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Moscow, 1938. A dangerous place to have a sense of humour; even
more so a sense of freedom. Mikhail Bulgakov, living among
dissidents, stalked by secret police, has both. And then he's
offered a poisoned chalice: a commission to write a play about
Stalin to celebrate his sixtieth birthday. Inspired by historical
fact, Collaborators embarks on a surreal journey into the fevered
imagination of the writer as he loses himself in a macabre and
disturbingly funny relationship with the omnipotent subject of his
drama. Killing my enemies is easy. The challenge is to change the
way they think, to control their minds. And I think I controlled
yours pretty well. In years to come, I'll be able to say: Bulgakov?
Yeah, we even trained him. He gave up. He saw the light. We broke
him, we can break anybody. It's man versus monster, Mikhail. And
the monster always wins. John Hodge's blistering new play depicts a
lethal game of cat and mouse through which the appalling
compromises and humiliations inflicted on any artist by those with
power are held up to scrutiny. Collaborators by John Hodge
premiered at the National Theatre, London, in October 2011. It is
published here with an introduction by the author.
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Ben Foster and Chris O'Dowd star in this sports drama about the
Lance Armstrong doping scandal which was the subject of David
Walsh's book 'Seven Deadly Sins'. Irish sports journalist David
Walsh (O'Dowd) grows suspicious of professional cyclist Lance
Armstrong (Foster)'s success, certain that he has been taking
performance-enhancing drugs. As Walsh investigates, looking for
evidence to prove his theory, Armstrong continues to deny his
consumption of banned substances. The cast also includes Lee Pace,
Dustin Hoffman and Guillaume Canet.
First there is an opportunity, then there is a betrayal. Twenty
years have gone by. Much has changed but just as much remains the
same. Mark Renton returns to the only place he can ever call home.
They are waiting for him, of course: Spud, Sick Boy, and Frank
Begbie. But they are not alone. Other old friends are waiting too:
sorrow, loss, joy, vengeance, hatred, friendship, love, longing,
fear, regret, diamorphine, self-destruction and mortal danger, they
are all lined up to welcome him, ready to join the dance. Mark
Renton returns, to the chaos of life and death.
Mark Renton is an unrepentant drug abuser, doing his level best to
elude the claims and responsibilities Life throws up to him. His
pals - Spud, Sick Boy, Tommy and Begbie - are devoted to much the
same heroically seedy existence. Both harrowing and hilarious,
Trainspotting charts the disintegration of this unlikely gang, as
their appetites for intoxication and mayhem lead them unerringly
into the worst kinds of trouble. Adapted by Shallow Grave
screenwriter John Hodge from the novel by Irvine Welsh,
Trainspotting was an international hit in 1996, directed by Danny
Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner and Robert Carlyle.
This book on the Brecon & Merthyr, deals with the section from
Bargoed to Pontsticill Junction, covering the line built by the
B&M to join onto the section running north from Bargoed built
by the Rhymney Railway, much dominated at the time by nearby
Dowlais Ironworks. Included is the short section from Pant to
Dowlais Central. It contains photographs of every location along
the line, including many that have not before been published. The
volume includes a fascinating account of the Pantywaun Marshalling
Yard, operative until Dowlais Ironworks ceased production, when the
B&M ran freight services to and from Pantywaun, before the many
collieries and levels in the area were closed almost overnight and
the location finally obliterated under the development of
Cwmbargoed Opencast.
This book, as part of the South Wales Valleys series, deals with
the former Brecon & Merthyr Railway line which ran from
Bassaleg (north of Newport) to Brecon and Rhymney B&M, the
latter line being closed north of New Tredegar in 1930 due to a
landslide, one of several in that area. The most important and
lucrative traffic was of course coal from the many collieries on
the line, much bound for Newport Docks, though there was a regular
passenger service both to Brecon and New Tredegar which ran to
Rhymney B&M before 1930. At Machen the line diverted to
Caerphilly and Pontypridd again with coal and passenger services,
mostly covered by auto trains. Each location along all lines in the
area is covered in detail with copious photographs to illustrate,
and an OS Map from the start of the 20th C. to present a detailed
coverage of the area around each location. The line is still open
from Bassaleg to Machen Quarry for occasional trains of stone
traffic using modern traction and wagons.
