Marie Phillips
@mariephillips.bsky.social
Writer of Gods Behaving Badly, Warhorses of Letters and more. This American Life contributor.
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Lightning book recommendation round! What was the last really good book you read? What was the vibe of it? Mine was Barbara Pym, An Unsuitable Attachment. Clergymen, spinsters, libraries, repressed sexuality, and a very sharp eye observing it all.
January 29, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Lightning book recommendation round! What was the last really good book you read? What was the vibe of it? Mine was Barbara Pym, An Unsuitable Attachment. Clergymen, spinsters, libraries, repressed sexuality, and a very sharp eye observing it all.
Exciting development #1
January 29, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Exciting development #1
Digging the BBC’s icon for mist. Very evocative.
January 28, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Digging the BBC’s icon for mist. Very evocative.
If, like me,you’re a wordy person, you’ll love Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon boxd.it/cSvJbn
A ★★★★½ review of Blue Moon (2025)
I love a good talking movie, and this is a great talking movie. Lyricist Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke) is sitting in a bar, waiting for his erstwhile writing partner (Andrew Scott) to arrive for the after...
boxd.it
January 28, 2026 at 8:32 PM
If, like me,you’re a wordy person, you’ll love Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon boxd.it/cSvJbn
It’s a long, long time since I truly, viscerally hated a book, so this is a special moment, Exit Lane by Erika Veurink, who I hope doesn’t have a Google alert for her name (sorry if so). Imagine When Harry Met Sally rewritten as an indulgent Millennial romance with an emotional age of 15. Just grim.
January 28, 2026 at 4:28 PM
It’s a long, long time since I truly, viscerally hated a book, so this is a special moment, Exit Lane by Erika Veurink, who I hope doesn’t have a Google alert for her name (sorry if so). Imagine When Harry Met Sally rewritten as an indulgent Millennial romance with an emotional age of 15. Just grim.
It’s Uncle Alan’s birthday! (He is not my uncle but shouldn’t he be all of us’s uncle?)
January 28, 2026 at 4:03 PM
It’s Uncle Alan’s birthday! (He is not my uncle but shouldn’t he be all of us’s uncle?)
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This is the way.
I think the antidote to social media being mentally taxing is so simple: make a list of accounts you actually want to hear from every day
make sure it isn't too big or too weighted towards news and punditry
the long tail on this network is very long and full of all kinds of good stuff
make sure it isn't too big or too weighted towards news and punditry
the long tail on this network is very long and full of all kinds of good stuff
January 28, 2026 at 2:37 PM
This is the way.
What female celebrities have to go through on the red carpet is not worth the money or the fame. I know nobody is holding a gun to their head when they get dressed, but what. is. THIS?
www.gofugyourself.com/cristin-mili...
www.gofugyourself.com/cristin-mili...
Cristin Milioti Models Saint Laurent in Sundance - Go Fug Yourself
I disliked this on the runway and I dislike it IRL.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:26 PM
What female celebrities have to go through on the red carpet is not worth the money or the fame. I know nobody is holding a gun to their head when they get dressed, but what. is. THIS?
www.gofugyourself.com/cristin-mili...
www.gofugyourself.com/cristin-mili...
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Jean Arthur and Gary Cooper, Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936).
January 28, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Jean Arthur and Gary Cooper, Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936).
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Happy 3 year anniversary to this post
January 27, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Happy 3 year anniversary to this post
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Good morning, friends!
January 28, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Good morning, friends!
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Telegraph editorial team
January 28, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Telegraph editorial team
Craft and/or chronic illness people: what’s a simple crafting activity that I, a person with chronic fatigue and brain fog, might be able to entertain myself with without over-exerting or dying of boredom? I tried crochet but I am so bad at it.
January 27, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Craft and/or chronic illness people: what’s a simple crafting activity that I, a person with chronic fatigue and brain fog, might be able to entertain myself with without over-exerting or dying of boredom? I tried crochet but I am so bad at it.
