Haha yep. It was definitely guardian. The 8.2 rating on imdb is also on the generous side.
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We really got into it and rattled through it which is rare for us, thought it was great!
I’m also up to date on Alien Earth and still really enjoying it, think there is a bit more depth to be revealed
Same as you. Mrs J_C is American and she knew the whole story. They left people to fucking drown. As she says, the US is in many ways a third world country with a great PR campaign 
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I learnt more about it from David Simon’s Treme series (which I loved) than from the news reports
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I worked with an American woman called Patti who’d volunteered in the aftermath. She’d given a lift to a woman whose baby had died from the heat. She cried and cried when she told me about it.
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New Lives in the Wild, a shy, sweet and stylish Yorkshireman in rural Japan
https://www.channel5.com/ben-fogle-new-lives-in-the-wild/season-20/japan
New funk doco on BBC iPlayer
Nothing you’ve never seen before but still enjoyed it top to bottom
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Watching this at the moment
Great family fun
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I watched this cracking documentary with my dearest last night. The old boy is now well into his seventies, and he is still hard at work! He now walks with the aid of a rollator frame, which has a habit of rolling away as he raises his camera, but he’s managed to keep his humour and comes across as both a good-natured soul and a photographer par excellence. The film is French (mostly in English), and it was fascinating to see just how highly he is revered across Europe.
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I see what you did there, bravo!
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theres a very good Arena made by him in the 90s about ‘Britain’ and its essentially his photos but on video. i havent seen it over 20 years but, like many of his photos, theres a moment in it that i cant forget where a big lump walks on screen, looks at the camera, says ‘im Big Cheddar, awright’ and walks off. Why that sticks with me, along with the bored chip shop worker surrounded by urchins in new brighton or the dapper old fella balancing on one leg in hebden bridge while he polishes his transom window. So many of Parrs images are for some reason, unforgettable. I guss its ‘the decisive moment’ captured…
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Nice one, I haven’t seen that. BUT IT’S ON THE iPLAYER TOO 
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He’s done a lot for British photography but I’ll be honest, I have a strong dislike of the guy and have done ever since I went to a talk he did at D&AD about 20 years ago.
I find his work (especially the New Brighton pics) incredibly sneery and a bit of a ‘look at the poors’ sideshow for Observer weekend supplement readers. I know he’s sneery about rich people too but… yeah.
As I say he’s done a lot for photography since and championed people like Dougie Wallace who I love. So I’ll give it a watch obviously, but I might tut now and again.
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I know what you mean, I used to see his work when i read the Guardian & Observer regularly, 10/15 years ago, & it never connected with me as a working class northener whose family or friends could have easily been in those places & pictures.
At the time I remember thinking there wasn’t any warmth or dignity of the people portrayed, felt like working class caricatures for the middle class to safely observe.
Not seen his stuff for a long time so dont know if i’d still feel this way now.
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So much trouble in the world, etc this documentary is just the ticket. Incredibly heartwarming and will have you in awe of nature and these incredible birds. Nice one @Nice2CU2CUNice
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When I went to that talk all I could think about was what he’d make of my grandma’s front room. Made me furious.
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She is from our city and our friend wrote a book about it. Amanda is smart and resilient. Saw the trailer and it was surprising how much the actress was emoting–horrified looks, etc. Amanda was very careful not to be emotional until the end. Nobody could tell what she was thinking. Also the perky walk–no, no, not all! Pretty hilarious. Interesting to me that she collaborated with Monica Lewinsky in producing. IMHO one of the few signs of progress in our day is that Monica has surpassed Clinton in public opinion, and really come into her own.
Yeah, it was a classic case of the press wilfully misreading every sign and signal. The famous shopping trip she took to ‘buy lingerie’ was because she couldn’t go back to her flat and didn’t have any underwear.
BTW I worked briefly with Meredith Kercher’s sister, who seemed lovely. Awful how their story has been totally sidelined.
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It’s beautiful…
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