"...the language of literature is not an approximate language. it is the most precise language that human beings have yet developed. The spaces it allows are not formless vistas of subjectivity, they are new territories of imagination." Jeanette Winterson #bskbookclub #booksky #literature #books

"Art is not documentary...its true effort is to open to us dimensions of the spirit and of the self that normally lie smothered under the weight of living." Jeanette Winterson, 'Imagination and Reality', from Art Objects (1995) #booksky #books #art #bookclub #bskybookclub #bskybooks

'Fathoming Joyce is fun, if you have that kind of mind, but if you do not have that kind of mind, what is fathoming Joyce for?' Jeanette Winterson, Art Objects #booksky #bksybookclub #jamesjoyce #books #literature #jeanettewinterson #criticism

Yeşim: [Catherine] said—and I think I remember correctly: “We are going to show these Beatles what they should be doing.” l-r: Penny, Audrey, Yeşim, Zee, Catherine [Models: Jessie Bhattacharya, Lizzie Bates, Millie-Lu Lane, Abby Elizabeth, Solomia Tkachivska] #music #fiction #1960s #girlbands

#FilmNoirClub returns next Wed. I’m hosting A WOMAN’S VENGEANCE (1948), in which screenwriter Aldous Huxley wonders: what if the treatment of women in the ‘40s didn’t make them more reserved, or isolated, or even self-reliant? What if it made them – fit to kill? Link: archive.org/details/a-wo...

Episodes 1 & 3 of “The Daleks’ Master Plan.” Like, holy cow!! 🎉

Emily Celine reads from 'No Way To Beehive' at the Book Launch, last week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHZK... #bksybookclub #books #reading #rockmusic #1960s

The book is out now! For fans of the 60s, fans of rock music, fans of women, fans of character-driven stories: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FMX... #bskybookclub #booksky #thesweetpills #outnow #rockmusic #pop #1960s #girlbands #feminism

@unamccormack.bsky.social I've stayed away from Backlisted because I really don't need any more book recs right now, so I completely missed the fact you were co-hosting! I was amazed to discover you were a Jake Thackray fan - and then found you weren't, until quite recently!

The book is out now! For fans of the 60s, fans of rock music, fans of women, fans of character-driven stories: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FMX... #bskybookclub #booksky #thesweetpills #outnow #rockmusic #pop #1960s #girlbands #feminism

I left 5 copies of Rebecca Solnit’s Hope in the Dark in a little free library yesterday and 3 are already gone. Passing the idea along for anyone else who wants to inspire or support anti-fascist workers but isn’t particularly mobile.

“The first duty of a film critic—the sole qualification, to be honest—is to fall regularly, and pointlessly, in love with the people onscreen. Once this stops happening you might as well give up and get a proper job.” Anthony Lane #films #cinema @letterboxd.social #LetterboxedFriday

Less than three weeks now... #booksky #books #bksybookclub #music #1960s @douglasgwilym.bsky.social @tommykrasker.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social

Coming in less than a month now: The Sweet Pills! www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Np... #booksky #bskybookclub #1960s #music #books

Seems to be a theme today: "School to us meant compulsion, dreary boredom, a place where you had to absorb knowledge of subjects that did not seem worth knowing, sliced into neat portions..." Stefan Zweig, The World of Yesterday #booksky #books #quotes #bksybookclub

I remember this feeling: "I was gripped by what I was discovering and resistant to what I was taught and could not connect my intense interest in the world with what was left of my education." Lavinia Greenlaw, The Importance of Music To Girls #booksky #quotes #books #bksybookclub

If you’re in need of a little uplift, or a reminder of the resiliency of the human spirit, read this thread. As the author writes, “What people are doing here [to combat ICE] is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one.”

Coming in about a month's time... #books #fiction #1960s #booksky www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Np...

