JacquiWine
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Book lover, film lover, art lover, wine lover. I write about books at JacquiWine's Journal. https://linktr.ee/jacquiwine
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Crooked Cross by Sally Carson
For a novel first published in 1934, Sally Carson’s Crooked Cross feels remarkably timely, charting, as it does, the rise of Nazism in the early 1930s, the falling apart of a country’s fundamental …
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New on the blog today, I've written about CROOKED CROSS by Sally Carson.
A brilliant, terrifying novel about the rise of Nazism, the falling apart of a country’s codes of decency & the moral fortitude required to oppose persecution. Frighteningly timely. 💙📚
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A brilliant, terrifying novel about the rise of Nazism, the falling apart of a country’s codes of decency & the moral fortitude required to oppose persecution. Frighteningly timely. 💙📚
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I still have one ticket to see Zaho de Sagazan tonight at the London Palladium. Anyone want it? I can offer it for a pittance.... LMK
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I still have one ticket to see Zaho de Sagazan tonight at the London Palladium. Anyone want it? I can offer it for a pittance.... LMK
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Here’s my review of Frankie and Stankie by Barbara Trapido, her excellent 2003 Booker Prize longlisted novel based on her childhood in Apartheid era South Africa 💙📚 #BookSky #BookReview #audiobook
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/00cfe17d-ddc2-4750-a8ed-37d51d6dd483
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/00cfe17d-ddc2-4750-a8ed-37d51d6dd483
Review by sarahmatthews - Frankie & Stankie
Frankie and Stankie by Barbara Trapido
Read on audioNarrator: Eva Haddon BBC AudioPub. 2003, ...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Here’s my review of Frankie and Stankie by Barbara Trapido, her excellent 2003 Booker Prize longlisted novel based on her childhood in Apartheid era South Africa 💙📚 #BookSky #BookReview #audiobook
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/00cfe17d-ddc2-4750-a8ed-37d51d6dd483
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/00cfe17d-ddc2-4750-a8ed-37d51d6dd483
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"Occasionally a whole town would be implicated. Quiet, non-political, peace-loving people waited behind closed doors for the shooting and the hurrying footsteps to cease; the streets were unsafe; the very nights were restless." #BookSky 💙📚
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Crooked Cross by Sally Carson
For a novel first published in 1934, Sally Carson’s Crooked Cross feels remarkably timely, charting, as it does, the rise of Nazism in the early 1930s, the falling apart of a country’s fundamental …
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November 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
"Occasionally a whole town would be implicated. Quiet, non-political, peace-loving people waited behind closed doors for the shooting and the hurrying footsteps to cease; the streets were unsafe; the very nights were restless." #BookSky 💙📚
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New episode up now. Transit by Rachel Cusk, and the Outline trilogy as a whole, discussed by Andy, Una and Nicky. @iammilliam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @birchos.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1c43...
Transit and the Outline Trilogy by Rachel Cusk
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November 11, 2025 at 7:17 AM
New episode up now. Transit by Rachel Cusk, and the Outline trilogy as a whole, discussed by Andy, Una and Nicky. @iammilliam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @birchos.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1c43...
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Tatsuya Nakadai, one of Japan’s most celebrated stage and screen actors who was a frequent collaborator of director Masaki Kobayashi and led Akira Kurosawa titles such as “Ran,” “Kagemusha” and “High and Low,” has died. He was 92: variety.com/2025/film/ob...
Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese Film Legend That Starred in ‘Ran,’ ‘Harakiri’ and ‘The Human Condition’ Trilogy, Dies at 92
Tatsuya Nakadai, one of Japan's most celebrated actors who was a frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa and Masaki Kobayashi, died. He was 92.
variety.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Tatsuya Nakadai, one of Japan’s most celebrated stage and screen actors who was a frequent collaborator of director Masaki Kobayashi and led Akira Kurosawa titles such as “Ran,” “Kagemusha” and “High and Low,” has died. He was 92: variety.com/2025/film/ob...
