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Post by UnseenI on Dec 31, 2019 8:14:21 GMT
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Post by UnseenI on Apr 1, 2020 17:53:29 GMT
Wild mountain goats invade Llandudno
Goats who normally live on the Great Orme are strolling around the deserted streets of the seaside town of Llandudno and making themselves at home while the inhabitants stay indoors during the Coronavirus lockdown. It makes a change from the hordes of tourists who are interested in the Alice in Wonderland attractions!   www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8172811/Gang-goats-RETURN.html
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Post by UnseenI on Apr 13, 2020 17:19:04 GMT
Thijme Termaat’s picture
Dutch artist Thijme Termaat has appeared on here because of his portrait of Peaches Geldof. Another of his pictures makes me think of Alice in Wonderland - the clock and the key are very familiar: 
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Post by UnseenI on Jul 8, 2020 18:42:58 GMT
Henry Savile Clarke, Lewis Carroll and Alice in Wonderland
A Yorkshireman who was named Henry Clarke added 'Savile' as a middle name later in life. His younger brother was given Savile as a middle name right from the start. Henry Savile Clarke (1841 - 1893) spent his early life in Guisborough, which is just a few miles from Saltburn-on-Sea. As posted earlier, Saltburn is where the knitted Alice in Wonderland figures created by the ‘Saltburn yarnbombers’ were displayed. Henry Savile Clarke knew Lewis Carroll - they were both sons of North Yorkshire clergymen - and adapted Alice in Wonderland for the stage for him: “Carroll agreed to Savile Clarke's request – indeed, Savile Clarke’s was the first adaptation that he permitted, and he took a close and active interest in the process and the casting. The extensive correspondence that resulted is held in the Berol Collection at New York University Library, and includes charming letters written between 1886 and 1889 by Carroll to the younger Savile Clarke girls, Maggie and Kitty (aged 16 and 14 years old when their father first approached Carroll.” northyorkshirehistory.blogspot.com/2013/02/henry-savile-clarke-1841-93.htmlHenry Savile Clarke and his play, which was a great success:  
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Post by UnseenI on Sept 4, 2020 19:36:39 GMT
Alice and Guinness
Alice in Wonderland has inspired creativity in many sectors. There are some good historic Guinness advertisements with an Alice theme: 
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Post by UnseenI on Sept 6, 2020 8:17:11 GMT
Another vintage Guinness poster
The series of Guinness advertisements with an Alice theme was designed in the 1930s for the London underground: 
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Post by UnseenI on Sept 13, 2020 18:46:24 GMT
Alice in Wonderland shoes
Would anyone actually wear these shoes inspired by Alice, or are they just for display: 
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Post by UnseenI on Nov 19, 2020 8:58:19 GMT
Alice in Wonderland in Hotham Park
One of the attractions in Hotham Park in Bognor Regis, Sussex is a wooden sculpture of the Mad Hatter and his tea party table. The design is an 8ft x 2.5ft table with clocks in each corner, playing cards down the centre and 8 mushrooms as seating:  
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Post by UnseenI on Nov 26, 2020 8:18:31 GMT
Guinness in Festival Land
Guinness used Alice in Wonderland for many of their classic posters. This one was created for the Festival of Britain in 1951: 
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 21, 2021 19:16:21 GMT
Marta Zubieta's Alice in Lockdown
Artist Marta Zubieta has created some very striking and colourful illustrations that combine Alice in Wonderland with the coronavirus. They are full of symbolism, including the eye in the triangle, and political references,including Donald Trump as the Queen of Hearts and BoJo as the Mad Hatter. “Bristol-based designer and illustrator Marta Zubieta is taking us down the rabbit hole with a new series of artworks that pay tribute to Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland whilst exploring the impact of this year's global pandemic... "I wanted to explore the confusion and self-transformation journey we have gone through since the beginning of lockdown," Marta says. "Alice is the perfect metaphor to explore the reality of the pandemic. The original story represents a child's struggle to survive the confusing world of adults. Going down the rabbit hole, in Carroll's masterpiece, is a representation of going into the unconscious. Covid-19 seems to be the hole that has trapped us at home, forcing us to deal with our inner monsters but also with the voice we listen to the most; the mass media."“ www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/marta-zubieta/Here are two examples of her work:  