Coming in February; the best 60s band you've never heard of. #music #1960s #booksky #books

"Every time I am in a book store, I marvel at the depth and breadth of imagination, intelligence, and creativity on offer. We forget sometimes, that people, in all circumstances, have always been and will always be creative." Roxane Gay substack.com/@roxanegay #booksky #books #bskybookclub

We can all use a good laugh these days. So I expanded my essay “THE 10 BEST SCREWBALL COMEDIES“ to 25 entries, with a whole lot of #screwballs that might be new to you. If you love #ClassicFilm, or laughter, I hope you’ll take a look: thatsallsiknow.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-... #FilmSky #TCMParty 🎥

'Death of the Author' by @nnedi.bsky.social out today in paperback! #booksky #bskybookclub #books

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New #ClassicFilm essay today devoted to BRIAN AHERNE, whose good looks and formidable talent should have assured him of celebrity – had he not fallen prey to self-sabotage and indecision. It’s a great cautionary tale; I hope you’ll take a look. thatsallsiknow.blogspot.com/2025/11/bria... #FilmSky 🎥

Virginia Mayo #BOTD, 105 years ago. Here's an old collection of clips: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO4L...

Day 16 #NoirvemberChallenge Lesser-Known #FilmNoir Everyone Should See THE ACCUSED (1949), a feminist response to the misogyny that overran the film industry in the 1940s. Dazzling performance by Loretta Young as a psychology professor who kills the student who rapes her, then covers up her crime.

@unamccormack.bsky.social Just back from Felixstowe, visiting family. Went into the bookshop, The Treasure Chest, wondering without much hope if they had any Bujold. They had some Bujold (these, plus three I already had, £2-£2.50 each). I think that's the most I've ever seen in one place!

#filmsky #moviesky #classicfilm #oldhollywood

#oldhollywood #williamdieterle #classicfilm #studioera

@unamccormack.bsky.social I don't know if someone's already pointed you towards this, but in case they haven't - talking about Star Trek United (should start in the right place): youtu.be/Nf-d6YGRmtM?...

Movie you’ve watched more than 6x using a gif (no Disney, no Star Wars, no LOTR, no Star Trek)

#booksky #quotes #drseuss #books

"It is difficult to be on equally good terms with God and your body." Etty Hillesum, August 1941 #booksky #quotes

"And now I am about to take a[n] enormously long nap, which is the beginning of all wisdom." Etty Hillesum, 1941 #booksky #quotes

Days to show them: the public backs abortion rights. Sign the petition now: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...

"N*zi barbarism evokes the same kind of barbarism in ourselves...We have to reject that barbarism...we must not fan the hatred within us, because if we do, the world will not be able to pull itself one inch further out of the mire." Etty Hillesum, writing in 1941. #booksky #quotes

"Reality does not chime with my imagination, because my imagination tends to run riot." Etty Hillesum #booksky #quotes

@unamccormack.bsky.social I'm sure you've come across this channel before,but in case you missed it, I thought you might enjoy this discussion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtdJ...

"I had never been to Bree."

Genius.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. ("Hard mode" is not hard, as although I've seen most, I haven't watched any Star Trek, Star Wars or LOTR film more than six times)

@simonguy.bsky.social Hi, Have you encountered this booktuber? He seems to me the kind of reader you'd like (and his top book was fantasy, which I didn't expect!): www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOMc...

Another rather mixed bag this week... #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

#LetterboxedFriday I haven't actually watched four films this week (too many old TV episodes...), so no #LastFourWatched but I wanted to shout out Stick It, in particular, as a wonderfully entertaining and uplifting story. (Funny how Bridges' name, but not his face, is so often on the posters.)

Simone Weil – one of the vastest, most underappreciated minds of the past century – on how to make use of your suffering www.themarginalian.org/2015/05/12/s...

Paul McCartney, London, 1978. by photographer Linda McCartney #womensart

Absolutely wonderful (and timely) episode of Backlisted on Hannah Arendt, with guests Elif Shafak and Lyndsey Stonebridge. @backlisted.bsky.social 📚 www.backlisted.fm

Just draw the fuckin thing yourself. The imperfection is part of the charm. The fact that you drew it is the whole fuckin point. Don't embarrass yourself engineering a prompt, just pick up whatever you have at hand and give it a go. Be a human being.

It's 20 years today since #DoctorWho returned to BBC One. But how did it happen? My book The Long Game tells how the show went from the TV Movie in May 1996 to a full recommission in September 2003, and is available now from @tenacrefilms.bsky.social: tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com/product/the-...