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"What has been said in here is off the record and doesn't go outside."

"You are negative bastards, the pair of you." That is about the most innocuous thing Joe Kinnear said in his first press conference as interim manager of Newcastle United.
posted to MetaFilter by ninebelow at 2:03 AM on October 3, 2008 (34 comments)

Rosenbaum, The Plausible-Fabulist

Like others before him Benjamin Rosenbaum is making his debut short story collection, The Ant King And Other Stories, available from his publishers, Small Beer, as a free download. More than this though, he is holding a competition to find the best derivative work inspired by it. These include "translations, plays, movies, radio plays, audiobooks, flashmob happenings, horticultural installations, visual artworks, slash fanfic epics, robot operas, sequels, webcomics, ASCII art, text adventure games, roleplaying campaigns, knitting projects, handmade shoes, or anything else you feel like."
posted to MetaFilter by ninebelow at 7:13 AM on September 19, 2008 (19 comments)

"Ban, ban, Ca-Carol Ann?"

Britain's biggest exam board has removed a poem by Carol Ann Duffy from the GCSE syllabus and asked schools to destroy the anthology it is contained in because it makes a reference to knife crime. This followed a complaint made by Pat Schofield, an exam invigilator. Duffy responded with the poem: Mrs Schofield's GCSE.
posted to MetaFilter by ninebelow at 9:01 AM on September 12, 2008 (78 comments)

Is there an aquatic sport called zapping?

Is there an aquatic sport called zapping?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ninebelow at 5:43 AM on August 26, 2008 (3 comments)

Peppercake Orchestra?

Who are the Peppercake Orchestra?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ninebelow at 4:54 AM on May 16, 2008 (2 comments)

Recommend boutique hotels in London

I want to stay in a boutique hotel over Christmas, ideally in east central London (not central central London.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by ninebelow at 2:26 AM on February 27, 2008 (10 comments)

It’s a young man’s game, innit

“I’m a singer. I’m a performer.” Accused of taking part in a £1.75m armed robbery Brian Hibberd had an unorthodox defence. Apparently it worked.
posted to MetaFilter by ninebelow at 6:40 AM on September 12, 2007 (17 comments)

Interesting ties?

Interesting ties?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ninebelow at 3:01 AM on August 24, 2007 (18 comments)

"The same old dream: world domination."

Todd Alcott, a screenwriter and Livejournaller, just sat down and watched every Bond film from Dr No to Die Another Day.
posted to MetaFilter by ninebelow at 7:09 AM on June 19, 2007 (32 comments)

Revolutionary Road

Sam Mendes is currently directing an adaptation of Richard Yates's 1961 novel Revolutionary Road. Ignored for much of Yates's lifetime the 2000 edition, championed by Richard Ford, received renewed critical acclaim and the book went on to make Time's all-time 100 novels list. For those re-discovering it John Mullen offers a four part reading guide: imaginary dialogue, the epigraph, comic dialogue, the ending.
posted to MetaFilter by ninebelow at 1:48 AM on June 13, 2007 (13 comments)

Nova Swing

Nova Swing by M John Harrison has won the 2007 Arthur C Clarke Award. Named after the famous author and announced on the opening night of the Sci Fi London film festival the award is one of the most prestigious in science fiction. Everything you could possibly wish to know about this year's shortlist.
posted to MetaFilter by ninebelow at 1:47 PM on May 2, 2007 (33 comments)

Identify this black comedy

Identify this book: Black comedy involving doctors and nurses with sentences ALL IN CAPS. Published in the last five years. British female author.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ninebelow at 5:18 AM on April 25, 2007 (4 comments)

Between The Fantastic And The Mimetic

In the Chinks of the Genre Machine: it is slipstream week at Strange Horizons. Seventeen years after Bruce Sterling coined the term it has spawned two anthologies, ParaSpheres and Feeling Very Strange. (The later inspired by this blog entry.)
posted to MetaFilter by ninebelow at 12:57 AM on September 6, 2006 (14 comments)

Nevermind Zidane

Nevermind Zidane: jockey Paul O'Neill puts the head on his horse.
posted to MetaFilter by ninebelow at 6:30 AM on July 26, 2006 (10 comments)

World Cup Watching

Where to watch the World Cup in central London?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ninebelow at 10:15 AM on June 9, 2006 (4 comments)

What does the colour of UK police cars signify?

What does the colour of UK police cars signify?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ninebelow at 4:46 AM on May 10, 2006 (8 comments)

Notes Towards A List Of Post-Matrix Films

Post-Matrix films?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ninebelow at 2:23 AM on March 9, 2006 (47 comments)

Virtual bench

Virtual bench in London?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ninebelow at 6:08 AM on February 22, 2006 (9 comments)