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Maritime Ipswich

Ipswich says "welcome aboard" with a fantastic free weekend of nautical celebration this weekend - and the Heart Angels are joining in, too. Maritime Ipswich is gracing the shores of the Ipswich Waterfront with a major two-day summer festival this weekend - 20th and 21st August. It’s been 14 years since the last maritime festival in the town. Over 50 classic historical vessels will fill the Waterfront marina. There is a food and drink court with over 20 stalls full of local Suffolk produce.

TCA: Chiklis muscles up, again, for Family

Vic Mackey didn’t need superhero powers to scare the bejesus out of villains on “The Shield,” but he’ll take all the help he can get in “No Ordinary Family.” TCA panel discussion hit upon the level of violence the new ABC drama will offer compared to what “The Shield” delivered, and Chiklis, whose gone the superhero route in “The Fantastic Four” film, reiterated “Family” – despite the bad guys getting the worst of it – would be more than mollified for primetime broadcast standards.

Valerie Lemercier Jeune: "Valrie Lemercier: Ses Dbuts et Ascension dans le CinmaFranais"

Valerie Lemercier Jeune: Introduction Valérie Lemercier est une actrice incontournable dans le cinéma français. Depuis ses débuts prometteurs, elle a su se faire une place de choix grâce à son talent et sa polyvalence. Dans cet article, nous allons explorer les débuts et l’ascension de Valérie Lemercier dans le cinéma français, en mettant en évidence les moments marquants de sa carrière. Valérie Lemercier: une actrice incontournable dans le cinéma français Valérie Lemercier est une actrice talentueuse et polyvalente qui a su conquérir le cœur du public français grâce à son charme et son humour.

Dark Neighbourhood by Vanessa Onwuemezi review wildly original

Short storiesReviewThis debut collection of stories uses visceral language and a disruptive style to explore the challenges of knowing ourselves and others In the eponymous story of Vanessa Onwuemezi’s beautiful, vertiginous and enriching first collection, the reader inhabits what might be the very near future. The fantastic elements of standard dystopia are stripped away to reveal a sombre reflection of the present: what we might be about to live through and become.

DreamWorks: Simple Jack "Retard" Movie Offended People So We Took Site Down

Updated Redeem now We told you this morning about the disability groups upset over the portrayal of "Simple Jack" as a "retard" in the upcoming DreamWorks film, Tropic Thunder. We noted that the fake Simple Jack Web site and trailer had suspiciously disappeared. Sources close to the situation tell us that DreamWorks decided to take down the site and trailer after realizing that, viewed out of context, both could seem insensitive to people with disabilities.

Julia Quinn Says It Would Be 'Great' to See an LGBTQ Protagonist

TV 'Bridgerton' author Julia Quinn discussed the possibility of an LGBTQ protagonist in the Netflix series, and the bestselling author is open to the change. Published on January 7, 2023 2 min read Netflix’s Bridgerton has been a tremendous hit and with season 3 around the corner, fans can hardly wait to watch their favorite characters fall in love and navigate the ton’s expectations of romance. Based on Julia Quinn’s novels of the same name, Bridgerton has stuck to the heterosexual relationships in the novels, but the author says it would be great to see an LGBTQ protagonist.

Paul McCartney's Father Told Him He Was 'Never Gonna Make Any Money' With The Beatles

Music Paul McCartney always had a close relationship with his father; Jim McCartney, Paul's dad, was the one who introduced his son to music. However, McCartney's father wasn't sold on McCartney becoming a full-time musician. Published on May 10, 2023 2 min read Paul McCartney is one of the most famous musicians of all time. As a member of The Beatles, McCartney and fellow bandmate John Lennon did the bulk of the group’s songwriting.

Photos from 30 Secrets About Stranger Things Revealed

16. Natalia Dyer and Charlie Heaton, who play love interests Nancy and Jonathan, began dating in 2016, but have mostly kept their relationship private. "That's something important to me—with my family, with my friends, I really like to keep it for me," Dyer told Refinery 29 in 2019, though she did admit, "It's an interesting thing to work with somebody who you go home with. It's always really fun." 17. Believe it or not, two fan-favorite characters were not supposed to make it out of seaso one alive, including Joe Keery's well-coiffed Steve Harrington, who was initially scripted to be the bad boyfriend before the actor was cast.

Sierra Club, Brunner Island agree: Plant will move from coal to natural gas

Carolyn Kaster / The Associated Press The Brunner Island coal-fired plant located on the west bank of Susquehanna River. February 15, 2018 | 5:05 PM Carolyn Kaster / The Associated Press PPL’s Brunner Island coal-fired plant, on the west bank of Susquehanna River, plans to stop burning coal by 2029. A coal-fired power plant in York County has agreed to burn cleaner natural gas under a settlement reached with the Sierra Club.

The 100 best novels: No 69 The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen (1948)

The 100 best novelsFictionElizabeth Bowen’s 1948 novel perfectly captures the atmosphere of London during the blitz while providing brilliant insights into the human heart Elizabeth Bowen: ‘a unique sensitivity to the lives of ordinary English men and women in extremis’. Photograph: Jane Bown/ObserverLondon in the blitz influenced the creative lives of many important English writers, from Graham Greene to Rose Macaulay. But none captured wartime London as memorably as Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973), an Anglo-Irish writer who first attracted critical attention with a collection of short-stories in 1923.