A vivid present tense account of life in a dysfunctional family told by a perceptive thirteen year old girl with a sense of irony & humour Lou her sister Sarah
- 'for people who have been forced to share living accommodation for the last thirteen & half years we have very little in common'- & her brother Mickey-'he's gay but he doesn't yet know it'-discover that their parents are going to be doing a 'trial separation with a view to permanent' & that their dad is having an affair with a sixth former ' Thinking of my dad as anyone's 'lover' is actually quite gross' Boyfriend' didn't seem the right word for an adult who is fast approaching forty-seven & owns socks that are older than I am' Meet Lou her siblings her mum & dad her nan who does seances her friend Faiths who has six mums & dads (all gay) & Hammy the escaped hamster
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Suicide is everywhere It haunts history & current events It haunts our own networks of friends & family The spectre of suicide looms large but the topic is taboo because any meaningful discussion must at the very least consider that the answer to the question
- 'is life worth living?'
- might not be an emphatic yes; it might even be a stern no Through a sweeping historical overview of suicide a moving literary survey of famous suicide notes & a psychological analysis of himself Simon Critchley offers us an insight into what it means to possess the all too human gift & curse of being of being able to choose life or death

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' The term culture

Includes:: all the characteristic activities & interests of a people; Derby Day Henley Regatta

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Tracklist A1 Zero Day 357 A2 Blue Line Baby 430 A3 You Wind Me Up 359 A4 Plastic Migraine 444 A5 Us We Are 334 B6 Hail On Palace Pier 448 B7 I Hate The Flowers 421 B8 The Carpenter's Son 745 B9 (Hope) Is Just Another Word With A Hole In It 548 ...

'I have nothing to declare' Wilde once told an American customs official 'except my genius' A socialite a wit a man who flaunted convention & was unafraid to shock Oscar Wilde was a great writer & a great man This new collection of wit & wisdom demonstrates the brilliance of his vision the audacity of his style Such is the scope of the material it brings to life the Wilde of great feeling as well as the Wilde of great art ...

' Brilliant observations on the anthropology of power You will laugh aloud & you won't put it down' Daniel Kahneman In this eye-opening exploration of the human weakness for power Daniel Levin takes us on a hilarious journey through the absurd world of our global elites drawing unforgettable sketches of some of the puppets who stand guard & the jugglers & conjurers employed within Most spectacular of all however are the astonishing contortions performed by those closest to the top in order to maintain the illusion of integrity decency & public service Based on the author's first-hand experiences of dealing with governments & political institutions around the world Nothing but a Circus offers a rare glimpse of the conversations that happen behind closed doors observing the appalling lengths that people go to in order to justify their unscrupulous choices from Dubai to Luanda Moscow to Beijing & at the heart of the UN & the US government ...

" It is this devotion to sound creation & manipulation that in truth Daniel B & Nothing But Noise should be classed as composers more than artists as theirs is the sort of material that cannot be created in a day; the length of each track & the way in which they change to different moods different emotions points towards this way of thinking too" Notion Magazine 20 years in the making Nothing But Noise the trio led by Front 242 mastermind Daniel B & featuring original Front 242 member Dirk Bergen & Erwin Jadot finally release their debut album Not Bleeding Red on UK independent Future Noise Music Born from a deep love of analogue synthesizers & inspired by the likes of Manuel Gottching Tangerine Dream s early albums & Bowie s Berlin period Not Bleeding Red is an album that fully deserves its place in the long & distinguished history of European synth acts Created in Daniel B s studio the album features an array of rare & vintage analogue synthesizers such as the Moog Voyager Prophet 8 Juno 106 & Arp Odyssey No nostalgia fest though the album also explores the possibilities afforded by today s new breed of analogue synthesizers It s lineage might be clear but this is an album that looks forward respectful of the past but not in its thrall Not Bleeding Red is an expansive affair an album in love with sound itself & tracks such as the elegiac nearly 19 minute long CK are given time to evolve & develop in stately fashion unfolding like some grand cosmic ballet Uncompromising & haunting this is an album that conjures up vast vistas of space both cold & beautiful at the same time On tracks like Puzzle Cosmique & Second Seven Nothing but Noise join the dots between the likes of electronic pioneers such as the Radiophonic Workshop through to present day acts such as Sunn O))) Having honed the Nothing But Noise sound over the course of two decades & a series of critically acclaimed live performances Not Bleeding Red is the culmination of a lifetime s obsession with synthesized sound & a timeless example of how raw circuit boards can produce something stunningly beautiful A fully realised concept Not Bleeding Red arrives in sumptuous packaging complete with accompanying iPad screens & desktop wallpapers all designed & produced by Daniel B himself The album will be released digitally on double vinyl & in a 2CD edition ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Black humour & biting social satire combine in this acclaimed feature of 1963 starring Alan Bates as an ambitious young real-estate clerk who s determined to crawl his way to the top of the social pile; Denholm Elliott is the disreputable aristocrat who teaches him all he needs to know Millicent Martin the girl he sets out to woo & win Nothing but the Best is scripted by Oscar winner Frederic Raphael who received a Writers Guild of Great Britain Award for his screenplay with Nic Roeg earning a BAFTA-Award nomination for cinematography The film is presented here in a br&-new digital transfer in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio Jimmy Brewster is a working-class lad using his dynamism natural cockiness & abundant charm to overcome any obstacles to the champagne lifestyle he craves He has his sights firmly set on his boss s attractive daughter Ann & finds a perfect mentor in the form of the caddish crooked Charlie But just how far is Brewster prepared to go in order to get what he wants? ...

Arthur Maxley is a tense & listless young man One day he receives a letter from his long-estranged father Arthur's fear & aversion to the man is powerful yet his compulsion to see his father is irresistible After their meeting Arthur is propelled into a night of drinking & spontaneous intimacy with a beautiful young woman But as the memories of childhood trauma surface & disorientate Arthur's night out rises towards the pitch of disaster ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play On DVD for the first time ever this 1973 British Horror film in which three trustees of the Van Traylen fund have died during the last few months their deaths resembling suicides But after a mysterious bus accident involving the final three trustees & 30 orphan children police colonel Bingham (Christopher Lee) starts investigating & notices discrepancies that make him question whether it was an accident One of the orphans is treated by a psychiatrist & when that doctor ends up murdered it becomes obvious that something sinister is going on & not just coincidental deaths The dead psychiatrist&s supervisor Sir Ashley (Peter Cushing) agrees to help the police with the hopes of finding the truth behind the mysterious happenings Actors Christopher Lee Peter Cushing Diana Dors Georgia Brown Keith Barron Gwyneth Strong Fulton Mackay John Robinson Morris Perry Michael Gambon & Duncan Lamont Director Peter Sasdy Certificate 12 years & over Year 1973 Languages English Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players
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