Rob Watts

Will keep eyes and ears peeled.
Kvikmyndapod is sort of on a hiatus at the moment I’m afraid due to life stuff but we’ll let you know when we’ll be back.
Have you watched The Darkness yet?

This is incredible!! I’m so pleased you managed it and maintained it. I have not touched it. Mainly because it’s in a box somewhere waiting til we move into a new house! But 2026 will be the year!
Your favourite saga?

Hand holding the very thick deckled edge copy of the Penguin books 'Sagas of Icelanders' showing the prow of a viking ship on the cover

@robwatts88.bsky.social I did it!! Two pages a day as a nightstand book (sometimes more when the mood strikes!) & you're through it in a year! I listened to the @sagathingpodcast.bsky.social episodes prior to starting each new saga as well, which helps with insights to look out for 😁 #BookSky 💙📚🇮🇸

I’ve not seen it but I am aware. I’m pretty sure it’s actually from the 1980s which is why we’ve not seen/covered it! And almost certainly why it looks that way 😝

Just watched the video for One Step Closer by Linkin Park for the first time in HD and it looks great!

A classic video that I’d only ever seen in piss poor noughties Kerrang channel quality!

#trainspotting #hunted #fahrenheit182 #orbital #hunchback #icelandnoir #babel #seichomatsumoto #monstrilio #thisisnotagame #moonflowermurders #abba

Books that I have read in the last few months

#books #booksky #penguinbooks #summerreads #anthonyhorowitz #murdermystery #crime #thesafekeep #bookerprize #tbr #penguin #magpiemurders

The Penguin Podcast: S2 E6: Summer Reads with Anthony Horowitz On the final episode of this series of the Penguin Podcast, Marble Hall Murders author Anthony Horowitz tells us how, when a famous actress asks you to write another novel, you do as you're told! P...

Episode 6 of the Penguin Podcast, Ask Penguin has dropped, featuring Alex Rider and Marble Hall Murders author Anthony Horowitz!

Plus plenty of great summer reading recommendations.

Please have a listen here:

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#books #booksky #penguinbooks #queerliterature #charlieporter #tbr #penguin

The Penguin Podcast: S2 E5: Queer Literature with Charlie Porter This week on the Penguin Podcast we talk to writer, critic and curator Charlie Porter about his novel Nova Scotia House, discuss queer books and the importance of hearing queer voices in art. Plus ...

Episode 5 of the Penguin Podcast, Ask Penguin has dropped, featuring Nova Scotia House author Charlie Porter!

Plus plenty of great queer book recommendations.

Please have a listen here:

pod.fo/e/2dfc78

Pour yourself a cup of coffee! ☕

Empire has a brand-new interview special with Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost and star Kyle MacLachlan — all about the show and their incredible friendship and working relationship with David Lynch.

Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0FOr...

#books #booksky #penguinbooks #bookclubs #yrsadaleyward #tbr #penguin

The Penguin Podcast: S2 E4: Book Club Books with Yrsa Daley-Ward Whether you are in a book club or fancy starting your own, we have the book recommendations and conversation starters to make it a success! Plus we talk to Merky books author Yrsa Daley-Ward about ...

Episode 4 of the Penguin Podcast, Ask Penguin has dropped, featuring @yrsadaleyward.bsky.social!

Plus plenty of great book club tips and book recommendations.

Please have a listen here:

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#books #booksky #penguinbooks #debutbooks #firstnovel #catherineairey #williamrayfethunter #fizasaeedmclynn #tbr #penguin

The Penguin Podcast: S2 E3: Debut Books with Catherine Airey, William Rayfet Hunter and Fiza Saeed McLynn What is it like to write and publish your first ever novel? We find out by asking the authors William Rayfet Hunter (Sunstruck), Catherine Airey (Confessions), and Fiza Saeed McLynn (The Midnight C...

Episode 3 of the Penguin Podcast, Ask Penguin has dropped, featuring 3 debut authors!

Plus plenty of great and wide-ranging book recommendations.

Please have a listen here:

pod.fo/e/2d24bc

#books #booksky #penguinbooks #emilyhenry #romcom #romanticcomedy #tbr

The Penguin Podcast: S2 E2: Love and Romance with Emily Henry Bestselling author, and Queen of the Romantic comedy novel, Emily Henry joins us on this week's episode to discuss her brand new book, Great Big Beautiful Life, novels full of spice, and which fict...

We continue the new series of the Penguin Podcast, Ask Penguin with the Queen of Romance, Emily Henry.

Plus plenty of love and romance book recommendations.

Please have a listen here:

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And the new series of the Penguin Podcast, Ask Penguin dropped this week!

Children’s books with Greg James and Chris Smith. Plus plenty of book recommendations.

Please have a listen here:

open.spotify.com/episode/0Yac...

It’s been a while because of a new job (at Penguin Books!) but here’s what I read over the last two months!

#books #booksky #booksiveread #catherineairey #charlieporter #emilyhenry #fizasaeedmclynn #williamrayfethunter #yrsadaleyward #erikaxlsund #gregjames #chrissmith

🚨🚨New Episode Alert 🚨🚨

Rob and Ellie travel across continents and decades for Baltasar Kormákur’s ‘Touch’, or ‘Snerting’ from 2024.

A gorgeous and gentle long-lost love story, set in modern Iceland and Japan and 1960s London.

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#iceland #worldcinema #japan #film

Always remember how much my equine vet daughter laughed when I asked 'is he 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 the black horse, or....?'

The answer, of course, is 'or....' 🤭

Great #film, and great episode from @robwatts88.bsky.social & Ellie on #Kvikmyndapod 🎬🍿

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Underrated Icelandic movie - 2021’s Dýrið / Lamb.

S02E06 - And Breathe Normally (Andið eðlilega) 2018

On the Reykjanes Peninsula two women of different backgrounds learn how to help each other.

Ísold Uggadóttir's debut is a beautifully stark look at immigration and the struggle for normalality

open.spotify.com/episode/16pO...

#iceland #filmsky

S02E05 - A White, White Day (Hvítur, hvítur dagur) 2019

Hlynur Pálmason’s astonishing drama set in the south-east of Iceland follows Ingvar Sigurðsson’s police officer working through his grief while supporting his family.

open.spotify.com/episode/0OBS...

#iceland #filmsky #worldcinema

S02BONUS - LAMB & Cop Secret (Leynilögga) 2021

A non-spoiler discussion of two Icelandic movies that played at the 2021 BFI London Film Festival!

A very Icelandic folk horror and a very Icelandic ‘Hollywood’ buddy action movie!

open.spotify.com/episode/0bwD...

#iceland #filmsky #lamb #copsecret

My local bookshop has hit on an incredible business strategy: be nice to customers | Joel Snape It’s weird more high-street shops don’t behave like this. Friendliness is one one of the few things they have going for them in the war against the machines In today’s hyper-connected world, where I can have anything from a power drill to a little…

My local bookshop has hit on an incredible business strategy: be nice to customers | Joel Snape

If you’re planning on watching any Lynch, my advice is: don’t watch any analysis videos, don’t think about what stuff is “supposed” to mean, just get your own unique experience from it!!

I think people have become far too concerned with the “correct” interpretations of media. Just experience it!!!

Oh Mulholland Drive!

Strange timing with The Traitors’ backwards speech challenge today