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Amythist posted:
Baz posted:
Amythist posted:

I do like Antiques Road Trip but I'm finding Paul Laidlaw increasingly offputting...he is so smug and full of himself...time for the scrapheap please

 I love it too Amythist ....and Paul is a bit OTT these days 

 he talks about himself in the third person which is a sign that it's all gone to his head...cmon Margie

Iā€™m recording it to watch later ....mind you Iā€™m not keen on Margie either  I like Charles Hansen and Christine Trevanion 

Baz
Baz posted:
Amythist posted:
Baz posted:
Amythist posted:

I do like Antiques Road Trip but I'm finding Paul Laidlaw increasingly offputting...he is so smug and full of himself...time for the scrapheap please

 I love it too Amythist ....and Paul is a bit OTT these days 

 he talks about himself in the third person which is a sign that it's all gone to his head...cmon Margie

Iā€™m recording it to watch later ....mind you Iā€™m not keen on Margie either  I like Charles Hansen and Christine Trevanion 

I want anyone who is up against him to win  I like Christine too and going off Hansen lately because he cant seem to stop talking  I like a few of them and certain combos work really well...I find Anita quite cheerey

Amythist
Amythist posted:
Baz posted:
Amythist posted:
Baz posted:
Amythist posted:

I do like Antiques Road Trip but I'm finding Paul Laidlaw increasingly offputting...he is so smug and full of himself...time for the scrapheap please

 I love it too Amythist ....and Paul is a bit OTT these days 

 he talks about himself in the third person which is a sign that it's all gone to his head...cmon Margie

Iā€™m recording it to watch later ....mind you Iā€™m not keen on Margie either  I like Charles Hansen and Christine Trevanion 

I want anyone who is up against him to win  I like Christine too and going off Hansen lately because he cant seem to stop talking  I like a few of them and certain combos work really well...I find Anita quite cheerey

Yes

Baz
Baz posted:
Eugene's Lair posted:

Anyone-else watching "A Stitch in Time"? The third episode is on BBC4 tonight (Wed) at 8.30pm.

Each week, Amber Butchart supervises over the reconstruction of a historical set of clothing as portrayed in a famous painting. Not perhaps the most entertaining-sounding brief for a TV show (and tonight's subject matter, "The Hedge Cutter", isn't perhaps the most exciting introduction to the programme for those who haven't seen it before), but I found last week's reconstruction of the dress from the Arnolfini portrait absolutely fascinating...

I remember having to analyse that painting at uni 

In what ways, Baz? From an artistic perspective, or other aspects of it? 

 

I know from my own experience that it's a famously complicated painting, and gets discussed in a lot of very different ways...

Eugene's Lair

Was out this evening, so only just got round to seeing tonight's EastEnders episode. 

Blimey: I know Lorna Fitzgerald (Abi) had been with the show for eleven and a half years (since she was 10!) so they had to give her a big send-off, but even by "Dread-Ender" standards that was one of the most miserable episodes in a long time! 

 

Eugene's Lair
Eugene's Lair posted:
Baz posted:
Eugene's Lair posted:

Anyone-else watching "A Stitch in Time"? The third episode is on BBC4 tonight (Wed) at 8.30pm.

Each week, Amber Butchart supervises over the reconstruction of a historical set of clothing as portrayed in a famous painting. Not perhaps the most entertaining-sounding brief for a TV show (and tonight's subject matter, "The Hedge Cutter", isn't perhaps the most exciting introduction to the programme for those who haven't seen it before), but I found last week's reconstruction of the dress from the Arnolfini portrait absolutely fascinating...

I remember having to analyse that painting at uni 

In what ways, Baz? From an artistic perspective, or other aspects of it? 

 

I know from my own experience that it's a famously complicated painting, and gets discussed in a lot of very different ways...

I canā€™t remember the exact ins and outs Eugene ....but it was part of an art history module , so symbolism in the painting , in the context of the times 

Baz
Baz posted:
Eugene's Lair posted:
Baz posted:
Eugene's Lair posted:

Anyone-else watching "A Stitch in Time"? The third episode is on BBC4 tonight (Wed) at 8.30pm.

