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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2013 7:53:50 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2013 9:39:02 GMT -5
perhaps you need to start a social club ?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2013 10:19:23 GMT -5
Thank you very much indeed for your suggestion, Jason, but fortunately, we have a club, of sorts, already! I would not quite call it a social club, however, it is more of a society, although it does include a youth club, which is remarkably social. A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or social territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Human societies are characterised by patterns of relationships (social relations) between individuals who share a distinctive culture and institutions; a given society may be described as the sum total of such relationships among its constituent members. In the social sciences, a larger society often evinces stratification and/or dominance patterns in subgroups. How about Somerset House, for example? Somerset HouseThe Third - Calendar - Skate (20:00 GMT on Thursday 2 January 2014)Insofar as it is collaborative, a society can enable its members to benefit in ways that would not otherwise be possible on an individual basis; both individual and social (common) benefits can thus be distinguished, or in many cases found to overlap. A society can also consist of like-minded people governed by their own norms and values within a dominant, larger society. This is sometimes referred to as a subculture, a term used extensively within criminology. More broadly, a society may be illustrated as an economic, social, or industrial infrastructure, made up of a varied collection of individuals. Members of a society may be from different ethnic groups. A society can be a particular ethnic group, such as the Saxons; a nation state, such as Bhutan; or a broader cultural group, such as a Western society. The word society may also refer to an organised voluntary association of people for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes. A "society" may even, though more by means of metaphor, refer to a social organism such as an ant colony or any cooperative aggregate such as, for example, in some formulations of artificial intelligence. Wikipedia - SocietyIn a profound sense, ' The Third' may be thought of as a new type of online society in the twenty-first century. Of course, it does not have the same characteristics as a traditional society, such as an Anglo-Saxon society, British society or Western society, but it is nevertheless a cooperative aggregate such as, for example, in some formulations of artificial intelligence. Here in ' The Third', we cooperate online together to form an artificial intelligence, Jason, which is arguably greater than the sum of the individuals composing it. My experience is that it makes sense to combine online with offline societies, for example, in the Kensington and Chelsea Music Society ( KCMS), or on topic, even the British Film Institute (BFI). I commend such an approach to everyone reading ' The Third' this afternoon! BFI
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2013 1:52:56 GMT -5
I have gone upmarket with books by some of the finest minds that have ever lived and poshies, ahhh, yesss, up with the aristos old chap, breeding will out !
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2013 2:58:57 GMT -5
You could try the Cheltenham Literature Festival this week, Jason! Cheltenham Festivals - LiteratureIn terms of books, a good library helps! Trinity - The Wren LibraryAlternatively, how about the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank? BFI Southbank - MediathequeTo Do List - London LibrariesAs for what books to read, how about the Man Booker Shortlist 2013? [/b][/i] When Robert Macfarlane, the chair of this year's Man Booker Prize judges, announced the longlist he called it the most diverse in recent memory. He was right, and the same is still true of the shortlist he and his peers have just selected. The 151 novels they started with represented a tour d'horizon of contemporary fiction, a grand vista that encompassed everything from the epic to the miniaturist. The longlist distilled the numbers but kept the flavour and now the shortlist has intensified it further. The six books on the list could not be more diverse. There are examples from novelists from New Zealand, England, Canada, Ireland and Zimbabwe – each with its own highly distinctive taste. They range in size from the 832 pages of Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries to the 104-page The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín. The times represented stretch from the biblical Middle East (Tóibín) to contemporary Zimbabwe (NoViolet Bulawayo) by way of 19th-century New Zealand (Catton), 1960s India (Jumpha Lahiri), 18th-century rural England (Crace) and modern Tokyo (Ruth Ozeki). The oldest author on the list, Jim Crace, is 67, the youngest (indeed the youngest ever shortlistee), Eleanor Catton, is 28. Colm Tóibín has written more than 15 books, The Luminaries is only Catton's second. What does such a list say about the taste of the judges? Messrs Macfarlane, Douglas-Fairhurst, Haynes, Kearney and Kelly have now read each of the books at least twice. Any book that bears re-reading has merit. A book that then stands out above its peers is special indeed. The judges' arguments will have been impassioned – no one invests the time and energy to read 151 books without the enterprise mattering to them. The shortlist is a consensus: it is one that shows that the judges have wide-ranging tastes; that they are unswayed by reputations (many big names didn't make the longlist let alone the shortlist); that they have no predilection for one particular genre; or books by one gender (there are four women and two men on the list); that they like new voices as well as familiar ones; that historical fiction has no more precedence than modern; that form is less important than quality. And what does the list say about the writers? It is clear that the perennial complaint that fiction is too safe and unadventurous is a ridiculous one; it shows that the novel remains a multi-faceted thing; that writing and inspiration knows no geographical borders; that diaspora tales are a powerful strand in imaginative thinking; and that human voices, in all their diversity, drive fiction. The shortlist, in other words, is fiendishly difficult to categorise. And that is exactly what you would hope from a list selecting from the best that contemporary fiction has to offer. Quality comes in different forms and in 2013 there is plenty of it about. Man Booker Prize Shortlist 2013Any preferences?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2013 5:29:41 GMT -5
I have organized my own film festival here this week:
1) Just watched Simon and the Oaks.
"Epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in Sweden's Gothenburg in the 1940s and 1950s. Told from the perspective of young Simon Larsson, who learns that he's an adopted child who has a Jewish father from Germany. After WWII Simon travels to explore his roots - a journey that leads to the basic mysteries of the human life. After the bestselling novel by Marianne Fredriksson." There is quite a lot in it, but I found that in the second half the logic goes astray; the character of the young man changes in an impossible way. Perhaps this lack of logic is because the directress was a lady.
2) The Nightcomers - not yet watched. It depects what happened prior to James's story and Britten's opera! Directed by a Mr. Winner, with Mr. Brando an amercian actor. Until now I had not known of this film's existence.
"Prequel to the Henry James classic "Turn of the Screw" about the events leading up to the deaths of Peter Quint and Ms. Jessel, and the slow corruption of the children in their care."
3) A condemned man has escaped or Le vent souffle où il veut.
"With the simplest of concepts and sparest of techniques, Robert Bresson made one of the most suspenseful jailbreak films of all time in A Man Escaped. Based on the account of an imprisoned French Resistance leader, this unbelievably taut and methodical marvel follows the fictional Fontaine’s single-minded pursuit of freedom, detailing the planning and execution of his escape with gripping precision. But Bresson’s film is not merely about process—it’s also a work of intense spirituality and humanity."
I watched this on the tele-vision many years ago and it - much praised I see - is indeed unforgettable in its intensity. Looking forward to watching it again.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2013 7:47:31 GMT -5
little c
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I shall attend the festival in due course with the play about GB Shaw
do the right things, in the right order, wot wot
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2013 8:24:23 GMT -5
A very interesting selection of films, Sydney! Thank you too, Jason. I have seen a few plays by George Bernard Shaw over the years, but never a play about him.
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