This bench is in Vienna. Do you have a favourite bench?
arts & entertainment
music, stage, writing, comedy, cinema, telly, arts, sport, crafts, photography – all this and more!
200 years of Lizzy Bennet
Reposting a Friday Hoyden post on Lizzie Bennet from 2007 to honour the 200th anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice.
Men Who Dance
Why is it not absolutely commonplace for little boys to be taken to dance class, the way it is for little girls? Imagine what a disaster it would be if we were to end up in a world with no Leading Men Who Dance.
Quicklink: Beauty and the Beast, Love Actually and the skill of consuming media critically
From gyzym on Tumblr: just shut up …consuming media critically is a skill, and in an age where media is more prevalent than ever before, it’s a skill worth having. It’s a skill worth having because you are going to… Read More ›
Movie Thread – Hobbits! An Unexpected Journey
What did you think?
Friday Hoyden: Nieceblogging – what’s she making?
Here she is bonding with her Dad over the Christmas break by doing a little gadget construction. Bonding with your daughters doing electronics, woodwork, mechanics or baking: A very feminist thing to do over the holidays and there should be a lot more of it.
Doctor Who Spoilers and Speculation Thread
The Whovians are taking over the Xmas thread, so I’m moving the discussion here.
Friday Hoyden: Yvonne Brewster
Director Yvonne Brewster founded Britain’s most prominent Black theatre company, Talawa, in 1986, in order to produce work that showcased actors from a diversity of racial backgrounds, who were not getting the work they should have been in the large, subsidised theatres.
ObMayanApocalypse Thread
Of course The Doctor will save us – how else can we watch this year’s Xmas special? Or go and see The Hobbit on Boxing Day?
BFTP: Io, Saturnalia!
For those of us who like the December Solstice holiday season to last as long as possible, starting the celebrations tomorrow for Saturnalia is a top-notch idea.
Hoyden About Town 