tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post8497326794216711840..comments2024-03-29T00:34:59.084-07:00Comments on Kittling: Books: Ann Cleeves at The Poisoned Pen!Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-69515754105125495462017-05-14T22:00:21.466-07:002017-05-14T22:00:21.466-07:00Hope you like it as much as I and my friends do!Hope you like it as much as I and my friends do!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-67347073289815595302017-05-12T01:41:02.130-07:002017-05-12T01:41:02.130-07:00I've just ordered a copy. Thanks for telling m...I've just ordered a copy. Thanks for telling me about it!Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-62522327845311380692017-05-11T23:19:52.817-07:002017-05-11T23:19:52.817-07:00If you want to see a wonderful, heart-warming movi...If you want to see a wonderful, heart-warming movie about the miners' strike in 1984, see "Pride." I loved it so much I bought myself a copy of it.<br /><br />It tells the story of a lesbian and gay organization in England that did fundraising for the miners and then had to find miners who would take their funds, given that in those days the gay community was not understood or supported.<br /><br />So, they find a mining town and a few representatives visit and the miners meet gay people and vice versa -- and a huge friendship begins and continues to some wonderful moments of solidarity.<br /><br />And it is full of British wit! I was laughing so hard at points and then crying because the film was made in the days of the AIDS epidemic. But everyone I know who has seen it loved it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-7486048184450835342017-05-11T02:01:12.574-07:002017-05-11T02:01:12.574-07:00The 1980s were devastating for mining in the UK, a...The 1980s were devastating for mining in the UK, and one of the major reasons why not everyone there liked Margaret Thatcher.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-63548347716663314392017-05-11T01:59:56.707-07:002017-05-11T01:59:56.707-07:00Oh, I'll win. I just wish it didn't take s...Oh, I'll win. I just wish it didn't take so much time.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-60719821064185213622017-05-11T00:11:38.498-07:002017-05-11T00:11:38.498-07:00I hope that you win that battle with the insurance...I hope that you win that battle with the insurance company. More and more people I know of are having such problems. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-45590375776124368842017-05-10T23:46:54.085-07:002017-05-10T23:46:54.085-07:00What a terrific write-up! Ann Cleeves is great. ...What a terrific write-up! Ann Cleeves is great. I've only read one book by her, "The Moth Catcher," but watch the Vera TV series faithfully. And I haven't seen Shetland.<br /><br />But she is a fascinating person. I noted in one Vera episode that the character is very pro-miner and that came up with regard to the miners' strike in the 1980s.<br /><br />I wish I had been at this event, but your summary is very thorough. I get a flavor of the evening and admire Ann Cleeves even more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-74631941358502707222017-05-08T11:28:05.871-07:002017-05-08T11:28:05.871-07:00So do I-- and I like her, too!So do I-- and I like her, too!Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-642440241221679032017-05-08T04:34:43.647-07:002017-05-08T04:34:43.647-07:00Oh, my, what a treat, Cathy!! I'm so pleased y...Oh, my, what a treat, Cathy!! I'm so pleased you got the chance to see her! I really do like her series.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com