"I never meant to cause you any sorrow I never meant to cause you any pain I only wanted to one time to see you laughing I only wanted to see you Laughing in the purple rain"🎶💜 #Prince #PurpleRain #Prince4Ever #PrinceDay

On what would have been his 68th birthday, the story of how Prince fought tooth and nail to retain full control over his directorial debut, which, 40 years later, demands new attention.

“To seek new friends and stranger companies.” ~ A Midsummer Night's Dream (A1,S1). #ShakespeareSunday #Madonna

Enjoying the chat and choices on the show this evening. @charlesnove.bsky.social @boomradio.co.uk

'How shall I be revenged on him? For revenged I will be, as sure as his guts are made of puddings' Th Merry Wives of Windsor A1S4 #ShakespeareSunday

"I think him so, because I think him so." ~ The Two Gentlemen of Verona (A1,S2). #ShakespeareSunday #SarahJaneSmith

“Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time” ~ The Merchant of Venice (A1,S1). #ShakespeareSunday #NeverSayNeverAgain

"She takes upon her bravely at first dash ... " ~ Henry VI Pt.1 (A1,S2). #ShakespeareSunday #AnneShirley

“O wicked wit and gifts, that have the power so to seduce!” ~ Hamlet (A1,S5). #ShakespeareSunday #MadelineBassett

Give us some seats. Measure for Measure  Act V Scene 1 #ShakespeareSunday #FormidableAndFantasticWomen #RosaParks

I have spoke with one that, in her sex, her years, profession, wisdom and constancy, hath amazed me more than I dare blame my weakness – All’s Well That Ends Well A2,S2 #ShakespeareSunday 🎭 Theme: Formidable & Fantastic Women

“O gentlemen, the time of life is short! … And if we live, we live to tread on Kings; If die, brave death, when Princes die with us!” ~ Henry IV Pt.1 (A5,S2). #ShakespeareSunday #MarvelComics

"You can endure the livery of a Nun ... " ~ A Midsummer Night's Dream (A1,S1). #ShakespeareSunday #FlicksOfMyYears

“That magical word ... ” ~ Antony and Cleopatra (A3,S1). #ShakespeareSunday #Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Earlier today. Ludwig O'Neill performing in St. Joe's Church, Sailortown, Belfast. #BéalFeirste #SailortownFestival

I think the King is but a man, as I am. The violet smells to him as it doth to me; the element shows to him as it doth to me; all his senses have but human conditions. His ceremonies laid by, in his nakedness he appears but a man. Shakespeare, HENRY V, 4.1 #BookWormSat #ButaMan #HenrytheFifth

Everything ends. Summer ends. Happiness ends. Days of joy are followed by days of sorrow. Even the gods will meet their end in the last battle of Ragnarok when all the evil of the world brings chaos and the sun will turn dark Bernard Cornwell, Sword of Kings #BookWormSat

That's gotta be considered a win #bookwormsat The Unbeheaded King by L. Sprague deCamp. 1983, cover art by Darrell K. Sweet. #booksky

“I am a spirit of no common rate, The summer still doth tend upon my state” Titania, queen of the fairies, asserts her authority over her otherwordly court (and everywhere else) 👑 'Midsummer Night's Dream' (1594-1596) #BookWormSat

“I have always known that there were spellbinding evil parts for women…I was paralyzed by the scene in which the evil Queen drinks the magic potion and changes her shape. What power, what untold possibilities!” Margaret Atwood - Curious Pursuits #BookWormSat 🖼️ = Jennie Harbour (1921)

#BookWormSat “How extraordinary the vigilance and activity of the king and duke was, ever labouring in person, and being present to command, order, reward and encourage workmen ...” John Evelyn Diary Entry 1666 - King Charles II & Duke of York help tackle the Great Fire of London 🎨Unknown Artist

“I do christen this isle New Camelot! But Merlin ... is not such a wondrous place already spoken for?” ~ Camelot 3000, written by Mike W. Barr and art by Brian Bolland. #BookWormSat #DCcomics #80s

"Let us understand each other, milord," replied D'Artagnan, "and let us weigh things well beforehand, in order that there may be no mistake. I am in the service of the King & Queen of France, and form part of the company of M. des Essarts's guards." ~ The Three Musketeers, A. Dumas. #BookWormSat

This rinky-dink panther ain't afraid of no ghost. A quick and effective sight gag, from the long running cartoon show by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng. #PhantomsFriday #ThePinkPanther

Did I mention the new podcast episode? Elvis Presleys manager and a Dub-Step titan! Dive in music heads. open.spotify.com/episode/2vNh...