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~ Thirty (More) Novels for #Noirvember ~
Day 10: DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1935)
Admittedly, the film’s ending is better. But the trio of Walter, Phyllis, and Keyes were fully realized in James M. Cain’s original text and their grubby lives still enthrall us ninety years after its first publication.
Day 10: DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1935)
Admittedly, the film’s ending is better. But the trio of Walter, Phyllis, and Keyes were fully realized in James M. Cain’s original text and their grubby lives still enthrall us ninety years after its first publication.
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
~ Thirty (More) Novels for #Noirvember ~
Day 10: DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1935)
Admittedly, the film’s ending is better. But the trio of Walter, Phyllis, and Keyes were fully realized in James M. Cain’s original text and their grubby lives still enthrall us ninety years after its first publication.
Day 10: DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1935)
Admittedly, the film’s ending is better. But the trio of Walter, Phyllis, and Keyes were fully realized in James M. Cain’s original text and their grubby lives still enthrall us ninety years after its first publication.
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"Helmy had a future, something to look forward to; he had an ideal, something bigger to work for than a woman, a family, a business firm. That was what Helmy had always wanted out of life. It was what he was trying now to find in the Party." #BookSky 💙📚
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Crooked Cross by Sally Carson
For a novel first published in 1934, Sally Carson’s Crooked Cross feels remarkably timely, charting, as it does, the rise of Nazism in the early 1930s, the falling apart of a country’s fundamental …
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November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"Helmy had a future, something to look forward to; he had an ideal, something bigger to work for than a woman, a family, a business firm. That was what Helmy had always wanted out of life. It was what he was trying now to find in the Party." #BookSky 💙📚
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'A House Collapsing on Two Firemen, Shoe Lane, London, EC4'
(1940) by Leonard Henry Rosoman
(Imperial War Museums)
(1940) by Leonard Henry Rosoman
(Imperial War Museums)
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
'A House Collapsing on Two Firemen, Shoe Lane, London, EC4'
(1940) by Leonard Henry Rosoman
(Imperial War Museums)
(1940) by Leonard Henry Rosoman
(Imperial War Museums)
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Portrait of Madame Maillol,' (1895)
was painted in the second part of Aristide Malliol's career. His painting style altered after viewing Paul Gauguin's work at an exhibition in the Café Volpini in 1889; after Gauguin left for Tahiti, Maillol turned to sculpture.
was painted in the second part of Aristide Malliol's career. His painting style altered after viewing Paul Gauguin's work at an exhibition in the Café Volpini in 1889; after Gauguin left for Tahiti, Maillol turned to sculpture.
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Portrait of Madame Maillol,' (1895)
was painted in the second part of Aristide Malliol's career. His painting style altered after viewing Paul Gauguin's work at an exhibition in the Café Volpini in 1889; after Gauguin left for Tahiti, Maillol turned to sculpture.
was painted in the second part of Aristide Malliol's career. His painting style altered after viewing Paul Gauguin's work at an exhibition in the Café Volpini in 1889; after Gauguin left for Tahiti, Maillol turned to sculpture.
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Join us at our Christmas Late Shopping Evenings on 3, 10, and 18 December and get 10% off all books bought on the night. Our neighbours at St. JOHN will also be open late for festive food and drink purchases.
Attendance is free! Tickets here:
Attendance is free! Tickets here:
Christmas at the Bookshop
Join us this Christmas for late shopping evenings throughout the festive period.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Join us at our Christmas Late Shopping Evenings on 3, 10, and 18 December and get 10% off all books bought on the night. Our neighbours at St. JOHN will also be open late for festive food and drink purchases.
Attendance is free! Tickets here:
Attendance is free! Tickets here:
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©Vivian Maier
New York, 1953
New York, 1953
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
©Vivian Maier
New York, 1953
New York, 1953
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Double Indemnity (1944)
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Double Indemnity (1944)
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How "impressive... is Carson’s ability to show how rapidly a society’s fundamental moral codes and structures can fall apart, allowing a new, relentlessly destructive ideology to take hold."
