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'There's a certain Slant of light' - Asides (XX)
‘ There ’ s a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons – That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes – ’ (Emily Dickinson) * U...
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Still awaiting a Pauline conversion. :-)
Some thoughts on my visit to Siena's magnificent cathedral, and agnostics and atheists in religious spaces.
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Some thoughts on my visit to Siena's magnificent cathedral, and agnostics and atheists in religious spaces.
somemelodiousplot.blogspot.com/2025/10/ther...
A song I didn't recognise from last night's Clientele gig. Caught the words Kingston & Mr Jones. Digging it out from that. 'Driving South'. Dreamy sublime.
'Though I know you'll never read the words I'm writing now
Shopping lists, ephemera beneath the Kingston stars'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMv2...
'Though I know you'll never read the words I'm writing now
Shopping lists, ephemera beneath the Kingston stars'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMv2...
The Clientele - Driving South (2000)
YouTube video by Dave Bonk
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November 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A song I didn't recognise from last night's Clientele gig. Caught the words Kingston & Mr Jones. Digging it out from that. 'Driving South'. Dreamy sublime.
'Though I know you'll never read the words I'm writing now
Shopping lists, ephemera beneath the Kingston stars'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMv2...
'Though I know you'll never read the words I'm writing now
Shopping lists, ephemera beneath the Kingston stars'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMv2...
Half time at The Clientele, the Holy Mother looking on, the drummer lost at the back.
November 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Half time at The Clientele, the Holy Mother looking on, the drummer lost at the back.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
The Communards (first)
Jeff Buckley (tiny space in Portsmouth)
REM (best)
Morrissey (most, though not for quite some time)
The Clientele (tonight)
The Communards (first)
Jeff Buckley (tiny space in Portsmouth)
REM (best)
Morrissey (most, though not for quite some time)
The Clientele (tonight)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Pulp
Suzanne Vega
Madonna
Art of Noise/Propaganda
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Pulp
Suzanne Vega
Madonna
Art of Noise/Propaganda
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
The Smiths
Moondog
Yehudi Menuhin
Divine Comedy
GnR
The Smiths
Moondog
Yehudi Menuhin
Divine Comedy
GnR
November 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
The Communards (first)
Jeff Buckley (tiny space in Portsmouth)
REM (best)
Morrissey (most, though not for quite some time)
The Clientele (tonight)
The Communards (first)
Jeff Buckley (tiny space in Portsmouth)
REM (best)
Morrissey (most, though not for quite some time)
The Clientele (tonight)
Would it be uncouth of me to have a sneaky chippy tea before The Clientele’s Stoke Newington gig tonight? They’re a band that seem to call for a glass of fine red wine and small plates. It’s only five minutes walk away from Sutton’s though.
youtu.be/pPICBmnli6A?...
youtu.be/pPICBmnli6A?...
The Clientele - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
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November 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Would it be uncouth of me to have a sneaky chippy tea before The Clientele’s Stoke Newington gig tonight? They’re a band that seem to call for a glass of fine red wine and small plates. It’s only five minutes walk away from Sutton’s though.
youtu.be/pPICBmnli6A?...
youtu.be/pPICBmnli6A?...
Right, as an old sailor, I'm more than qualified to assert my opinion in the latest Guardian list. Jaws is No.1, no ifs and buts and 3rd is just insulting!
What's really galling me though, is no place for The Cruel Sea!
"Snorkers, good-oh!"
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
What's really galling me though, is no place for The Cruel Sea!
"Snorkers, good-oh!"
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
You’re gonna need a bigger boat: the 20 best films set on water – ranked!
As L’Atalante is re-released, we count down the best movies set largely on ships, boats, barges, yachts, steamers and trimarans. Submarines banned, as they’re under water
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Right, as an old sailor, I'm more than qualified to assert my opinion in the latest Guardian list. Jaws is No.1, no ifs and buts and 3rd is just insulting!
What's really galling me though, is no place for The Cruel Sea!
"Snorkers, good-oh!"
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
What's really galling me though, is no place for The Cruel Sea!
"Snorkers, good-oh!"
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
I've cracked, lads! The fundraisers in the office need a mid-afternoon pick up. Off to Waitrose. What biscuits do we want?
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I've cracked, lads! The fundraisers in the office need a mid-afternoon pick up. Off to Waitrose. What biscuits do we want?
