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Ann Walker (landowner)
Ann Walker (20 May 1803 – 25 February 1854) was an Englishwoman, married in Britain's first known lesbian wedding, to diarist and fellow Yorkshire landowner Anne Lister. Their union was solemnised by taking the sacrament together on Easter Sunday in 1834 at Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York, which bears a commemorative plaque acknowledging the event. Walker inherited half of her family's estate, Crow Nest, located in Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire, near Shibden Hall, Lister's family estate, in Calderdale. Both women inherited their respective estates during the early 19th century, when primogeniture, the custom of granting lands and property to the oldest surviving son, dominated European law and society. They were travelling abroad together when Lister fell ill and died. Research into their diaries and letters suggest Walker may have experienced bouts of anxiety and depression throughout portions of her life. Early life Ann Walker was born on 20 May 1803 in Lightcliffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lightcliffe
Lightcliffe is a village in the Calderdale district in West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated approximately three miles east of Halifax and two miles north west of Brighouse. Lightcliffe was a separate parish in 1846 in the West Riding of Yorkshire."Lightcliffe" Online Visual Archive of Calderdale History (calderdale.gov.uk). Retrieved 7 December 2011. Lightcliffe is a dormitory village for people working in Halifax, Brighouse, and Bradford, and commuting to , |
Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The majority of Anglicans are members of national or regional ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, which forms the third-largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. These provinces are in full communion with the See of Canterbury and thus with the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom the communion refers to as its '' primus inter pares'' (Latin, 'first among equals'). The Archbishop calls the decennial Lambeth Conference, chairs the meeting of primates, and is the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Bottomley
Christine Bottomley (born 27 April 1979) is an English actress. Early life Born in Rochdale and grew up in an apartment above the family's chemist shop. She went to several local youth drama groups before embarking on a course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, from where she graduated in 2001. Career Following graduation, she made her on-screen debut in an episode of ''EastEnders''. Bottomley has had numerous parts on television, including episodes of the second series of ''Torchwood'', the comedy series '' Massive'' and the drama series '' Hope Springs'' and '' Land Girls''. Her first film role was in ''Hush'', in 2009. The following year she was nominated for Best New Actress at the London Film Critic's Circle Awards for her portrayal of Lisa Thompson in ''The Arbor''. She is a three-times winner of Best Actress at the BBC Audio Drama Awards; in 2014 for ''My Boy''; 2017 for '' The Sky is Wider'' and 2018 for ''Solitary Solitary is the state of being alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O'Hooley & Tidow
O'Hooley & Tidow are an English folk music duo from Yorkshire. Singer-songwriter Heidi Tidow (pronounced ''Tee-doe'' or ''Tee-dov'') performs and records with her wife, singer-songwriter and pianist Belinda O'Hooley, who was formerly a member of Rachel Unthank and the Winterset (now The Unthanks). O'Hooley & Tidow were nominated for Best Duo at the 2013 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Their 2016 album ''Shadows (O'Hooley & Tidow album), Shadows'' was given a five-star review in ''The Guardian'', and four of their other albums, including their 2017 release ''WinterFolk Volume 1'', have received four-star reviews in the British national press. From 2019 to 2022, their song "Gentleman Jack", from the album ''The Fragile (O'Hooley & Tidow album), The Fragile'', featured as the closing theme for the BBC/HBO television series ''Gentleman Jack (TV series), Gentleman Jack''. Their album ''Cloudheads'' was released on 21 April 2023. History Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow, who were both brought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Liddington
Jill Liddington (born in Manchester, 1946) is a British writer and academic who specialises in women's history. Life In 1974 she returned to Manchester and worked in the media before becoming a teacher in adult education. She joined the Department of External Studies at Leeds University in 1982 and became a Reader in Gender History, School of Continuing Education, until her transfer to the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, where she is currently Honorary Research Fellow. Liddington's book, ''Long Road to Greenham'' won the Fawcett Book Prize in 1990. Her ''Rebel Girls'' was short-listed for the Portico Book Prize, 2008. Liddington stood as a Labour Party candidate in the Sowerby Bridge ward in the Calderdale Council election, 2004 - largely to prevent more BNP councillors being