英国
Who Are the Rolling Stones? 谷歌图书
作者: Dana Meachen Rau / Who HQ Penguin 2017 - 04
Follow the bad boys of rock and roll from their beginnings in London to their unparalleled success around the world.

Starting out over fifty years ago, the Rolling Stones took the music of the blues and blended it into rock and roll to create their own unique sound. Decades later, they are still hard at work, recording and playing live to massive crowds of adoring fans. Who Are the Rolling Stones? captures the excitement of the Stones on their journey to become the greatest rock-and-roll band in the world.
2023年8月8日 已读
滚石啊滚石,这支滚了最久的乐队,确实体力毅力惊人,这部敢写一点禁忌的内容(但只是一带而过),譬如 Drugs 和地狱天使(只提了阿尔塔蒙特演唱会,没提他们帮名)。这部的插画是少见的刷子风,有几张魄力很强,尤其那张团员在那场臭名昭著的演出后紧急逃往直升机离开的插画,逃出了西部片的感觉。
biography british music rock & roll 传记
Who Was A. A. Milne? 谷歌图书
作者: Sarah Fabiny / Who HQ Penguin 2021 - 06
Find out how stories about his son's stuffed bear, famously known as Winnie the Pooh, made A. A. Milne one of the world's best-known children's authors in this informative biography from the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Series, Who Was?.

Born in England in 1882, Alan Alexander Milne grew up with a love for exploring the woods with his brother and writing poems about their adventures. Alan carried that love into his adult life by exploring the woods with his son, Christopher Robin. Well known for his articles, plays, and novels, Alan considered himself a "serious" author. But one story about a stuffed bear changed his image forever. Inspired by his son and their time playing in the woods, Alan wrote a story about Christopher Robin and his stuffed bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, on a hunt for honey. The story was an instant success, and soon everyone wanted to hear more about the boy, his bear, and the magical Hundred Acre Wood. Today, children all around the world still read his stories in the classic books Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, Now We Are Six, and When We Were Very Young.
2023年8月1日 已读
这位莫非是 Gregory Copeland 的偶像(或许 Winnie-the-Pooh 才是)?这部有超量的插图,看得我甚是过瘾。几条有用的信息:H. G. Wells 是他老师;剑桥的校刊 The Granta 有看头;作为原型的儿子的玩具永久收藏在纽约公共图书馆里。
biography children england writer 传记
摇滚庄园 (2020) 豆瓣 TMDB
Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm
8.2 (20 个评分) 导演: Hannah Berryman 演员: 盖伊·贝瑞曼 / James Dean Bradfield
其它标题: Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm
Black Sabbath, Queen, The Stone Roses, Oasis, Coldplay, Simple Minds, Robert Plant and Manic Street Preachers are some of the greatest bands and musicians of our time, but what is the one thing these titans of music have in common?
This film tells the unlikely tale of how two Welsh farming brothers turned their dairy farm into one of the most successful recording studios of all time, producing four decades of legendary rock music. It’s where Queen recorded their seminal Bohemian Rhapsody, featured in the Hollywood blockbuster of the same name. But Rockfield’s own story has never been told until now.
Fifty years ago, deep in the Welsh countryside, brothers Kingsley and Charles Ward were starting out in the family dairy farming business. But they yearned to do something different – they wanted to make music. So they built a studio in the attic of their farmhouse and started recording with their friends. Kingsley’s new wife Ann left her job in the local bank to do the books, and they continued farming all the while. Animals were kicked out of barns to make way for recording equipment, and musicians were moved into Nan’s spare bedroom. Inadvertently, they’d launched the world’s first independent residential recording studio.
Rockfield’s reputation spread like wildfire, quickly garnering international acclaim. From Black Sabbath, Hawkwind and Queen, to Simple Minds, Iggy Pop and Robert Plant, and later Oasis, The Stone Roses, The Charlatans, Manic Street Preachers and Coldplay - an unbelievable roll call of artists have made music and mayhem at Rockfield.
