Victoria Stewart

Just thinking about Theo's speech to the immigration officers chokes me up - never not relevant, unfortunately.

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Bad Dreams by Tessa Hadley Last year I read and thoroughly enjoyed Tessa Hadley’s The Past, a beautifully-observed novel about four adult siblings coming together for a holiday at their old family home. It’s a character-driv…

Happy 70th birthday Tessa Hadley, #BornOnThisDay in 1956!

From the archive, my thoughts on BAD DREAMS, an excellent collection of stories. Chance encounters, new experiences & unsettling scenarios abound in this terrific intro to her work! #BookSky 💙📚

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Lovejoy episode helps antiques dealer identify stolen Napoleon III artefacts Repeat of BBC series gave clue to Paul Gostelow about 19th-century altar cards taken from crypt in Hampshire

Hope you’re doing ok after all that…thought this might be of interest: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Montgomery Clift hearing confession in I Confess

I mean…

I left academia just after the pandemic - the prevalence of a belief in the aptness of the restaurant analogy is partly why. But even if you buy into that, going to uni during COViD was like going to a cafe during a power cut - you’re obv not going to get a hot dinner.

Josh O’Connor carries off the “slept in his clothes” look well

An excellent novel. Also being reissued by @dauntbookspub.bsky.social in the UK!

Have you ever seen the film adaptation, Jacqui? With Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman - very watchable (once you get past the fact that it’s obviously filmed in Dublin, not Liverpool)

Selected Modern Short Stories edited by Alan Steele and published by Penguin in 1937

Looking forward to getting my beak into this

My favourite was, "This is not a standard rejection..."

Leonard Cohen asleep

Quiet everyone, Leonard is sleeping

I would have given the I Was The Future Once Bursary a punt

Yeah, I always felt the lack of a Just Chugging Along Fellowship

I’m *so* looking forward to reading this

For me, the giveaway in the blurb-age about his new books podcast is when he says, “I’ve always loved books” - like Alan Partridge saying his favourite Beatles album is “The Best of the Beatles”

‘Terry’ is just so wrong.

I particularly enjoyed the bit where Jonathan (or whatever) had to change out of his bloodstained shirt and the wardrobe at the long-abandoned house contained one that fitted him just fine. Would have liked to have seen him trying to improvise a bandeau from an old tea towel

Gilgi, One of Us by Irmgard Keun (tr. Geoff Wilkes) I loved this novella, a striking portrayal of a determined young woman set in Weimar-era Cologne. First published in 1931, and subsequently banned by the Nazi authorities, Gilgi (One of Us), was Ir…

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 💙📚

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Sounds like a timely breathing space.

Forgive me for not keeping up, but have you left academia, Jessica?

In the UK, yes

A detail from St. Wilfrid & St. John Berchmans, a 1927 stained glass window by the inimitable Harry Clarke. Originally in the Convent of Notre Dame, Glasgow, and now in the Stained Glass Museum, Ely.

You’re not alone… There was a lot to like in that article.

BBC Four - Afire Tensions escalate among a group of young people at a holiday home by the Baltic coast.

Looking forward to seeing Christian Petzold’s Afire again

Ah, didn’t realise that - may make a foray.

I tend to forget about Habitat now it's online only - they do still have some nice, reasonably priced bits and pieces.

Actually, one of my sets was purchased after you posted a link (a William Morris design from Habitat), so it’s mutual 😉

Asymmetrical carpet pattern 😱

I have about that many. Completely reasonable.