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What lovely tributes to brilliant Brian Robinson - from Partadown, via queertopia. Not once did I hear him say a boring thing. www.screendaily.com/news/tribute...

Tributes paid to “transgressive rebel” Brian Robinson, BFI Flare stalwart, who has died aged 67Ben Roberts, Tricia Tuttle and Briony Hanson among those who paid tribute.www.screendaily.com

For me, the best directed blockbuster of this summer is Spider-Man: Brand New Day. In these circles-within-circles Marvel CU movies, the filmmakers have to fight against emptiness and artifice. This one succeeds I think. It has action-spectacle, but knows about repose too.

I did a podcast about documentaries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Empire klassiki.online/mark-cousins...

Mark Cousins tells the history of documentary filmMark Cousins joins host Sam Goff to discuss his epic Story of Documentary Film and the role of Eastern Europe in non-fiction history.klassiki.online

As a former altar boy, I endorse this www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Like Burnham, I was an altar boy. His Catholic upbringing is shaping the way he governs |Julian ComanWith a prime minister raised in a tradition that emphasises our mutual dependency, we may finally have a leader who can address the anomie gripping our country, says Guardian associate editor Julian C...www.theguardian.com

Just saw Clash by Night, stormy 50s ideasy drama directed by Fritz Lang. Clifford Odets play I think, adapted by the great Alfred Hayes. Feminism, love as destruction. B Stanwyck, Marilyn M both full throttle. Heady, steely

Ok, if you really want to buy me a pied a terre in London, I'll take this one. Thanks. themodernhouse.com/sales-list/d...

Dehavilland Studios III, Theydon Road, London E5This striking apartment occupies a sought-after corner position in Clapton’s iconic Dehavilland Studios.themodernhouse.com

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Inspiring www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

‘I will die for this cause’: how India’s cockroach meme became the biggest challenge to Modi’s grip on powerPrime minister’s propaganda machine falters as fiercely secular youth protests reclaim nationalismwww.theguardian.com

To London today, to do a talk at the Architectural Association. And see Zurbaran pictures.

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Eartha Kitt was cast as Helen of Troy in 1950Eartha Kitt co-starred with Orson Welles in "Time Runs."wellesnet.com

If you're in UK, my career interview with Rod Steiger, in which I chose ten clips from his movies and we talked about them in depth, is on BBCIplayer www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... He and his wife flew to Edinburgh to do it. Bought me lovely wine. I stayed in touch with him. Passionate, political.

BBC Two - Scene by Scene, Rod SteigerRod Steiger talks to Mark Cousins about some of his most celebrated roles.www.bbc.co.uk

Have said this before, but if Manchester is "North" in Andy Burnham's language and imagination, where does that leave the 26 million of us in UK who live North of Manchester? Are we north of the north? (And btw, I love + have spent lots of time in Manchester, Newcastle, Warrington, etc)

Front row for The Odyssey

Yerevan's only remaining mosque. So similar to the ones in Iran. Also a cultural centre

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Yes!

Back in my hotel after getting this gorgeous award in Armenia. I need to dance.

Images from the Paradjanov museum here in Yerevan

Geghard monastery, Armenia, today

Luton airport completely mobbed, but I skulked about and found this haven