So, I've started reading the first book in Adam Diment's spy series. I mean, after hearing about the author's story, I was pretty damn curious. And, well...very 'everyone's felt that before, right?'.

it might not be much, but it's mine

living room floor by sammy rae & the friends; sun in an empty room, 1963 by edward hopper; lover by taylor swift, sun in an empty room blue by philip koch; apple pie by lizzy mcalpine; white room by harry steen

Songs I’ve Used as Title Inspiration

(updated 31 January 2024)

So far, most of the fics I’ve written have song lyrics as the title, since it is often the songs I have playing on repeat when I’m writing each piece.

Listed here I’ve got the songs for fics I’ve published so far, in case anyone wants to give them a listen.

Something in the Orange (Instrumental) - Philip Bowen

Troublemaker - Olly Murs

Alkaline - Sleep Token

Reckless Driving - Lizzy McAlpine

Take Me Back to Eden - Sleep Token

Rest in Peace - DOROTHY

The Summoning - Sleep Token

Deep End - I Prevail

Crazy Girl - Eli Young Band

Yours - Russell Dickerson

Ours - Taylor Swift

Timeless - Taylor Swift

Ascensionism - Sleep Token 

Main Masterlist

"Adam Diment is a spy novelist who published four novels between 1967 and 1971. All four are about the adventures of Philip McAlpine whom critic Anthony Boucher described as "an agent who smokes hashish, leads a highly active sex life, kills vividly, uses (or even coins) the latest London slang and still seems a perfectly real (and even oddly likeable) young man rather than a reflected Bond image."

Diment disappeared from public view after his last novel, adding to his cult figure status among fans of 1960s spy novels. According to The Observer, by 1975 Diment was living in Zurich, shunning publicity, and had no plans to write further novels". Info from Wiki

music i love - five seconds flat (2022)

This album just does something to me that I can’t describe. The way I have developed an emotional, personal attachment to this record is something uncanny for myself. Being familiar with Lizzy McAlpine from her rise to fame on TikTok, and her song “Apple Pie” graciously shown to me by my girlfriend, five seconds flat was a new, breath-taking experience. It builds upon her prodigal composition skills and superb songwriting, while also expanding on her mellow, acoustic, melancholic sound. One we were previously familiar with on her debut record. There is something about five seconds flat that allows it to be melodic and soothing at times, or angry and grungy, or cheery and buoyant. The record is as versatile as it is consistent; Lizzy shows she isn’t afraid of taking risks or going outside of her bubble.

There is a story being told as the track list progresses, and by the pre-concluding track, “chemtrails”, it’s put into its entire perspective. Speaking about the closer, chemtrails, first is important because it symbolizes a type of loss yet to be explored on a the record: death. "chemtrails" is about Lizzy maneuvering life without her late-father, consistent with the theme of the album. Longing and loss are at the heart of the album; it being marketed with theme of skulls, ghosts, and the end of everything. Love is the prevalent theme on five seconds flat; loss of a partner, tragic death of love, the pursuit of love. “all my ghosts” captures this pursuit beautifully, painting an accurate picture of the honeymoon phase, the trauma of heartbreak, and the recklessness that can come with love. There is a lyric that I just love on the 8th track, “ceilings”. The lyric is “and it feels like the start of a movie I’ve seen before”, and it tells us how Lizzy has been here before when falling and love, knowing well how things may end, causing her to hold back from it.  “ceilings” also being the most notable track on the album that projected Lizzy into the mainstream.

Production on five seconds flat also expands on her soft sounding acoustics from her debut record without sacrificing her signature tone, harmonic vocal stacks, or acoustic presence. I absolutely love the way the strings introduce the second chorus of “called you again”, or the funky synth line that takes over the bridge of “erase me”. The mixes are done perfectly to compliment and contrast the grungier moments on “firearm”, or the soothing vocals on “hate to be lame”. Lizzy’s voice manages to compliment the calmer moments with the highs of her range, or fill the mix during punchier chorus lines with the lows. Philip Etherington Ehren Ebbage is credited for the production of this record and he did an outstanding job at transcending the indie, soft-spoken, melodic sound we were used to, to one that improves and expands to a fuller more dynamic tracklist.

