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Friday, 29 December 2023

Review of 2023

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  At the darkest time of the year, it's good to look back on garden in summer. But before that I looked at what I said this time last ye...
Wednesday, 27 December 2023

The Garden at Christmas

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  Bulbs are beginning to show in the bedding border. The irises look healthy, their corms along the top of the soil. Some of the shrubs have...

Standard Deviation, The People on Privilege Hill and The Snow Garden and Other Stories

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  Graham is fifteen years older than his (second) wife Audra. "His universe lonely and arid" and hers "densely populated with...
Tuesday, 26 December 2023

My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt

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  I approached this book with some trepidation. Did I want to read about someone with an obsession about Judy Garland? It was only because I...
Friday, 22 December 2023

Movies at Home: A Very Long Engagement, Drive My Car and The Innocent

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  A French film from 2004 that was nominated for an Oscar for Best Art direction and Best Cinematography. Co-wrote and directed by Jean-Pier...
Thursday, 21 December 2023

Classic Literature and Cinema on Sky Arts - Dystopia

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  This was the third in the series of films from classic novels courtesy of 3DD Productions on Sky Arts. I had to look up what dystopia mean...
Wednesday, 20 December 2023

Art of Film with Ian Nathan on Sky Arts: Episode 4 - The Depiction of War

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  Ian Nathan presents an episode that deals only with British war films. He talks to Jonathan Kydd, an actor, Simon Heffer, a historian, Chr...
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