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Albert Guerisse- WW2 Escape Line
Albert Guerisse- WW2 Escape Line
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Albert Guerisse, known as Pat O’Leary, was a founding member of the Pat O’Leary escape line (also called the PAT Line) operating in Belgium and France during WW2. Over 600 allied aircrews and soldiers were rescued by the PAT line and taken to neutral Spain. Photograph taken in Marseille in 1941. Albert Guerrisse’s British military honours included the GC, KBE and DSO.
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Good Omens is a story about the Cold War.
The writing and publication of the novel Good Omens coincides rather neatly with the late Cold War (the fall of the Berlin Wall and German Reunification taking place in 1989-1990) and Pratchett and Gaiman would have both grown up and spent their young adulthood during the period of the Cold War.
In Good Omens, two global powers face off in a long-lasting “quiet” conflict in which outright action would be mutually destructive and would at worst lead to universal loss of human life. This is a storyline upon which variations exist in popular perceptions of the Cold War and works of fiction on the subject, including the satirical film Dr Strangelove. (It is perhaps relevant to add that Neil Gaiman at one point imagined Aziraphale and Crowley both being played by Peter Sellers, which is of course a central aspect of Dr Strangelove, in which Sellers plays three separate roles.)
Aziraphale and Crowley are also paralleled with Cold War agents nearly every time they appear in public together. When Aziraphale and Crowley feed the ducks at St James Park, it is mentioned that a duo of Eastern/Western agents are doing the same thing:
The ducks in St. James' Park are so used to being fed bread by secret agents meeting clandestinely that they have developed their own Pavlovian reaction. Put a St. James' Park duck in a laboratory cage and show it a picture of two men-one usually wearing a coat with a fur collar, the other something somber with a scarf-and it'll look up expectantly. The Russian cultural Attaches black bread is particularly sought after by the more discerning duck, while the head of M19's soggy Hovis with Marmite is relished by the connoisseurs.
After Aziraphale runs out of bread for the ducks, they swim over to "the Bulgarian naval Attache and a furtive-looking man in a Cambridge tie," showing that at least for the ducks, Crowley and Aziraphale are indistinguishable from actual Cold War agents. Later, when the two meet at the British Museum, clandestine espionage activities are also taking place:
They were in the cafeteria of the British Museum, another refuge for all weary foot soldiers of the Cold War. At the table to their left two ramrod-straight Americans in suits were surreptitiously handing over a briefcase full of deniable dollars to a small dark woman in sunglasses; at the table on their right the deputy head of M17 and the local KGB section officer argued over who got to keep the receipt for the tea and buns.
The slight fuss over the lunch receipt between British and Soviet agents is further mirrored by Aziraphale and Crowley’s discussion about who paid in 1793 and whose turn it is to pay now.
It is also relevant to mention that in Good Omens, the end of the world is to begin with a "multi-level nuclear exchange," which is a staple of Cold War fiction, including Dr Strangelove. Th possibility of nuclear warfare hung over the duration of the Cold War, with events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis and (more recently) the Stanislav Petrov incident, and a general paranoid sense to the degree that US schoolchildren practiced hiding under their desks for a nuclear attack. (Exactly what protection a particleboard desk would provide against ground zero of a nuclear bomb remains unknown.)
Furthermore, after the failed apocalypse, Crowley and Aziraphale return to St James Park, where secret agents are again present, but things are different:
St. James' Park was comparatively quiet. The ducks, who were experts in realpolitik as seen from the bread end, put it down to a decrease in world tension. [...] The park was deserted except for a member of MI9 trying to recruit someone who, to their later mutual embarrassment, would turn out to be also a member of MI9, and a tall man feeding the ducks.
In this scene, there is stated to be a decrease in tension of the celestial and human variety, which coincides again with the end of the Cold War in the real world. For Aziraphale and Crowley, surviving the Cold War between Heaven and Hell is not about choosing the right side but about rejecting both facets of an oppressive system.
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I bet they don't even realise that MI9 is in fact the fictional branch of the secret service from the legendary MI-High on CBBC
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About that article you posted from Filmhounds Magazine: I can not tell you how happy it makes me that they used the lines about multiple versions being shot in the same sentence as Rebecca's name. LOL It gives me hope. :-) Next thing I'm excited about is cast (Rebecca) saying that MI movies will end when Tom says so and only then will they believe it. Maybe there is a MI9 movie in the store for us after all.
Hi! Yes, of course, those films are Tom's legacy (not only them of course, he has a great filmography) but yeh i think if he wants to do one more and he has ideas for one more he will. And he'll invite the cast and crew and they'll be happy to do it with him. I do think that Chris and Tom have other projects in mind though, they talked/hinted to projects that are grittier and diffrent from MI and I think from creative point of view it's good to have a break and do something diffrent. But then again as I mentioned Tom has great varied filmography and it's like not that he has to prove anything to anyone so if he wants to do another mission he should.
Hope is good:))) we have quite a wait though:)
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Review: MI9: A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in World War Two - by Helen Fry
I randomly found this book on the shelves of Caldicot library. I read a lot of books on U.K. Intelligence services: MI5, MI6 and GCHQ. During the war…. Mt grandfather (GaGa) was in 618 Squadron RAF and 143 Coastal Command. He didn’t really speak to me much about World War 2 itself until quite late on in his life. Typical of an Armed Forces Officer, though, he kept a pristine home and in part of…
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The story is pretty self-explanatory, but I’m still astonished to find such a throwback strip in the back of this magazine circa 2015.
(Heavy Metal #272 2015 – Page 112 MI9: Secret Agents Abroad by JD & JMB)
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Writing advice from experts: Avoid irrelevant scenes that don't advance the plot.
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman: "The ducks in St. James' Park are so used to being fed bread by secret agents meeting clandestinely that they have developed their own Pavlovian reaction. Put a St. James' Park duck in a laboratory cage and show it a picture of two men—one usually wearing a coat with a fur collar, the other something somber with a scarf—and it'll look up expectantly. The Russian cultural Attaché’s black bread is particularly sought after by the more discerning duck, while the head of MI9's soggy Hovis with Marmite is relished by the connoisseurs."
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Sarah Rowan is an artist and thought-leader who empowers individuals and organisations to ignite a better future through creativity. As one of Australia’s top Speed Painters, she has lived and breathed the dynamic process of transformation for over 20 years, turning blank walls and cavasses into thought-provoking pieces of art, with limited time and often in front of a live audience. Merging her artistic talent with her passion for public speaking, Sarah has reimagined the role of the artist, pushing the boundaries of a studio-based pursuit into a trail-blazing performance genre that challenges the limitations of time and space.
After graduating from Converse College in 2003 with a BFA in Studio Art, Sarah started an art business in Greenville, South Carolina, USA before moving to Sydney to expand her horizons. It was here that she used the process of creative futurism to overcome depression, challenge chronic illness and create a new future for herself and her family. No longer shackled by societal norms, she has stepped into the full power of her truth personally and professionally.
Sarah’s strong emotional storytelling, along with her ability to paint fast and think fast has captivated hundreds of clients like Google, ANZ, AMP, Hewlett Packard, Beam Suntory, Mi9, The Salvation Army and the Business Chamber of NSW. She has inspired audiences to embrace their own creativity which she believes is a ""birthright to all” and to date has painted at over 400 events raising over $200,000 for charity.
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