#BookReview @jacquiwine.bsky.social
Crooked Cross by Sally Carson
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#BookReview @jacquiwine.bsky.social
Crooked Cross by Sally Carson
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/c...
Crooked Cross by Sally Carson
For a novel first published in 1934, Sally Carson’s Crooked Cross feels remarkably timely, charting, as it does, the rise of Nazism in the early 1930s, the falling apart of a country’s fundamental …
jacquiwine.wordpress.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
How "impressive... is Carson’s ability to show how rapidly a society’s fundamental moral codes and structures can fall apart, allowing a new, relentlessly destructive ideology to take hold."
#BookReview @jacquiwine.bsky.social
Crooked Cross by Sally Carson
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/c...
#BookReview @jacquiwine.bsky.social
Crooked Cross by Sally Carson
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I watched this recently and can highly recommend, especially to fans of Naruse and Ozu.
A tender, heartbreaking, beautifully shot female-centric film, taking in infidelity by an uncaring husband, doomed love & terminal illness. It is perhaps a touch too melodramatic at the end, but very moving.
A tender, heartbreaking, beautifully shot female-centric film, taking in infidelity by an uncaring husband, doomed love & terminal illness. It is perhaps a touch too melodramatic at the end, but very moving.
#bestfilminlondontoday Nov 21 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com guide to London films. “One of the great movies about a writer” Richard Brody. Tanaka’s first masterpiece … ETERNAL BREASTS (1955) in BFI Southbank Melodrama season capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2025/11/capi... youtu.be/cSiPQOb9Oc0?...
The Eternal Breasts (1955) Original Trailer [HD]
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November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I watched this recently and can highly recommend, especially to fans of Naruse and Ozu.
A tender, heartbreaking, beautifully shot female-centric film, taking in infidelity by an uncaring husband, doomed love & terminal illness. It is perhaps a touch too melodramatic at the end, but very moving.
A tender, heartbreaking, beautifully shot female-centric film, taking in infidelity by an uncaring husband, doomed love & terminal illness. It is perhaps a touch too melodramatic at the end, but very moving.
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#BornOnThisDay Hungarian-born American star Steven Geray (1904-1973). Known for #FilmNoir titles such as e The Mask of Dimitrios (1944), Gilda (1946), The Unfaithful (1947), In a Lonely Place (1950) as well as So Dark the Night (1946) pictured below. #Noirvember
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
#BornOnThisDay Hungarian-born American star Steven Geray (1904-1973). Known for #FilmNoir titles such as e The Mask of Dimitrios (1944), Gilda (1946), The Unfaithful (1947), In a Lonely Place (1950) as well as So Dark the Night (1946) pictured below. #Noirvember
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If you ever get the chance to go to the Hakone Open-Air Museum, I’d highly recommend going at dusk for max prog rock album cover vibes 🖼️ 🇯🇵
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
If you ever get the chance to go to the Hakone Open-Air Museum, I’d highly recommend going at dusk for max prog rock album cover vibes 🖼️ 🇯🇵
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Hot off the press release. My second book is a collection of interviews with Irish writers from Alice Taylor in 1991 to Sebastian Barry, Wendy Erskine, Colum McCann, Anne Enright, Colm Tóibín, John Banville, Emma Donoghue and Anna Burns in 2025. Out April from the Lilliput Press
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Hot off the press release. My second book is a collection of interviews with Irish writers from Alice Taylor in 1991 to Sebastian Barry, Wendy Erskine, Colum McCann, Anne Enright, Colm Tóibín, John Banville, Emma Donoghue and Anna Burns in 2025. Out April from the Lilliput Press
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Was really struck by what a lovely inspiring exercise this is, like a primary school version of Mary Oliver’s Instructions for living a life
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Was really struck by what a lovely inspiring exercise this is, like a primary school version of Mary Oliver’s Instructions for living a life
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
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On a rather wet & miserable #MondayMorning I thought that I might try to lift the mood by posting something that might remind us of summer days gone by. This is "Lyme Regis" by John Cooper from 1934. #JohnCooper #LymeRegis #Dorset
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
