David Collard
@davidcollard.bsky.social
Autheur. Unfluencer.
'A Crumpled Swan' (2025)
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'Multiple Joyce' (2022)
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'A Crumpled Swan' (2025)
https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/a_crumpled_swan/
'Multiple Joyce' (2022)
https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/multiple_joyce/
(No DMs. I block anonymous followers with no bio or original posts)
Whenever I checked the live feed yesterday there were tourists - sometimes large groups - lining up to risk their lives on this busy stretch of road. It went on well after dark. A very odd London attraction, and surprisingly uncommodified. Hundreds of visitors every day.
January 27, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Whenever I checked the live feed yesterday there were tourists - sometimes large groups - lining up to risk their lives on this busy stretch of road. It went on well after dark. A very odd London attraction, and surprisingly uncommodified. Hundreds of visitors every day.
An Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Poundland Mussolini
January 27, 2026 at 8:47 AM
An Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Poundland Mussolini
Of interest, @regretteruane.bsky.social ?
January 26, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Of interest, @regretteruane.bsky.social ?
Griffin Dunne in 'After Hours'
January 25, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Griffin Dunne in 'After Hours'
Surprised nobody has contributed 'all gong and no dinner' (usually applied to something that offers a great deal and fails to deliver)
January 25, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Surprised nobody has contributed 'all gong and no dinner' (usually applied to something that offers a great deal and fails to deliver)
A seeping burlap bag of sentient offal.
January 24, 2026 at 8:33 PM
A seeping burlap bag of sentient offal.
- That's Mr Martins' little joke, of course. We all know perfectly well Zane Grey wrote what we call westerns. Cowboys and bandits.
- Mr James Joyce. Now, where would you put him?
- Oh... would you mind repeating that question?
- I said, where would you put Mr James Joyce? In what category?
- Mr James Joyce. Now, where would you put him?
- Oh... would you mind repeating that question?
- I said, where would you put Mr James Joyce? In what category?
January 24, 2026 at 3:59 AM
- That's Mr Martins' little joke, of course. We all know perfectly well Zane Grey wrote what we call westerns. Cowboys and bandits.
- Mr James Joyce. Now, where would you put him?
- Oh... would you mind repeating that question?
- I said, where would you put Mr James Joyce? In what category?
- Mr James Joyce. Now, where would you put him?
- Oh... would you mind repeating that question?
- I said, where would you put Mr James Joyce? In what category?
Congratulaions! (Aren't all haircuts, apart from this one, asymmetric?)
January 23, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Congratulaions! (Aren't all haircuts, apart from this one, asymmetric?)
Playing the minor role of a poet in 'Orphée' is Roger Blin (on the right). Three years later he directed the first-ever production of 'En attendant Godot' in Paris.
January 22, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Playing the minor role of a poet in 'Orphée' is Roger Blin (on the right). Three years later he directed the first-ever production of 'En attendant Godot' in Paris.
Watching Cocteau's 'Orphée' (1950). He asks and answers all the big questions.
January 22, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Watching Cocteau's 'Orphée' (1950). He asks and answers all the big questions.
The inanity of evil
January 21, 2026 at 2:08 PM
The inanity of evil
Strongly recommended.
January 20, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Strongly recommended.
This is a great loss. I expected this to be the main attraction in Huddersfield's Boniface Centre (like the door from 7 Eccles Street in Dublin)
January 20, 2026 at 8:28 AM
This is a great loss. I expected this to be the main attraction in Huddersfield's Boniface Centre (like the door from 7 Eccles Street in Dublin)
'Unresting death, one whole day nearer now'
January 17, 2026 at 5:06 PM
'Unresting death, one whole day nearer now'
Reminds me of this
January 17, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Reminds me of this
The epic melancholy of abandoned towns in remote Montana, created by the railroads in the early 20th century and now isolated backwaters with a handful of residents. Beautifully photographed by Chris Attrell. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYhB...
January 17, 2026 at 8:41 AM
The epic melancholy of abandoned towns in remote Montana, created by the railroads in the early 20th century and now isolated backwaters with a handful of residents. Beautifully photographed by Chris Attrell. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYhB...
Phelim McDermot's 2014 staging of Mozart's Così fan tutte returns to the London Colosseum next month. It's set in 1950s Coney Island (a brilliant idea). To get you in the mood here are shots of the overture from the original production, which transferred to the New York Met.
January 17, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Phelim McDermot's 2014 staging of Mozart's Così fan tutte returns to the London Colosseum next month. It's set in 1950s Coney Island (a brilliant idea). To get you in the mood here are shots of the overture from the original production, which transferred to the New York Met.
Kim Novak: Hold my martini.
January 16, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Kim Novak: Hold my martini.
What is the language using us for?
January 15, 2026 at 11:34 PM
What is the language using us for?
Thanks to all taking part in tonight's online launch for 'My Ear is Full of Milk,' a marvellous anthology dedicated to the life, work and legacy of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, the funniest comedians ever to draw breath. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
January 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Thanks to all taking part in tonight's online launch for 'My Ear is Full of Milk,' a marvellous anthology dedicated to the life, work and legacy of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, the funniest comedians ever to draw breath. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
Live online tonight at 7pm, the launch of 'My Ear is Full of Milk' Join me, co-editor Simon Barraclough with contributors A. C. Clarke, John Canfield and Adele Evershed. Free, and all welcome. If you're not already on the guest list email me via my website davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site. No DMs!
January 15, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Live online tonight at 7pm, the launch of 'My Ear is Full of Milk' Join me, co-editor Simon Barraclough with contributors A. C. Clarke, John Canfield and Adele Evershed. Free, and all welcome. If you're not already on the guest list email me via my website davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site. No DMs!
This quad poster proof by the great Peter Strausfeld for the Academy Cinema in London is a trial print made before lettering was added. Can anyone identify the film on the basis of these three figures?
January 15, 2026 at 9:20 AM
This quad poster proof by the great Peter Strausfeld for the Academy Cinema in London is a trial print made before lettering was added. Can anyone identify the film on the basis of these three figures?
Watching 'The Song of Lunch' again, with Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson at the top of their game. A subtle, quietly devastating epic of age and loss. It's his very best performance, I think.
January 14, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Watching 'The Song of Lunch' again, with Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson at the top of their game. A subtle, quietly devastating epic of age and loss. It's his very best performance, I think.
