Lovely Glynis Johns In MIRANDA at 12.50pm today. A lunchtime treat for anyone who happens to be free! #FilmSky

For #readindies today, my thoughts on the stunning new book by #jeremycooper from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social - "Discord". More here kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/11/t...

‘…and now that the children were away she found she was afraid to speak for fear of disturbing a silence that might, if broken, reveal any number of things that she did not want to see and that she was sure he did not want to see.’ #BookSky 💙📚 #ReadIndies jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/s...

'In the days, in the weeks after Ella’s coming, Esther was not at all happy. She felt that she was always trying to be nice to Ella, and yet always her advances were met—no, not exactly coldly, and yet somehow not met at all.' #BookSky 💙📚 #ReadIndies jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/s...

Vale Backlisted! I so loved appearing to talk about Cassandra at the Wedding in ep148 (and always hoped I'd get to go back for another ep, though it wasn't to be).

Au revoir @backlisted.bsky.social, which has encouraged me to read so many ‘lesser known’ authors over the years, from Barbara Comyns and Rosamond Lehmann to Alexander Baron and Paula Fox. Huge thanks for many, many hours of insightful analyses and pure listening pleasure. You will be much missed!

During WW1, Clare Attwood was commissioned by the Women's Work Sub-committee of the Imperial War Museum to produce several pictures depicting the activities of the Women's Voluntary Service. This work (1918) shows volunteers filing papers in the ballroom at Devonshire House.

First watch: Crossfire (1947, dir. Edward Dmytryk). Celebrated my new VPN with this classic "B" noir on BBC iPlayer, starring Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, and Gloria Grahame. Based on a novel by Richard Brooks, whose 1967 In Cold Blood adaptation I enjoyed so much last month. 1/

‘…and now that the children were away she found she was afraid to speak for fear of disturbing a silence that might, if broken, reveal any number of things that she did not want to see and that she was sure he did not want to see.’ #BookSky 💙📚 #ReadIndies jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/s...

Book 6! What a total delight. My favourite Laurie Colwin I've read. Wanted to stay in that world forever and never leave 💙

That’s it for now. After ten years, we are taking a long break. But our Patreon is alive and well and full of great stuff. Join us there for new writing, chat and online events, plus 250 ad-free shows and 150 episodes of Locklisted. www.patreon.com/backlisted

Illustrations for Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland', 1959 edition, by Finnish artist and Moomins creator Tove Jansson #WomensArt

I missed this when it came out. I could listen to her all day talking about films. So open-minded and perceptive about her choices. Shout out to surrealist gem Daisies as well. youtu.be/fiuHyOtavek?...

Felix Vallotton's picture (1920) depicts late afternoon at Les Alyscamps, a large Roman necropolis a short distance outside the walls of the old town of Arles in southern France.

I enjoyed this very much… #FilmSky boxd.it/d3U3cn

'In the days, in the weeks after Ella’s coming, Esther was not at all happy. She felt that she was always trying to be nice to Ella, and yet always her advances were met—no, not exactly coldly, and yet somehow not met at all.' #BookSky 💙📚 #ReadIndies jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/s...

A tremendous film, one of my favourite first-time watches from last year. #FilmSky

There are some belters to be had here. Thank you for doing them! (Also: my dad's ghost is in one episode)

Eric Ravilious was a virtuoso at capturing everyday scenes and little details from English provincial life. This view (1935) is from the home he shared with Tirzah Garwood at Bank House, Castle Hedingham, Essex.

From the archive for Natsume Sōseki, born on this day in 1867, thoughts on THE GATE (tr William F. Sibley). An excellent, quietly compelling novel of urban alienation & angst. Like a Yasujirō Ozu film in literary form. @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2016/11/29/t...

New on the blog today I've written about STORIES FOR MOTHERS & DAUGHTERS, another excellent anthology from the @blpublishing.bsky.social Women Writers series. Featuring stories by Maeve Brennan, A.S. Byatt, Jeanette Winterson & more! #BookSky #ReadIndies 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/s...

Virginia Woolf book cover designs by her sister, artist Vanessa Bell ( 1920's - 30's) #WomensArt

First watch: Magnificent Obsession (1954). Zany melodrama from Douglas Sirk that first paired Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson, a year before the director's signature film All That Heaven Allows. A reckless playboy tries to absolve his guilt with an improbable and elaborate scheme. 1/2

'Daphne’s existence went on. There were more dances, tea meetings, Lord’s, Goodwood, helping with plays for good causes; the unending putting on of dresses and having pictures taken...' #BookSky 💙📚 #ReadIndies jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/s...

