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Monday Musings
Oct. 2nd, 2017 05:36 pmWell,the first two episodes of Star Trek Discovery was quite interesting,and apart from mangling the Klingon language into something so unrecognisable ,i generally enjoyed the two episodes i have so far watched.
The fact that it is on Netflix is a sore point, being that it is not on Amazon Prime, but once this series is over i will cancel my Netflix account.
I hope that Shush,se will update their site to show the new series, and as of yet they have not updated their site to include the third series of Supergirl,or is not available yet?
Radio 4 has started a short documentary series called "Prime Minster's Ptops" and today it looked at Neville Chamberlain and his umbrella. Sir Winston Churchill's prop was his cigars and V for Victory sign. Why i mention this is that for the mistaken belief by others within the Quays who noticed that i was a pipe smoker have nicknamed me "Winston". In fact if they wanted to give me a nickname "Wilson" or "Benn" would have been better as both were on the left of politics, they were also pipe smokers. (Benn might be confusing as we have two Ben's already). They could have nicknamed me Holmes or Russell the famous British philosopher.
Never mind. It seems to have stuck but as i have more education than most here it is only to be expected. Should i inform them of the gaff or just let it be is a moot point. For now is shall err on the side of letting it slide.
For those who have access to BBC Radio iPlayer here is Wilson's Pipe and Mac.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07syyrk
"Professor Sir David Cannadine explores political fame and image by looking at how an object or prop, whether chosen deliberately or otherwise, can come to define a political leader - from Winston Churchill's cigar and siren suit to Margaret Thatcher's handbag.
Sir David looks at the significance of these props of power - what they mean and what they become, and what happens when, almost inevitably, Prime Ministers lose control of their image and their props take on a hostile meaning, very different from their original intentions.
Harold Wilson sought to enhance his political image, in part by wearing a Gannex mac which made him seem ordinary, and also by puffing at his pipe, as memorably expressed in Ruskin Spear's 1974 portrait of him.
Following Stanley Baldwin, who had also made much of his pipe, Harold Wilson hoped to convey an image that was homely, benevolent and avuncular, and to some extent he succeeded. But the unintended consequence was that the pipe also enhanced Wilson's reputation for evasiveness and deviousness. Whenever asked a difficult question by an interviewer, he would delay and distract attention by lighting up - and it was widely believed that, although he puffed his pipe in public, he preferred cigars in private. A rumour that his son, Robin Wilson, scotches.
The Gannex mac was also to become a hostage to fortune for Wilson. While he was the peak of his popularity, the Gannex made him look like a man of the people and the millionaire businessman who invented Gannex, Joseph Kagan, became a close friend of Wilson. But once Kagan fell from grace due to his crooked business dealings, Wilson's Kagan connection was further evidence to his enemies that he was not to be trusted."
The fact that it is on Netflix is a sore point, being that it is not on Amazon Prime, but once this series is over i will cancel my Netflix account.
I hope that Shush,se will update their site to show the new series, and as of yet they have not updated their site to include the third series of Supergirl,or is not available yet?
Radio 4 has started a short documentary series called "Prime Minster's Ptops" and today it looked at Neville Chamberlain and his umbrella. Sir Winston Churchill's prop was his cigars and V for Victory sign. Why i mention this is that for the mistaken belief by others within the Quays who noticed that i was a pipe smoker have nicknamed me "Winston". In fact if they wanted to give me a nickname "Wilson" or "Benn" would have been better as both were on the left of politics, they were also pipe smokers. (Benn might be confusing as we have two Ben's already). They could have nicknamed me Holmes or Russell the famous British philosopher.
Never mind. It seems to have stuck but as i have more education than most here it is only to be expected. Should i inform them of the gaff or just let it be is a moot point. For now is shall err on the side of letting it slide.
For those who have access to BBC Radio iPlayer here is Wilson's Pipe and Mac.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07syyrk
"Professor Sir David Cannadine explores political fame and image by looking at how an object or prop, whether chosen deliberately or otherwise, can come to define a political leader - from Winston Churchill's cigar and siren suit to Margaret Thatcher's handbag.
Sir David looks at the significance of these props of power - what they mean and what they become, and what happens when, almost inevitably, Prime Ministers lose control of their image and their props take on a hostile meaning, very different from their original intentions.
Harold Wilson sought to enhance his political image, in part by wearing a Gannex mac which made him seem ordinary, and also by puffing at his pipe, as memorably expressed in Ruskin Spear's 1974 portrait of him.
Following Stanley Baldwin, who had also made much of his pipe, Harold Wilson hoped to convey an image that was homely, benevolent and avuncular, and to some extent he succeeded. But the unintended consequence was that the pipe also enhanced Wilson's reputation for evasiveness and deviousness. Whenever asked a difficult question by an interviewer, he would delay and distract attention by lighting up - and it was widely believed that, although he puffed his pipe in public, he preferred cigars in private. A rumour that his son, Robin Wilson, scotches.
The Gannex mac was also to become a hostage to fortune for Wilson. While he was the peak of his popularity, the Gannex made him look like a man of the people and the millionaire businessman who invented Gannex, Joseph Kagan, became a close friend of Wilson. But once Kagan fell from grace due to his crooked business dealings, Wilson's Kagan connection was further evidence to his enemies that he was not to be trusted."
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