As a piece of art, five seconds flat works so well, showcasing lyrically and sonically the highest highs, the lowest lows, and everything in between. It builds personal connections with the listener, giving you a place to cry, scream, shout or whatever. It’s also worth mentioning there is also a whole short film that goes with the tracks on the album. How cool is that? Easily one of my all-time favourites, and my favourite release of 2022. I mean it when I say I would do anything to listen to five seconds flat for the first time again. 

9/10

~ will

Quarterly Media Wrap Up - January, February & March 2023

Movies, Documentaries & TV Shows:

The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Taylor Tomlinson: Look At You ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Pamela: a Love Story ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Miss Americana ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Warrior Nun ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lulli (2021) ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Q-Force ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Enola Holmes 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Wendell & Wild ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Supercrooks ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Schuldig ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ant-Man ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Series In Progress:

La Legge Di Lidia Poet Titans Death in Paradise Lewis Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

Books:*

Currently reading:

Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldtree The Red Tent - Anita Diamant Choosing a Jewish Life - Anita Diamant Jodendom: Een heldere inleiding by Lou Evers & Jansje Stodel Top Marks for Murder by Robin Stevens

Read:

Cinderella is Dead - Kalynn Bayron ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Did Not Finish:

Law's Strangest Cases - Peter Seddon

*Books read for university are not listed here.

Podcasts:

This Week in Fandom History ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Advice Hotline ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Music Highlights:

star tripping - Kevin Atwater ceilings - Lizzy McAlpine Changes - Joy Oladokun Lavender Haze - Taylor Swift July - Noah Cyrus complex - Katie Gregson-MacLeod Body Better - Maisie Peters A TV Show Called Earth - Philip Labes Handmedowns - Áine Deane Cherry - FLETCHER ft. Hayley Kiyoko Love Of Your Life - RAYE Escapism - RAYE, 070 Shake You're On Your Own Kid - Taylor Swift 17 - Jade Bird Closer to You - Sammy Rae & The Friends if you called me today, i would come back tomorrow - Áine Deane She - Jelly Roll Don't Save Me - HAIM Better Version - FLETCHER Girl Of My Dreams - FLETCHER Serial Heartbreaker - FLETCHER Nothing - Catie Turner Champagne Problems - Taylor Swift

I’m sending this to you because you are one of my favorite people on this app. 🌼 What are a few of your all-time favorite songs so I can make a playlist with a little piece of all of my favorite people?

Aw this is so sweet! I haven't gotten a message in so long I had assumed this was spam lol

I'm assuming you want songs outside of 1D/Harry/Niall (/Lizzo), so I just went through my liked songs on Spotify: Friendly Fire - Holly Humberstone Werewolf - Peter Thomas In My Apartment - Philip Labes Orange Hoodie - Angus Maude Joshua Tree - Rozzi Pancakes for Dinner - Lizzy mcAlpine Pennsylvania Skies - LULLANAS Asking the Aspens - Kathleen Poison Oak - Bright Eyes (this one someone sent me in HS) All the Animals I Drew as a Kid - Valley t-shirt - Alec Benjamin (love everything of his) always, i'll care - Jeremy Zucker i think too much - Christian French smiling when i die - Sasha Alex Sloan Painkiller - Ruel all the kids are depressed - Jeremy Zucker 21 - Mitch James Anti-Everything - Lost Kings, Loren Gray

Honorable mentions: How Do You Spell Channukkahh? - The LeeVees A Little Bit Alexis (From Schitt's Creek) - Annie Murphy Coming Home (Oregon) - Mat Kearney Golden Boy - Nadav Guedj (yes, I used to know the Hebrew words) Riptide - Vance Joy (2012 summer camp classic) I'm Like A Bird - Alessia Cara What Do I Know? - Ed Sheeran (my activist anthem in HS)

Anyway... I'm clearly a sucker

and i’m so excited i haven’t spoken and she’s so pretty, and she’s so sure maybe i’m more clever than a girl like her [ xx ]

