I rarely say 'movie' and mostly say 'film' - but I quite like this take on the distinction from director Alan Parker (from his book Will Write And Direct For Food) The difference between a ‘movie’ and a ‘film' is that one is scared to death of boring you for a second and the latter | I rarely say 'movie' and mostly say 'film' - but I quite like this take on the distinction from director Alan Parker (from his book Will Write And Direct For Food) The difference between a ‘movie’ and a...| Neil Williams
I’m reading a book about algorithms called Filterworld at the moment, and keep sending myself bits from it. Here’s one of those bits. “Today we have more cultural options available to us than ever and they are accessible on demand. We are free to choose anything. Yet the choice we often make is to not […] The post The choice we make to not have a choice first appeared on Neil Williams.| Neil Williams
From this Guardian piece on how AI is changing filmmaking: “I’m trying to prove a point,” says Mallal. “Which is that you can make really good stuff at a high level – but fast, at the speed of culture. Hollywood, especially, moves incredibly slowly.” The pro-AI arguments I’m familiar with have mostly been around lowering […] The post At the speed of culture first appeared on Neil Williams.| Neil Williams
Our archive of Matthew Remski’s post to Bluesky on June 20, 2025 Erica Chenoweth is getting a new wave of attention with a recent appearance on @podsaveamerica.crooked.com and acolytes scorin…| Three Acres And A Cow
Scrapbooking is a wonderful way to preserve memories and express your creativity, but sometimes it...| Like Love Do
I’m always digging this up to use in slides, but now Twitter’s kaput it’s harder to find. Ben’s resurrected it at a new URL and this is me just saving that here for myself, basically. And righting the wrong of it not already being in my scrapbook. The post No innovation until everything works first appeared on Neil Williams.| Neil Williams
Ben wrote an epic post here, full of clear wisdom and lightbulb moments. This isn’t a reductive distillation of his post, just scrapbooking a neat metaphor as aide memoire for re-use: “Digital isn’t a brick in the [policy] wall [of government]; it’s the mortar that binds the whole thing together.“ Square brackets mine – swap […] The post Digital is the mortar first appeared on Neil Williams.| Neil Williams
Saving and amplifying these excellent few paragraphs Lynn Roberts posted on LinkedIn (I’ve abridged it a bit but the whole original post is word perfect): There’s always a temptation to focus on the extremes – the AI revolution or the broken CRM that needs replacing – instead of the more pedestrian truth in the middle. […] The post The unglamorous layer first appeared on Neil Williams.| Neil Williams
I start a new playlist for each year in Apple Music, going back to 2018. I didn’t post my 2023 list for some reason which was probably depression (that’s usually the reason the big good happy thing…| Scott Kubie
During the industrial depression of the late 1930s over 1,000 unemployed miners and ship builders, from the North-East of England and South Wales, were given the opportunity to join Land Settlement Associations and begin new lives as market-gardeners. 20 LSAs were set up across England. The largest was Sidlesham, West Sussex, with 120 smallholdings. This […]| Three Acres And A Cow
I was embarking on my periodical tidy up of our Around the Web list of great motorsport content, and became disheartened by how many previously excellent sites had been snapped up by the behemoth that is Motorsport Network. The conglomerate appear determined to aggressively dominate every single corner of online motorsport.| Sidepodcast
A while back, Journeyer posed a question about what music was listened to at Sidepodcast HQ and we promised to make a playlist or two to demonstrate. Unfortunately, we didn't get round to it but now we're delivering on that promise (sort of). During the past week, I listened to Apple Music's attempt at a Christmas playlist that had one or two classics but for the most part featured party songs, tangential festive tunes, and those slowed down advert covers that are so very popular these days.| Sidepodcast
This song was found in the Bristol Radical History pamphlet (#6) ‘The Life and Times of Warren James’ about the Forest of Dean enclosures: Arouse ye, free miners, who delve in old Dean,and all ye freeholders with rights o’er its green,‘Tis time to be stirring for danger is nigh;and if ye bestir not, you’ll find […]| Three Acres And A Cow
Here is a 30 min BBC radio documentary about the British state ‘helping’ Scottish gypsy travellers to ‘settle’. Nothing problematic here at all folks… move along, get along. Go, move, shift… “The idea that the UK Government, working in partnership with Scottish local authorities and church groups, could take children from their families and put […]| Three Acres And A Cow
Arthur and May Hollins began producing yoghourt at Fordhall Farm in 1957, ahead of the multinationals that now control the current dairy market. Arthur Hollins took over the tenancy at Fordhall in 1929 at the tender age of 13, after his father passed away. Following the intensive food production of the war effort, the land […]| Three Acres And A Cow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_of_Wantley This tale about a knight killing a dragon in a suit of Sheffield steel is a thinly veiled attack on the Earl of Shrewsbury (soon to be the Duke of Norfolk), the areas largest landowner and eventually the most senior peer in the realm. In 1573 a lawsuit was taken against the Lord of […]| Three Acres And A Cow
compiled by Barry Thomas of the Melbourne Footpaths Group Thomas Dugmore (1739 – 1820)Dugmore kept the Bull’s Head public house on Potter Street and attacked the enclosure of Melbourne parish with its effects on public roads and paths in an amazing pamphlet written in 1800. He took Lord Melbourne to court when he closed a […]| Three Acres And A Cow
A Lanthorne for Landlords was published as a broadsheet ballad to the tune of The Duke of Norfolk, and was clearly directed towards a popular audience in the countryside. Its narrative develops themes apparent in some of the earlier works in this section: most notably Robert Crowley’s poem, which ends with the voice of God […]| Three Acres And A Cow
A very old ballad borrowed from the private library of some aristocrat by a friend of Roy Palmer’s, who spent years trying to obtain a copy. Probably connected to the Midland Revolt. You gentlemen that rack your rentes, and throwe downe Land for corneThe tyme will com that som will sigh, that ever they were […]| Three Acres And A Cow
Our very own Rachel Rose Reid has written and performs a fantastic translation of this sppech which we hope to get recorded sometime soon. In the meantime Michael also does a good job, although I fine many words too detached from modernity to land with the casual listener:| Three Acres And A Cow
Open source post which we found useful and important – https://bit.ly/IndigenousWorldViews – see also Braiding Sweetgrass A message from 10+ Indigenous leaders and organizationsRegenerative Agriculture & Permaculture offer narrow solutions to the climate crisis Introduction Regenerative agriculture and permaculture claim to be the solutions to our ecological crises. While they both borrow practices from Indigenous […]| Three Acres And A Cow
Fun guide to creating a personalized and crafty journal cover! Use scrap paper, scrap fabric and your imagination!| Upcycle My Stuff