Each week, Amber Butchart supervises over the reconstruction of a historical set of clothing as portrayed in a famous painting. Not perhaps the most entertaining-sounding brief for a TV show (and tonight's subject matter, "The Hedge Cutter", isn't perhaps the most exciting introduction to the programme for those who haven't seen it before), but I found last week's reconstruction of the dress from the Arnolfini portrait absolutely fascinating...

I remember having to analyse that painting at uni 

In what ways, Baz? From an artistic perspective, or other aspects of it? 

 

I know from my own experience that it's a famously complicated painting, and gets discussed in a lot of very different ways...

I canā€™t remember the exact ins and outs Eugene ....but it was part of an art history module , so symbolism in the painting , in the context of the times 

Ah; right, Baz. The reason I was asking was because - as I mentioned - that painting has a habit of cropping up in unexpected places.

 

I studied fibre-optics as part of my Electronics Engineering degree, and the first chapter of my Optics textbook - by way of a *ahem* "light" introduction - looked at a number of famous paintings and how they illustrated the behaviour of lenses and mirrors.

The Arnolfini portrait was used because of that convex mirror in the background.

The other famous one was Manet's "A Bar at the Follies-BergĆØre" - a painting which is often assumed to get the reflections wrong, however recent studies have shown Manet to have been a lot cleverer than he's often given credit for...

Eugene's Lair
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Eugene's Lair posted:
Baz posted:
Eugene's Lair posted:
Baz posted:
Eugene's Lair posted:

Anyone-else watching "A Stitch in Time"? The third episode is on BBC4 tonight (Wed) at 8.30pm.

Each week, Amber Butchart supervises over the reconstruction of a historical set of clothing as portrayed in a famous painting. Not perhaps the most entertaining-sounding brief for a TV show (and tonight's subject matter, "The Hedge Cutter", isn't perhaps the most exciting introduction to the programme for those who haven't seen it before), but I found last week's reconstruction of the dress from the Arnolfini portrait absolutely fascinating...

I remember having to analyse that painting at uni 

In what ways, Baz? From an artistic perspective, or other aspects of it? 

 

I know from my own experience that it's a famously complicated painting, and gets discussed in a lot of very different ways...

I canā€™t remember the exact ins and outs Eugene ....but it was part of an art history module , so symbolism in the painting , in the context of the times 

Ah; right, Baz. The reason I was asking was because - as I mentioned - that painting has a habit of cropping up in unexpected places.

 

I studied fibre-optics as part of my Electronics Engineering degree, and the first chapter of my Optics textbook - by way of a *ahem* "light" introduction - looked at a number of famous paintings and how they illustrated the behaviour of lenses and mirrors.

The Arnolfini portrait was used because of that convex mirror in the background.

The other famous one was Manet's "A Bar at the Follies-BergĆØre" - a painting which is often assumed to get the reflections wrong, however recent studies have shown Manet to have been a lot cleverer than he's often given credit for...

Yes, I remember the mirror being important Eugene 

Baz

dunno if ive mentioned this show before?

 

anyway

The OA

on netflix

i watched 1 episode & said to lisa watch it with me

she hates what i like

 

anyway..she did..we watched the 8 episodes together

we're now watching it all again to see if we can pick up any clues or we missed something

its brilliant & weird (like me)

i really recommend this

if you ever learn the 'movements'

i want videos lol

 

 

pirate1111
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
Eugene's Lair posted:

Just got another 5-pointer on Only Connect! 

 

Three Flavours Cornetto FTW! 

I quickly jumped in and got the answer "Red Shoes" on a recent episode. 

 

I recognized the film still (3rd picture), but I didn't know the Pope traditionally wore red shoes...

 

I probably shouldn't keep going on about this, but I got another 5-pointer on the music question. I recognized the theme from "Murder on the Orient Express" and made an educated guess.

As you've probably also noticed by now, I tend to do well on movie-related clues: my other 5-pointer on the music question was "Music from Fantasia"...

Eugene's Lair
Roxan posted:

Cambridge all the way! 

Where is the best place to chat if you don't get uk tv shows? Is it ok to come and chat?

Itā€™s always okay to come for a chat, it doesnā€™t matter if you aren't watching the tv shows.  Weā€™re such a small bunch nowadays, we just dip in and out of all the threads and, very often go off topic 

Yogi19

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