The science of animal production has recently become headline news.
The cloning of sheep, the use of pig xenotransplants and bovine
somatotrophin, as well as mad-cow disease, are all examples of how
livestock production is related to food safety, human health,
ethics and quality of life. The relationship between intensive
developed-world animal production and third world development also
raises ethical issues. These are just some of the topics addressed
in this book, which has its origin in a special symposium held at
the VIII World Congress on Animal Production held in June 1998 in
Korea. Additional chapters have been specially commissioned for
inclusion in the book.
The third in a trilogy on the Brecon & Merthyr Railway, this
book covers the line from Merthyr to Pontsticill where it met the
line from Newport and continued to Brecon. Between Pontsticill and
Brecon the line ran through beautiful scenery with reservoirs on
the west side and the Brecon Beacons on the east with the famous
Seven Mile bank to test the ability of fireman not to stall their
engine. The book is hugely illustrated as it passes through
Pontsticill and on through Dolygaer, Pentir Rhiw, Torpantau and
Talybont on Usk, this being one of the most scenic sections of the
Western Region. Talyllyn and Brecon itself are also very well
illustrated giving an idea also of the variety of services that ran
into Brecon, not only from Newport, but from Neath, Hereford and
Mid-Wales. Passenger services to Brecon from all these places were
withdrawn in December 1962, though freight, mostly domestic coal,
services from Merthyr continued until 1964\. The area is not
without some passenger services however in the present day as the
Brecon Mountain Railway has been developed between Pant,
Pontsticill and Torpantau. This final volume of three provides
views in stark contrast to the industrial section at the south end
of the Brecon & Merthyr where it runs through the South Wales
Coalfield and the former iron producing areas of Merthyr and
Dowlais.
Part of the West Wales Railways series, this book starts at
Clarbeston Road, covers the oil-rich town of Milford Haven, where
oil refineries were opened mostly in the 1960s in association with
the deep-water port, to accommodate super tankers from the Middle
East, though the development of other products and pipelines in the
oil world has seen the number of oil terminals there currently
reduced to one at Robeston. Neyland was the original West Wales
terminus of the GWR, after plans to develop Fishguard were delayed
until 1906, and saw several through Passenger and Parcels trains to
Paddington until 1963, when through passenger trains between
Paddington and West Wales were terminated at Swansea with a DMU
service beyond. The Neyland branch from Johnston was closed under
the Beeching cuts of 1964, involving the closure of the important
Motive Power Depot whose allocation of County Class engines is well
illustrated, though the effect of this was largely nullified by the
arrival of the diesel age.
Llanelly to Carmarthen is the latest addition to an ongoing series
about railways in West Wales, by railway historian John Hodge. This
volume looks at the history of the lines in West Wales, between
these locations, taking in the history of the local industry that
was once a feature in this area. This book covers the each station
and main location along the rout, with good photographic coverage
and interesting long captions explaining the locations
significance. The work is of interest to railway historians and
those who accurately model railways, having a good coverage of the
subject throughout its pages.
This is the second in a new series on the South Wales Valleys by
John Hodge, author of the South Wales Main Line series and North
and West series, each of four volumes. The South Wales Valleys were
famous for coal mining, iron and steel, tinplate works and the
railways that served both industries, between them accounting for a
very high percentage of employment in the area. A detailed, widely
illustrated series on the valleys such as this, is long overdue and
this is the second book in the series. The first book covering the
area as far as Aberbeeg and the second continuing to the heads of
the Valley at Ebbw Vale and Brynmawr.
Set in the appropriately Gothic surroundings of contemporary
Edinburgh, Shallow Grave presents a trio of affluent characters
whose feckless lives are disrupted when they discover the corpse of
their recently arrived flatmate, plus a suitcase bulging with money
beneath his bed. The stage is thus set for a morality play about
friendship and filthy lucre. The story balances on a knife-edge
between ebullience and violence as the forces of destruction gather
to claim their greedy victims. Shallow Grave won the Alexander
Korda award for Best British Film of 1994, and established the
partnership of writer John Hodge, producer Andrew Macdonald,
director Danny Boyle and actor Ewan McGregor - a partnership to be
renewed triumphantly the following year on Trainspotting.
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