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"I picked up The Ipcress File, and was terrifically impressed with it. A lot of ‘Andromeda’ is traceable to Ipcress, in terms of trying to create an imaginary world using recognizable techniques and real people..." Michael Crichton October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008

Cinematographer Frederick Elmes #botd has twice won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography, for Wild at Heart and Night on Earth. Other honours include the National Film Critics and New York Film Critics Circle awards.

"M*A*S*H offered real characters and everybody identified with them because they had such soul. The humour was intelligent and it always assumed that you had an intellect.." Loretta Swit (Hot Lips Houlihan) #botd

Do you ever feel as if life is spiralling out of control? As if the world’s problems are too big, or politicians too small. If so, says the political strategist Claire Ainsley, you’re neither alone nor irrational. Her book | Control: How We Lost It and How to Take It Back

A perfect English weekend in the Darent valley, Kent. Just an hour from London, this idyllic area, beloved by painters and poets, is brimming with history, beautiful walks, and fab places to eat and drink.

Quincy Jones, a titan of American entertainment who worked with stars from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, a bandleader in big band jazz, an arranger for jazz icons including Count Basie, died this day in 2024 in Los Angeles surrounded by his family.

Intérieur au vase étrusque Oil on canvas, 1940 Henri Matisse December 31, 1869 – November 3, 1954

"What happens to the characters in my films is not important. People think that the events in a film are what the film is about. Not true. A film is about the characters, about changes going on inside them..." Monica Vitti #botd

"An art book is a museum without walls..." André Malraux #botd was a French novelist, member of the French Resistance, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs.

A kayaker paddles on Loch Faskally in Scotland...

Luchino Visconti #botd, was an Italian filmmaker, theatre and opera director, and screenwriter, and one of the fathers of cinematic neorealism. Critic Jonathan Jones wrote that "no one did as much to shape Italian cinema as Visconti”.

At the 1994 German F1 Grand Prix in Hockenheim, Jos Verstappen’s Benetton-Ford pulled in for a pit stop, but during refuelling the car burst into flames. Thankfully the fire was extinguished in seconds and the driver and team walked away relatively unscathed.

William Styron (June 11, 1925 – November 1, 2006) was an American novelist and essayist who won major literary awards for his work, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1968 for The Confessions of Nat Turner.

Jarry's subversive works played a key role in the transition from the 19th century avant-garde to the emergent modernist movements of the early 20th century. He is renowned for his play Ubu Roi, and its sensational Paris opening night... Alfred Jarry Sept 8, 1873 - Nov 1, 1907

Tina Arena #botd, the Australian multilingual singer-songwriter, musician, and musical theatre actress, has sold over 11 million records worldwide...

Known for her collages and photomontages (a form she helped pioneer), Hannah Höch #botd appropriated images and text from mass media, recontextualizing them in a dynamic and layered style...

"A street is not a street, without people...“ L. S. Lowry #botd November 1, 1887

‘Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico’ is one of the most acclaimed photographs by Ansel Adams, taken in November 1941.

"Sean left an indelible mark in cinematic history. I'm thankful for having had the good fortune to have known and worked with him..." — George Lucas Sean Connery August 25, 1930 – October 31, 2020

"I see no line between the imaginary, and the real...” Federico Fellini 🙏 January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993