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Antonia Quirke is a British film critic. [1] [2] [3] As well as writing on film for the Financial Times and a weekly column for the New Statesman, she has presented regularly on The Film Programme, Pick of the Week, BBC Radio 4, as well as Film... and The One Show on BBC One.
The siege of Patras in 805 or 807 was undertaken by the local Slavic tribes of the Peloponnese, reportedly with aid from an Arab fleet. The siege's failure, attributed to the miraculous intervention of the city's patron, Saint Andrew, marked the consolidation of Byzantine control over the Peloponnese peninsula after two centuries of Slavic occupation over its western half.
As Latin power in the Peloponnese waned during the 15th century, the Despotate of the Morea expanded to incorporate the entire peninsula in 1430 with territory being acquired by dowry settlements, and the conquest of Patras by Constantine.
Brexitcast is a British political talk show and television programme produced by BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC News.It was launched on 5 June 2017 following the success of Electioncast, a podcast that had covered that year's general election.
The Ottoman reconquest of the Morea took place in June–September 1715, during the Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War.The Ottoman army, under Grand Vizier Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha, aided by the fleet under Kapudan Pasha ('Grand Admiral') Canım Hoca Mehmed Pasha, conquered the Morea (more commonly known as the Peloponnese) peninsula in southern Greece, which had been captured by the Republic of ...
Radio show The Film Programme Genre Talk radio Country of origin United Kingdom Language(s) English Home station BBC Radio 4 Hosted by Francine Stock Antonia Quirke Original release 2004 (2004) – 30 September 2021 (2021-09-30) Website Official website The Film Programme was a British film review radio programme, broadcast weekly on BBC Radio 4, from 2004 to 2021, presented by Francine Stock ...
Quirke and Robson met as children at drama school in north London. The pair also worked together in ITV comedy drama Shine On Harvey Moon, set in London's post-war East End, from 1982 to 1985.
[72] Some critics were less positively inclined towards the film's intimations of Malick's artistry, with Antonia Quirke of the Financial Times writing that "there is a completely numbing sense that this really is a lost Terrence Malick - that this was done a long time ago, and that cinema's cupboards are empty and there is no new stuff to make ...