Fancied a bit of art on the telly tonight. This Turner doc on iPlayer was superb. Some very surprising guests. Chris Packham and his love of ‘Snow Storm’. Man’s got taste.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks
Turner painted the world like no-one else, yet his life remains a mystery. Tracey Emin, Timothy Spall and Ronnie Wood explore his personal sketches to reveal the man behind the art.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Fancied a bit of art on the telly tonight. This Turner doc on iPlayer was superb. Some very surprising guests. Chris Packham and his love of ‘Snow Storm’. Man’s got taste.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
On the bus listening to Víkingur Ólafsson play one of Bach’s partitas … but I’m also itching to press play on this. The internet is destroying us!
The only discovery I've made in my life is this, a gate that sounds like Chewbacca.
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
On the bus listening to Víkingur Ólafsson play one of Bach’s partitas … but I’m also itching to press play on this. The internet is destroying us!
I'm nervous of the dentist and today's visit was going to be messy. The dentist invited me to bring music so I could relax. I thought Bach & the Goldberg Variations would be perfect, then got cold feet, not wanting it sullied by association.
So she chose the music. Florence & the bloody Machine! 😱
So she chose the music. Florence & the bloody Machine! 😱
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I'm nervous of the dentist and today's visit was going to be messy. The dentist invited me to bring music so I could relax. I thought Bach & the Goldberg Variations would be perfect, then got cold feet, not wanting it sullied by association.
So she chose the music. Florence & the bloody Machine! 😱
So she chose the music. Florence & the bloody Machine! 😱
Reading an old review of Sam Mendes and Simon Russell Beale's King Lear at the National Theatre which I saw in 2014. Bloody hell! Anna Maxwell Martin played Regan. And Coe from Slow Horses played Edgar. Inspired casting!
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reading an old review of Sam Mendes and Simon Russell Beale's King Lear at the National Theatre which I saw in 2014. Bloody hell! Anna Maxwell Martin played Regan. And Coe from Slow Horses played Edgar. Inspired casting!
Joined the waiting list for The Clientele's Thursday gig at a North London church (such a North London band and constantly making me realise how much this Wiganer is now a North Londoner). A few minutes later, and I've got a ticket! I will not be Missing on Thursday.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=58XL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=58XL...
Missing
YouTube video by The Clientele - Topic
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November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Joined the waiting list for The Clientele's Thursday gig at a North London church (such a North London band and constantly making me realise how much this Wiganer is now a North Londoner). A few minutes later, and I've got a ticket! I will not be Missing on Thursday.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=58XL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=58XL...
Another trip to see the Neo-Impressionism exhibition at the National Gallery. Wandering and listening to Vikingur Ólafsson’s new album as I looked on. Perfect!
Théo van Rysselberghe’s portrait of the musician Maria Sèthe. Very Quality Street!
Also, what’s Vikingur up to on the grass? Roly-polys?
Théo van Rysselberghe’s portrait of the musician Maria Sèthe. Very Quality Street!
Also, what’s Vikingur up to on the grass? Roly-polys?
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Another trip to see the Neo-Impressionism exhibition at the National Gallery. Wandering and listening to Vikingur Ólafsson’s new album as I looked on. Perfect!
Théo van Rysselberghe’s portrait of the musician Maria Sèthe. Very Quality Street!
Also, what’s Vikingur up to on the grass? Roly-polys?
Théo van Rysselberghe’s portrait of the musician Maria Sèthe. Very Quality Street!
Also, what’s Vikingur up to on the grass? Roly-polys?
The bloody Clientele sneaking two London church gigs in under my radar. Got to have my phone on beep and vibrate for the next few days now, making sure I don’t miss the tiny chance on the waiting list.
November 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The bloody Clientele sneaking two London church gigs in under my radar. Got to have my phone on beep and vibrate for the next few days now, making sure I don’t miss the tiny chance on the waiting list.
Indoors Saturday. Toast and marmalade and Radio 3’s Record Review. Ain’t going anywhere!
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Indoors Saturday. Toast and marmalade and Radio 3’s Record Review. Ain’t going anywhere!
Declan Ryan - new to me - and his poem in The New Yorker.
A stunner. The things it’s doing with time and longing and absence are extraordinary.
Had to read that final heartbreaking line - and the Berryman epigraph - quite closely to get the hint of what’s happening or rather has happened.
A stunner. The things it’s doing with time and longing and absence are extraordinary.
Had to read that final heartbreaking line - and the Berryman epigraph - quite closely to get the hint of what’s happening or rather has happened.
