Locus Solus
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Télex de http://locus-solus-fr.net/. Littérature, jazz, cinéma, typomanie, choses anglaises et curiosités diverses.
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#RIP David Bellos
📷 Louis Monier, Paris, 1994
His biographies of Jacques Tati & Georges Perec are outstanding. Two of my heroes.
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📷 Louis Monier, Paris, 1994
His biographies of Jacques Tati & Georges Perec are outstanding. Two of my heroes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges...
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
#RIP David Bellos
📷 Louis Monier, Paris, 1994
His biographies of Jacques Tati & Georges Perec are outstanding. Two of my heroes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges...
📷 Louis Monier, Paris, 1994
His biographies of Jacques Tati & Georges Perec are outstanding. Two of my heroes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges...
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Excellent blog about a great novelist who was at the forefront of Virago’s rediscovery of women writers fifty years ago but now almost qualifies as ‘neglected’ again.
Rosamond Lehmann is like a difficult friend, alarming and annoying, who occasionally redeems herself by not minding being teased, and suddenly roaring with laughter at it all…And you can forgive her almost anything because of the very best of her writing.
clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2025/08/more...
clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2025/08/more...
More on Rosamond Lehmann
Rosamond Lehmann by Selina Hastings biography, published 2002 So much to say. I started on Lehmann in a post earlier this we...
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August 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Excellent blog about a great novelist who was at the forefront of Virago’s rediscovery of women writers fifty years ago but now almost qualifies as ‘neglected’ again.
Roman d’une drôlerie délectable, traduit en français sous le titre « Cette sacrée vertu » (10/18).
I’ve written a few thoughts on Miss Pettigrew Lives for a day by Winifred Watson, 1938, a delightful book I’ve been meaning to read for ages about a governess who finds herself in some tricky situations! 💙📚 #BookSky #Braille
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/280b10ec-ee2f-42f2-970e-8f076276f4ff
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/280b10ec-ee2f-42f2-970e-8f076276f4ff
Review by sarahmatthews - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
Read as ebook, partly in Braille and partly...
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July 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Roman d’une drôlerie délectable, traduit en français sous le titre « Cette sacrée vertu » (10/18).
Adaptations.
For Lena And Lennie de Quincy Jones inspire des paroles printanières à Mimi Perrin pour une des plus belles réussites chorales des Double Six ; des pensées estivales à Claude Nougaro.
Les Double Six :
youtu.be/AKfIxHQ1msk
Claude Nougaro :
youtu.be/nxmjHD683S0
For Lena And Lennie de Quincy Jones inspire des paroles printanières à Mimi Perrin pour une des plus belles réussites chorales des Double Six ; des pensées estivales à Claude Nougaro.
Les Double Six :
youtu.be/AKfIxHQ1msk
Claude Nougaro :
youtu.be/nxmjHD683S0
July 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Adaptations.
For Lena And Lennie de Quincy Jones inspire des paroles printanières à Mimi Perrin pour une des plus belles réussites chorales des Double Six ; des pensées estivales à Claude Nougaro.
Les Double Six :
youtu.be/AKfIxHQ1msk
Claude Nougaro :
youtu.be/nxmjHD683S0
For Lena And Lennie de Quincy Jones inspire des paroles printanières à Mimi Perrin pour une des plus belles réussites chorales des Double Six ; des pensées estivales à Claude Nougaro.
Les Double Six :
youtu.be/AKfIxHQ1msk
Claude Nougaro :
youtu.be/nxmjHD683S0
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Happy birthday Helen Merrill 🎂
A wonderful photo by David Redfern, from the 1970s
Merrill turns 95 today!
"You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To":
youtube.com/watch?v=rkyb...
A wonderful photo by David Redfern, from the 1970s
Merrill turns 95 today!
"You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To":
youtube.com/watch?v=rkyb...
July 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Happy birthday Helen Merrill 🎂
A wonderful photo by David Redfern, from the 1970s
Merrill turns 95 today!
"You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To":
youtube.com/watch?v=rkyb...
A wonderful photo by David Redfern, from the 1970s
Merrill turns 95 today!
"You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To":
youtube.com/watch?v=rkyb...
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Ways you can tell that someone has died No. 2,374: You find three dozen Archiv Produktion classical LPs in mint condition in the one remaining crate of record albums in the local Goodwill.
July 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Ways you can tell that someone has died No. 2,374: You find three dozen Archiv Produktion classical LPs in mint condition in the one remaining crate of record albums in the local Goodwill.
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Tune of the day…Kenny Garrett - Giant Steps. One of the craziest versions of Coltrane’s classic ever conceived. Reducing each melody note and chord to 1 beat (the last one is 2)25 beats grouped in measures of 4/3/4/3 3/3/3/2 8 bars with just 4 tonal centers for soloing. #jazzsky youtu.be/DRUbrZYueIw
Giant Steps
YouTube video by Kenny Garrett - Topic
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July 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Tune of the day…Kenny Garrett - Giant Steps. One of the craziest versions of Coltrane’s classic ever conceived. Reducing each melody note and chord to 1 beat (the last one is 2)25 beats grouped in measures of 4/3/4/3 3/3/3/2 8 bars with just 4 tonal centers for soloing. #jazzsky youtu.be/DRUbrZYueIw
Chaînon manquant. J’apprends que Dorothy Richardson a pratiqué le monologue intérieur dans son cycle romanesque Pilgrimage, après Édouard Dujardin mais avant James Joyce et Virginia Woolf.
The first folks to buy a set of the new US edition of Dorothy Richardson's Pilgrimage are starting to get their copies, and it's sort of amazing to see them in the wild. I have a set in front of me right now and I can hardly believe it.
