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Jennifer Steadman

James Laverty wrote:Just wondering, which list are you using? I found about 3 different versions when searching for the list.

The one that came up when I looked for it. I'm assuming it's relatively up to date as it has quite a few films from 2015.

Jennifer Steadman

Co-events don't count as holidays unless you spend an extra full day there to admire the scenery and lap up the culture or whatever (am planning to do this for Glasgow). I'm sure someone (Gev) will nitpick at this, but this is now the rule. (Not just saying this because Malta is way more exotic a h...

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Nothing to do with pedantry! I just want to be able to see the answers to your questions without sitting there working it out for ages! :evil: Done. Geez, I'll just do it for you! How many have you seen? - 70/250 what are your favourites? - Goodfellas, Amelie, the Star Warses least favourites? - Si...

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High Maintenance Chipper wrote:Nothing to do with pedantry! I just want to be able to see the answers to your questions without sitting there working it out for ages!

Done.

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List is here . How many have you seen? Also: what are your favourites/least favourites/ones you think are most overrated (without being least favourites)? Which one have you watched most recently? What's the most obscure one you've seen? What's the most obvious one you haven't? - 70/250 - Goodfella...

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Just 57 for me, but I'm not a big film watcher (insufficient attention span probably). I don't think I've seen anything especially obscure (from that list), maybe 12 Angry Men, what with it being quite old and for some reason little-shown these days. The most obvious miss for me is Inception, as it...

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List is here . How many have you seen? Also: what are your favourites? least favourites? ones you think are most overrated (without being least favourites)? Which one have you watched most recently? What's the most obscure one you've seen? What's the most obvious one you haven't? - 70/250 - Goodfell...

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Co-events don't count as holidays unless you spend an extra full day there to admire the scenery and lap up the culture or whatever (am planning to do this for Glasgow). I'm sure someone (Gev) will nitpick at this, but this is now the rule. (Not just saying this because Malta is way more exotic a ho...

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I'll pronounce a 'j' in Balkan place names as a 'y' (i.e. correctly) because try saying Ljubljana with the j's, but pronounce Spanish/French places wrongly because I sound like a dork when pronouncing them correctly.

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You can elaborate with stories if you want.

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A Long Way Down: Very flat and very meh. 3/10 Frank: Enjoyed, but not sure why. 7/10 Groundhog Day: Nice premise, if obvious development. 6/10 Shame: Uncomfortable viewing, but Fassbender peen. 6/10 Spy: Jason Statham is comedy gold. 8/10 Inglorious Basterds: Exciting, funny, gory, not lovable. 7/10...

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LAST NIGHT WAS AWESOME!! No novelty songs, but overall standard of tune was better than usual, I thought. Half-time show was amazing (especially Peace Peace Love Love) and the voting was hilarious. Made absolutely no sense but was a billion times more entertaining than usual

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Not listened to any of the songs yet as I like to go into the show without having heard the songs beforehand. However, I am (as ever) planning to watch at a Eurovision party, and have written a blog about the most memorable and enjoyable Eurovision songs of the last decade. (I can't stop listening t...

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Definitely agree it's getting unhinged! IDS using Turkey to put people off the EU today is pretty dodgy at best (not to mention plain wrong, but I wouldn't be surprised if people conflated 'visa free travel' with 'freedom of movement' or EU membership :roll: ) Also, the government leaflet seems to h...

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David Cameron warns that leaving the EU will bring on World War 3 Citation needed? Pretty sure if you look at what he actually said, and not the media leap to make a story out of it, he said it puts peace in Europe at risk, not that it will cause World War 3. That's not the same thing. (I'd say the...

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It's true of many of the Apterous/community-based incidents though - we just need to be careful to distinguish that while poor social skills may explain it, it doesn't excuse it. No it doesn't, but we have to distinguish between people just being a p***k and behaviour which is either designed to pa...

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There's not a huge difference statistically between 15R era and 9R era, actually. 12.5% of octochamps in the 15R era have been women; 15% in the 9R era. There is a slightly bigger, but not massive, difference between percentage of women finalists between eras (25% for the 9R era, 17% for the 15R era...

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I think one of the problems with female contestants being patronised by their opponents comes down to the fact that they are nerds and social skills are not their forte. I would certainly hope that the production team would have a quiet word with anyone behaving in the manner described. I don't kno...