// touch tank quinnie // casual chapell roan // all your’n tyler childers // still got time dexter // golden hour jvke // white houses vanessa carlton // dress taylor swift // she (for liz) parachute // give me love ed sheeran // treehouse kelseydog // the bones maren morris, hozier // horny hippies the dodos // please chelsea cutler, jeremy zucker // thinking of you the maine // hot mess dodie // cruel summer taylor swift // reckless driving lizzy mcalpine, ben kessler // turn the wombats // ode to a conversation stuck in your throat del water gap // a boy named pluto hailey knox // baby warpaint // einstein on the beach: knee 5 philip glass // the giver sarah kinsley // j’s lullaby (darlin’ i’d wait for you) delaney bailey // erase me lizzy mcalpine, jacob collier //

Callie and Kacey Musgraves

Connecting Sterling and Shane to a specific album came easy. I listened to their respective albums and went, "Ah, that's Sterling. Yes, that feels like Shane." Because I'm a completionist, I began keeping an ear out for something that would match Callie. I wanted my hat trick, my trifecta, my cord of three strands.

Anyways.

While I had no album for Callie when writing my earliest drafts of Choices, I did have a song, "What I'd Give" by Sugarland, that I heavily associated with her and Sterling. Specifically, her longing for an actual romance with him instead of... *hand waves at Choices: Spring* Once those other albums had clicked for me, however, I began hopping between different albums that might work, but none of them truly hit just right.

To be honest, I really wanted Lizzy McAlpine's five seconds flat to fit the bill because if you slapped a British accent on her voice, that would be how I hear Callie. When Older came out, I had high hopes, but again, it didn't really jive with how Callie felt in my head. But around the same time Older released, I happened upon Kacey Musgraves' Deeper Well.

There it was. I don't know her discography all that well, so I can't really speak to how she as an artist relates to Callie, but that album, man. One, the overall feel/sound to the album slots in nicely next to Hozier and Stick Season (We'll All Be Here Forever). And two, it has this lovely mix of light whimsy and yet a deep well (ha!) of pain beneath it all.

More detailed thoughts on individual tracks (and potential spoilers for Choices) are underneath the cut:

"Cardinal" makes me think of Callie post-Reece's suicide and in the lead-up to her moving to Stardew Valley. She'd lost everything at that point, and she kept looking for a sign to change her life. Considering her relationship with magic, the bridge hit me pretty hard.

"Deeper Well" is very much her thinking back on Paul and her parents. Both were abusive relationships, though of differing types and degrees. It fits with how she finally left all of it behind, as well as how she turned to substances (alcohol, in Callie's case) to survive it all.

"Too Good to Be True" reflects her thoughts on her relationships with both Philip and Sterling at the beginning of each. Though, with regards to Philip, it could also be a bit of a pun with how things turn out in Choices: Summer.

"Moving Out" is a reflection on, well, I shouldn't spoil too much....

For Sterling there's "Giver/Taker" for that last night in Spring, later on "Dinner with Friends" for things that'll happen in Fall, "Jade Green" for the latter half of Winter, and both "Heaven Is" and especially "Nothing to be Scared Of" as the endgame for her and Sterling in Choices.

"Heart of the Woods" feels ready-made for Callie and the Junimos. Also, Callie really does buy into the idea that people, deep-down, do want to look out for each other and help one another.

When it comes to Callie's thoughts on her mother's side of the family, "Lonely Millionaire" fits to a tee. Her mum comes from money. Her dad was the son of a poor country boy who became ensnared by the lifestyle marrying her mum brought about, even if it made him utterly beholden to her parents. Money was used as a method of control on Callie, and while she worries about money constantly due to that, she also knows through bitter experience that money is no substitute for love.

"The Architect" is genuinely what sold me on the album for Callie, though, particularly this verse:

I thought that I was too broken And maybe too hard to love I was in a weird place, then I saw the right face And the stars and the planets lined up

There's a scene that happens early in Fall that is perfectly summarized by that verse.

It's just such a good album, and combined with Hozier's Hozier for Sterling and and Noah Kahan's Stick Season (We'll All Be Here Forever) for Shane, they all come together to make a cohesive feel, even if those respective albums aren't what the characters in question would actually listen to.

If you're interested in what albums I associate with other characters in Choices, check here.

🎶✨️when you get this, put 5 songs you actually listen to, then publish. Send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool)🎶✨️

(no pressure if you don't want to!)

Thanks for the ask!

