Dr Cath Annabel
@cathannabel.bsky.social
Independent researcher (Butor/Sebald). Chair @underthestarssheff.bsky.social. Blogger/feminist/humanist. Music, books, films. NFFC. BLM. Woke as owt. Sheffielder. Widow
Loved that Laura Jurd gig so much that I had to buy the album - they’d run out of CDs so bought the vinyl.
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Loved that Laura Jurd gig so much that I had to buy the album - they’d run out of CDs so bought the vinyl.
Current reading. Plus Rebecca West’s Black Lamb & Grey Falcon on Kindle
October 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Current reading. Plus Rebecca West’s Black Lamb & Grey Falcon on Kindle
Currently reading: Hilda Bernstein’s The World that was Ours (middle left) plus Tana French’s The Hunter on kindle.
October 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Currently reading: Hilda Bernstein’s The World that was Ours (middle left) plus Tana French’s The Hunter on kindle.
Another fab Sheffield Jazz gig - Josephine Davies’ Satori.
October 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Another fab Sheffield Jazz gig - Josephine Davies’ Satori.
Last night’s music
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Last night’s music
Great opener for SheffJazz autumn season: James Allsop Quartet paying tribute to Stan Getz.
October 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Great opener for SheffJazz autumn season: James Allsop Quartet paying tribute to Stan Getz.
Current reading. Plus Andrew O’Hagan’s Caledonian Road on the Kindle
September 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Current reading. Plus Andrew O’Hagan’s Caledonian Road on the Kindle
This afternoon’s listening, mainly vinyl
August 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This afternoon’s listening, mainly vinyl
Current reading, plus Simon Mawer’s Ancestry on Kindle (sad to hear that Mawer died recently, such a good writer). The Zola is great but reading in French is so slow…
August 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Current reading, plus Simon Mawer’s Ancestry on Kindle (sad to hear that Mawer died recently, such a good writer). The Zola is great but reading in French is so slow…
48 years ago today, M and I got married. This is the 4th anniversary without him. So I'm playing the epic Spotify playlist that we made for his wake, and raising a glass of Shiraz to him. Every song is part of the soundtrack of our life together.
July 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
48 years ago today, M and I got married. This is the 4th anniversary without him. So I'm playing the epic Spotify playlist that we made for his wake, and raising a glass of Shiraz to him. Every song is part of the soundtrack of our life together.
Poetry on CD from @longbarrowpress.bsky.social.To the End of the Land, by Martin Heslop & Helen Tookey, with ambient sounds from Cape Breton & fragments of songs from folk archives. Beautiful and so melancholic. Then VW 5th Symphony, which shares those qualities, plus his rich, warm chords.
July 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Poetry on CD from @longbarrowpress.bsky.social.To the End of the Land, by Martin Heslop & Helen Tookey, with ambient sounds from Cape Breton & fragments of songs from folk archives. Beautiful and so melancholic. Then VW 5th Symphony, which shares those qualities, plus his rich, warm chords.
The brilliant @underthestarssheff.bsky.social which I have been involved with for the last couple of years, and now chair the Board of Trustees, is looking to expand the board by recruiting new trustees. If you'd like to get involved, we'd love to hear from you - see the attached for details.
July 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The brilliant @underthestarssheff.bsky.social which I have been involved with for the last couple of years, and now chair the Board of Trustees, is looking to expand the board by recruiting new trustees. If you'd like to get involved, we'd love to hear from you - see the attached for details.