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 23, 2021 18:47:46 GMT
Alice and the cramped living conditions
It was very clever of the artist Marta Zubieta to see a connection between Alice in the White Rabbit's house when she grew huge after eating the EAT ME cake and people who are housebound because of the instructions to stay at home as much as possible during the lockdowns. People in homes with little space and no gardens may well feel trapped, stuck inside and unable to move freely, just as Alice did. The original illustration by Sir John Tenniel:  A modern mural by Italian street artist Vera Bugatti. It took 9 days to paint and is 12 metres high:  www.adventuresofyoo.com/2016/07/19/vera-bugatti-alice-in-wonderland-mural/
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 26, 2021 18:59:05 GMT
Alice in Wonderland silk scarf
This beautiful photo shoot inspired by Alice in Wonderland includes a silk scarf showing Alice holding the flamingo: 
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 5, 2021 19:00:55 GMT
Alice Through The Looking Glass shop
Alice Through The Looking Glass is one of the independent shops in Cecil Court near Leicester Square. They sell Alice-themed artworks, first edition books, gifts, clothes... They have a mini museum containing display-only items such as Sir John Tenniel's original chess board.  
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 10, 2021 8:48:44 GMT
Harley, the white rabbit of Cecil Court
Alice Through the Looking Glass had a resident white rabbit called Harley. He used to be seen in the window when the shop was open. He may or may not be back.  
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 20, 2021 8:43:34 GMT
Guinness 200th Alice Versary book
I like the series of old Guinness posters with an Alice in Wonderland theme very much. Some of them are now collectors' pieces and are sold for large amounts. Guinness did not just commission posters: they created a birthday book for their 200th anniversary in 1959; it was a parody of the Alice story and had some special pictures that featured Guinness bottles and glasses:  
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 27, 2021 18:29:39 GMT
The Guinness in Festival Land clock
Another of the special Alice-themed Guinness in Festival Land posters that were created for the 1951 Festival of Britain features a very weird clock and a poem based on something from Through the Looking Glass. A clock was built from the poster and installed in the Festival Gardens:  
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Post by UnseenI on Mar 3, 2021 18:44:08 GMT
AiW exhibition at the V & A Museum
A massive AiW-themed exhibition at London's Victoria & Albert Museum was first reported in 2019. It was originally intended to run from June 2020 to January 2021 but was postponed because of the lockdowns. The opening date is now March 27th. Tickets are £20 and timeslots are allocated. I had thought of going, but will probably give it a miss now. “Exploring its origins, adaptations and reinventions over 157 years, this immersive and theatrical show charts the evolution of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland from manuscript to a global phenomenon beloved by all ages.“ www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/alice-curiouser-and-curiouserHere is one of the exhibits:  A Mad Tea Party, Salvador Dali, 1969
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Post by UnseenI on Mar 11, 2021 8:04:08 GMT
Lewis Carroll and some occult connections
Avacyn a while back we mentioned the Welsh town of Llandudno and its connections to Alice in Wonderland and the Liddell family. I said: “Is it significant at all that the occultist Dion Fortune was born there?” You replied: “Dion Fortune? Interesting... Peaches had a book of hers, in that "shelfie" picture of hers. "The mystical Quaballah." And Dion Fortune started the Fraternity of the Inner Light.” We let this go at the time, but as so often happens you were on to something. A new book, Through a Looking Glass Darkly by Alice expert Jake Fior, who is the proprietor of the above-mentioned shop Alice Through the Looking Glass, has provided some leads and connections related to your comment. First, some introductory words from Jake Fior: “Carroll had a definite interest in the esoteric. I have a catalogue of his possessions, including his library, and he had lots of books on the supernatural...” 'There is no evidence that Carroll was practising magic, but he was interested in telepathy and was a member of the Society of Psychical Research. He also had a well known obsession with wordplay and especially acrostics, and these come from Hebrew mysticism...” 
