Ite domum saturae, venit Hesperus, ite capellae.

The cover for the Penguin Classics edition of Ágota Kristóf's Notebook Trilogy coming later this year.

Just sold a book of O. Henry stories. At least once every 6 months, I'll either get a message from Switzerland, or I'lll send the message there, saying: I've just remembered The Gift of the Magi" all over again. IYKYK

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Buddo says you're nearly home & dry.

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Oooh, somebody's come in dressed as the book of Leviticus. Wait, what? Oh, I SEE! They're dressed as "Leviticus as Literature", by Mary Douglas. Apologies, madam. As you were.

Taxi, please

Other things you have to say if you work here When somebody buys a child's birthday card AND The Road to Wigan Pier "Start 'em young. I like your thinking"

BOOK. n.s. [boc, Sax. supposed from boc, a beech; because they wrote on beechen boards, as liber in Latin, from the rind of a tree.] 1. A volume in which we read or write. See a book of prayer in his hand; True ornaments to know a holy man. - Shakespeare #WorldBookDay #Books #Dictionary

Having just bought a copy of Rashomon I've discovered I already own a copy of Rashomon, and, uh, I guess I remembered that differently?

New this week at The Late Set: a deep conversation with tenor saxophonist Mark Turner, low-key genius. (For some people I know, this is a “drop everything you’re doing and listen” bat-signal sort of thing. If that’s not you, maybe listen to find out why.)

They could. And they did. Behold, my death mask!

MAKADAYNU

ANYBODY AT ALL to direct Confederacy of Dunces, let's just get this done now

*Doctor looking at my X-Rays* Doctor: Ah, this is exactly what I was afraid of. Me: Oh my God, what? Doctor: Skeletons.

Around this time in 1827, my friends and family (and I) had given up on medical intervention in the face of my impending death. That's how it goes sometimes.

Julien Gracq (displays boomerang)

I understood this heatherence

Here's one of those passages (first half of the page) sorry I don't have the English equiv to hand ( @stanleybad.bsky.social do you?)

I don't have kids so I dressed up my book as a child for world book day

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Royal Iris of the Mersey set for final sailing www.birkenhead.news/royal-iris-o...

Unable to locate a particular book... Customer: Yes, I'm not surprised it doesn't come up on your database. They're trying to hide it from us. ...haven't had one of those in a while

You can't go wrong with the Opies though. #DressingDown

Willoughby out of 'Sense & Sensibility' would’ve been too obvious for World Book Day’ so instead I'm going as Marianne Dashwood #WorldBookDay

Back of the Driver’s Neck

A racoon came out from behind a tree. “I heard that you were looking for a button,” he said. “Here is one that I just found.” “That is not my button!” wailed Toad.

THE WHALE POD episode 5: THE SERMON

I keep meaning to send Wes a copy of Gryll Grange (Thomas Love Peacock), just so I could see the sets

Barbara Newhall Follett (1914-1939?) was an American child prodigy. Her first novel, The House Without Windows, was published in 1927, when she was only 12. Her second novel was a betseller when she was 14. In December 1939, aged 25, she disappeared. She has never been found. #CelebratingWomen

Another incredible High Concept storyline from Davey and Viz.

aye aye! Somebody's killed 2 birds with 1 stone and dressed their kid up as Lei Feng en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lei_Feng

behold the PORTAL

My own inspiration remains as regrettably current as ever...

On #NationalBookDay I offer "Consciousness has nothing to do with me either/I'm just moving inside it/Catch as catch can't." Fanny Howe.

Elf Uhr.

LOVE the composition in this photo

KYTH AND KYNASTON

We've dressed up as Family and Kinship in East London again

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This country's had enough of experts

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Ite domum saturae, venit Hesperus, ite capellae.

It took me forever to make these, and then the museum just comes up with this whole other back story

“Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair?” Aussiemandias

And represented here in the form of cake for my 60th Birthday.

This golden inscription states: "Aelfred mec heht gewyrcan"/ "Alfred ordered me to be made". In keeping with the Old English riddling tradition, a voice is given to an artefact, in this case the Alfred Jewel. The dragon, also wrought in gold, perhaps protects the figure #WyrdWednesday #MedievalSky