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The utter pleasure at rereading a Tessa Hadley short story, in anticipation of teaching it to MA students, and seeing some of the mechanics surface, and sensing too how much remains submerged. She’s just so good. And she works in layers.

Some more artworks on display at Philip Mould & Co on Pall Mall. #art #ArtSky #London

Wow! BFI are releasing British crime film Strongroom (1962) on Blu-ray from 23 February and in selected cinemas from 30 January! #BritNor #FilmNoir

Gene Tierney 💖👑 @kioumi.bsky.social

What do I care about anything when I can lie on the bed and pull the past over me like a blanket?

This is handy. Someone I follow has been labelled as Rude but seems fine as far as I can see.

Looks like W&N have FOUR more Laurie Colwin reissues coming this month 😃 www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/contributor/...

"Because of my own weight I had been putting on him. Because I was so tired of pulling him down like a boulder, making his life miserable. Because I was so tired of waiting for him to get tired of me, of waiting for that guillotine above my neck to snap." 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/s...

Gloria Grahame y Nicholas Ray durante el rodaje de In a Lonely Place (1950).

I somehow only found out *after* he got elected that Zohran Mamdani, incoming Mayor of New York, is the son of... Mira Nair. yes, *the* Mira Nair, director of MONSOON WEDDING (Venice Golden Lion 2001), SALAAM BOMBAY!, MISSISSIPPI MASALA, the Reese Witherspoon VANITY FAIR, etc etc.

FILM Quarterly, 07, 1970. Cover design by Kiyoshi Awazu designreviewed.com/artefacts/fi... Kiyoshi Awazu was a renowned Japanese graphic designer, known for his contributions across various creative fields including poster design, architecture, set design, filmmaking, and illustration.

First watch: Stromboli (1950). Ingrid Bergman famously approached Roberto Rossellini to work together on the strength of his War Trilogy. In some senses, they met half way, with a film that combines documentary elements with something more heightened and stylized, even melodramatic. 1/4

When Whistler showed 'Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket,' in 1875, he outraged the chief moralist of art John Ruskin: 'I... never expected to hear a coxcomb ask 200 guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face.' And so a lawsuit began.

The Philip Mould & Co gallery on Pall Mall is one of London’s lesser-known gems. So lovely to share it @joiedevivre9.bsky.social while she’s here on her trip! #Art #ArtSky

'The Figure at the Window,' (1907) shows why Austin Spare was once hailed as the next Aubrey Beardsley and attracted extravagant praise from Augustus John, and John Singer Sargent, who described him as England's greatest draughtsman.

This is tomorrow, I know it is staying in, eating soup, watching telly weather but do please come along, we promise to do our utmost to delight you & tickets are free, although you can also order a book with one included

“With the winter veil lifted, the colours around me explode in their vibrancy. Lime-green of the newborn leaves on the Mediterranean hackberry. The borage-blue sea in the Zadar Channel, the sky deep and powdery against the dandelion sun. “ #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/s...

a few thoughts on Alain Resnais' Muriel ou le Temps d'un retour (1963) letterboxd.com/jamesewand/f...

'The Aldwych, London.' (1955) Charles McCall's London is often made up of views from a corner of a city street - his paintings have a strong sense of colour and painterliness just like his mentor Samuel Peploe.

Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione (1837-1899), Italian aristocrat & pioneering figure in the early history of photography #WomensArt

"It’s these small moments of recognition – a specific inflection of his voice, a particular look on his face, a small gesture no one else might notice – that I live for." #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/s...

Kinda love the impossible-to-love DIE MY LOVE

This is "South Hackney Church" by Albert Turpin from his post-war work, most likely the mid to late 1950s. Previous conversations on our social media platforms have identified it as being St John of Jerusalem Church on Lauriston Road. #AlbertTurpin #Hackney #EastLondonGroup

#GermanLitMonth and #NovNov25: Two Charming, Gentle Reads findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/g...

Loved this book when I read it - great review here.