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Post by UnseenI on Mar 12, 2021 8:40:38 GMT
The Liddells and some occult connections
Jake Fior's book also mentions some occult connections for the Liddell family. This is a tenuous but interesting connection: “Fior’s story tells, in parallel with Alice’s journey, the true story of Samuel Liddell Mathers, a distant relative of the real girl Alice who had inspired Dodgson. ...he had formed the secret magical society known as The Golden Dawn, patronised by major literary figures such as Bram Stoker, E Nesbit and Arthur Conan Doyle, and also by the notorious occultist Aleister Crowley.“ You mentioned Dion Fortune's Inner Light Society and Qabalah book Avacyn . She was involved with Samuel Liddell (MacGregor) Mathers and his various organisations for a while. She fell out with them and started her own occult groups. Another piece of the jigsaw: “While working on the book he found that although Carroll was not a Freemason, the Liddell family were very involved in the organisation.” www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/feb/28/dark-side-of-wonderland-ahead-of-va-show-book-explores-alices-occult-linkA portrait of Samuel Liddell Mathers in occult regalia, and a book that he translated:  
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Post by UnseenI on Mar 15, 2021 8:44:07 GMT
Aleister Crowley and the Alice books
The notorious occultist Aleister Crowley is said to have required that his magicians read both Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Crowley produced The Sword of Song in 1904. It contains a parody of a scene in Alice Through the Looking Glass. A short extract: “YOU are sad!” the Knight said, in an anxious tone; “let me sing you a song to comfort you.”
“Is it very long?” Alice asked.
“It’s long,” said the Knight, “but it’s very very beautiful. The name of the song is called ‘The Book of the Beast.’”
“Oh ! how ugly!” cried Alice.
“Never mind,” said the mild creature. Some people call it ‘Reason in Rhyme.’”
“But which is the name of the song?” Alice said, trying not to seem too interested.agapeta.art/2019/12/28/aleister-crowley-parodies-lewis-carroll/
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Post by UnseenI on Apr 11, 2021 17:42:53 GMT
The Queen and Prince Philip meet some Wonderland characters
The Queen and Prince Philip attended a Mad Hatter's Tea Party at Sherborne Abbey in Sherbourne, Dorset in 2012. She appeared to enjoy meeting some Wonderland characters. Prince Philip loved the book and knew it by heart. Unfortunately, there are no good pictures of him with Alice and the Hatter. He is in the light-coloured raincoat here, back to back with the Queen:  
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Post by UnseenI on Apr 18, 2021 18:37:54 GMT
The first-ever AiW film
Here is a short selection of clips from the first-ever film version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It was made in England in 1903:
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Post by UnseenI on Apr 23, 2021 18:29:51 GMT
Alice and the video nasty
The controversial music video 'Don't come around here no more' by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was released in 1985. It has an Alice theme. She is turned into a cake and eaten by the guests at the tea party.  
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Post by UnseenI on May 21, 2021 8:03:39 GMT
Rodney Matthews and some Alice-inspired pictures
Fantasy and science fiction illustrator Rodney Matthews produced some wonderful pictures for a new, collector's classic, edition of Alice in Wonderland that was published in 2008. Google images of his works are not very good quality, but they give an idea of his style and his talent. Here are two examples:  
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Post by UnseenI on May 25, 2021 7:08:37 GMT
More Alice artwork from Rodney Matthews
The trial of the Knave of Hearts: 
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Post by UnseenI on May 27, 2021 7:14:17 GMT
Marilyn Manson and the abandoned Alice film
“Marilyn Manson once tried to make a film about Lewis Carroll and Alice’s Wonderland tales, but so outraged were the public by the trailer alone that the project died a suitably scandalous death.“ www.sensesofcinema.com/2018/alice-in-wonderland/abandoned-alice-marilyn-manson/The film was to have been called Phantasmagoria and Manson would have played Lewis Carroll. Dressed for the part: 
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Post by UnseenI on May 28, 2021 17:55:22 GMT
Marilyn Manson and other Alice connections
It was announced in 2004 that Marilyn Manson was going to play the Queen of Hearts in another Alice film. Living In Neon Dreams was another of his Alice projects that got cancelled. He has an album called Eat Me Drink Me; one of the songs is Are You the Rabbit?  
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