Monthly Archives: December 2013

Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Watch.…Silence (2012;DVD) …Eoghan, a sound recordist, returns to Ireland after 15 years of working abroad, to record silence in remote places away from the life of people and their sounds. But, as he travels around some of the remoter parts … Continue reading

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Watch… Nebraska..life is not all black and white and a seemingly simple story of an older man’s belief that he was won a million dollars forces a family to confront their feelings about each other. Woody(played by Bruce Dern) is … Continue reading

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Watch… What Would Jesus Buy?….organised by Manchester Film Co-operative at the Kings Arms. This is a documentary produced by Morgan Spurlock of Super-size Me fame so it should be entertaining! Join Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping on … Continue reading

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Book review; How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women by Lindsey German

Published by Pluto Press. ISBN 976 0 7453 3250 5 Turning on the television it seems this country is obsessed with war. If its not past episodes of Allo, Allo or Dad’s Army there are constant documentaries about the Nazis. … Continue reading

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Watch…Utopia..a new film by John Pilger; a journalist committed to telling stories about people without power. In this film he returns home to Australia and tells the story of the First Nations people ( the Aborigines), a story he has … Continue reading

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