…
It's coming sometime and maybe..."
🧷 🇬🇧 #OTD in #Punk #Music #History 26 November 1976, the #SexPistols released their debut single "Anarchy In The UK" on EMI Records.
▶️ youtu.be/qbmWs6Jf5dc?si…
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
"Anarchy for the U.K.
It's coming sometime and maybe..."
🧷 🇬🇧 #OTD in #Punk #Music #History 26 November 1976, the #SexPistols released their debut single "Anarchy In The UK" on EMI Records.
▶️ youtu.be/qbmWs6Jf5dc?si…
It's coming sometime and maybe..."
🧷 🇬🇧 #OTD in #Punk #Music #History 26 November 1976, the #SexPistols released their debut single "Anarchy In The UK" on EMI Records.
▶️ youtu.be/qbmWs6Jf5dc?si…
80th Anniversary 🎞️#OTD in #Film #History 26 November 1945, Sir #DavidLean's moving classic BRIEF ENCOUNTER, based on #NoëlCoward's one-act play "Still Life" and starring #CeliaJohnson and #TrevorHoward, was released in 🇬🇧
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
80th Anniversary 🎞️#OTD in #Film #History 26 November 1945, Sir #DavidLean's moving classic BRIEF ENCOUNTER, based on #NoëlCoward's one-act play "Still Life" and starring #CeliaJohnson and #TrevorHoward, was released in 🇬🇧
"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 26 November 1942, #MichaelCurtiz's beloved classic CASABLANCA, starring #HumphreyBogart and #IngridBergman, premiered in New York.
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 26 November 1942, #MichaelCurtiz's beloved classic CASABLANCA, starring #HumphreyBogart and #IngridBergman, premiered in New York.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 26 November 1942, #MichaelCurtiz's beloved classic CASABLANCA, starring #HumphreyBogart and #IngridBergman, premiered in New York.
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 26 November 1942, #MichaelCurtiz's beloved classic CASABLANCA, starring #HumphreyBogart and #IngridBergman, premiered in New York.
"Let's go and say a prayer for a boy who couldn't run as fast as I could."
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 26 Nov 1938, #MichaelCurtiz's gangster classic ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES, starring #JamesCagney, #PatOBrien, and #HumphreyBogart, premiered at the Majestic Theater in Reno, Nevada.
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 26 Nov 1938, #MichaelCurtiz's gangster classic ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES, starring #JamesCagney, #PatOBrien, and #HumphreyBogart, premiered at the Majestic Theater in Reno, Nevada.
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
"Let's go and say a prayer for a boy who couldn't run as fast as I could."
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 26 Nov 1938, #MichaelCurtiz's gangster classic ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES, starring #JamesCagney, #PatOBrien, and #HumphreyBogart, premiered at the Majestic Theater in Reno, Nevada.
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 26 Nov 1938, #MichaelCurtiz's gangster classic ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES, starring #JamesCagney, #PatOBrien, and #HumphreyBogart, premiered at the Majestic Theater in Reno, Nevada.
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 26 Nov 1922, "The Toll of the Sea" became the first widely distributed film to use new two-tone Technicolor. The very first film to use Technicolor was "The Gulf Between", but it only had a limited release.
▶️ youtu.be/GNPAB0biktc
▶️ youtu.be/GNPAB0biktc
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 26 Nov 1922, "The Toll of the Sea" became the first widely distributed film to use new two-tone Technicolor. The very first film to use Technicolor was "The Gulf Between", but it only had a limited release.
▶️ youtu.be/GNPAB0biktc
▶️ youtu.be/GNPAB0biktc
"It was a sight surpassing all precedent, and one we never dreamed of seeing."
☀️ #OTD in #History 26 November 1922, British archaeologists #HowardCarter and #LordCarnarvon became the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh #Tutankhamun in more than 3000 years.
☀️ #OTD in #History 26 November 1922, British archaeologists #HowardCarter and #LordCarnarvon became the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh #Tutankhamun in more than 3000 years.
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
"It was a sight surpassing all precedent, and one we never dreamed of seeing."
