Indeed, two of the most attractive First Love films were semi-autobiographical works scripted by contemporaries of Barber's: Those Glory Glory Days, inspired by Julie Welch's passion for Danny Blanchflower's Spurs team of 1960-61, and The Frog Prince, Posy Simmonds's witty account of her adolescent sojourn in 1960 Paris, fending off amorous French youths and losing her virginity to one of them.
In February, Derby-based studio Bulkhead Interactive launched a Kickstarter for its game Battalion 1944, a shamelessly retrospective WWII shooter inspired by the glory years of the Medal of Honor and early CoD titles.
something like post-retro retro-retro — which would be a more interesting brain-twister if the Beasties sounded as inspired recreating their glory days as they did living them.
Christodorus of Coptus, an Egyptian poet and writer wrote a lengthy (416 lines long) hexameter piece of poetry inspired by the glory of the statues housed within the halls of the Baths of Zeuxippus.
For anyone old enough to remember the 1980s in all its Dynasty/Duran Duran-inspired glory, this entails shoulder pads that are the envy of an American football team, colour so brash it necessitates the wearing of sunglasses and viscose-knit dresses so eye-wateringly tight they come with their very own knickers attached.
Below, see Tales of Auto Elasticity in all its uncanny Americana-inspired glory: .
The new album finds Bruce in his typical blue collar and now Occupy Wall Street-inspired glory as he mixes rock and roll sounds with folk and gospel.
Using original drawings, maps and designs from the time, Fortescue sought to restore the property to its former glories, inspired by the era of Lord Grenville and his wife Anne, daughter of the 1st Lord Camelford.
Stanley Kubrick's 1957 movie Paths of Glory – vaguely inspired by the events of 1917 – was not shown in France until 1975 (although never formally banned).
More than 200 acres of this dramatic landscape – Slepe Heath in Dorset, Hardy's homeland and thought to be an inspiration for Egdon Heath in The Return of the Native – has been acquired by the National Trust and is being restored to the glory that inspired the great writer.