Legendary musicians give us their awe-inspiring Rockfield stories - sharing with us the highs, lows and magical moments that created some the world’s best-known and loved songs of our times - from Wonderwall to Yellow.
Innovatively told through archive, animation and personal
interviews, Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm is an extraordinary story of rock and roll dreams intertwined with a family business’s struggle for survival in the face of an ever-changing music landscape. Amazingly, Kingsley Ward and his wife Ann, now in their 80s, are still at the helm today, with daughter Lisa 'front of house'.
The film is the debut documentary feature from director Hannah Berryman, produced by Catryn Ramasut from award-winning Welsh production company ie ie Productions.
Who Is Elton John? 豆瓣
Penguin Workshop 2016 - 3
How does a little boy from the London suburbs named Reginald Kenneth Dwight grow up to become one of the biggest pop stars of all time? A lot of talent and a lot of personality! Elton John, as he would later call himself, started playing piano at the age of three. Although he was trained to play classical music, Elton's real love was rock and roll. He cut his first album in 1969 and has dominated the airwaves ever since with songs like "Your Song," "Crocodile Rock" and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight." Known for his outlandish stage costumes and giant glasses, Elton John continues to write songs for Broadway musicals, Hollywood soundtracks, and Top-40 hits.
2022年1月26日 已读
找到一个阅读 Who HQ 系列图书的新角度,从行文里揣摹哪些是传记作者不好意思直说的话,结果发现 Elton John 是个渣男啊。
传记 英国 音乐
Who Was Winston Churchill? 豆瓣
作者: Ellen Labrecque / Jerry Hoare Penguin Workshop 2015 - 4
Born into aristocracy, Churchill cut his teeth as a young army officer in British India, the Sudan, and the Second Boer War. He rose in the ranks to First Lord of the Admiralty and was a staunch opponent of the encroaching German Nazis. Churchill served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century, Churchill was also a historian, a writer, and an artist. He is the only British Prime Minister to have won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the United States.
2022年1月22日 已读
虽说这个系列是超浓缩的传记——基本上是重要事件过一遍,但写得好不好看也考功力,这部就不太行,流水账的“典范”,只有事件罗列,丘吉尔在里面完全没有存在感。
传记 历史 英国
Who Was David Bowie? 豆瓣
作者: Margaret Gurevich 2021 - 11
Find out how this English singer-songwriter and actor who constantly reinvented his look and sound became one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century in this new book from the #1 New York Times bestselling series.
2022年1月10日 已读
写给小朋友们看的传记还是有所顾忌,摇滚变色龙在这本里简直成了温顺小绵羊。
传记 摇滚 英国
Who Was Charles Darwin? 豆瓣
Penguin Workshop 2005 - 5
For use in schools and libraries only. This book is an introduction to the life and accomplishments of the nineteenth-century British naturalist Charles Darwin.
2019年8月25日 已读
这一部写得有点单调,少了点轶事,也看不出来达尔文是个什么性格,嗯,还是说我不应该乱期待些什么。
传记 科学 英国
Who was Charles Dickens 豆瓣
作者: Pam Pollack / Meg Belviso Grosset & Dunlap 2014
As a child, Charles Dickens worked in a shoe polish factory where his gritty surroundings inspired some of the most memorable characters and settings in literary history. Known for his masterful storytelling in books like Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, and A Christmas Carol, Dickens toured the globe as one of the most famous people of his era. Widely considered the greatest writer of the Victorian age, Dickens’s literary masterpieces continue to amuse and inspire writers and readers alike.
2019年8月13日 已读
这本稍微无趣些,没啥吸引眼球的地方。
传记 文学 英国
Who Was J. R. R. Tolkien? 豆瓣
作者: Pam Pollack (作者) / Meg Belviso (作者) Penguin Workshop 2015 - 7
Best known for his epic Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien was born in British-occupied South Africa. His early life was full of action and adventure. Tolkien spent his childhood roaming the British countryside with his family and could read and write by age four. He was naturally gifted with languages and used this skill as a signals officer in World War I as well as in his fantasy writing. By creating alternate universes and inventing languages in his work he demonstrated that imaginary realms were not just for children. Fondly remembered as the “Father of High Fantasy,” Tolkien’s books have inspired blockbuster movies and legions of fans.
