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  • Rowling’s New Twitter Header – and News of Book 7

    ByNick Jeffery December 16, 2022February 12, 2024
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    J. K. Rowling has updated her twitter header in the run up to Christmas. This time it is a partial image of a decorated Christmas tree. The last time she did this was in December 2015: All J. K. Rowling’s Twitter Headers.

    Christmas trees are important to Rowling, so it is always worth paying close attention to hers, and this time there is an unusual decoration attached.

    The decoration is in the form of a suffragette or member of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), dressed in the Union colours of purple (for loyalty and dignity), white (for purity) and green (for hope). The colours also have the hidden meaning GWV – Green White Violet – Give Women Votes!

    The suffragette colours have also been used by women organised to oppose attempts to reduce or remove protections for women’s sex in UK law, for example the Scottish Feminist Network. The decoration itself can be picked up online from quite a few places, particularly London based museums such as the Victoria and Albert Museum.

    Hot on the heels of changing her header Rowling revealed that she is about two thirds of the way through writing Book 7 of the Strike series.

     

    Following up this with the revelation last night that this means part six of (presumably) a nine part book.

     

  • Who Will Be Watching Tonight?

    ByJohn December 11, 2022
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    Tom Burke was on BBC Breakfast from 7:51am this morning. Here’s a clip they played, showing Robin asking Strike what his star sign is ✨ pic.twitter.com/xFig0zTXlG

    — Strike (@CormStrikeFan) December 7, 2022

    Very, very disappointing adaptation of this conversation, alas. The “meaning” bit is a fun play on the Potter-Dumbledore conversation at King’s Cross in Deathly Hallows, all of which is lost here.

    Anyway, who will be watching this tonight on the BBC? Please let us know if it is better than this sneak preview.

  • Troubled Blood BBC1 Trailer Thoughts

    ByJohn November 28, 2022February 12, 2024
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    Louise Freeman posted a link yesterday to the trailer thas been released for the Bronte Studio’s adaptation of Troubled Blood for BBC1, a series of four shows that will be released on 11 December, a prime time to promote the series before peak Christmas shopping.

    It’s very brief but the clips provided are intriguing, both for what they show and do not show.

    After the jump, five first-thoughts on this adaptation in light of the clip! Read More “Troubled Blood BBC1 Trailer Thoughts”

  • Troubled Blood BBC Trailer Posted

    ByLouise Freeman November 27, 2022April 1, 2026
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    See here.

    It’s brief, so not a lot to see, but it is something.  The series airs for the UK on BBC December 11th, and apparently all 4 episodes will be released at once. No word on when it will be available in the US, though I’ll keep my eyes open for a Youtube copy.

    The one thing I noticed was that Margot appears to be wearing cat, rather than bunny ears, suggesting the writers went with a fictional Playboy-like club, rather than the original.

  • Beatrice Groves – Silkworm and Ink Black Heart

    ByNick Jeffery November 26, 2022February 12, 2024
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    As the first flush of excitement after the publication of Ink Black Heart has passed, many serious readers are now on to our first (or more!) re-reads. We are fortunate to have some enticing revelations from J. K. Rowling delivered during both her scripted and unscripted Q&A sessions.  Beatrice Groves, Research Lecturer and tutor at Trinity College, Oxford, and author of  Literary Allusion in Harry Potter, has written a Hogwarts Professor Guest Post: Silkworm and Ink Black Heart.

     

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