New on the blog today, I've written about SLANTING TOWARDS THE SEA by Lidija Hilje. A sultry, sun-drenched, emotionally involving story of first love, the ongoing yearning that follows and the agonising sacrifices we sometimes make for those around us. 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/s...

Mamdani's speech is SO GOOD: respectful, generous, sparkling.

A truly wonderful film. Stanwyck and MacMurray make a winning combination! #FilmSky

Anna Ancher, At Noon, 1914 Danish painter #WomensArt

Fallen Angel (1945). Starts out great in Jim Thompson territory, a penniless grifter washed up in a small town gets tangled up with a phony clairvoyant act and an on-the-make hash house waitress. I love it when that happens

Zinaida Serebriakova painted 'Bleaching Linen,' a few months before the October Revolution in 1917 - as always with her work of this period there's a sense of Nicolas Poussin's influence, a style that would change after the Soviet period as Serebriakova struggled to sell her work

14 titles have been longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025 chosen from 145 entries in 34 languages. A mix of genres on the list, 10 languages, 2 Nobel Prize winners, poetry, fiction, biography, short stories. Winner announced 27 November clairemcalpine.com/2025/11/04/w...

Watched this last night, and it was terrific! Sam Fuller’s PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET. As James says, it’s lean, mean and sassy - and the chemistry between Richard Widmark & Jean Peters is off the chart. 🔥 Highly recommended! #FilmSky #Noirvember #Noir

“With the winter veil lifted, the colours around me explode in their vibrancy. Lime-green of the newborn leaves on the Mediterranean hackberry. The borage-blue sea in the Zadar Channel, the sky deep and powdery against the dandelion sun. “ #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/s...

New on the blog today, I've written about SLANTING TOWARDS THE SEA by Lidija Hilje. A sultry, sun-drenched, emotionally involving story of first love, the ongoing yearning that follows and the agonising sacrifices we sometimes make for those around us. 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/s...

Oh, Diane Ladd. So good in ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE. We seem to have lost so many of the greats recently… #RIP #FilmSky

Ingrid Bergman for Notorious (1946). Still by Gaston Longet for RKO.

Holds up really well! It is more faithful to the original than I realized, although they have stripped out some of the more dubious sexual content of James Toback's original (and a little of its dangerousness). It is, though, a tighter film overall, with an absorbing performance from Romain Duris

This is one of the studies (1885) John Singer Sargent made for 'Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose.' The lanterns which we can see here were painted with very thin layers of paint; this allowed the light to seem like it was emanating from within rather than just sitting on the surface.

“The dominion of the birds- that’s what we’re up against.” If you’ve never seen this, then you absolutely should: it’s fabulous.

My first review for #GermanLitMonth is the latest novel from one of my favourite contemporary German writers - Daniel Kehlmann - The Director (translated by Ross Benjamin) about the film director Georg Wilhelm Pabst: 1streading.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/t...

Night Windows - 1928 https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/1135145

Right lads, here's one for you: we've a gentleman looking for a Dublin phone directory, anyone got one looking for a good home? Not sure what year the last one issued was but would prefer as recent as possible.

Hotel Lobby - 1943 https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103838

MISS PYM’s DAY OUT, on the iPlayer for the next 26 days, is delightful! A drama doc about Barbara Pym’s trip to London for the Booker Prize ceremony - featuring Patricia Routledge as Pym, various Excellent Women and cameos from Jilly Cooper & Penelope Lively! #BookSky www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Ukranian French artist Sonia Delaunay, Self-Portrait, 1916 #WomensArt

"Madonna in a Fur Coat is a tale of passion set against the economic turmoil of the 1920s: why wouldn't it appeal to readers living through the economic turmoil of the 2020s?" I spoke to Penguin's publisher and "the internet's librarian" Jack Edwards about why existential classics are on the up:

With #NovellasInNovember in mind, I’ve written about ten excellent novellas I highly recommend. Featuring books by Nella Larsen, Alfred Hayes, Anne de Marcken, Irmgard Keun (tr. Kathie von Ankum) & more! #NovNov #Novella #BookSky #Books #Novellas 📚💙 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/t...