☀️ #OTD in #History 26 November 1922, British archaeologists #HowardCarter and #LordCarnarvon became the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh #Tutankhamun in more than 3000 years.
☀️ #OTD in #History 26 November 1922, British archaeologists #HowardCarter and #LordCarnarvon became the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh #Tutankhamun in more than 3000 years.
"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known."
📖 #OTD in #Literature 26 Nov 1859, the last weekly installment of #CharlesDickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" was published in "All the Year Round."
📖 #OTD in #Literature 26 Nov 1859, the last weekly installment of #CharlesDickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" was published in "All the Year Round."
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known."
📖 #OTD in #Literature 26 Nov 1859, the last weekly installment of #CharlesDickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" was published in "All the Year Round."
📖 #OTD in #Literature 26 Nov 1859, the last weekly installment of #CharlesDickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" was published in "All the Year Round."
"I left the ending ambiguous, because that is the way life is."
🎬 #BernardoBertolucci, Italian director, #DOTD 26 November 2018. #Film #Filmmaking
🎬 #BernardoBertolucci, Italian director, #DOTD 26 November 2018. #Film #Filmmaking
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"I left the ending ambiguous, because that is the way life is."
🎬 #BernardoBertolucci, Italian director, #DOTD 26 November 2018. #Film #Filmmaking
🎬 #BernardoBertolucci, Italian director, #DOTD 26 November 2018. #Film #Filmmaking
" #Design can be #art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated."
🎨 #PaulRand, graphic designer, #DOTD 26 November 1996. #GraphicDesign
🎨 #PaulRand, graphic designer, #DOTD 26 November 1996. #GraphicDesign
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
" #Design can be #art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated."
🎨 #PaulRand, graphic designer, #DOTD 26 November 1996. #GraphicDesign
🎨 #PaulRand, graphic designer, #DOTD 26 November 1996. #GraphicDesign
November 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"I discovered that what is considered to be the #philosophy of the East has existed in the history of the philosophy of the West as well, and vice versa. I discovered that mankind has the same essential nature and the same problems of life…"
✒ Fung Yu-lan #DOTD 26 Nov 1990
✒ Fung Yu-lan #DOTD 26 Nov 1990
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
"I discovered that what is considered to be the #philosophy of the East has existed in the history of the philosophy of the West as well, and vice versa. I discovered that mankind has the same essential nature and the same problems of life…"
✒ Fung Yu-lan #DOTD 26 Nov 1990
✒ Fung Yu-lan #DOTD 26 Nov 1990
"No one could honestly say that a musical makes sense."
✒ #SiegfriedKracauer, German writer,
journalist, sociologist, cultural critic, and film theorist, #DOTD 26 November 1966. #Literature #Film #Theatre
✒ #SiegfriedKracauer, German writer,
journalist, sociologist, cultural critic, and film theorist, #DOTD 26 November 1966. #Literature #Film #Theatre
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
"No one could honestly say that a musical makes sense."
✒ #SiegfriedKracauer, German writer,
journalist, sociologist, cultural critic, and film theorist, #DOTD 26 November 1966. #Literature #Film #Theatre
✒ #SiegfriedKracauer, German writer,
journalist, sociologist, cultural critic, and film theorist, #DOTD 26 November 1966. #Literature #Film #Theatre
"To one who waits, all things reveal themselves so long as you have the courage not to deny in the darkness what you have seen in the light."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/covent...
✒ #CoventryPatmore, English poet and critic, #DOTD 26 November 1896. #Poetry #Literature
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/covent...
✒ #CoventryPatmore, English poet and critic, #DOTD 26 November 1896. #Poetry #Literature
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"To one who waits, all things reveal themselves so long as you have the courage not to deny in the darkness what you have seen in the light."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/covent...
✒ #CoventryPatmore, English poet and critic, #DOTD 26 November 1896. #Poetry #Literature
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/covent...
✒ #CoventryPatmore, English poet and critic, #DOTD 26 November 1896. #Poetry #Literature
“I am not going to die, I'm going home like a shooting star.”