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Two days in charge for Sadiq Khan and the Metropolitan Line has suffered huge delays on both days. Just saying. Quickly on the mayoral election, the response on the doorstep that I received was that both Khan and Goldsmith's campaigns were awful. And to be honest, I agree. I know that Goldsmith did...

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I write guest blogs for someone in the US and one of the things I've questioned is the dominant narrative that the male dominance of activities such as Countdown or chess is due solely to social conditioning ( http://boysmeneducation.com/nature-versus-nurture-is-male-achievement-really-due-simply-t...

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We're currently missing the majority of results/outcomes/fixtures for the following events: Leicester 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 London 2011 Additionally, we have significant info from these events but are missing some key details: - Chester 2011: missing 4 second-round pairings - Huddersfield 2012: mi...

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Masterchef (I like most of the finalists) Bake Off: Crème de la Crème (very up its own arse, but some of the stuff they make is amazing) RuPaul's Drag Race (so many fashion choices I aspire to) Pokémon (...I needed something that was 20 minutes per episode to watch during revision breaks) Will proba...

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Live tweets of the final HERE

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It's interesting that everything you mention isn't really connected to the music she releases; these are all calculated commercial decisions that may or may not enhance her sales. I know that the entire landscape of popular music has changed in the last twenty or so years, but I kind of meant "...

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Even if she is that's still an indictment on the culture. Look, Crazy in Love was a monster tune and I enjoyed it. Single Ladies I didn't get it at all. Now, you know how you can know stuff that you don't wanna know because it's pop culture, well they're the only two songs of hers I can name apart ...

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Totally in agreement with Mark (D) on all of this. Whatever you think of her music, she's indisputably one of the most influential and innovative figures in pop culture. I do like Beyonce and I think she's released some released some great pop tunes over the years but influential? Innovative? I thi...

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Totally in agreement with Mark (D) on all of this. Whatever you think of her music, she's indisputably one of the most influential and innovative figures in pop culture.

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Can't stop listening to The Less I Know The Better by Tame Impala. The bassline is sleazy as fuck and I LOVE IT.

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Lovely/ridiculous (delete where appropriate) new 9 in round 1 (MELANOID+V).

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Mark Deeks wrote:What about Stewart Lee makes you think he's not self-aware?

If he's self-aware about his writing being dreadful, then what's the point of it? Is it meant to be comedy? If you have to explain the joke, it's probably a bit of a shit one.

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I don't know about his stand-up, but his Guardian articles are among the worst things I've ever read. Tediously overwrought, pretentious shite that you'd expect from the try-hard 'literary' journal of an 18-year-old vegan Communist who's just turned up at university and hasn't got round to signing ...

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:D Excellent. My old blog has a lot of these - here's a selection from 2012-2016. (Might do 2010 and 2011 in due course.) Random: mcfly musical eyebrow problem explosive ero beauty goes naughty on the camera showing up own lark in the best way Sex: prostitutes budapest mcdonalds toilets most rubbish...

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OK, enough ambivalence. I'm quite fond of the EU. Bloated? Possibly. Unelected/undemocratic? Yeah, two of the five principal governing institutions are unelected (European Commission and ECJ), so a fair comment, although the European Commission can be overruled by the Euro Parliament and Council of ...

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After a long and bumpy road, Ben finally has a venue for Nottingham! More details to follow soon, but if you want the basic info, head to the website for venue, timings and entry cost...

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Monsters University: Contrived, not that funny/moving. 5/10
Downfall: Bleak as hell, but masterful. 9/10

(Really wishing I hadn't watched Downfall just before bed, though.)

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How do people think the Tories are currently perceived by the masses? We have Jeremy Hunt continually pissing off doctors, then the kill-the-poor budget, which was made into big news by Iain Duncan Smith's resignation, and now we've got them deciding that every school has to turn into an academy, s...

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I "support" Middlesbrough, as that's the club I've lived nearest to for the last 35+ years and the only club I've ever been to see play live? How can that be? :? I honestly don't know what you mean. I lived in about ten different places when I was growing up and I can't remember much from...

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I have looked at flights to Dublin for this event and they seem to have gone up astronomically from last year. For this reason, unfortunately, I think I'm out of this one. :( I think I've read before that flights are at their cheapest 3-4 months before departure, so might be worth checking again in...