2019年7月20日 已读
Wow, Edith and John are Luthien and Beren, how romantic!
传记 奇幻 英国
摩斯探长前传 试映集 (2012) 豆瓣
Endeavour 所属 电视剧集: 摩斯探长前传
9.0 (64 个评分) 导演: 柯尔姆·麦卡锡 演员: 肖恩·埃文斯 / 罗杰·阿拉姆
年轻侦探摩斯被调到牛津协助工作,这里因为一起离奇的谋杀案而乱成一团。年轻女孩的死,她男朋友的自杀,闪烁其词的同学,只手遮天的修车厂老板,位高权重的部长,牛津大学的讲师和她美丽的妻子……这一切都让年轻的摩斯侦探斗志昂扬,却也深陷其中。他利用自己的丰富知识发现了线索,侦破中排除了重重阻力,最终帮助探长破了案。
2019年5月25日 看过
这是本格推理吗?步步推进的节奏很不错,作为前传可以看到主角成长的空间,就是案子本身弱了点。
悬疑 推理 英国
哈利·波特:一段魔法史 (2017) TMDB 豆瓣
Harry Potter: A History of Magic
7.5 (51 个评分) 导演: 裘德·何 演员: J·K·罗琳 / 大卫·休里斯
其它标题: Harry Potter: A History of Magic / 哈利·波特:魔法的历史
20年前,J·K·罗琳所著的《哈利·波特与魔法石》第一次在全球读者中引起轰动。为了纪念此书出版20周年,BBC制作了这部全新的纪录片,追寻了哈利波特心中真实的魔法世界。
这部好玩又惊险的纪录片中满是现实世界的神话、信仰和传说,也正是这些引燃了J·K·罗琳的想象力和创造力。J·K·罗琳在片中还来到大英图书馆《哈利波特:魔法的历史》展览,为我们展现魔法世界背后的真实故事,把现实生活和她脑海中的魔法世界做了对比。从怪异有趣的曼德拉草到伊丽莎白隐形术,从商代甲骨文上的神秘字符再到寻找现实中的魔法石,本片将带你开启神秘的魔法世界之旅。
《哈利波特》的演员们,大卫·休里斯、伊文娜·林奇、米瑞安·玛格莱斯和马克·威廉姆斯等将在片中献声朗读,而本书的插画师吉姆·凯伊也将在片中现身。
本片帮白由艾美达·斯丹顿担当。
至暗时刻 (2017) 维基数据 IMDb 豆瓣 TMDB
Darkest Hour
8.3 (1292 个评分) 导演: 乔·赖特 演员: 加里·奥德曼 / 克里斯汀·斯科特·托马斯
其它标题: Darkest Hour / 黑暗对峙(港)
影片讲述英国首相丘吉尔在作为首相期间面临的最重要的审判:是向纳粹妥协做俘虏,还是团结人民群起反抗?丘吉尔将集结整个国家为自由奋战,试图改变世界历史进程,度过黎明前的黑暗。
2018年7月5日 看过
正面人物全部伟光正,但我其实是当一部有关语言魅力的影片来看的,摄影和道具太棒了。
丘吉尔 二战 传记 历史 战争
敦刻尔克 (2017) IMDb Eggplant.place 豆瓣 Min reol TMDB 维基数据
Dunkirk
8.3 (1998 个评分) 导演: 克里斯托弗·诺兰 演员: 菲恩·怀特海德 / 汤姆·格林-卡尼
其它标题: Dunkirk / 邓寇克大行动(港)
故事改编自著名的二战军事事件“敦刻尔克大撤退”。二战初期,40万英法盟军被敌军围困于敦刻尔克的海滩之上,面对敌军步步逼近的绝境,形势万分危急。英国政府和海军发动大批船员,动员人民起来营救军队。
英国士兵汤米(菲昂·怀特海德 Fionn Whitehead 饰)在逃离海滩的过程中相继结识吉布森与亚历克斯,同时民用船主道森先生(马克·里朗斯 Mark Rylance 饰)与儿子彼得、17岁少年乔治也离开英国,去往敦刻尔克拯救士兵。三人陆续搭救了海军(基里安·墨菲 Cillian Murphy 饰)、飞行员柯林斯及汤米一行人,而战斗机飞行员法瑞尔(汤姆·哈迪 Tom Hardy 饰)则在被敌人双面夹击的艰难情形下顽强战斗。
影片的故事从陆、海、空三个角度讲述,在德国军队的包围下,每个人不得不为自己的命运背水一战,才有可能活着回家。
2018年5月7日 看过
从讲故事的角度来说,以小入手讲这么个宏大背景的故事并不罕见,罕见的倒是一小而终,非常克制,没有为升华而升华,加上这炫技般的时间线和剪辑,成果出落得跟主流战争片大相径庭,挺有趣的实验。
二战 军事 历史 战争 英国
Fantastic Mr Fox 豆瓣
