Elspeth R
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LiverpoolWhat's changed since my spate of these travelogues on Liverpool earlier in the year? I have spent my first weekend here.
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Togas, Tattoos and TonsuresRound up of what I consider the most powerful films of 2010 - and whay I begrudge one of them
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The Girl Who Fell Asleep Reading the Millennium Trilogybut woke up a little when she heard it was meant to be a social commentary Discussing Stieg Larsson's The Girl... books/films
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PossessionNotes on the novel by AS Byatt. Plot spoiling alert!
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Lydia and WickhamPart two of my thoughts on Jane Austen's novel, asking if their actions are properly explained
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Lennon by NormanMy Lennon interest was reignited by the recent film, Nowhere Boy. I take a swipe at a biography that's well regarded - by its author
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InternshipsIn Britain, a pilot is launched fors graduates to gain a generous annual fee to enter an arts career. But it excludes too many
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Popular Philosophy?This is a response to William Irwin in The Philosophy Magazine (22nd March 2010), defending Blackwell's ...And Philosophy series.
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Liverpool and NorwichThe Liverpool comparison series continues.
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Glasgow Vs English CitiesThis is really about England's newer cities - ones that mushroomed from 18th and especially 19th C due to industrialisation, such as Manchester and Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds and Birmingham - cities now of 500,000+.
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Newcastle and LiverpoolA comparison of two great Northern English harbour cities
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A Day Out with Elspeth in LiverpoolThere's more about Liverpool that's fab than four certain young men. Elspeth R tells you about one of her favourite cities.
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A Festive Season with Elspeth in FramlinghamA return to my series of day outs - but this time, I spent 12 days at Christmas in this small Suffolk town with a castle
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Lark Rise to CranfordAm I alone in confusing these two gentle BBC country period dramas?
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Jonathan Up * Creek:The BBC late 1990s/early 2000s comedy drama where a magician's creative assistant teams up with a female journalist - and then a television presenter - to unofficially tackle impossible crimes in contemporary England.
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MyLotI've spent 8 months with this site that supposedly allows you to earn for you quality internet discussions. Today I decided I have had enough.
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Is Anybody There?Like Synecdoche, New York, this is a wry look at death, despair at the meaningless of life and the eroding of relationships. But in their tone and final analysis, these current releases couldn't be more different.
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Julie and JuliaA difficult idea to put on the screen - writing a blog and cooking. How successful is it?
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The Blight of AldeburghMy normal guide and analysis of British towns is put aside for a critique of the perception of local government - hardly what any tourist board plans for its visitors response to a day trip...
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Norwich Churches Cambridge CollegesNorwich has as many medieval parish churches as Cambridge does colleges - 31. But to me, there's only a few exceptional ones of both...
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Neale Donald Walsch on the Law of AttractionThis subject with its various names - the Secret, Cosmic Ordering, circles of Abundance - is prevalent. I've been seeking a path through them and finding no Red Sea Crossing. I concentrate here on Neale Donald Walsch's Conversations With God series.
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Healing with the Masters - or the Muppets? [smiley]Jennifer McLean's teleseminar series is a very genuine opportunity to improve her listener's lives. But what happens when her guests' mastery is publicly challenged?
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Are Fashion Houses Immoral?This article contains further musings on the BBC drama series The House of Eliott.
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The House of EliottIt's no accident that this 1990s BBC drama on a 1920s fashion house has recently come into my home, and that I found a website analysing how House of Eliott's foundation and fortunes follow Life personified, if not deified.
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French and SaundersAs the duo have now retired from 30 years of making comedy together, I ask: Why do take offs takeoff - or not?
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In Defence of ObesityWho called the Fat Police?
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Revolutionary Road: A Lance to Puncture the American DreamThis acclaimed novel, now an award set film, is nothing but another lance to puncture the American - and everyone else's - dreams.
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Duck TapeA rural couple's relationship is revealed through the husband's tedious hobby.
