Ian Walker
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A recent review of Capitalism, A History by Sven Beckert in The New Yorker eviscerates it: too vast a subject to be held in one bk
Ok, I get that, but I then saw how a Martin Parr photo in the FT’s review of the book uses immediacy, detail & wit to create space to think, to be,
He was brilliant
Ok, I get that, but I then saw how a Martin Parr photo in the FT’s review of the book uses immediacy, detail & wit to create space to think, to be,
He was brilliant
December 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A recent review of Capitalism, A History by Sven Beckert in The New Yorker eviscerates it: too vast a subject to be held in one bk
Ok, I get that, but I then saw how a Martin Parr photo in the FT’s review of the book uses immediacy, detail & wit to create space to think, to be,
He was brilliant
Ok, I get that, but I then saw how a Martin Parr photo in the FT’s review of the book uses immediacy, detail & wit to create space to think, to be,
He was brilliant
Today’s advent calendar seems to be Peter Wyngarde seeing if it is warm enough for him to wear his fancy dressing gown to ASDA so he can get some stuffing & eggnog.
December 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Today’s advent calendar seems to be Peter Wyngarde seeing if it is warm enough for him to wear his fancy dressing gown to ASDA so he can get some stuffing & eggnog.
Didn’t know that being bored and not finishing things entitled me to a refund.
I’m about to cash-out big.
I’m about to cash-out big.
December 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Didn’t know that being bored and not finishing things entitled me to a refund.
I’m about to cash-out big.
I’m about to cash-out big.
Sorry, strange algorithm, I just wouldn't know which one to chose
December 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Sorry, strange algorithm, I just wouldn't know which one to chose
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The Nobel committee need to bring in a player of the season award
December 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Nobel committee need to bring in a player of the season award
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Thomas Tuchel googling “best all you can eat breakfast buffet Boston”, or wherever.
December 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Thomas Tuchel googling “best all you can eat breakfast buffet Boston”, or wherever.
I doubt any of the teams will be booking budget hotels with decent breakfasts and good transport links.
I did quite like the Yank pundit at the World Cup draw seemingly getting genuinely excited about how straight after this draw the teams will need to start booking their hotels. I can relate to sometimes having to book hotels, even, occasionally for reasons to do with football.
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I doubt any of the teams will be booking budget hotels with decent breakfasts and good transport links.
I did quite like the Yank pundit at the World Cup draw seemingly getting genuinely excited about how straight after this draw the teams will need to start booking their hotels. I can relate to sometimes having to book hotels, even, occasionally for reasons to do with football.
December 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I did quite like the Yank pundit at the World Cup draw seemingly getting genuinely excited about how straight after this draw the teams will need to start booking their hotels. I can relate to sometimes having to book hotels, even, occasionally for reasons to do with football.
Fuck this vile World Cup draw. I’m having a nap and then watching Morton vs Queens Park
December 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Fuck this vile World Cup draw. I’m having a nap and then watching Morton vs Queens Park
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Morning cycle, Archway Bridge (again) 🚲
December 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Morning cycle, Archway Bridge (again) 🚲
Though its edges sometimes look nice, especially if filtered
December 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Though its edges sometimes look nice, especially if filtered
Without downloading any new pics, describe your vibe for today using an image from your gallery
December 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Without downloading any new pics, describe your vibe for today using an image from your gallery
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Without downloading any new pics, describe your vibe for today using an image from your gallery.
December 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Without downloading any new pics, describe your vibe for today using an image from your gallery.
It’s rarely dull, and there are a few things I like about it, but essentially, Los Angeles is dysfunctional fuckwit of a place.
December 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
It’s rarely dull, and there are a few things I like about it, but essentially, Los Angeles is dysfunctional fuckwit of a place.
The ‘fucking & money’ line might not be a precise quote from Edward Said
Chawton House is amazing, btw. It has a library which includes Said’s Culture and Imperiaism, which contains his essay on Austen. The essay is about how all that fierce/polite Austen domestic fucking & money drama takes place in rooms shut off from the savagery of colonialism. Great place to read it
Bollocks. As a true son of the South Coast, I claim that Chawton is practically The Midlands
December 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The ‘fucking & money’ line might not be a precise quote from Edward Said
Chawton House is amazing, btw. It has a library which includes Said’s Culture and Imperiaism, which contains his essay on Austen. The essay is about how all that fierce/polite Austen domestic fucking & money drama takes place in rooms shut off from the savagery of colonialism. Great place to read it
Bollocks. As a true son of the South Coast, I claim that Chawton is practically The Midlands
December 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Chawton House is amazing, btw. It has a library which includes Said’s Culture and Imperiaism, which contains his essay on Austen. The essay is about how all that fierce/polite Austen domestic fucking & money drama takes place in rooms shut off from the savagery of colonialism. Great place to read it
Bollocks. As a true son of the South Coast, I claim that Chawton is practically The Midlands
December 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Bollocks. As a true son of the South Coast, I claim that Chawton is practically The Midlands
Fox film crew on Hollywood & Vine.
