Cheese pizza by Sarah Stierch Via Flickr: New Bethel Ordinary, Wanamaker, Indiana

US Vogue October 15, 1950 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Model Jean Patchett wears a silk taffeta halter dress the colour of antique silver, from Altman ; Wanamaker's, Phila.

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“Shadow and Bone : La Saga Grisha (Saison 2)” série créée par Eric Heisserer - adaptée de la trilogie “Grisha” et de la duologie “Six of Crows” de Leigh Bardugo (2013-18) - avec Jessie Mei Li, Archie Renaux, Ben Barnes, Patrick Gibson, Daisy Head, Luke Pasqualino, Freddy Carter, Amita Suman, Kit Young, Jack Wolfe, Danielle Galligan, Lewis Tan, Anna Leong Brophy, Sujaya Dasgupta, Rachel Redford, Vanessa Grasse, Calahan Skogman, Zoë Wanamaker, Dean Lennox Kelly et Tuyen Do, avril 2023.

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)

bts scenes via ben barnes’s ig | SHADOW AND BONE, SEASON 2

I took this strictly because that window looks like a Van Gogh.

Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver

Kenneth Branagh and Tina Fey | A HAUNTING IN VENICE (2023) David Suchet and Zoë Wanamaker | AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT 10x02 "Cards on the Table" (2006)

"Yes, I shall be at home all this evening. Does that mean that I may have the pleasure of a visit from you?" "It's very nice of you to put it that way," said Mrs. Oliver. "I don't know that it will be such a pleasure." "It is always a pleasure to see you, chère Madame." - Agatha Christie, Elephants Can Remember

Shadow and Bone s02e06: “Know that I loved you, Aleksander. Know that it wasn't enough.”

Countdown to the 60th anniversary rewatch | 1.02: The End Of The World

Shadow and Bone 2x06 I have no heart

getting targeted content where there’s a video like “tfw you’re 24 and trying to hide your forehead wrinkles at the bar 😩” with a response video of a woman going “omg don’t worry here’s a skincare routine and don’t be afraid to ask your dermatologist about botox”

instead of the only valid response which is “you are twenty fucking four you don’t fucking have forehead wrinkles in the first place and even if you did visible signs of aging are not the devil and it’s legitimately unfortunate that you’re wasting your time and losing your peace stressing about imaginary flaws that the beauty industry made up to make people as insecure as possible. the passage of time is inevitable, physical aging is natural, and if you don’t accept that sooner rather than later you’re going to hate yourself when you start showing real signs of aging, which you will, because the passage of time is inevitable” like I’m not blaming anyone for HAVING these insecurities they are constantly perpetuated in our society but I have zero patience for influencers who build their brand by validating the insecurities of fuckign 24yo women so that they can get those views and sponsors or whatever. you are a vulture and a menace

I've read a couple of things recently that have pointed out that all RSC productions of Doctor Faustus since like the 1960s have framed the Helen of Troy scene as a depiction of whatever counts as sexually transgressive for the time/place, so Helen has been represented as a beautiful cis woman but, like, with full frontal nudity; a reanimated corpse; an empty wig and dress which get used as props for a wank session; a man in a dress; and a creepily young-looking girl (played by an adult actress) who is then implied to actually just be a real, normal person who gets murdered in a fit of insanity (?)

Anyway I kinda think this is off the mark not so much because ~good taste or whatever (although pretty much any assumptions regarding what actually counts as transgressive or taboo will probably go to some pretty gross places--if Faustus wants to shag a man in a dress, more power to him) but because I'm not sure how well the scene works if it doesn't also seduce the audience (you can pull a reveal on them later if it suits, but I tend to think the arc of the play as a whole works better if we get closer to Faustus over the course of it, rather than further away, and if his ultimate fate feels somehow unjust on a gut level even if we understand the theological reasoning). And while it's common to read Faustus' embrace of Helen as the thing that seals his damnation, I don't think it is, I think looking for one point where it becomes too late for Faustus is misguided and that it only works if it's either always too late or never too late for him. All the tension of the play hinges on that paradox.

That said, depending on how your lead actors play the central relationship and how quickly you escalate the sexual tension, you can always pull the "it was Mephistopheles all along" variant, which is always a crowd-pleaser.

(It's me, I'm the crowd)

Jessie Mei Li, Zoë Wanamaker, Danielle Galligan et Sujaya Dasgupta dans “Shadow and Bone : La Saga Grisha (Saison 2)” série créée par Eric Heisserer - adaptée de la trilogie “Grisha” et de la duologie “Six of Crows” de Leigh Bardugo (2013-18) - avril 2023.

Okay, I changed my mind. This is my favourite photo of Ben Barnes. Or maybe it’s just my favourite photo of Zoe Wanamaker, who is a treasure.

more bts with cast via Jessie Mei Li | SHADOW AND BONE, SEASON 2

The magnificent old maple at the general store is gearing up for summer. Nesting locations being prepared!