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Cool, I ike a fight! I'm sort of with Jen too, but it's difficult...I was born in Donaster and although I don't ever recall living there, I still look out for their results. I "support" Middlesbrough, as that's the club I've lived nearest to for the last 35+ years and the only club I've e...

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People who think supporting a team far away from them whose games they rarely go to is anywhere near as meaningful or passionate as supporting a team whose games you go to regularly. (I'm not doubting they support them, or that they get excited by results, or watch the games on telly, but it's not t...

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Okay, I've now decided: Stay. I'm thinking possibly even as much as a 60-40 win for Stay. I don't think that the responses of the Mail etc will be quite spectacular enough to end all hissy fits, but it will be quite amusing to see them stamping their feet for a while. I'm considering a bet on this,...

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Ooh OK. Yeah, I can see what I can do (I'm still waiting on a table of results from Bristol, I think).

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Johnny Canuck wrote:How did Dan get back on after only 4 years, then? Particularly as he was already an adult the first time as opposed to some other people like Bradley Cates.

Don't even go there.

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Is there a list of positions for each individual event? No. I kind of wanted to put that info up but it massively clutters the table - I'm probably just going to link to the respective Wiki pages from the finished event pages (maybe the events calendar page too). The inaugural CoLeeds (Saturday 30t...

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Also, my apponent was quite immature and he liked mind games. Maybe, this slightly put me off? * He refused to pass over his sheet when he declared the same word as me (probing). He had to be told by production to pass his sheet to me. * He told me that Dudley was a “pr*ck” 3 times during the recor...

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among the worst things I've ever read. Tediously overwrought, pretentious shite that you'd expect from the try-hard 'literary' journal of an 18-year-old vegan Communist who's just turned up at university and hasn't got round to signing up for the self-awareness module. Wait, are you talking about h...

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I don't know about his stand-up, but his Guardian articles are among the worst things I've ever read. Tediously overwrought, pretentious shite that you'd expect from the try-hard 'literary' journal of an 18-year-old vegan Communist who's just turned up at university and hasn't got round to signing u...

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The post-Bristol standings have now been updated - CLICK HERE! I do love the work you've put into the website and I like the fact that you have the top eight with pictures, but if I had one suggestion, it would be to include the top eight in the "main" list as well, because it makes for e...

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The post-Bristol standings have now been updated - CLICK HERE!

Our next event is in Leeds on Saturday 30th April. Details can be found elsewhere on C4C or on the FOCAL website here. Sign up now to avoid disappointment!

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Jason, which event would you most like to attend?

I'll donate in the morning, and will double my contribution if you perform the Coronation Street theme tune <3

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Brilliant.

Back to the OP - who else would be willing to put £20 into a pot to get Big Jase over for a Co event? We'd only need like 30 people to do it. #TeamBigJase

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I was being a bit purist about the definition of electronic, but if we're including synthpop or whatever, add Grimes, Summer Camp and Fever Ray to my list. And 1989 by Queen TayTay of course

Also forgot Teen Daze and Pantha Du Prince from my original list.

Not a Daft Punk fan though.

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Marc Meakin wrote:it would be interesting if Sturgeon urges the sweaties to vote out only to then tell people we want a referendum as we want to join the EU

She's already stated that she's campaigning for an In vote.

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Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin and Inventions are much loved parts of my CD collection but that's more or less where it starts and ends for me with electronic music.

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So this FOCAL lark is all well and good, but who are the puppet-masters pulling the strings behind the scenes? (Pretend you don't already know) There should be a fully-fledged page on the website about them or something. Oh, wait! There already is! CLICK HERE to find out more about the FOCAL team! L...

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Often disagree with the Economist's Bagehot column but this one is pretty excellent.

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Finally got round to updating this. Norm takes the lead. Currently weighing up whether to blow some of my savings on a mini-Euro trip to Romania/Moldova/non-war-zoney Ukraine (inc a trip to Chernobyl) in June, taking my laptop so I can do some work when I'm out there. Ideally I'd also have done Bela...

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23rd June, blah blah blah Make your predictions here, share your half-baked opinions, vote and see whether C4C would choose to stay or leave. I'm predicting a 55-45 win for Stay, that the next 4 months are going to be completely unbearable, and that when the Stay campaign wins, the Mail and Express ...

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