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#5debutalbums9094 Blackeyed Susans' All Souls Alive is a fine debut album including a cover of Leonard Cohen's Memories. youtu.be/b0a6pgjg_1Y?...
Reveal Yourself
YouTube video by The Blackeyed Susans - Topic
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January 12, 2026 at 9:20 AM
#5debutalbums9094 Blackeyed Susans' All Souls Alive is a fine debut album including a cover of Leonard Cohen's Memories. youtu.be/b0a6pgjg_1Y?...
My (corrected) faves: 1) Rosalia 'Lux'; 2) Wednesday 'Bleeds'; 3) Little Simz 'Lotus'; 4) Stereolab 'Instant Holograms on Metal Film'; 5) Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson 'What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow'
December 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
My (corrected) faves: 1) Rosalia 'Lux'; 2) Wednesday 'Bleeds'; 3) Little Simz 'Lotus'; 4) Stereolab 'Instant Holograms on Metal Film'; 5) Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson 'What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow'
Thoroughly enjoyed the talk between Joanna Lillis and Ibrat Safo in London last night, and look forward to reading Lillis' Silk Mirage. Tashkent has changed a lot since my first visit in 1996.
Tashkent's modernist buildings are being preserved for posterity but Samarkand + Bukhara, jewels in the crown of Uzbekistan's tourist trail, are scarred by destruction of their architectural heritage - read all about it on Substack + in my book Silk Mirage open.substack.com/pub/joannali...
The March of Modernism
Tashkent's once threatened modernist architectural heritage is being preserved for posterity – but elsewhere in Uzbekistan, controversial demolitions are the price of progress.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Thoroughly enjoyed the talk between Joanna Lillis and Ibrat Safo in London last night, and look forward to reading Lillis' Silk Mirage. Tashkent has changed a lot since my first visit in 1996.
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A very insightful article on the recent threats to UK modern languages:
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
Support the petitions to stop the closures at Leicester and Nottingham, to sign click here:
www.change.org/p/save-moder...
www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
#languages #mfl
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
Support the petitions to stop the closures at Leicester and Nottingham, to sign click here:
www.change.org/p/save-moder...
www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
#languages #mfl
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
A very insightful article on the recent threats to UK modern languages:
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
Support the petitions to stop the closures at Leicester and Nottingham, to sign click here:
www.change.org/p/save-moder...
www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
#languages #mfl
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
Support the petitions to stop the closures at Leicester and Nottingham, to sign click here:
www.change.org/p/save-moder...
www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
#languages #mfl
Interesting sounding novel by the cowriter of Burnt by the Sun. oc-media.org/review-solar...
Review | Solar Plexus: A Baku Saga in Four Parts
Famed Azerbaijani screenwriter Rustam Ibragimbekov’s 1996 novel captures the story of Soviet Baku across multiple generations.
oc-media.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Interesting sounding novel by the cowriter of Burnt by the Sun. oc-media.org/review-solar...
Viaggio in Italia is my favourite Rossellini film too. ‘When I told him I’d secretly seen his films, his eyes filled with tears’: Isabella Rossellini remembers her father Roberto www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘When I told him I’d secretly seen his films, his eyes filled with tears’: Isabella Rossellini remembers her father Roberto
The Italian director’s career was briefly derailed when his ‘scandalous’ affair with the Hollywood star Ingrid Bergman hit the headlines in the 1950s. Their daughter Isabella remembers a devoted paren...
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Viaggio in Italia is my favourite Rossellini film too. ‘When I told him I’d secretly seen his films, his eyes filled with tears’: Isabella Rossellini remembers her father Roberto www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
Boris Mikhailov's work can be difficult to stomach but this is definitely on my watchlist thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/bor...
Boris Mikhailov: Ukrainian Diary
A major retrospective of work by Ukrainian artist Boris Mikhailov
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October 5, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Boris Mikhailov's work can be difficult to stomach but this is definitely on my watchlist thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/bor...
My top cinemas would be Garden, Electric, BFI in London and Broadway in Nottingham www.bifa.film/coty-vote/
VOTE NOW! · BIFA · British Independent Film Awards
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August 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My top cinemas would be Garden, Electric, BFI in London and Broadway in Nottingham www.bifa.film/coty-vote/
Pamfir (2022), Ukrainian first-time director Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk's distinctive twist on the crime film genre. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLy2...
PAMFIR - official trailer
YouTube video by Conic
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July 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Pamfir (2022), Ukrainian first-time director Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk's distinctive twist on the crime film genre. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLy2...
Uzbekistan football team qualify for World Cup for the first time. www.reuters.com/sports/socce...
Uzbekistan qualify for World Cup for first time after draw with UAE
Uzbekistan qualified for the World Cup finals for the first time at the eighth attempt after a 0-0 draw with the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
June 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Uzbekistan football team qualify for World Cup for the first time. www.reuters.com/sports/socce...
Anastasiia Kosodii and Josephine Burton's play based on real-life testimonies of the impact of Russia's war in Ukraine. Dash Arts production at Arcola Theatre in Hackney. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/j...
The Reckoning review – shattering stories of invasion in Ukraine
The horrific reality of Russia’s invasion is recounted during the preparation of a Ukrainian salad in Anastasiia Kosidii and Josephine Burton’s play
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Anastasiia Kosodii and Josephine Burton's play based on real-life testimonies of the impact of Russia's war in Ukraine. Dash Arts production at Arcola Theatre in Hackney. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/j...
The shortlist for Pushkin House's Russian Book Prize does look like a strong set. I have only read Amos' Russia Starts Here, which reminds me in some ways of Henrick Smith's New Russians. fivebooks.com/best-books/r...
Russians.ht
June 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The shortlist for Pushkin House's Russian Book Prize does look like a strong set. I have only read Amos' Russia Starts Here, which reminds me in some ways of Henrick Smith's New Russians. fivebooks.com/best-books/r...
Women take the roles of men in theatre in Cherhihiv, Ukraine. apnews.com/article/russ...
With most male actors at war, a small Ukrainian theater reinvents itself with an all-female cast
The Chernihiv Regional Youth Theater in Ukraine has adapted to the war by having women perform traditionally male roles, after many men left the troupe to fight on the front line.
apnews.com
March 9, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Women take the roles of men in theatre in Cherhihiv, Ukraine. apnews.com/article/russ...
Ukrainian Institute London's film seminar series in the spring looks fascinating. ukrainianinstitute.org.uk/kino-2025-uk...
Kino 2025 | Ukrainian cinema: a century of innovation, struggle, and resilience | Full course ‣ Ukrainian Institute London
Kino 2025 | Ukrainian cinema: a century of innovation, struggle, and resilience | Full course For decades, Ukrainian cinema was overshadowed by imperial narratives, with its most innovative works appr...
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February 21, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Ukrainian Institute London's film seminar series in the spring looks fascinating. ukrainianinstitute.org.uk/kino-2025-uk...