作者: Roald Dahl Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated 2009
Every time Mr Fox steals a chicken from the farm, Farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean grow wild with rage! They're the nastiest crooks in the valley, and they've concocted a cunning plan to dig him out of his hole once and for all. But it never occurs to them that Mr Fox has a fantastic plan of his own ...Releasing October 2009, Wes Anderson and Twentieth Century Fox bring to life Roald Dahl's classic tale in breathtaking stop-motion animation. With a cast that includes George Clooney, Meryl Streep and Bill Murray, this film is guaranteed to delight Dahl fans of every age.
2016年7月25日 已读
故事虽然中规中矩,但由Roald Dahl来写总是恶趣味满满,话说三大恶农本业做得很好啊,家中都是珍馐。
儿童文学 童话 英国
Mastercrafts (手艺人 第一季) (2010) 豆瓣
Mastercrafts Season 1 所属 电视剧集: Mastercrafts
导演: 蒙顿 唐
BBC制作,Monty Don主持,全系列共六集。真人秀手艺纪录片,主持人Monty Don带领三位满怀激情的参与者。分别进入木艺、铁艺、茅草、石器、织造和彩色玻璃的制作领域学习。经过六个星期的学徒与劳动,最后由各领域的专家来评定,究竟哪一位最精通这门手艺。
2016年3月27日 看过
有点真人秀意味的手艺纪录片,很好看!
纪录片 英国
王牌特工:特工学院 (2014) TMDB Min reol Eggplant.place 豆瓣 IMDb 维基数据
Kingsman: The Secret Service
8.1 (1729 个评分) 导演: 马修·沃恩 演员: 塔伦·埃哲顿 / 科林·费尔斯
其它标题: Kingsman: The Secret Service / 皇家特務:間諜密令
哈里(科林·费斯 Colin Firth 饰)是英国秘密特工组织金士曼中的一员,某次行动中,他的战友不幸牺牲,哈里将一枚徽章和一个电话号码交给了战友年幼的小儿子艾格西(亚历克斯·尼科洛夫 Alex Nikolov 饰),叮嘱他将来如果遇到了什么麻烦可以拨打这个号码,然而,这样的机会只能使用一次。
一晃眼十七年过去,破碎的家庭让艾格西(塔伦·埃格顿 Taron Egerton 饰)成长为了一个整日无所事事的小混混,某日,因为违反交通规则而遭到逮捕的艾格西使用了手中珍贵的号码,赶来的哈里在艾格西玩世不恭的外表之下发现了他善良的本质和极高的天赋,于是,哈里决定将艾格西培养成为新一代金士曼,他们需要共同面对的是强大而又邪恶的亿万富翁瓦伦丁(塞缪尔·杰克逊 Samuel L. Jackson 饰)。
神探夏洛克 第一季 (2010) TMDB Eggplant.place 豆瓣 Bangumi Bangumi
Sherlock Season 1 所属 电视剧集: 神探夏洛克
9.2 (1565 个评分) 导演: 保罗·麦圭根 / 尤洛斯·林 演员: 本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇 / 马丁·弗瑞曼
《神探夏洛克》是一部由BBC出品的英国迷你电视剧,该剧将原著的故事背景从19世纪大英帝国国势鼎盛的时期搬到了21世纪繁华热闹的大都市中。
