Victoria Wood sitcom Dinnerladies to return with stage play
It has been commissioned by the estate of the late comedian. Source link
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Wood Green studio with bed almost touching the oven listed for rent for £1,150pcm
The “compact” kitchen, with a sink, cupboard, fridge and washing machine, runs along the wall. Opposite the bed is a wardrobe, window —the room’s only source of natural light— and table, furnished with two chairs. One appears to obstruct the freezer door. Source link
Rolling Stones rocker Ronnie Wood told ‘paint it black’ over pink door at £7m London home
Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This The local council spotted Ronnie Wood’s bright pink door and they want it painted black. The Rolling Stones rocker has reportedly been ordered by Westminster Council to paint the front door of his home in Maida Vale, north-west London, a “neutral tone”, such as black. The council has rejected retrospective planning permission for a number of listed homes in the area because “incongruous” colours are believed to “harm the appearance and special architectural interest of their properties”. A source close to Wood told the Daily Mail: “The council does not like your door being painted a different colour. They like them black.” Ronnie Wood has been told by the council to paint over his colourful pink front door (Getty Images/Google St View) Wood, 79, painted his front door pink years ago, after moving into the £7m property with his wife, Sally Humphreys, and …
The Revolutionary Gordon Wood – The Atlantic
The American Revolution was revolutionary. That’s the deceptively simple claim to which Gordon Wood, the historian who was tragically killed at the age of 92 on Sunday, devoted his career. The Revolution, of course, overthrew a monarchy—but the freedoms it advanced were unequally enjoyed, and the Founders left a great deal undone. But Wood insisted that, even so, we not lose sight of its fundamental character. “The revolution did more than legally create the United States; it transformed society,” Wood wrote in his 1991 book The Radicalism of the American Revolution, which won the Pulitzer Prize for History. “Americans,” he argued, “had become, almost overnight, the most liberal, the most democratic, the most commercially minded, and the most modern people in the world.” By 2011, in The Idea of America, he had expanded his claim: The Revolution “was an event that opened up a new era in politics and society, not just for Americans but eventually for everyone in the world.” Wood’s vision of the Revolution gives us much to celebrate in 2026. Wood became …
Lord of the Rings Films to Celebrate 25 Years With Elijah Wood at CCXP
As time continues to pass, the Lord of the Rings film franchise is set to gather fans in honor of its 25th anniversary. Elijah Wood is the first announced guest for the forthcoming CCXP26 fan event that takes place later this year in São Paulo, Brazil. With the theme of “Fellowship Forever,” this year’s CCXP is held Dec. 3-6, and Wood is set to participate in a panel on both Dec. 3 and 4, along with photo and autograph sessions on each date. Wood was 20 when he hit the screen as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, which was released in theaters Dec. 19, 2001, and also starred Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett and Orlando Bloom. Based on the writing of J.R.R. Tolkien, the movie was the first in director Peter Jackson‘s trilogy that collectively surpassed $2.9 billion at the global box office and amassed 17 Oscars. “CCXP has a tradition of celebrating major milestones in pop culture alongside the people who experienced …
Carolyn Wood Sherif, pioneer of feminist psychology who foresaw the risks of scientific bias
In the US state park of Robbers Cave, Oklahoma, Carolyn Wood Sherif is standing squinting up at the sun. The two wooden cabins before her rattle with shrieks and cries from excited 11-year-old boys. They have been split into two groups of 11 and encouraged to bond. Over three long, laborious weeks in the summer of 1954, Wood Sherif watches as these boys become enthusiastically dedicated to their allocated groups. When instructed to compete for resources, they grow hostile towards their opponents. The experiment descends into inter-group violence and aggression. This research was among the first naturalistic psychological studies to show how group formation can lead to prejudice and intense conflict. It is considered a classic study upon which the subdiscipline of social psychology – how mind and behaviour are influenced by the presence of other people – was born. Wood Sherif should have made her academic career from it. But in many ways, scientific research is a culture, a club. There are people with the power to warmly invite others to participate, and others …