Summer (it’s too hot out) by Philip Labes, Cafe La Rue by Philip Labes, Erase Me by Lizzy McAlpine, Rule #4 Fish in a Birdcage, and Le Me Down Slowly by Alec Benjamin :D

hi im shy but you have good music taste, any recs?

afahsgsjssgsjsh that is the greatest compliment <33

i suppose if you're here you know i love taylor and bears in trees lmao so here are some recs based on whether they're more like one or the other :)

like taylor swift: maisie peters, conan gray, rina sawayama, lizzy mcalpine, bleachers, chloe moriondo, leanna firestone

like bears in trees: noahfinnce, dodie, orla gartland, cavetown, addison grace, vial

miscellaneous: the amazing devil, will wood, philip labes, beabadoobee, marianas trench, hozier

Progress of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham by Philip Henry Delamotte, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Photography

David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1952 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Albumen silver prints

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/269618

NEW NEXUS OF RADIO ASTRONOMY OPENS AT WORLD HERITAGE SITE The SKA Global Headquarters (SKA GHQ), the home of a new intergovernmental organization created to facilitate global collaboration in radio astronomy, has been formally opened and handed over in a ceremony attended by international dignitaries and partners from across the SKA project. More than 200 guests including government officials from SKA member countries were welcomed to the SKA GHQ for the event, which included a commemorative lecture by renowned astrophysicist Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, co-discoverer of the first radio pulsars. Located on the grounds of The University of Manchester's historic Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site this week, SKA's GHQ was designed from the start to become a nexus of radio astronomy and a global hub for astrophysics in the 21st century. Operated by an international partnership of countries, it is already home to staff from 16 countries who are currently focused on delivering the final design of the two SKA telescopes in collaboration with international partner institutes, drawing on the expertise of specialists from around the world. Once built, the SKA telescopes will have an expected lifespan of at least 50 years, making the GHQ a focal point for radio astronomy for decades to come. "This facility is key to enabling us to deliver the world's largest radio telescope," said Professor Philip Diamond, Director-General of the SKA Organization. "It will serve as a central hub for all the experts, more than 1,000 of them, working on this ambitious project around the world. Today I would like to tell them, whether they are scientists, engineers, software developers, policy-makers or others: this facility is now open, it is your home, and we look forward to welcoming you here." During the inauguration, Professor Mark Thomson, Executive Chair of the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), presented a commemorative key to Professor Diamond to mark the ceremonial handover of the building to the SKA. "The opening of the SKA Headquarters marks a major milestone for this incredibly exciting scientific project," said Professor Thomson. "The UK Government, through STFC, has committed £100m to the construction of the SKA and the headquarters itself and I am thrilled that the UK is hosting the home of this global endeavor. I look forward to seeing the headquarters filled with some of the brightest minds in the field of astronomy from across the world working to fulfil SKA's mission to reveal more of the universe than ever seen before." Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Manchester, which operates the Jodrell Bank site and led on the delivery of the building, said: "After Jodrell Bank's designation as a World Heritage Site earlier this week, having the GHQ of the SKA at our Jodrell Bank site will greatly enhance the links we have with scientists across the world and further strengthen the development of the field of astrophysics. This is an important reminder of the international importance of science and of the UK's crucial role in such endeavors." The SKA Observatory will be the only intergovernmental organization with its headquarters in the North West region of the UK. As such, it is helping put Cheshire on the international map by hosting visits from royalty, government ministers and ambassadors. The SKA GHQ also hosts professional conferences where experts in astrophysics, engineering, computing and many other fields gather. It is already receiving several hundred business visits from all over the world every year, a number set to grow as the SKA telescopes enter operation. Construction of the £16.5m expansion of the original SKA office at Jodrell Bank started in 2017, funded by the UK Government's Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (£9.8m) via UKRI, The University of Manchester (£5.7m) and Cheshire East Council (£1m). The design was led by international architecture practice Hassell and the construction by engineering and construction firm Sir Robert McAlpine. Facilities within the 4,200 m^2 building include a 160-seat auditorium for science conferences, workshops and public talks, and state-of-the-art video conferencing technology to connect teams spread over 20 time zones, as well as an Operations Monitoring Centre to remotely manage the telescopes around the clock. Environmental features were a priority in the design, such as electric vehicle recharging, thermal zoning control and dark-sky compliant external lighting, which have ensured the building exceeds sustainable requirements. "While it is an outstanding building in its own right, it also symbolizes something much greater; this is the meeting point of nations who have decided to come together and pool their expertise and resources in order to advance human knowledge in astronomy on a site of great historic relevance," added Professor Diamond. The Jodrell Bank site was granted UNESCO World Heritage status earlier this week, celebrating its outstanding contribution to the development of radio astronomy globally, including the role played by the 76-m Lovell Telescope, once the world's largest single dish radio telescope. Fittingly, the world's future largest radio telescope, the SKA, is being led by an international collaboration from the same site.

