Lee Farley

Bumrah is just too good

White paperback of Keshed by Stu Hennigan on a small black table with a cup of tea. Outside the National History museum in Kensington, London.

Getting Keshed in Kensington #getkeshed

Good this. I know no-one here needs telling but the more Islam and Muslims can be demystified and shown as what they are, just people going about their day like we all do, the better. If one person with unsavoury views sees this and goes oh right, that’s how it works, that’s fine it’s done its job.

Beta Band, Tricky, Sir Richard Bishop…..

The Children’s Bach is amazing too 😁

Great. I didn’t know much about the case, and the 3 writers offer an innovative approach. I love Helen Garner.

Book stack: Evan S. Connell Mrs Bridge ON the Greenwich Line Shady Lewis MY EAR IS FULL OF MILK: AN ANTHOLOGY OF WRITING FOR LAUREL & HARDY LESLIE JAMISON SPLINTERS Restoration Ave Barrera Slags emma jane unsworth Passion and Affect Laurie Colwin Vigil George Saunders THE MUSHROOM TAPES HELEN GARNER, CHLOE HOOPER, SARAH KRASNOSTEIN ALI SMITH GLYPH ADAM THORPE ON SILBURY HILL DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK JOSEPH NGUYEN SPIDER MAN Jonathan Hickman: ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN FAMILY BUSINESS ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN THE PAPER ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN MARRIED WITH CHILDREN

February 📚

Does this include or exclude Christopher Harborne, the billionaire Thai resident and dual citizen, who spends most of the year in Thailand for tax reasons and is the biggest donor to reform UK?

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Yeah, I’m in. What are the hours like?

Another two managers before the end of the season might work?

Got Supersonic tickets! 🥳🖤

Cheers Tom, great idea. I’m recommending the fantastic artwork of @catherinegogerty.bsky.social

Keep the good news coming! 😃

Dreamt I was in an episode of Doctor Who and the new Doctor was…… Mat Baynton #youhearditherefirst

I suspect people would have liked to vote Green in previous elections, but worried it was a wasted vote for a minor party. Maybe that changes after last night?

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The first woman in Parliament to appear in the Guardian's 'best-dressed at Glastonbury' feature.

You'll never sing that, etc...

Happy birthday/ retirement Claire! 🎉
A quality book pile there 👍🏼

Tonight’s film: Women Talking. Sarah Polley does a good job of translating the fantastic Miriam Toews book into a film, keeping the tight focus and small story / big picture ideas.

Okay, UK writers and book folk, we need to be talking about this. It’s a big (bad) deal.

Nicholas Witchell has arrived at New Scotland Yard with a fishing rod, some chicken and four cans of lager

YouTube video by Half Man Half Biscuit Half Man Half Biscuit - If I Had Possession over Pancake Day [Official Audio]

A song for every occasion.

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Good point. I think the meticulously recreated Christmas room with Action Man helicopter etc might have been too much for me at actual Christmas. Superb show though, Mackenzie Crook is just the best.

Could be a 2-parter, so we get the whole book. Like Wicked! 💚

Joanna Hogg. Dark, tangled, destructive relationships. Extreme silences. Subtext. Repression. Sumptuous landscapes. 👌🏼

Julie Covington, Hyde Park, London, 5th March 1969. Photo by Stewart White. Lovely shoes.

Julie Covington, Hyde Park, London, 5th March 1969. Photo by Stewart White.

Cover of the new Mojo mag with Miles Davis on the cover. Also ‘My Ear is Full of Milk’ an anthology of writing about Laurel and Hardy who feature on the blue cover in cartoon form.

Book / music post 👍🏼

Remembering Tim Buckley on his birthday. Here he is playing Song to the Siren on the final episode of The Monkees TV show in 1968, two years before he released a very different version on his Starsailor LP

This piece is so much better than the pull-quote. It’s a beautiful profile of a fascinating brave strong woman and I urge you to read it.