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Talk: Trump's Foreign Policy in Historical Perspective

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Last night, back with London Social & Cultural Meetups (LSC) for a talk at the LSE about Trump's Foreign Policy in Historical Perspective . Couldn't miss that.. also advertised with the London European Club (LEC). I was in the office, so could walk to our meeting point at Holborn Station - beside the hat stand, she said, and sure enough, that's where I found her. We stood and chatted for a while, waiting for the other attendees - one showed up after a bit,  the other was a no-show. In due course, we headed to the college - where we were directed to the entrance to the theatre, and our tickets were scanned. Ushers were on hand to seat us: Those without a ticket were seated once all ticketholders had arrived, and there were online participants from what sounded like all over the world, when the person monitoring those mentioned the list during the Q+A. And indeed, the whole thing was filmed, and the video is now available online . (No, they didn't catch us in shot...
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Film: Hokum & Concert: Rush Hour

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Last  night, well, there's a new Irish horror film,  Hokum , that I decided to check out - it's certainly highly rated! The Hideout actually went to it on Sunday evening, just late enough that those also coming to the Dracula launch could do both, if desired - and a couple did. (So yes, that was four films in a row for the organiser, who's just flown in from the  States ..) Closest showing to me that evening was in  Peckhamplex   - so, so glad it was a late one, giving me time to do the blog.   And that was two films.. and seven scary things.. in a row! Took a bus straight there - and wow, the place looks run down! Gentrification has not yet come to Peckham , by the looks of! As ever, when all else fails for eateries - as it did here - I headed for Nando's , which was almost empty, and where I was quickly served and well fed. I then retraced my steps to the cinema: The automatic ticket machines weren't working, so I queued at the box office and got some ...
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Dracula Interactive Event Launch & Film: Lee Cronin's The Mummy (#2)

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On Sunday , fifth scary thing in a row.. mwah-hah-haa, 'twas the long-awaited  launch of Dracula Interactive ! It's a  LoMAZ  event, but to be fair, they didn't come up with it - it developed during the  pandemic , based on the fact that the novel,  Dracula , is written as a diary. Anyway, a  website  was set up whereby you could have the section of the novel corresponding to a particular day emailed to you on that day! So.. LoMAZ has decided to read along. Oh, but that ain't the half of it.. On Sunday, we were meeting in our regular haunt of the  Union Jack , and dressing up (preferably vampirically) was encouraged. Happily for that, the predicted rain never came. Plus, apart from (we hoped) making a start on deciding the ongoing schedule of events that day.. we also have a couple of tie-in travel events.. because the action moves to  Whitby  in August, and to  Transylvania  in November! And I had so many ideas for the trips.....
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Film: Rose of Nevada

Today, The Hideout 's sister group,  Movie Roadhouse London , was off to see  The Devil Wears Prada 2  - but that's really not my thing. Instead, I decided on   Rose of Nevada  - I saw the trailer and thought it was interesting. A fishing boat reappears after being missing for 30 years.. two men join the crew, and after one voyage, find themselves transported back in time and mistaken for the original crew.. Closest showing to me was in the  Barbican   - or alternatively in the BFI , for 50p more, so I went with the Barbican . It wasn't booking out, so I didn't bother to book - I decided to get the ticket there and save the booking fee. I did book  Cote Barbican  for beforehand, though. It was a late showing - and boy, was I glad to have a few hours to catch up with myself! Left in perfect time to catch the bus - which was then diverted. For a wee minute, I thought the diversion might work in my favour, taking me closer than I should have be...
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Film: Exit 8

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Last n ight, I headed to the first of two films in a row, back with  The Hideout . Was supposed to be for  Deep Water , a thriller about a plane that crashes in shark-infested waters -  Ben Kingsley  is one of the pilots. But then there was some distribution issue - so instead, they renamed the event " Spontaneous ", and we were to vote on what to go see. They included some suggestions, but I was sure, if there were enough votes for something else, we could do that. Personally, I hoped for   Exit 8 , a new   Japanese   psychological horror film based on a   video game   - a man is trapped in an underground station, and to find his way out, he needs to find anomalies - if he finds one, he must turn back. He must not turn back without finding one, he must not continue if he finds one.. I loved the trailer. Anyway, whatever we were to see, we were meeting in   Victory House   as usual, and I booked for   Bella Italia   b...
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