Greg Buzwell
@gregbuzwell.bsky.social
Curator of Contemporary Literary Archives at the British Library. Co-curator of Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination exhibition. Loves literature, Doctor Who, the Beatles, Marilyn Monroe and anything spooky.
Books read in October, all of which I really enjoyed. As a side note the Alan Garner book contains a chapter called ‘The Valley of the Demon’ which is hands down one of the most unsettling (in a good way) things I have ever read.
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November 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Books read in October, all of which I really enjoyed. As a side note the Alan Garner book contains a chapter called ‘The Valley of the Demon’ which is hands down one of the most unsettling (in a good way) things I have ever read.
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Best season of Doctor Who ever? It has to be right up there. I watched the documentary on Ian Marter last night and was really quite moved by it. Beautifully put together and with plenty of insight but it’s incredibly poignant.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Best season of Doctor Who ever? It has to be right up there. I watched the documentary on Ian Marter last night and was really quite moved by it. Beautifully put together and with plenty of insight but it’s incredibly poignant.
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Books read in September. All terrific, and there isn’t one title here that I wouldn’t highly recommend, but Rhine Journey might be the standout. Beautifully written, very subtle and very perceptive. Great to see it back in print.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Books read in September. All terrific, and there isn’t one title here that I wouldn’t highly recommend, but Rhine Journey might be the standout. Beautifully written, very subtle and very perceptive. Great to see it back in print.
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Eric Ravilious jigsaw puzzle completed. Great fun to do with the woodwork being easy to complete, the upholstery being difficult and the landscape being somewhere in the middle. Such a beautiful, evocative painting.
September 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Eric Ravilious jigsaw puzzle completed. Great fun to do with the woodwork being easy to complete, the upholstery being difficult and the landscape being somewhere in the middle. Such a beautiful, evocative painting.
Books read in August. It was a quiet reading month but these were all great. Bonus points for the two Maigret novels on the grounds that the cover designs are so beautiful.
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September 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Books read in August. It was a quiet reading month but these were all great. Bonus points for the two Maigret novels on the grounds that the cover designs are so beautiful.
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Went to see the Ithell Colquhoun show at the Tate but the same ticket gets you into the Edward Burra show as well. Quite a bonus! Loved his paintings of Jazz Age America. Also appreciated the way the exhibition highlighted Burra’s taste in music and literature and how that shaped his art.
August 31, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Went to see the Ithell Colquhoun show at the Tate but the same ticket gets you into the Edward Burra show as well. Quite a bonus! Loved his paintings of Jazz Age America. Also appreciated the way the exhibition highlighted Burra’s taste in music and literature and how that shaped his art.
Loved the Ithell Colquhoun show down at Tate Britain. Particularly enjoyed her paintings inspired by the Cornish landscape - a mix of stone circles and folklore viewed through a veil of magic and surrealism. It’s so good to see her work being brought to a new audience.
August 31, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Loved the Ithell Colquhoun show down at Tate Britain. Particularly enjoyed her paintings inspired by the Cornish landscape - a mix of stone circles and folklore viewed through a veil of magic and surrealism. It’s so good to see her work being brought to a new audience.
Charity shop finds from Friday. Some childhood memories in here in that I loved The Three Investigators books as a kid and I remember really enjoying the Ellery Queen TV series back in the day. Happy times …
July 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Charity shop finds from Friday. Some childhood memories in here in that I loved The Three Investigators books as a kid and I remember really enjoying the Ellery Queen TV series back in the day. Happy times …
Suzan Farmer, born on this day in 1942. Such a talented and underrated actor, often playing the nice, pretty blonde girl opposite scene-stealing raven-haired vamps. Always a tough ask … Great in shows like The Saint and films like Hammer’s Dracula Prince of Darkness and The Devil-Ship Pirates. ❤️
June 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Suzan Farmer, born on this day in 1942. Such a talented and underrated actor, often playing the nice, pretty blonde girl opposite scene-stealing raven-haired vamps. Always a tough ask … Great in shows like The Saint and films like Hammer’s Dracula Prince of Darkness and The Devil-Ship Pirates. ❤️
Inferno
Carnival of Monsters
The Pyramids of Mars
The Seeds of Doom
The Robots of Death
I’d just like to put it on record that this was horribly difficult…
Carnival of Monsters
The Pyramids of Mars
The Seeds of Doom
The Robots of Death
I’d just like to put it on record that this was horribly difficult…
June 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Inferno
Carnival of Monsters
The Pyramids of Mars
The Seeds of Doom
The Robots of Death
I’d just like to put it on record that this was horribly difficult…
Carnival of Monsters
The Pyramids of Mars
The Seeds of Doom
The Robots of Death
I’d just like to put it on record that this was horribly difficult…
Fashionably late, as ever, but here are the books I read in May. It was a quiet reading month but I enjoyed all of these. The Affirmation made me think, One Fine Day made me reflect and the two Christie novels were just brilliant fun.
