Category Archives: NHS

Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on December 15, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch… Nebraska..life is not all black and white and a seemingly simple story of an older man’s belief that he was won a million dollars forces a family to confront their feelings about each other. Woody(played by Bruce Dern) is … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on November 24, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch… Anno 1790(DVD)..a historic drama made in Sweden and set in 1790. I knew nothing about Swedish history when I started watching this series which is not just a foreign drama but is a insight into the way in which … Continue reading →

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Remember, remember the 5 November…..

Posted on November 7, 2013 by lipstick socialist

In the news this week the Department for Work and Pensions announced that more than 400,000 people have lost Jobseekers Allowance under new government sanctions. Employment Minister Esther McVey said that people were paid Jobseeker’s Allowance only if they were … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on November 3, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch.. The Happy Lands (2012) Set in Fife in Scotland in 1926,  it uses a combination of dramatic scenes, archive film and local people as actors  to tell the story of the miners’ strike which lasted from May to November. … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on October 27, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch… GASLAND 2 by Josh Fox and Matthew Sanchez – the frightening story of what fracking is doing to people’s lives in the USA. Over there its called a fracking frenzy as companies are drilling thousands of wells in major … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on September 15, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch….The Spirit of 45.  Tameside NHS campaigners have arranged a special showing of Ken Loach’s documentary The Spirit of 1945 on Saturday 21st September, 6.30pm, in Mossley Community Centre, Roughtown Road.Mossley. Entrance is free.Premiered earlier this year, the documentary looks … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on August 25, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch..…Kuma. .the story of Ayse, a young Turkish woman, who leaves her village to join her husband and his family in his adopted country of Austria. But, as we watch Ayse arrive in Vienna, the story becomes more complicated and … Continue reading →

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Book review; NHS SOS – a weapon in the struggle to save the NHS

Posted on July 4, 2013 by lipstick socialist

NHS SOS How the NHS was betrayed – and how we can save it Edited by Jacky Davis & Raymond Tallis   ONEWORLD PUBLICATIONS £8.99 Ken Loach is clear about the importance of NHS SOS; Across society, there is a realisation … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on June 23, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch.. Lust / El Shooq…showing as part of a very small Arab Film Festival at the Cornerhouse in Manchester. Made in 2011 and exploring the lives of people living in al-Labban a poor neighbourhood in Alexandria, Egypt. Central to the … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on June 16, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch… Miners Film Weekender at Moston Small Cinema on Sunday June 23. A fascinating mix of films including Young Hearts Run Free which is set in1974 during the miner’s strike in a village in Northumberland. After the film there is … Continue reading →

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