Rest in Peace Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026), revisiting my well read copy. #MarjaneSatrapi #Persepolis

Tarzan's yell in the novels was described as the "victory cry of the bull ape". For the films MGM sound engineers claimed the yell was a complex mix of a hyena's yowl, a camel's bleat, a soprano singing a high C, and a plucked violin string. #WyrdWednesday #JohnnyWeismuller #FlicksOfMyYears

“Standby for Action!” was the dramatic opening line of the opening titles for Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s Stingray, which then went on to promise us “Anything can happen in the next half hour!” #WyrdWednesday #ChildhoodMemories

GROOVEY!! OUTASITE!! ADVENTURE!! Dell comic book based on the ABC detective show The Mod Squad #WyrdWednesday #comics #classictv

Luke Cage comes up with his super hero moniker “Sweet Christmas, it's Power Man” in this issue. #WyrdWednesday #MarvelComics #70s

Curtis Mayfield was born on 3rd June 1942. #CurtisMayfield #BOTD

Remembering Josephine Baker on her Birthday, June 3rd, 1906. #JosephineBaker #BOTD

Remembering Johnny Weismuller on his Birthday, born June 2nd, 1904. #JohnnyWeismuller #Tarzan

Watching Superman (1978). #FlicksOfMyYears

'Some Like It Hot', screening earlier tonight. As part of the Naughton Gallery’s SCREEN/PRINT series in collaboration with QFT and UsFolk. We all got an especially commissioned #MarilynMonroe print by renowned Irish illustrator Laura Callaghan, celebrating Marilyn's 100th birthday. #FlicksOfMyYears

A cinema visit to see 'Some Like It Hot' later this evening. Marilyn Monroe was born 100 years ago today. #MarilynMonroe #MarilynMonroe100 #FlicksOfMyYears

Another great #ShakespeareSunday thanks to @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social for hosting. So many wonderful and varied contributions.

"I am alone the villain of the Earth ... " ~ Antony and Cleopatra (A4,S6). #ShakespeareSunday #LostInSpace

“Come, let’s away to prison. We two alone will sing like birds, i’ th’ cage.” ~ King Lear (A5,S3). #ShakespeareSunday #FlicksOfMyYears

“You rogue! You rascal!” #Othello #ShakespeareSunday

"I am to wait, though waiting so be hell; Not blame your pleasure, be it ill or well." ~ Sonnet LVII. #ShakespeareSunday #PoliceSquad

"I cannot be said to be a flattering honest man, it must not be denied but I am a plain-dealing villain". 'Much Ado About Nothing' #ShakespeareSunday

“Friend and companion in the front of war!” ~ Antony and Cleopatra (A5,S1). #ShakespeareSunday #MarvelComics

“Whilst they, distilled almost to jelly with the act of fear,” ~ Hamlet (A1,S2). #ShakespeareSunday

#shakespearesunday "You rogue! You rascal!" 🐈‍⬛ Othello #tomandjerry

It made me laugh to see the villain run. – Henry IV pt 2 A2,S1 #ShakespeareSunday 🎭 Theme: Villains

"I do not like their coming ... but all hoods make not monks." ~ Henry VIII (A3,S1). #ShakespeareSunday #DCcomics

"And thus I clothe my naked villainy ..." ~ Richard III (A1,S3). #ShakespeareSunday

"Then the Simurgh, when she spied the infant lying upon the ground... bare him unto her nest, that her young might devour him. But when she had brought him her heart was stirred... Therefore she bade her young ones spare the babe and treat him like to a brother." —Shahnameh, Ferdowsi #BookWormSat

“The smell of the food makes people curious,” ... “People notice it. Notice me, at last. Ask me what I’m making, where I’m from, and that makes me feel safer.” ~ My English Persian Kitchen (2024), Hannah Khalil from the story by Atoosa Sepehr. #BookWormSat