Samira Ahmed
@samiraahmeduk
Bride of Art. Presenter:Front Row, Newswatch, Art of Persia @SquareWindowPod.bsky.social. 20th Century Society Pres. BFI Film Classics Bk on A Hard Day's Night out now:
All my upcoming A Hard Day's Night book events and film screenings are updated regularly here. Do come along. Bring the family. The atmosphere is always fun with lots of shared memories and conversation: samiraahmed.blog/upcoming/
I like how this entire ad campaign is basically Ringo’s luggage for Rishikesh..
Wonderful evening in Nottingham talking at @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social about my A Hard Day’s Night BFI Film Classics Bk 📕 . Thankyou! And a lovely surprise to be given a present by one reader..
Tonight's BBC Front Row: We review @the-rsc.bsky.social's Game of Thrones: The Mad King (with critics @katemaltby.bsky.social&@boydhilton.bsky.social), I talk to Marin Alsop about her American Classics Prom, Anthony Joseph&we remember William Orbit. 715pm or link after: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
On tonight's BBC Front Row: @johnpaulstonard.com and Suzi Feay review the new Irvine Welsh novel set in Vegas; Glenn Close in The Summer Book and the art of Richard Dadd. R4 715 or link after 🎧📻 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Discussion about the Beatles’ first film in the letters page of today’s Metro. If you had a similar experience to Adrian from Southwest London, you need to come to one of the film screenings I’m doing round the country - in Chiswick for example. samiraahmed.blog/upcoming/
Wasn’t that much. But enough to get the lovely smell and photographic evidence of a wet patio.
Very excited to finally see Die Fledermaus 🎶 at @operahollandpark.bsky.social As featured in the Beatles film A HardDay’s Night. 🎬 And thinking of @isabelrogers.bsky.social’s Mum, who was in the scene & shared such a lovely insights about the shoot for my book.📕
New transmission from Moon Base Alpha...My full 2019 interview with the visual effects genius Brian Johnson, who sadly died in June. Link there as well to the Front Row discussion with Paul Franklin about Brian's career and importance. samiraahmed.blog/space-1999-t... #space1999
On tonight's BBC Front Row: One of the most exciting voices in British fiction:Jacqueline Crooks on her new novel Sky City, tribute bands with a twist, France's epidemic of museum smash & grabs, & 2 young illusionists from Now You See Me Live read my mind. 715 or link: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Privilege - The beautiful disturbing Upside Down of A Hard Day's Night, as featured in my book, is getting 2 screenings in the BFI's excellent Peter Watkins season. Do catch it if you can... whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
The loveliest thing about reader reviews of my book is how often people say I've made them see the Beatles' first film with fresh eyes..
Loved this by @gralefrit.bsky.social. And here's the real Talos in the @mediamuseum.bsky.social in Bradford. It's still menacing and tragic..
On tonight's BBC Front Row.. One of my fave actors Bill Pullman on RSC's The Cherry Orchard, comedy, tragedy & being the President in Independence Day. Plus (probably not for tonight) got the full story on his whole deleted dating Bridget Fonda storyline from Singles. WTF. Need to see these scenes.
Essential Front Row research for tonight. Prompts a serious discussion (well in my head anyway) about who would win a Godzilla v King Kong style fight between Zippy and Hartley Hare. Not as easy as you'd think. Hartley is wily, but Zippy is brute force.
Such sad news about Bill Oddie, a Renaissance Man genius, but here's the lovely conversation we had about his amazing comedic musical contribution to The Goodies on Front Row back in 2018. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
Peter Watkins BFI Southbank season alert. Kicking off with a fine panel event with me+The War Game screening - banned for decades by the BBC. Next Sunday Aug 2nd. Films in season include the anti-A Hard Day's Night pop dystopia, Privilege, featured in my book... whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
And with my @c20society.bsky.social head, I particularly love these knives designed for the Festival of Britain..
As Consort or Mistress of the Master Draper I notice cutlers used to make special little knives and forks for ladies’ delicate hands to manage..
The knife collection at Cutlers’ Hall is like being in a particularly wild episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. With The Duke of Wellington in his vampire cloak..
Forfeit Feast at Cutlers’ Hall, Sheffield. Admiring their impressive display of Bowie knives…
And if you read my BFI Classics book on A Hard Day’s Night, it includes an interview with Elaine Jensen who used to work at Drapers’ Hall, but before that was once a screaming girl in the concert sequence with the Beatles..
And if you think you don’t know the Drapers, you might recognise this portrait of the King by Jonathan Yeo, which they commissioned and which hangs in the Drawing Room at Drapers’ Hall..
The Master regeneration caught on camera.. outgoing Master Draper Patrick Beddows on right with the incoming incarnation.. Philip Lawford..
They often hire out Drapers’ Hall for film shoots, which have included such epics as Goldeneye, The King Speech and… Agent Cody Banks 2 🎬🎥
“Up where the smoke is all billowed and curled 'Tween pavement and stars…”View from the Master’s rooftop flat near Bank. Home for the next year. Looking over The Garden built on site that used to belong to Thomas Cromwell till his downfall.