Brian Howell

Cluster.

From Adam Eaker's 'Gesina ter Borch' monograph, p.20.

Summary of one of Yoko Ogawa's really eccentric stories from 'Revenge', a collection of connected short stories.

Making a start on what will very likely be a fascinating monograph on the famous Gerard ter Borch's lesser-known artist half-sister, Gesina.

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500 pages of French. I'm guessing this will take me 2-5 years, the way I read. I used to have the English translation but lost it at some stage before I finished...mainly set in Amsterdam so that's promising.

Elephant Man-esque. Great caves in Ishigaki, Okinawa.

Now I know where Alien's Giger got his inspiration! Great cave in Ishigaki, Okinawa.

Yes, he did the fourth one, Resurrection, but Fincher did the previous one. I liked the Jeunet.

You betcha!

Rewatched this thriller about a businessman whose ordered existence is invaded when he gets involved in an extreme immersive "game". The 90s had all the best edgy popcorn thrillers - prove me wrong. Second-tier Fincher, which is high praise considering he's directed some of my favourite movies.

Agreed, though I'd add Panic Room and Alien III.

Michael Dobson · Flash and Thunder: Marlowe’s Betrayals As Stephen Greenblatt’s Dark Renaissance shows despite itself, it is not Marlowe’s life story that we still need,...

‘There have in effect been only two periods when Christopher Marlowe’s plays have regularly been seen in large playhouses: the age of the original Tamburlaine, and the age of latter-day heroic actors – from the 1930s until the 1970s.’

Michael Dobson on a new study.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Fincher rarely disappoints.

I loved this, but only saw it once, on release.

Someone's dog (café owner's, actually).

One's company.

Elegance.

Don't usually get a chance to photograph a butterfly like this. Ishigaki, Okinawa.

Mystery solved in Ishigaki, Okinawa. It's a way of regulating the water pressure for the surrounding residences, a collection of three-storey flats. I thought it might have something to do with water.

Marketa Lazarová (1967) Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pressure his neighbor La...

An amazing achievement: boxd.it/1uSS

Marketa Lazarová (1967) ⭐ 7.8 | Drama, History, Romance 2h 42m | Not Rated

An amazing achievement : www.imdb.com/title/tt0063...

A sardonic (possibly Borgesian?) tale, from AbeSea, a 'visual paper', issue j, 1996. Edited by Nicholas Royle. Complete story on one page.

Blast from the past, from The New Writer, No.14, Dec.1997/Jan 1998, when I had a short story shortlisted for the Ian St James short story competition.

A new hero.

A checkered history, with more on the way. :)

Resting Face by Brian Howell Dara was lying on her right side. She could never lie on her left, she always said, because it could bring on a migraine. That was a tried-and-tested, solid-gold fact of her life. As a...

My previous Malta story (still on Salt's site): www.saltpublishing.com/blogs/house-...

Thanks so much to Christopher Hamilton-Emery at Salt and all those who gave me very welcome feedback! www.saltpublishing.com/blogs/house-...

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