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  1. Free tickets for the first Q and A session (I'm co-hosting this one) are available at the link below. All the films are available to watch via the same site. Live Screenings & Awards Sign Up - LJMU MA Short Film Festival
  2. Nods sagely. "Fuck off Momo, indeed..."
  3. The festival launches today. Films can be streamed online at: www.ljmumashortfilmfestival.org. There are some really great films on there, and the longest is only about 20 minutes. My favourites are a documentary called Honey Bunny Duracell, a fiction piece called Two Syllable Name, an experimental one called A Symphony, and an animation called Jelly Baby. Live events are taking place at the Redmonds Building on Brownlow Hill next week - free tickets can be booked via the website. We've recorded a podcast where we talk about the festival and the films - the second episode was released on Wednesday, and I think the third should be out today. It's on Podbean and Apple and is less than a quarter of an hour long. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ljmu-ma-short-film-festival-podcast/id1734588388
  4. The Cornmarket is a great pub. Used to like drinking in the Roscoe Head, the Grapes, and Ye Cracke. Just discovered The White Hart and the Engineer on Hope St. You tried them?
  5. Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese off Fleet St in that there London is a good pub. The Coop on College Road has not long been open and is a decent little pub that has no music, no telly, no food, and loads of ace beers. The Volunteers' Canteen in Waterloo is a boss little pub that does a great Guinness.
  6. That was the pub we used to go to about 20 years ago. Loved that place.
  7. People will still pay for it, though, and it provides another talking point as well as endless material for the soapification of the sport.
  8. Full portrait on the face is the only way to go. Supply your own glasses.
  9. Areteta knows what they're up to in the away dressing room during the game.
  10. I've had it on a loop here, it's ace.
  11. Smile Orange, a Jamaican comedy from the 70s about a hotel waiter that doesn't get on with his old lady, runs scams on the tourists, shags their missuses and gets into scrapes with the assistant manager. A mix of the Confessions of... films and Death in Paradise.
  12. The Loveless. Camp biker movie from Kathryn Bigelow. Worth a watch. 3/5
  13. Last time they won a trophy, that was how they checked the scores.
  14. The Harder They Come (1972). Tale of a country boy moving to Kingston and becoming embroiled in a life of crime. Really well made film, with a great soundtrack. 4/5
  15. Greater Manchester police admit footage of officer dragging homeless man is ‘unacceptable’ | Police | The Guardian Greater Manchester police admit footage of officer dragging homeless man is ‘unacceptable’ Video shot near town hall shows officer deliberately stepping on man’s stomach as he lay on the floor Footage of a Greater Manchester police officer dragging a homeless man across the ground in a sleeping bag has been called “unacceptable” by the force. The video, which was taken near Manchester town hall, then shows the officer deliberately stepping on the man’s stomach as he is lying on the floor. The 31-year-old man, who has chosen to remain anonymous, told the BBC he was injured by the officer’s actions. He said: “I was telling her I need to sleep. But she stamped on my stomach with her foot. It caused me problems – I had a fever and in the following hours I had blood in my urine.” He said he was forced to go to hospital after the incident, but recovered. In a statement, a GMP spokesperson said: “The officer’s behaviour fell below the standard we expect, especially concerning respect for all members of the community, and the officer’s actions were dealt with.” “The superintendent responsible for the city centre personally discussed the incident with the officer and made it clear that her actions were unacceptable and must not be repeated. She, along with other employees, received refresher training on how to deal with similar situations in the future.” GMP did not respond when the Guardian asked if the officer in the video faced further disciplinary action. The homeless man, who is a refugee from Sudan, has been in the UK for three and a half years and has been given the right to remain. He said that rough sleepers were usually woken by council officials every morning, but on the morning of the incident they “told them we had nowhere to go and that it was very cold”. The homelessness charity Shelter England said this behaviour reflected a wider hostility towards homeless people. Polly Neate, the chief executive of Shelter, said: “This is a harrowing reminder of the abusive and brutal treatment people are often faced with when sleeping on the streets. “Sleeping rough is deeply unsafe with people under the constant threat of harassment and violence. Nobody chooses to spend their night shivering in a sleeping bag. But record high rents and the government’s failure to build enough social homes mean more people are becoming homeless and growing numbers of them are ending up on the street.” The Sudanese man from the video said he had received an apology from the force and was in accommodation.
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