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Declan Ryan - new to me - and his poem in The New Yorker.
A stunner. The things it’s doing with time and longing and absence are extraordinary.
Had to read that final heartbreaking line - and the Berryman epigraph - quite closely to get the hint of what’s happening or rather has happened.
A stunner. The things it’s doing with time and longing and absence are extraordinary.
Had to read that final heartbreaking line - and the Berryman epigraph - quite closely to get the hint of what’s happening or rather has happened.
Reading about an exhibition of protest photography in Edinburgh and loving this shot of suffragettes Christabel Pankhurst, Flora Drummond & Emmeline Pankhurst in the dock. The photographer took the shot through a hole in his top hat. Nobody notices, except one woman to the right. Rumbled! @lrb.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Reading about an exhibition of protest photography in Edinburgh and loving this shot of suffragettes Christabel Pankhurst, Flora Drummond & Emmeline Pankhurst in the dock. The photographer took the shot through a hole in his top hat. Nobody notices, except one woman to the right. Rumbled! @lrb.co.uk
Post parents’ evening curry treat at the Jolly Butchers in Stoke Newington. So important to acknowledge a great achievement.
The boy did alright too! 😅
The boy did alright too! 😅
November 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Post parents’ evening curry treat at the Jolly Butchers in Stoke Newington. So important to acknowledge a great achievement.
The boy did alright too! 😅
The boy did alright too! 😅
Mind blown! Or mind Tango'd. The voice that did the tagline at the end of the "You know when you've been Tango'd!" ads, was that of Gil Scott-Heron.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
‘People still blame me for their perforated eardrums’: how we made the Tango ads
‘Gil Scott-Heron did the closing voiceover. He was giggling away, saying, “You English guys are crazy!”’
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Mind blown! Or mind Tango'd. The voice that did the tagline at the end of the "You know when you've been Tango'd!" ads, was that of Gil Scott-Heron.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
"In the beginning was the Bear, and the Bear was with God, and the Bear was God".
No mention of him in Matthew, Mark or Luke though!
No mention of him in Matthew, Mark or Luke though!
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"In the beginning was the Bear, and the Bear was with God, and the Bear was God".
No mention of him in Matthew, Mark or Luke though!
No mention of him in Matthew, Mark or Luke though!
Fantastic Admiral Fallow gig at One Ninety Four Piccadilly. Highlight: Squealing Pigs.
It's that sinking feeling of being alone
And it's the way it makes you screech
And pulls the skin off your bones
And I can't help but think, as I pick my mouth off the floor,
Will you still know me in a year?
It's that sinking feeling of being alone
And it's the way it makes you screech
And pulls the skin off your bones
And I can't help but think, as I pick my mouth off the floor,
Will you still know me in a year?
November 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Fantastic Admiral Fallow gig at One Ninety Four Piccadilly. Highlight: Squealing Pigs.
It's that sinking feeling of being alone
And it's the way it makes you screech
And pulls the skin off your bones
And I can't help but think, as I pick my mouth off the floor,
Will you still know me in a year?
It's that sinking feeling of being alone
And it's the way it makes you screech
And pulls the skin off your bones
And I can't help but think, as I pick my mouth off the floor,
Will you still know me in a year?
So I booked the Admiral Fallow ticket, but I’m clearly intent on ruining it with cake (and all the trimmings). Just scoffed this and now want to go home and have a lie down.
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
So I booked the Admiral Fallow ticket, but I’m clearly intent on ruining it with cake (and all the trimmings). Just scoffed this and now want to go home and have a lie down.
Discovered that Admiral Fallow are playing London tonight, and after a burst of excitement at seeing tickets available, am now at the middle-aged stage of "But I need to be up early and have a busy day tomorrow ... so maybe I should give it a miss." No doubt, come the afternoon, I'll be wavering.
November 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Discovered that Admiral Fallow are playing London tonight, and after a burst of excitement at seeing tickets available, am now at the middle-aged stage of "But I need to be up early and have a busy day tomorrow ... so maybe I should give it a miss." No doubt, come the afternoon, I'll be wavering.
Love a Tiny Desk Concert and loved this Pulp one. Includes a sparkling Acrylic Afternoons. So, mind your hands in the door of the Paris Metro, Jarvis.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Kl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Kl...
Pulp: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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November 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Love a Tiny Desk Concert and loved this Pulp one. Includes a sparkling Acrylic Afternoons. So, mind your hands in the door of the Paris Metro, Jarvis.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Kl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Kl...