Michael Crowley
@michael1crowley
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Writes for stage and page, latest book: Comrades Come Rally pub by Bookmarks.
West Yorkshire
Joined May 2012
Ben Whishaw shattered a 50-year tradition in Skyfall. At 31, he became the first Q ever to be younger than James Bond. The producers intentionally cast him to kill the "father figure" trope and create a genuine tech rival for 007.
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Absolute magic!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I could listen to them forever. Brings such memories makes me cry. One of the best songs ever written, in my opinion. #CrowdeHouse
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The storms of life will always come... that's guaranteed. All our 'Everests' will come and our strength will be tested. We will be pushed to your limits... and there we will see what we’re really made of. But in my experience, brute strength alone won’t keep us standing. We need
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Leonard Cohen & Julie Felix - Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye (1967) ▶️
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Fairytale of New York isn’t just one of the best Christmas songs of all time, it’s one of the greatest songs ever written.
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To all doomers and defeatists: I say relish the struggles ahead. Think yourself lucky that you live in an age when you can prove the equal of your forefathers... Gentlemen, this is a story that you will tell your grandchildren; and mightily bored they'll be... Now I'm not saying
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Bagpipes. Christmas. Scotland 🏴 I love everything about this.
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The Wexford Carol, music from 12th century Ireland, the oldest Christmas Carol still sung today. Happy Christmas from the west of Ireland 🎄
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The Jewish community came to Bondi to light the second candle of Hanukkah and is singing songs of peace, because this is who we are, a peaceful people who just want to live freely.
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https://t.co/I5vet7JFbB It's Bandcamp Friday - so when you buy this wonderful music, all the revenue goes to the artists; that's Jennifer, Paul and me.
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A beautiful film showing passengers at Euston railway station. The great Doric Arch still rises above the crowds as families spill from taxis with their trunks and suitcases. London c. 1937.
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Rare early 1930s footage of London's Waterloo Railway Station. The elegance of steam train arrivals, well dressed crowds, and porters attending to first class coaches.
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Maradona’s talent was so mesmerizing that in training, players often stopped just to watch him put on a show🤍🇦🇷 https://t.co/aJuPbjpo7Y
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55 Years Ago Today: George Best was on fire in the final of the National Five-a-Side Championship.
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Jodie Foster claims that Robert De Niro would regularly phone her up and suggest they have coffee together. They would then rehearse the diner scene over and over to the point where Foster got bored, but still De Niro would insist they continue rehearsing.
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Some magnificent footage of George Best before, during and after Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifier against Turkey from #OnThisDay 23rd of October 1968
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''Man, every single person involved in this recording did everything absolutely right, perfection.'' ''This song is a perfect example of 'less is more'. Slow rhythm, calm voice, beautiful melody. Just magic.'' Watch how Chris Isaak performs 'Wicked Game' live in a beautiful
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This is why Manchester United are struggling. When Sir Alex retired they didn’t just lose a great coach. They lost this:
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Last night's Zoom, on Theodor Eicke by David McCormack, is now available on YouTube: https://t.co/jSZZ9WreT2
#NewBook #MilitaryHistory #Eicke #WW2 #SecondWorldWar
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