Hate To Be Lame Lyrics - Lizzy McAlpine & FINNEAS

Hate To Be Lame Lyrics – Lizzy McAlpine & FINNEAS

Hate To Be Lame Lyrics by Lizzy McAlpine feat. FINNEAS is the latest English song. Hate To Be Lame song lyrics are written by Lizzy McAlpine, FINNEAS while the song is produced by Philip Etherington, Ehren Ebbage. Hate To Be Lame Song Detail Song: Hate To Be Lame Singer(s): Lizzy McAlpine, FINNEAS Produced by: Philip Etherington, Ehren Ebbage Written by: Lizzy McAlpine,…

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Fans have fallen for Corrie star Jennie McAlpine's wall print, as seen on This Morning – here's where you can buy it

One of the perks of lockdown has been getting to have virtual nosy around some of our favourite celebrity homes. Today, ITV’s This Morning offered us a glimpse inside Jennie McAlpine’s home.

Related: Fans go wild for Helen Skelton’s wallpaper, as seen on Lorraine – and we’ve hunted down the design!

Jennie is best known for playing Fiz, and was chatting to Philip and Holly about fans have labelled her and Tyrone the next ‘Jack and Vera’ – referring of course to soap favourites The Duckworths.

The Coronation Street star’s interiors caused quite a stir among fans, not to mention the Ideal Home team. However, it was her lovely bee wall art that stole the show.

Inside Jennie McAlpine’s home

The lovely photo is of the Manchester Bee found on the mosaic floor in the Town Hall in Manchester, and is available to buy from a local Mancunian photographer.

'Jack and Vera are up there on a pedestal, way above us all!'

We chat to @ITVCorrie's Fiz and Tyrone (@jenniemcalpine and @alanhalsall) about what it's like being compared to the legends that are Jack and Vera!#ThisMorning | Live from 10am https://t.co/Q7IV485mUn pic.twitter.com/aeEiZacswq

— This Morning (@thismorning) July 1, 2020

The print is by Paul Grogan Photography. Paul is based in Manchester and his pretty photographic print is available in two sizes. The images in the large version are 30cm x 30cm and mounted inside a black or white frame that measures 50cm x 50cm. The frame is made from matte finish wood with perspex instead of glass so that the print is lighter to hang.

Priced at £45, the large version of the print has proven incredibly popular. There is currently only one left in stock, so you will need to act quickly to pick one up.

Image credit: PGroganPhotography / Etsy

Buy now: Manchester Bee, from £25, Paul Grogan Photography

However, you can still pick up the smaller version for just £25. The small-framed version measures 13cm x 13cm and sits inside a 25cm x 25cm frame.

The Manchester Bee has long been part of Manchester’s history, and in 1840 it was even added into the Manchester coat of arms.

In May 2017, it became a symbol of unity in the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing.In fact, Paul told Ideal Home exclusively that he sold out of the print during that time – and kindly donated 50 per cent of all profits to charity. What a star!

Image credit: Doug Peters/Doug Peters/EMPICS Entertainment / PA

It is a symbol that clearly means a lot to the actress who has lived near Manchester all her life. At the 2017 soap awards, wearing her Manchester bee earrings, she dedicated the cast’s attendance to ‘Corrie’ superfan Martyn Hett who did in the terrorist attack.

Related: This Morning’s Ruth Langsford reveals the home buy she is currently obsessed with

Have you been inspired to pick up Jennie McAlpine’s gorgeous wall print?

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The Upper Gallery by Philip Henry Delamotte, The Met's Photography Department

Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative

David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1952 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/269621