November 2010
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Anyone else in need of conversion?
Places available on the following courses: Salvation through Springsteen; Learn to Love Lev Tolstoy, Introduction to Irving (John); Kathryn Bigelow: Domestic Goddess; Eloquence through Emma Thompson; Proselytising for Pearl Jam; Temptation with Tom Waits; Absolution through Arcade Fire. Please apply below. References not required, GSOH essential. 
Nov 30th
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“Tolstoy is a full meal.”
– Woody Allen, Husbands and Wives 
Nov 30th
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Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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Had breakfast in Germany, lunch in France, dinner in England. Goodnight.
Nov 28th
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“I first read War and Peace aged 15 (in an all-English translation) and what I...”
– Maureen Freely | guardian.co.uk I first read War and Peace two weeks after my twenty-first birthday. It took me over two months but I was completely bowled over by it. I started studying Russian, got a dramaturge job on a script about Tolstoy, directed Anna Karenina.  Upon second reading it still...
Nov 28th
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Nov 27th
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“[A] term derived from Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary (1857). It denotes...”
– “Bovarysme” - Baldick, Chris (2008). Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press - via Wikipedia (file under: “I am totally engrossed into re-reading War and Peace and I am in love with Pierre Bezukhov - please help” or “Natasha...
Nov 27th
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Nov 24th
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DGA Interviews Werner Herzog
kateoplis: DGA Interviews Werner Herzog Your film school also has an unorthodox reading list. I recommend four books for people who want to learn filmmaking in a rogue way, with a different spirit: Virgil’s Georgics, Icelandic poetry from the 12th century, Hemingway’s The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, and The True History of the Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del...
Nov 24th
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Student protests: national walkout live |... →
More than 20,000 school, college and university students have pledged to walk out of classes at 11am today in protest at plans to raise tuition fees and scrap the education maintenance allowance
Nov 24th
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Instant unfollow - rule #14
You are a d*ck.
Nov 24th
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 23rd
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Dear student who didn't turn up for the...
Frankly, you don’t deserve my teaching.
Nov 22nd
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Listenfuckyeahtheboss: Bruce Springsteen - The...
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“I cannot help feeling there is something essentially wrong about love. Friends...”
– Vladimir Nabokov, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight (via silklace)
Nov 21st
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Nov 20th
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Nov 19th
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The most beautiful words in the world are not "I...
Dear Mrs M******* K****, I am pleased to tell you that you are due a repayment of income tax for the year 2009/10. A cheque for the sum of £219.80 is attached below. Your sincerely, S***** B***** Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs Chief Finance Officer HM Inspector of Taxes  Ladies and gentlemen, I give you: civilisation. West Wing fans, cue: Mr Willis of Ohio.
Nov 19th
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Nov 18th
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Nov 18th
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What was that line you said? Something about how,...
Arcade Fire, Wasted Hours
Nov 18th
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Nov 17th
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Nov 17th
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