Tim Rding

The poster to ‘The Very Edge’ (1963)

Reading a biography of Elizabeth Jane Howard and it mentions that she found the process of working on this film very unsatisfying. So, of course, I had to watch it.

(it’s very anti-cinema; playschool acting and terrible, distracting editing).

Hammer Films’ release of Four Sided Triangle on 4K

Loved this. Like a provincial precursor to Vertigo. Perfect Saturday afternoon film.

One of the first recipes I remember following - it was delicious and it unlocked the pleasure of cooking for me.

Great episode! Really loved it.

(Though this book loses points for not including the traditional scene where Dalgliesh goes for a drive, visits a church and has a spot of lunch and a think.)

An overly dramatic photo of The Lighthouse by P.D. James

Still loving this series. James has an excellent sense of place and the peculiar English eccentrics who chose to live there.

Best label out there. By far.

I’ve long succumbed to the double shelving. Makes finding discs a bit of a trek!

That second row across the front is just going to get bigger and bigger…

It really was. You can read the poems in a breath, but they speak very deeply to the heart

The cover of The Green Month by Matthew Francis

Breath and Dawn and Gull and Yesterday; the rhythm of these poems was wonderful.

Another great month of poetry from Faber.

This is one of your blogs that has made me go and spend money…

I have this slightly worrying feeling that it’s going to stick with me for a long time.

A Kino Lorber Blu Ray of The Whisperers

Extraordinary film. Miserable and terrifying and grotty in a way that very few films can hope to be; the horror of being terminally alone.

Irresponsibly posting my location on social media.

A Kindle and handled glass of a stout beer in a nautical pub

Brookner on the Kindle… Stout Robin in the glass… Fleetwood Mac on the stereo… Doctor Who’s coming back…

Sometimes life is alright.

I’d managed to squeeze in a re-read, but the depth of the discussion made me think I’d missed so much. It was such an enriching listen!

It’s been a run of brilliant episodes recently, but this one was exceptional. It revealed new depths to an extraordinary book

Not especially local - travelled here from Essex as the London show sold out super quick.

You’ll love it. She’s got a beautiful voice and doesn’t give a duff performance. Seeing her a few years back at Koko with a full band was one of the best live shows I’ve ever seen.

A black and white photo of Courtney Marie Andrews at the Norwich Arts Centre

Courtney Marie Andrews was incredible at the Norwich Arts Centre tonight

There is a really frustrating tendency to fiddle with the show. It’s not perfect - we know - but it’s brilliant. It’s brilliant with boom mike shadows, shonky special effects, low resolution pictures etc. People need to stop fiddling!

Every other person I see post this makes me reconsider my choices! He made too many good films!

😂 yeah… very similar choices! But three choices aren’t enough are they? Such a rich filmography that it’s easy to take it for granted

Rebecca
Marnie
Psycho

Logo for Mr. Scorsese, a documentary series for Apple TV+ by Rebecca Miller

This was fine. He’s a great director and very charming, but it races through the misses to present a bit of a hagiography. He’s made better documentaries, that are directly or indirectly about himself in the past.

Though the electric version of Atlantic City is tremendous in the way it extends and delays the descent into criminality. Worth it for that alone.

I don’t think it’s very good.

Can’t say if it’s any good yet… can’t quite believe it exists.

The new release of Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

…I’m listening to Electric Nebraska…

Likewise. One of my favourite films and the dvd I have of it is terrible quality.