nostr:npub1pl796ztklpcwpe50qgqqv7kjgvsl7dd0vdp9m5zhxg24wnv7jfushvm5qw Yes I enjoyed it - plus I'd never heard of this true story until watching the film.
Twitter to remove 'post' button. Musk says "It makes no sense for anyone except me to be able to post."
Late night, Maudlin Street.
During the times of 'Scud FM' in 1991 this was my mental soundtrack, always. https://open.spotify.com/track/0Wku10og9bvduZd6Uvx2lX?si=61c17cbcee2a4825
Thank you for coming to my Ri Christmas Lecture.
I’ll be attempting to do the #20BooksOfSummer23 reading challenge this year for the first time, it’s flexible so I’m only committing to 10. Thanks to Lisa nostr:npub1nr7m80v3xkrhlt3hvmdxcjdvtd3f4c3cyuh9t95epmlhevkvdl6s0665d0 for the suggestion, it’s something I’ve considered in the past to encourage me to read books from my huge tbr list and it was a lot of fun putting this together:
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell - this is one I’ve been wanting to read for ages and it’s on the Women’s Prize shortlist so it’s a good one to start things off.
Bournville by Jonathan Coe - i’ve read most of his books over the years and this one looks to be as enjoyable as all the others.
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan - I’ve heard great things about this short but impactful book.
Strong Poison by Dorothy L Sayers - I want to red this before reading Gaudy Night, as recommended by someone helpful on here.
Free Love by Tessa Hadley - an author I’ve wanted to read for ages and I’ve bought this on audio.
The Fashion in Shrouds by Margery Allingham - a 1938 murder mystery set in the world of fashion, yes please!
Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro (tr. by Frances Riddle) - this is one from the 2021 Barbellion Prize lomglist, a murder mystery where the main character has Parkinson’s and the story weaves in the idea of ‘crip time’.
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney - I read her first 2 books when they came out and bought this one but haven’t got to it yet, perhaps the hype put me off a bit at the time but I just know I’ll love it.
Moshi Moshi by Banana Yoshimoto (tr. by Asa Yoneda) - I remember how beautiful these slim paperbacks were when I worked in a bookshop but have never managed to read one, time to put that right!
Time shelter by Georgi Gospodinov ( tr. by Angela Rodel( - this just won the International Booker Prize and I’m very taken by the idea of a world where people get to travel to a time period for therapy.
Hoping to get through all of these before the 1st of Sept 🤞 #bookstodon
nostr:npub1rhcnl0szyj6f7me5gq6d0tk6mghqyaamykuwdalwwma2wdregrxqg3rq5n Gaudy Night is still on my wish list. Very much enjoyed Strong Poison.
nostr:npub1ryv92znweg3pwu5l0sszpc55v6u8334nvfgzt44qrpt3fp8qjtnspjkz9p What an extraordinary coincidence.
I've been watching a lot of old TV lately. Really struck by the fact that Lew Grade / ITC threw stupid amounts of money at The Persuaders! with its glamorous stars, filming locations, it has the best theme tune of any TV series ever (John Barry) - and yet I find it unwatchably boring. By comparison, I love the low-budget, shonky, grimy Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) that came before it. (Which also has a top-notch theme tune by Virgina Astley's dad Edwin.)
nostr:npub178h85fgemmdfrtwxq5uehw985m0ve7akcm60z9y5z845dd4hw5ds6rhyhr Skegness, the land of cabbages as far as the eye can see 🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬
nostr:npub1jat5xragg9d4c0squ0akj9s3nt3htjlqkr6ygjg6rtvnh4j7fxvqf8jh4n Oddly my laptop renders the cabbage emoji more like a lettuce leaf than my phone, which looks like a... cabbage.
Anyone know where I can find out anything about Chambers & Partners who did graphic design for British TV and film credits in the 1960s? Can't find much online about them aside from their IMDB tags. Who were they? Has anyone collected their work? nostr:npub1c046qlt3y042znxt36vvxs4f2la6tfd5a0ql8edpqxxvq6ypqxfq34mrgj #design #graphicDesign
nostr:npub1y2my82c5lg4c0gznvkhuxtr3funh65gkjcthjqarm69nnznvrfssk5kxr8 Watched Sammy Lee last night. Superb!
Saw an Aqualisa van with the slogan 'Alexa, turn the shower on.'
'Sorry I stink, everyone, couldn't take a shower because AWS East was down.'
On the other hand, it might not be the best idea to read a book 83 billion times better than the one you are trying to write. #notWriting
nostr:npub10mxf70lcktsj4n679wzm6n6cmhqt55tclslxlls5tnrfqtc0r37qcvhkvc that looks very welcoming!
I have Amen Brother as an ear-worm. And I'm sad to say The Winstons ain't getting a cent in royalties for that either.
One chapter in (and it seems like that's as far as its previous owner got), Ministry of Fear is *excellent*. Might have to listen again to the Greene episode of #Backlisted.
nostr:npub178h85fgemmdfrtwxq5uehw985m0ve7akcm60z9y5z845dd4hw5ds6rhyhr And I'm sorry I didn't wait for the end of your entire thread to reply. I see it wasn't neccessarily about media as such :)
nostr:npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3 No worries, you make a good point!
Higham (Kent) railway station, 5pm on a weekday, ticket office closed, station building locked, torrential rain and hardly any shelter, no-one about, no phone signal at all (it's in an old, deep canal cutting), one ticket machine that looked like this...
