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"The last time I was on stage was at a National Theatre gala two or three years ago. Richard Griffiths had died and I played Hector in The History Boys. And I was so nervous. Helen Mirren was backstage and I told her how scared I was of the audience and she said, ‘Fuck ‘em’. I wished I’d been given that advice much earlier.”
Great interview with Alan Bennett at 90.
If you enjoy Ina Garten’s work, "Be Ready When the Luck Happens" is a must-read (or listen).
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http://mypointbeing.com/2024/11/01/be-ready-when-the-luck-happens/
The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa, 20022
Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901) was a leading figure in the cultural revolution that transformed Japan from an isolated feudal nation into a full-fledged player in the modern world. He translated a wide range of Western works and adapted them to Japanese needs, inventing a colorful prose style close to the vernacular.
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Book Review: Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
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FROM HER TEENAGE ARRANGED MARRIAGE in a high-demand Hasidic Jewish community to her life now as a lesbian mom with a doctorate, a woman looks at her transformations through the years with clarity and deep compassion. B PLUS
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kissing-girls-on-shabbat-sara-glass/1144226658?ean=9781668031216
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#SNRK are making an #autobiography #NDN #CBC TV show!
“MEKONG DELTA BLUESMAN” Son Vo tells the story of his life both offstage and on. From an early childhood in Saigon to a hardscrabble life in Maine to discovering his gift for music, Vo relates some wild adventures in a voice full of warmth and hope. B PLUS
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brilliant video by Sabine Hossenfelder about her personal experiences in science - should be required viewing by all science funders
https://www.youtube.com/embed/LKiBlGDfRU8
#WomenInScience #autobiography #ScienceCareers #ScienceFunding
More than 5 stars if possible please to The Years by Annie Ernaux. What a beautiful reflection on the passing of time, and our relationship to social conventions and world events.
#amreading #autobiography #sociology #history
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/d4963db7-777d-4f7d-bc04-498cabb86c09
BRILLIANT, MOTIVATED, AND FIERCELY fabulous, activist Eddie Ndopu tells the story of his journeys: South Africa to Canada to Oxford to his role on the world’s most glittering stages speaking out for the rights of people with disabilities. B PLUS
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Growing up #gay in an all-boys Catholic school in 70s Australia, then straight into the horrific tragedy of the #AIDS epidemic. Lots of explicit sex. Jesuit priests surprisingly supportive. Lost my attention part way through - got a bit then-this-happened. Thankful we provided a supportive medical system for AIDS victims.
Reading time 9 days, 32 pages/day
Autobiography of a woman who was a committed & diligent National Socialist (#Nazi), of her experience in youth work & propaganda, and her journey coming to terms with the truth of what she participated in. Description of the clinical dispossession of the Poles is disturbing (and new to me), as is the readiness with which everyday mediocre people were led into misguided beliefs, alternative facts & constrained thinking, to do prosaic work with horrifyingly evil outcomes.
Reading time 11 days, 26 pages/day
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BARBRA STREISAND’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY is as unique as its subject and her remarkable career. Lots of candor about her childhood and her professional life, very little gossip about her romantic life, a strong throughline of moral and artistic clarity. A MINUS
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-name-is-barbra-barbra-streisand/1108730905?ean=9780525429524
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Content warning my book, suicide mention
As many of you know I'm writing a #book, an #AutoBiography.
I'd like to protect it from eventualities. Not that it's any good - at least not yet - but I'd still like to release it one day and not loose it.
So what I'm looking for is some setup, where I can store it online, work on it, have backups and have someone else have access to it in case I die from suicide or something. Oh and I shouldn't be able to delete it and the backups either.
That someone should be a person I can trust and that would be interested in doing something with the unfinished book if it came to it. Oh and the person should ideally know German, or know a good translator, because for now the book only exists in German (I'd like to translate it myself to English one day, but it might never come to that).
And the setup shouldn't cost too much and of course be FLOSS.
Any ideas?
Last chance to book a place on the self care writing workshop this weekend ✒❤
Writing About Trauma Self Care Workshop
Sat 9 September 3-5pm BST
£10-£25 (if you'd like to join but cost would be a barrier please DM me)
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-about-trauma-self-care-workshop-tickets-652681266237
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