Suzanne Simard on the wood wide web, connectedness – and Avatar
Suzanne Simard and Rowan Hooper discuss the “mother tree” concept To some, forest ecologist Suzanne Simard is a pioneer in the tradition of Jane Goodall, Rachel Carson and Lynn Margulis. To others, she has veered too far from what science tells us. In 1997, she published a breakthrough paper showing that trees exchange food and nutrients via an underground fungal network connecting their roots, a system the journal Nature dubbed “the wood wide web“. In 2021, Simard published Finding the Mother Tree: Uncovering the wisdom and intelligence of the forest. Her work found a huge new audience, tapping into a public thirst for evidence of community in nature, much like James Lovelock’s Gaia hypothesis. But, as with Gaia, there was an intense backlash, as some researchers objected to the claim that trees shared resources. Simard grew up in a family of loggers and knows better than most the damage that unsustainable modern forestry practices are having on ecosystems. As an academic at the University of British Columbia, Canada, she runs the Mother Tree project, a …
SNL UK sketch featuring Aimee Lou Wood ignites casting calls from Doctor Who fans
Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter A parody sketch on last night’s (2 May) episode of Saturday Night Live UK seems to have given Doctor Who fans an idea. During the most recent episode of the British variety show, host Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education) featured in a sketch lampooning the long-running sci-fi series. Wood played a character reminiscent of one of the Doctor’s companions in Doctor Who, while regular SNL UK castmember Hammed Animashaun stood in for the Doctor. Aimee Lou Wood and Hammed Animashaun in ‘SNL UK’ (Sky) In the sketch, the two exit the Tardis and encounter a revolting-looking alien. With the future of the real Doctor Who currently shrouded in uncertainty, fans seized on the sketch to endorse Wood as a prospective next Doctor. “Seeing tons of ‘Make Aimee Lou Wood Doctor Who’ truthers on the timeline tonight after SNL which is fantasticcccc,” …
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SNL UK: Aimee Lou Wood turns ‘mean’ teeth joke on its head as she prepares to host show
Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Aimee Lou Wood has kicked off her time hosting Saturday Night Live UK by poking fun at the US show’s “unfunny and mean” sketch which ridiculed her teeth. Last year, British actor Wood found herself at the centre of a controversy after her character on The White Lotus was parodied on Saturday Night Live. Cast member Sarah Sherman wore exaggerated prosthetic teeth in an attempt to parody Wood’s appearance, which the British actor took issue with on social media. Wood (left) poked fun at the ‘SNL’ sketch in her week six promo for ‘SNL UK’ (Saturday Night Live UK/Instagram) The Sex Education star, 32, is returning to the franchise as the host of the SNL UK this weekend (2 May), and mocked the controversy in a pre-episode teaser clip starring cast members Ayoade Bamgboye, Al Nash, Celeste Dring and Paddy Young. …
Church trial date set for ACNA Archbishop Steve Wood
(RNS) — Archbishop Steve Wood, who leads the Anglican Church in North America, will face a church trial beginning on July 20, according to an announcement from the court Tuesday (April 21). He has been accused of sexual harassment, bullying and plagiarism and faces three church charges: alleged violation of ordination vows, conduct giving cause for “scandal or offense” and sexual immorality. The Tuesday announcement also revealed that Wood filed a motion to dismiss the case. The court will hear arguments on that motion beginning on May 7. “We are grateful to the Court for its diligent work in this matter,” said the Rt. Rev. Julian Dobbs, who serves as dean of the province, in the statement. “I ask that our clergy and lay members join me in earnest prayer that God, in His wisdom and providence, would bring a just and righteous resolution, that His Church would be preserved in truth and unity, and that all parties involved would know His grace.” Wood was inhibited, or temporarily suspended from his ministry, in mid-November, days …