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This photograph was taken on IIlford Delta 400 film with a Nikon FE camera and Nikon 50mm f1.2 ais lens; processed with Foma chemicals; scanned with a Canon 6D and Nikon 105mm f2.8 ais lens on a PN11 extension tube; processed using Darktable on Ubuntu Linux.
It’s quite a process, from pushing the button to seeing the image, but deeply satisfying.
Finally, the British performers’ union, Equity, is lobbying against Spotlight – its high subscription fees and the laws that protect this money making casting monopoly.
“In the UK, the practice of charging work seekers to join a directory such as Spotlight is illegal in most sectors, but the performing arts and entertainment industries are expressly exempted from this law.”
Find all the key points in the original Equity article.
Reckon we’re in for the usual corporate ploys – the old definition-dodge and semantic-swing. The question is: how far will our Equity fees take this little drama – to the moon 🚀?
Death closes all: but something ere the end,
From Ulysses by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks:
The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep
Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends,
‘T is not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
As the year draws to a close, I hope you’re finding good cheer and a little peace somewhere between all the chocolate wrappers and mince pie crumbs.
I leave you with an Austrian carol sung by Bryn Terfel that I adore, as well as a heart-warming Christmas story told by the one and only Joanne Gale – you’ll want to share this hidden gem.
Jeffrey Mundell 