I moved here after this stuff stopped being commonplace.
The pace of change over the last decade, of things being dismantled, of things disappearing, is dizzying & scary.
And I know people always say that as they get older, but that doesn't stop it being true
I moved here after this stuff stopped being commonplace.
The pace of change over the last decade, of things being dismantled, of things disappearing, is dizzying & scary.
And I know people always say that as they get older, but that doesn't stop it being true
December 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Fox film crew on Hollywood & Vine.
I moved here after this stuff stopped being commonplace.
The pace of change over the last decade, of things being dismantled, of things disappearing, is dizzying & scary.
And I know people always say that as they get older, but that doesn't stop it being true
I moved here after this stuff stopped being commonplace.
The pace of change over the last decade, of things being dismantled, of things disappearing, is dizzying & scary.
And I know people always say that as they get older, but that doesn't stop it being true
Spent most of first half reading about Irish businessman Sean Quinn. (I think the Quinn family own QuinnCasinos who sponsor Dundee).
Quinn started out flogging gravel from his farm, diversified, became richest man in Ireland, then bankrupt. A folk hero of the Border, set against Dublin & Belfast.
Quinn started out flogging gravel from his farm, diversified, became richest man in Ireland, then bankrupt. A folk hero of the Border, set against Dublin & Belfast.
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Spent most of first half reading about Irish businessman Sean Quinn. (I think the Quinn family own QuinnCasinos who sponsor Dundee).
Quinn started out flogging gravel from his farm, diversified, became richest man in Ireland, then bankrupt. A folk hero of the Border, set against Dublin & Belfast.
Quinn started out flogging gravel from his farm, diversified, became richest man in Ireland, then bankrupt. A folk hero of the Border, set against Dublin & Belfast.
Watching Dundee vs Rangers. Don’t care who wins. Much more interested in the Dundee weather, in the players’ biographies, in Googling the businesses being advertised on the hoarding.
I’ll get back to you if I find anything interesting during my calming dull drift through this game. I expect I won’t
I’ll get back to you if I find anything interesting during my calming dull drift through this game. I expect I won’t
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Watching Dundee vs Rangers. Don’t care who wins. Much more interested in the Dundee weather, in the players’ biographies, in Googling the businesses being advertised on the hoarding.
I’ll get back to you if I find anything interesting during my calming dull drift through this game. I expect I won’t
I’ll get back to you if I find anything interesting during my calming dull drift through this game. I expect I won’t
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I've been to the Cumberland Pencil Museum, alone.
December 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I've been to the Cumberland Pencil Museum, alone.
A good thing about Spotify wrapped was learning that a friend, (very fond of/rarely see), is also obsessed by this brilliant song.
Don’t think we recommended it to each other, instead it’s the disordered universe using art and biography to pretend that patterns = meaning
youtu.be/2PAcl3TvJF4?...
Don’t think we recommended it to each other, instead it’s the disordered universe using art and biography to pretend that patterns = meaning
youtu.be/2PAcl3TvJF4?...
Botanical Garden
YouTube video by Anna Erhard - Topic
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December 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A good thing about Spotify wrapped was learning that a friend, (very fond of/rarely see), is also obsessed by this brilliant song.
Don’t think we recommended it to each other, instead it’s the disordered universe using art and biography to pretend that patterns = meaning
youtu.be/2PAcl3TvJF4?...
Don’t think we recommended it to each other, instead it’s the disordered universe using art and biography to pretend that patterns = meaning
youtu.be/2PAcl3TvJF4?...
The raptor that rules this LA suburb is back again, starring down its domain from up high on its treetop throne
December 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The raptor that rules this LA suburb is back again, starring down its domain from up high on its treetop throne
I’m keeping my Spotified wrapped to myself. This is for lots of reasons.
December 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I’m keeping my Spotified wrapped to myself. This is for lots of reasons.