elected. Liddington's book ''Female Fortune: Land, Gender and Authority'' was chosen by feminist and TV writer Sally Wainwright as the book she would want with her to read if she was ever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Halifax () is a minster and market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is the commercial, cultural and administrative centre of the borough, and the headquarters of Calderdale Council. In the 15th century, the town became an economic hub of the old West Riding of Yorkshire, primarily in woollen manufacture. Halifax is the largest town in the wider Calderdale borough. Halifax was a thriving mill town during the industrial revolution. Toponymy The town's name was recorded in about 1091 as ''Halyfax'', from the Old English ''halh-gefeaxe'', meaning "area of coarse grass in the nook of land". This explanation is preferred to derivations from the Old English ''halig'' (holy), in ''hālig feax'' or "holy hair", proposed by 16th-century antiquarians. The incorrect interpretation gave rise to two legends. One concerned a maiden killed by a lustful priest whose advances she spurned. Another held that the head of John the Baptist was buried he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. Finke was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as being worth "millions of dollars", as well as part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Rundle
Sophie Rundle (born 21 April 1988) is an English actress, best known for portraying Ada Thorne in the BBC One historical crime drama television series ''Peaky Blinders'', Ann Walker in BBC One and HBO's period drama '' Gentleman Jack'', Vicky Budd in the BBC television series ''Bodyguard'', code-breaker Lucy in the ITV drama series ''The Bletchley Circle'' and Labia in the British/American television sitcom ''Episodes''. She also played Alice in Sky One's 2017 drama '' Jamestown''. Early life Rundle was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. She has two brothers. She attended Bournemouth School for Girls. In 2011, Rundle graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree in Acting. Career Screen Rundle started her career in the British horror comedy film ''Small Town Folk'' in 2007 opposite Warwick Davis. Later in 2012, she starred in the ITV four-part television miniseries period drama, ''Titanic'', created by producer Nigel Stafford-Clar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suranne Jones
Sarah Anne Akers (née Jones; born 27 August 1978), known professionally as Suranne Jones, is an English actress and producer. She rose to prominence as Karen McDonald in ''Coronation Street'' between 2000 to 2004. Upon leaving, she furthered her television career in drama series including ''Vincent'' (2005–2006), '' Strictly Confidential'' (2006) and ''Harley Street'' (2008). Her portrayal of convicted murderer Ruth Slater in the mini-series ''Unforgiven'' (2009) received acclaim. Between 2011 and 2016, Jones starred as Detective Rachel Bailey in the police procedural ''Scott & Bailey'', her second collaboration with screenwriter Sally Wainwright after ''Unforgiven''. She garnered further attention for her roles in ''Single Father'', '' Five Days'' (both 2010) and ''The Crimson Field'' (2014), as well as stage work including productions of ''A Few Good Men'' (2005), '' Blithe Spirit'' (2009), ''Top Girls'' (2011), '' Beautiful Thing'' (2013) and ''Orlando'' (2014). For her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport events. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution. It was renamed BBC TV in 1960 and used this name until the launch of the second BBC channel, BBC2, in 1964. The main channel then became known as BBC1. The channel adopted the current spelling of BBC One in 1997. The channel's annual budget for 2012–2013 was £1.14 billion. It is funded by the television licence fee together with the BBC's other domestic television stations and shows uninterrupted programming without commercial advertising. The television channel had the highest reach share of any broadcaster in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Wainwright
Sally Anne Wainwright (born 1963) is an English television writer, producer, and director from Yorkshire. Early in her career, Wainwright worked as a playwright, and as a scriptwriter on the long-running radio serial drama ''The Archers''. In the 1990s, Wainwright began her television career, and, in 2000, created her first original drama series ''At Home with the Braithwaites'' (2000–2003). She won the Royal Television Society's Writer of the Year Award for the 2009 mini-series ''Unforgiven''. Wainwright is known for her creation of the ITV drama series ''Scott & Bailey'' (2011–2016''), Last Tango in Halifax'' (2012-2020), and '' Happy Valley'' (2014–present). ''Last Tango in Halifax'' won the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series in 2013, whilst ''Happy Valley'' won the same award in both 2015 and 2017. Wainwright is the creator of the 2019 HBO and BBC One television series '' Gentleman Jack'' starring Suranne Jones as Anne Lister and Sophie Rundle as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (film And Television)
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