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A Day Out with Elspeth in BathThis is closer to an appraisal than a tour, but you'll know by now that this series of places I've lived near or visited regularly are not your average list of what to do...
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"Please Rate the Following..."We are subjected to incredible questions from a variety of sources. I take a survey of the surveys and forms we are asked to fill in, which takes some lateral thinking turns to employment forms and health.
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A Day Out with Elspeth in CambridgeAnother in my series. This keeps away from what other guides will tell you about the colleges and focuses on the county town and real person's home aspect.
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A Day Out with Elspeth in ...IpswichYour first view of Ipswich from the station might confirm that it's functional but not enticing; another medium new town built to serve London and the county's amenities. But keep walking...
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The Customer is Often Badly WrongThe notion that the staff should put up with whatever is thrown at them without respect from the public is behind poor job satisfaction and service
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Mike Leigh MasterclassA review of this Cineformation event held at Bristol's Watershed Media Centre earlier this year, at which the maverick British fimmaker was guest speaker.
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Is it a Travesty that Darwin is Buried in Westminster Abbey?Darwin's theory of evolution arguably caused Christian beliefs more damage than any other in modern history. So why is he buried in a national church?
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The Secret: Re-examinedBy The Secret I do not just refer to Rhonda Byrne but the similar ideas in a myriad of books, including Cosmic Ordering by Barbel Mohr, and many others.
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Yahoo AnswersAfter a month's trial, my answer is no
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Independents of Clifton?Behind the scenes of supposedly well meaning and independent organisations in Clifton Village, Bristol, England
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WikipediaWikipedia is famous world wide and considered by many a sound source for browsers and serious researchers alike... but should it be?
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SupermanWith all the Batman fever this summer and Smallville's recent climatic end to its seventh season, Superheroes are much in mind
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Scotland V the West CountryWhat does Bristol and Bath have in common with the great cities of Caledonia?
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MazatiLebanese cuisine in the heart of Bristol's Old Town
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Should Charity Shops Be Run by Volunteers?Not paying for staff or stock means that charities can give all the profit to their worthy causes. I challenge whether this is of any benefit to the workers and if this ethos goes against what charities stand for -
Romantic Movieswish fulfilment or cheesy escapism?
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A Day Out with Elspeth in Bury St EdmundsThis isn't another list of things to see and potted history - this is a personalised introduction and appraisal of this East Anglian historic town in West Suffolk.
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, England: An AppraisalA day out in this East Anglian small town.
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The New Ten Commandments: A Response to a New Scottish DocumentaryThe 60 year anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights spawned this film from the Scottish Documentary Institute, shown at 28th Cambridge Film Festival
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The Value of Online Publishing on Sites Such as Associated Content, Helium and TriondHave content producers really succeeded as writers by being published here? Are high viewings really a sign of quality and popularity?
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White Heat Movie ReviewReview of the 1949 film noir starring James Cagney at Cambridge Film Festival.
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Halloween: Something We Should Be Celebrating?Now with a wide spiritual view, I wrestle with the remnants of a Christian upbringing to reassess my beliefs about Halloween.
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A Day Out with Elspeth in NorwichA lively tour of one of my favourite UK cities, written originally for the Churches Conservation Trust.
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Dog Days: A Review of a Film by Austrian Director Ulreich SiedlDog Days is a film by Austrian director Ulrich Sieldl, which was shown at Britain's 28th Cambridge Film Festival and on tour. -
Two Boris Karloff FilmsA review of a double bill of these 1930s horror classics, as screened at the 28th Cambridge Film Festival (England) -
Little ChildrenA review of this book/film by Tom Perrotta (2006, directed by Todd Field) -
Caerdydd - Why is it Disappointing?An assessment of the Welsh Capital -
Mud Dock Cafe, BristolRestaurant Review of this harbourside eatery in south west England.
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Popular Psychologies, a CritiqueHas any reader shared my frustration at receiving advice or help from those who are consumed by their own errant models?
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Pearls Before SwineA flash about an unwanted farm visitor.