June 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Fashionably late, as ever, but here are the books I read in May. It was a quiet reading month but I enjoyed all of these. The Affirmation made me think, One Fine Day made me reflect and the two Christie novels were just brilliant fun.
My neighbour’s cat, just settling in for a little nap in my spare room. He wanders in most days if I’m at home, has a look around (including checking out the wardrobe - I have to open the doors for him) and then he has a little snooze before heading home. Sweet!
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May 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
My neighbour’s cat, just settling in for a little nap in my spare room. He wanders in most days if I’m at home, has a look around (including checking out the wardrobe - I have to open the doors for him) and then he has a little snooze before heading home. Sweet!
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Had a visitor in the garden this morning …
May 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Had a visitor in the garden this morning …
Books read in April. All great but purely in terms of enjoyment Table for Two, a collection of short stories and one novella, was probably the most fun. Towles has those old-fashioned virtues of writing elegant prose and of being able to tell a story superbly well.
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April 30, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Books read in April. All great but purely in terms of enjoyment Table for Two, a collection of short stories and one novella, was probably the most fun. Towles has those old-fashioned virtues of writing elegant prose and of being able to tell a story superbly well.
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The World of the Romantics jigsaw puzzle. Really fun to do. Bright and colourful, with a few darker Gothic moments thrown in.
April 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The World of the Romantics jigsaw puzzle. Really fun to do. Bright and colourful, with a few darker Gothic moments thrown in.
Absolutely loved this. It’s terrific on how John and Paul brought out the best (and occasionally the worst) in one another. Also loved the way it merges personal histories, musical genius and the cultural landscape when discussing songs like Eleanor Rigby and Strawberry Fields Forever. Fabulous!
April 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Absolutely loved this. It’s terrific on how John and Paul brought out the best (and occasionally the worst) in one another. Also loved the way it merges personal histories, musical genius and the cultural landscape when discussing songs like Eleanor Rigby and Strawberry Fields Forever. Fabulous!
I know they often get a bad press from gardeners who like a neat and tidy look but I must say I’m really rather fond of dandelions …
April 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I know they often get a bad press from gardeners who like a neat and tidy look but I must say I’m really rather fond of dandelions …
Books read in March, all of which were terrific. Inadvertently I seem to have gone on a literary crime spree as even the Andrew O’Hagan novel deals with some shady characters. The Ross Macdonald has some great lines: ‘Come in. The place is a mess but then so are you’.
April 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Books read in March, all of which were terrific. Inadvertently I seem to have gone on a literary crime spree as even the Andrew O’Hagan novel deals with some shady characters. The Ross Macdonald has some great lines: ‘Come in. The place is a mess but then so are you’.
Went to the #TirzahGarwood show at Dulwich Picture Gallery today. Absolutely gorgeous, and well worth a visit if you have the chance. She obviously liked cats as they appear in several pictures, including this splendid creature seen here.
March 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Went to the #TirzahGarwood show at Dulwich Picture Gallery today. Absolutely gorgeous, and well worth a visit if you have the chance. She obviously liked cats as they appear in several pictures, including this splendid creature seen here.
#WorldBookDay So here goes with a few cover designs that I rather like.
March 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
#WorldBookDay So here goes with a few cover designs that I rather like.
Books read in February. Loved them all so it’s impossible to pick a favourite. Parade was the most challenging - I suspect I could read it a dozen times and still not reach all of its depths. The Poirot novel was fun, as ever. Cosy crime at its very best.
March 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Books read in February. Loved them all so it’s impossible to pick a favourite. Parade was the most challenging - I suspect I could read it a dozen times and still not reach all of its depths. The Poirot novel was fun, as ever. Cosy crime at its very best.
Books read in January, all of which were excellent. I thought the Christie was one of her best and Sweet Dreams allowed me to relive some of my distant youth. The Girls was like Barbara Pym meets Stephen King ( in a very good way ) and the VanderMeer books will haunt me for months.
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February 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Books read in January, all of which were excellent. I thought the Christie was one of her best and Sweet Dreams allowed me to relive some of my distant youth. The Girls was like Barbara Pym meets Stephen King ( in a very good way ) and the VanderMeer books will haunt me for months.
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About fifty pages in. Loving it so far, comes across as part JL Carr, part Henry Green and part Inside No 9.
January 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
About fifty pages in. Loving it so far, comes across as part JL Carr, part Henry Green and part Inside No 9.