Love is in the air at Manderley Press! Thanks for all your support - February is a tricky month for indie businesses but all your orders have put a spring in my publishing step! Happy Valentines Day, in advance! #booksky #valentinesday

Douglas Stannus Gray's home at 102 King's Avenue in Clapham, SW London was used as a setting for a great many of his pictures. The influence of John Singer Sargent, who he trained under at the RA, is evident in his loose, wet-on-wet technique which gives this work its spontaneity

Today on the blog, one book for two events: #ReadIndies and #HungarianLitMonth “Every night he tried himself and every night he acquitted himself.” (Emeric Pressburger, The Glass Pearls) madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2026/02/08/e...

Today would have been Harold Steggles' 115th birthday as he was born on 8th February 1911. Very sadly, he died, tragically young, of leukaemia, aged just 60 on 13th October 1971. I have attached a few examples of his work along with a lovely photo of him. #HaroldSteggles #botd #EastLondonGroup

“Heavy rains that often fall in February have flooded the low-lying meadows in the broad valley.” ‘What to Look for in Winter’, 1959 Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson

First watch: Une Histoire Simple (A Simple Story, 1978). After Vincent, François, Paul... (1974), another ensemble piece directed by Claude Sautet about a group of friends dealing with professional & romantic crises. This time the focus is on women, especially Marie (played by Romy Schneider). 1/2

'Daphne’s existence went on. There were more dances, tea meetings, Lord’s, Goodwood, helping with plays for good causes; the unending putting on of dresses and having pictures taken...' #BookSky 💙📚 #ReadIndies jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/s...

New on the blog today I've written about STORIES FOR MOTHERS & DAUGHTERS, another excellent anthology from the @blpublishing.bsky.social Women Writers series. Featuring stories by Maeve Brennan, A.S. Byatt, Jeanette Winterson & more! #BookSky #ReadIndies 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/s...

'A Glasgow Lodging.' (1953) Joan Eardley is celebrated most as a painter of landscapes and roaring seas but her work as a painter of people is equally important. This is a tough image, a superb example of her uncompromising realism.

SENTIMENTAL VALUE continues to show throughout Feb, March and April - and it just keeps selling out at the PCC, this one is really resonating with audiences. Why not catch it with Trier's other modern classics, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD, OSLO, AUGUST 31ST AND REPRISE. 🎟️: buff.ly/bYdXvmJ

'Rear Window' (1954) Alfred Hitchcock

2026 reading 🧵 A noir so dark you could get lost in it. Makes the (tremendous) film look like a romantic comedy. Dorothy B. Hughes is one of the greats of classic American crime. Be aware, links to the movie are slight. It’s very much its own beast.

Painted in 1937 in the scullery of Oak Cottage, Wrotham, Kent, Charles Mahoney's great achievement at this house would be the portrayal of his garden and the plants he cultivated. This was also the year he published 'Gardeners' Choice,' a book with the artist Evelyn Dunbar.

‘…I felt all the comfort drain so quickly out of our relationship as it transformed itself into the very things I had sought to escape – loneliness, treachery, hardness of heart.’ #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/t...

From the archive for Irmgard Keun, #BornOnThisDay in 1905, thoughts on GILGI, ONE OF US (tr. Geoff Wilkes). A striking feminist first-person narrative set in Weimar-era Cologne. Fans of Jean Rhys & Christopher Isherwood would likely enjoy this! #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2022/01/06/g...

For @stujallen.bsky.social's Hungarian Literature Month. George Konrad's The Case Worker (translated by Paul Aston), possibly the most depressing novel I have ever read: 1streading.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/t...

Some, not all, are in the same offer on HMV's eBay site, with no 'minimum £20 to get free postage' restriction.

Once again, we have given new life to an old book. @backlisted.bsky.social @regretteruane.bsky.social

There are some terrific blu rays in HMV’s current ‘2 for £15’ offer! #FilmSky

Bloody hell, I just read this in one go. Sending this out to the old crew: it's almost too good to be real. What an amazing book. Words fail me as they did not fail him. Incredible.

'We wait, and wait,' was painted by Derek Jarman around 1960 when he was studying at King's College London. Three years later he was at the Slade, the collaborative nature of designing was always much more congenial to him than the solitary pursuits of the painter.

#BookSky 💙📚 #TranslationThurs @stujallen.bsky.social @joiedevivre9.bsky.social @grantrintoul.bsky.social For info.

“That accumulation of books silting up the flower-free surfaces in the house…I owe to my grandfathers. Both were men who took it for granted that a gentleman should have a good library…they considered a house without books in it uncivilized.” (p44) #NYRBWomen26

I’m in this a bit walking and chatting in Montparnasse! Looking forward to watching the whole thing 👩‍🎨

'JMW Turner's birthplace in Maiden Lane, Covent Garden' (1852) by John Wykeham Archer (British Museum)