✒ #SojournerTruth, African-American abolitionist, #CivilRights campaigner, author, and feminist, #DOTD 26 November 1883.
✒ #SojournerTruth, African-American abolitionist, #CivilRights campaigner, author, and feminist, #DOTD 26 November 1883.
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
“I am not going to die, I'm going home like a shooting star.”
✒ #SojournerTruth, African-American abolitionist, #CivilRights campaigner, author, and feminist, #DOTD 26 November 1883.
✒ #SojournerTruth, African-American abolitionist, #CivilRights campaigner, author, and feminist, #DOTD 26 November 1883.
"You [Chopin] have in your fingers an orchestra of butterflies."
✒ #AdamMickiewicz, Polish poet ("Polish Legion"), #DOTD 26 November 1855. #Poetry #Literature
✒ #AdamMickiewicz, Polish poet ("Polish Legion"), #DOTD 26 November 1855. #Poetry #Literature
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
"You [Chopin] have in your fingers an orchestra of butterflies."
✒ #AdamMickiewicz, Polish poet ("Polish Legion"), #DOTD 26 November 1855. #Poetry #Literature
✒ #AdamMickiewicz, Polish poet ("Polish Legion"), #DOTD 26 November 1855. #Poetry #Literature
📸🎶 #EthanRussell, American photographer and author (photographed covers for #TheBeatles, #RollingStones and #TheWho), is 80 today. #Music #Photography
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
📸🎶 #EthanRussell, American photographer and author (photographed covers for #TheBeatles, #RollingStones and #TheWho), is 80 today. #Music #Photography
🎭 #JohnBarton, British #theatre director and important figure in the Royal #Shakespeare Company, was #BOTD 26 November 1928. #Stage #Literature
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
🎭 #JohnBarton, British #theatre director and important figure in the Royal #Shakespeare Company, was #BOTD 26 November 1928. #Stage #Literature
"It seems beyond the comprehension of people that someone can be born to draw comic strips, but I think I was."
🎨 #CharlesMSchulz, American cartoonist (#Peanuts), was #BOTD 26 November 1922. #Art #Illustration #Cartoon
🎨 #CharlesMSchulz, American cartoonist (#Peanuts), was #BOTD 26 November 1922. #Art #Illustration #Cartoon
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
"It seems beyond the comprehension of people that someone can be born to draw comic strips, but I think I was."
🎨 #CharlesMSchulz, American cartoonist (#Peanuts), was #BOTD 26 November 1922. #Art #Illustration #Cartoon
🎨 #CharlesMSchulz, American cartoonist (#Peanuts), was #BOTD 26 November 1922. #Art #Illustration #Cartoon
“Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.”
"A work of art really is above all an adventure of the mind."
✒️ #EugeneIonesco, Romanian-French playwright, was #BOTD 26 November 1909. #Theatre #Literature
"A work of art really is above all an adventure of the mind."
✒️ #EugeneIonesco, Romanian-French playwright, was #BOTD 26 November 1909. #Theatre #Literature
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
“Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.”
"A work of art really is above all an adventure of the mind."
✒️ #EugeneIonesco, Romanian-French playwright, was #BOTD 26 November 1909. #Theatre #Literature
"A work of art really is above all an adventure of the mind."
✒️ #EugeneIonesco, Romanian-French playwright, was #BOTD 26 November 1909. #Theatre #Literature
“The world of the future will be an even more demanding struggle against the limitations of our intelligence, not a comfortable hammock in which we can lie down to be waited upon by our robot slaves.”
🤖 Founder of #Cybernetics, #NorbertWiener was #BOTD 26 November 1894.
🤖 Founder of #Cybernetics, #NorbertWiener was #BOTD 26 November 1894.
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
“The world of the future will be an even more demanding struggle against the limitations of our intelligence, not a comfortable hammock in which we can lie down to be waited upon by our robot slaves.”
🤖 Founder of #Cybernetics, #NorbertWiener was #BOTD 26 November 1894.
🤖 Founder of #Cybernetics, #NorbertWiener was #BOTD 26 November 1894.