I second this. I had zero pre-existing interest in basketball and yet was absolutely glued to this.
Even if you know nothing about basketball you must watch Prime's forthcoming documentary series about the rise and fall of the American Basketball Association. Why? Well, its a story of cultural revolution and racial and gender empowerment. And everyone in it is So. Damned. Cool. Feb 12
January 27, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I second this. I had zero pre-existing interest in basketball and yet was absolutely glued to this.
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PSA for LA CHIMERA fans. Alice Rohrwacher's earlier film THE WONDERS is free to stream on Arte for the next 4 days. Another magical film with beautiful, naturalistic performances. (No Josh O'Connor in this one, but we can't have everything!) H/T @darrenmjones.bsky.social
www.arte.tv/en/videos/05...
www.arte.tv/en/videos/05...
January 27, 2026 at 10:02 AM
PSA for LA CHIMERA fans. Alice Rohrwacher's earlier film THE WONDERS is free to stream on Arte for the next 4 days. Another magical film with beautiful, naturalistic performances. (No Josh O'Connor in this one, but we can't have everything!) H/T @darrenmjones.bsky.social
www.arte.tv/en/videos/05...
www.arte.tv/en/videos/05...
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Moja on feed bag duties with Liquorice & Wilson
January 27, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Moja on feed bag duties with Liquorice & Wilson
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This has made me smile
This came up in my old posts today. Don’t know why, but it feels good to know that Andre 3000 specifically is this kind of guy.
January 26, 2026 at 1:27 PM
This has made me smile
Having discovered the best-named scent of all time, I can now take the rest of the day off
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www.etatlibredorange.com/products/fat...
FAT ELECTRICIAN
Spicy, Woody
His beauty would have been his greatest asset. One imagines he was raised in the big air of Texas, his soft skin scrubbed by ears of wheat, his eyelashes curled by grappling with grace a...
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January 26, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Having discovered the best-named scent of all time, I can now take the rest of the day off
www.etatlibredorange.com/products/fat...
www.etatlibredorange.com/products/fat...
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Can confirm that being a journalist is occasionally very sick indeed.
January 26, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Can confirm that being a journalist is occasionally very sick indeed.
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Ok, despite people feeling the need to suggest films in which the white suit remains pristine throughout, here is the list.
letterboxd.com/claxtondog/l...
letterboxd.com/claxtondog/l...
A truly special film and a truly filthy white suit, bested only by Warren Oates in Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (L) and Lee Brilleaux in Dr. Feelgood (R). More (good) examples appreciated. Clean white suits in movies not acceptable.
January 25, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Ok, despite people feeling the need to suggest films in which the white suit remains pristine throughout, here is the list.
letterboxd.com/claxtondog/l...
letterboxd.com/claxtondog/l...
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A truly gorgeous cover for Polygon’s new edition of Frankenstein.
January 24, 2026 at 9:18 AM
A truly gorgeous cover for Polygon’s new edition of Frankenstein.
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Best film of that year and criminally overlooked. Love this review
This evening’s film: La Chimera. Something really special, my god. boxd.it/cP63Yb
A ★★★★★ review of La Chimera (2023)
The magic of this film is hard to put into words. Josh O’Connor plays Arthur, an Englishman in Italy who has a strange gift for being able to find hidden tombs, tombs filled with Etruscan treasures th...
boxd.it
January 25, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Best film of that year and criminally overlooked. Love this review
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A truly special film and a truly filthy white suit, bested only by Warren Oates in Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (L) and Lee Brilleaux in Dr. Feelgood (R). More (good) examples appreciated. Clean white suits in movies not acceptable.
January 25, 2026 at 6:56 PM
A truly special film and a truly filthy white suit, bested only by Warren Oates in Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (L) and Lee Brilleaux in Dr. Feelgood (R). More (good) examples appreciated. Clean white suits in movies not acceptable.