On a rather wet & miserable #MondayMorning I thought that I might try to lift the mood by posting something that might remind us of summer days gone by. This is "Lyme Regis" by John Cooper from 1934. #JohnCooper #LymeRegis #Dorset
"Helmy had a future, something to look forward to; he had an ideal, something bigger to work for than a woman, a family, a business firm. That was what Helmy had always wanted out of life. It was what he was trying now to find in the Party." #BookSky 💙📚
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Crooked Cross by Sally Carson
For a novel first published in 1934, Sally Carson’s Crooked Cross feels remarkably timely, charting, as it does, the rise of Nazism in the early 1930s, the falling apart of a country’s fundamental …
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November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"Helmy had a future, something to look forward to; he had an ideal, something bigger to work for than a woman, a family, a business firm. That was what Helmy had always wanted out of life. It was what he was trying now to find in the Party." #BookSky 💙📚
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Hands up who knew Claude Rains, who starred in Gaslight, Casablanca, Notorious, Now Voyager, 3 other Bette Davis pictures (among umpteen others) was born in Clapham in 1889, one of 12 children only 3 of whom survived, and taught John Gielgud and Charles Laughton at RADA? Happy Birthday, Claude.
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Hands up who knew Claude Rains, who starred in Gaslight, Casablanca, Notorious, Now Voyager, 3 other Bette Davis pictures (among umpteen others) was born in Clapham in 1889, one of 12 children only 3 of whom survived, and taught John Gielgud and Charles Laughton at RADA? Happy Birthday, Claude.
A terrific trilogy with the sweep and scope of a European classic. History, politics, romance, the natural world, days at the races and nights at the casino - there’s so much to enjoy here! #BookSky 💙📚
I like a trilogy that gets thinner with each volume. Gives you a real sense of hitting a downhill run after volume 1.
(Rereading this in preparation for a talk with @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social about Hungarian litarature)
(Rereading this in preparation for a talk with @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social about Hungarian litarature)
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A terrific trilogy with the sweep and scope of a European classic. History, politics, romance, the natural world, days at the races and nights at the casino - there’s so much to enjoy here! #BookSky 💙📚
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New on the blog today, I've written about CROOKED CROSS by Sally Carson.
A brilliant, terrifying novel about the rise of Nazism, the falling apart of a country’s codes of decency & the moral fortitude required to oppose persecution. Frighteningly timely. 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/c...
A brilliant, terrifying novel about the rise of Nazism, the falling apart of a country’s codes of decency & the moral fortitude required to oppose persecution. Frighteningly timely. 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/c...
Crooked Cross by Sally Carson
For a novel first published in 1934, Sally Carson’s Crooked Cross feels remarkably timely, charting, as it does, the rise of Nazism in the early 1930s, the falling apart of a country’s fundamental …
jacquiwine.wordpress.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
New on the blog today, I've written about CROOKED CROSS by Sally Carson.
A brilliant, terrifying novel about the rise of Nazism, the falling apart of a country’s codes of decency & the moral fortitude required to oppose persecution. Frighteningly timely. 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/c...
A brilliant, terrifying novel about the rise of Nazism, the falling apart of a country’s codes of decency & the moral fortitude required to oppose persecution. Frighteningly timely. 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/c...
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We are never ever ever getting back together
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
We are never ever ever getting back together
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First watch: Fear (1954). One of three (!) films Roberto Rossellini released in 1954 starring then-wife Ingrid Bergman. Unlike the modernist Journey to Italy, this German-Italian production looks to the past, and particularly the noirish Hollywood suspense films for which Bergman was famous. 1/5
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
First watch: Fear (1954). One of three (!) films Roberto Rossellini released in 1954 starring then-wife Ingrid Bergman. Unlike the modernist Journey to Italy, this German-Italian production looks to the past, and particularly the noirish Hollywood suspense films for which Bergman was famous. 1/5