这一次夏洛克·福尔摩斯(本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇 Benedict Cumberbatch 饰)不仅是著名大侦探更是一名时尚潮人。和他的 好友兼得力助手约翰·华生(马丁·弗瑞曼 Martin Freeman 饰)分别经历了离奇市民自杀案件、黑帮走私事件和倒计时炸弹杀人案。每一个案件看似独立其实都有联系,两人每解决一个案子,就又会出现新的难题和的受害无辜百姓。经过抽丝剥茧,幕后黑手莫里亚蒂(安德鲁·斯科特 Andrew Scott 饰)终于浮出水面,最后一集的交锋中,被炸弹和狙击枪威胁的夏洛克和华生该如何脱身,只能等到第二季让BBC来告诉大家了。
画廊外的天赋 (2010) 豆瓣 IMDb Eggplant.place TMDB 维基数据
Exit Through the Gift Shop
8.0 (68 个评分) 导演: 班克斯 演员: 班克斯 / Mr. Brainwash
其它标题: Exit Through the Gift Shop / 从礼品店出门
与妻儿住在纽约的法国移民泰瑞·库塔(泰瑞·库塔 Thierry Guetta 饰),经营着一家古着店。他有一个奇怪而疯狂的爱好,就是拿着摄像机到处随意拍摄。他的表弟是一名涂鸦艺术家,一次跟拍期间,泰瑞深深地被街头艺术所吸引,他开始走访各地的街头艺术家,并拍摄他们在深夜涂鸦的过程,但这其中却有一位大人物总是苦寻不得,那就是英国最著名也最神秘的涂鸦大师——班克斯(班克斯 Banksy 饰)。然而一个偶然的机会,泰瑞得知班克斯将要到美国举办画展,他便借此机会担当其在美国的向导,并在一次一次的考验中渐渐获得了班克斯的信任,在此过程中,班克斯似乎为他打开了一扇充满可能性的奇幻的涂鸦之门,泰瑞甚至荒废了正常工作而专心投入到涂鸦艺术中,他的整个人生轨迹也跟着发生了转折……
本片曾获2011年第83届奥斯卡最佳纪录片提名,同时也是班克斯的首部个人纪录片,他还以自己的方式在英国的合法涂鸦区搭建了地下影院将其公映。
摇滚七纪 (2007) 豆瓣
7 Ages of Rock
8.7 (23 个评分) 演员: 吉米·亨德里克斯 / Pink Floyd
1. The Birth Of Rock (Blues-based Rock 1963-70)
Jimi Hendrix,The Rolling Stones,Cream ,The Who,Bob Dylan,The Beatles
2. White Light White Heat (Art Rock 1966-80)
Pink Floyd,The Velvet Underground,David Bowie
3. Blank Generation (Punk 1973-80)
The Sex Pistols,The Clash,Ramones,Television,Patti Smith,The Damned,Buzzcocks
4. Never Say Die (Heavy Metal 1970-91)
Black Sabbath,Deep Purple,Judas Priest,Iron Maiden,Metallica
5. We Are The Champions (Stadium Rock 1965-93)
Queen,Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band,The Police,Dire Straits,U2
6. Left Of The Dial (Alternative Rock 1980-94)
REM,Nirvana
7. What The World Is Waiting For (Indie 1980-2007)
The Smiths,the Stone Roses,Suede,Blur ,Oasis,The Libertines, Franz Ferdinand ,The Arctic Monkeys
设计天赋 (2010) 豆瓣
The Genius of Design
8.6 (25 个评分) 导演: Tim Kirby
The Genius of Design是BBC2台近期开始播出的关于产品设计的一系列纪录片,每集时长60分钟,通过采访各知名设计师及相关的设计评论者,一起去探究产品设计的历史和未来.
共5集