#Pilgrimage2026
#Pilgrimage2026
@neglectedbooks.com #Pilgrimage2026 #DorothyRichardson I read Pilgrimage with Brad and his gang several years ago and loved the deep dive into women’s lives of the early last century. I can’t wait to read again with these glorious new editions.
July 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Chaînon manquant. J’apprends que Dorothy Richardson a pratiqué le monologue intérieur dans son cycle romanesque Pilgrimage, après Édouard Dujardin mais avant James Joyce et Virginia Woolf.
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L’image absente.
Rapprochement aussi inattendu qu’improbable entre Faisons un rêve et Rebecca, suggéré par le hasard des revisions.
www.locus-solus-fr.net?p=1595
L’image absente.
Rapprochement aussi inattendu qu’improbable entre Faisons un rêve et Rebecca, suggéré par le hasard des revisions.
www.locus-solus-fr.net?p=1595
July 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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L’image absente.
Rapprochement aussi inattendu qu’improbable entre Faisons un rêve et Rebecca, suggéré par le hasard des revisions.
www.locus-solus-fr.net?p=1595
L’image absente.
Rapprochement aussi inattendu qu’improbable entre Faisons un rêve et Rebecca, suggéré par le hasard des revisions.
www.locus-solus-fr.net?p=1595
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#NowSpinning Vaughan Williams’s Phantasy Quintet, from this most magnificent of RVW chamber discs. In this phenomenal trio of performances, the Magginis find pathos, humour and steel. A truly magnificent achievement.
July 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
#NowSpinning Vaughan Williams’s Phantasy Quintet, from this most magnificent of RVW chamber discs. In this phenomenal trio of performances, the Magginis find pathos, humour and steel. A truly magnificent achievement.
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'Running the Bath.' (1895) Ramón Casas was a leading Spanish avant-garde painter. This picture, with its subtle graduations of colour and suffused light, is reminiscent of the introverted 'symphonies' of Whistler and the muted interiors of Vilhelm Hammershøi.
July 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
'Running the Bath.' (1895) Ramón Casas was a leading Spanish avant-garde painter. This picture, with its subtle graduations of colour and suffused light, is reminiscent of the introverted 'symphonies' of Whistler and the muted interiors of Vilhelm Hammershøi.
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One of the most aptly named LPs ever. Teddy Wilson's playing, appearance, and personal manner were always impeccable.
July 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
One of the most aptly named LPs ever. Teddy Wilson's playing, appearance, and personal manner were always impeccable.
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🎬 Rétrospective IDA LUPINO
📅 Du 16 au 27 juillet
Elle fut longtemps l’unique femme à siéger parmi les membres de la Directors Guild of America… C’est dire la singularité d’Ida Lupino ! ✊
Actrice au caractère affirmé, elle défie Hollywood et devient réalisatrice.
www.cinematheque.fr/cycle/ida-lu...
📅 Du 16 au 27 juillet
Elle fut longtemps l’unique femme à siéger parmi les membres de la Directors Guild of America… C’est dire la singularité d’Ida Lupino ! ✊
Actrice au caractère affirmé, elle défie Hollywood et devient réalisatrice.
www.cinematheque.fr/cycle/ida-lu...
July 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🎬 Rétrospective IDA LUPINO
📅 Du 16 au 27 juillet
Elle fut longtemps l’unique femme à siéger parmi les membres de la Directors Guild of America… C’est dire la singularité d’Ida Lupino ! ✊
Actrice au caractère affirmé, elle défie Hollywood et devient réalisatrice.
www.cinematheque.fr/cycle/ida-lu...
📅 Du 16 au 27 juillet
Elle fut longtemps l’unique femme à siéger parmi les membres de la Directors Guild of America… C’est dire la singularité d’Ida Lupino ! ✊
Actrice au caractère affirmé, elle défie Hollywood et devient réalisatrice.
www.cinematheque.fr/cycle/ida-lu...
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Dorothy Whipple, High Wages, bestseller des années 1930.
L’ascension sociale d’une employée d’un magasin de confection, qui conquiert son indépendance et finit par ouvrir sa propre boutique.
www.locus-solus-fr.net?p=1580
Dorothy Whipple, High Wages, bestseller des années 1930.
L’ascension sociale d’une employée d’un magasin de confection, qui conquiert son indépendance et finit par ouvrir sa propre boutique.
www.locus-solus-fr.net?p=1580
July 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
[BLOG]
Dorothy Whipple, High Wages, bestseller des années 1930.
L’ascension sociale d’une employée d’un magasin de confection, qui conquiert son indépendance et finit par ouvrir sa propre boutique.
www.locus-solus-fr.net?p=1580
Dorothy Whipple, High Wages, bestseller des années 1930.
L’ascension sociale d’une employée d’un magasin de confection, qui conquiert son indépendance et finit par ouvrir sa propre boutique.
www.locus-solus-fr.net?p=1580
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Seems like a good time to post some of Marco Borggreve’s album cover photos. He has over a thousand album credits in Discogs.
Really good classical music photography is hard; let’s see how Borggreve does.
A good start with this Stravinsky album from 1992.
Really good classical music photography is hard; let’s see how Borggreve does.
A good start with this Stravinsky album from 1992.
July 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Seems like a good time to post some of Marco Borggreve’s album cover photos. He has over a thousand album credits in Discogs.
Really good classical music photography is hard; let’s see how Borggreve does.
A good start with this Stravinsky album from 1992.
Really good classical music photography is hard; let’s see how Borggreve does.
A good start with this Stravinsky album from 1992.
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Filmmaker Chris Marker (1921 - 2019).
July 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Filmmaker Chris Marker (1921 - 2019).
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Happy birthday Paul Smith 🎂
📷 Peter Macdiarmid, 1995
"The way men dressed changed in the early 80s and I sort of nudged them into it, I think."
📷 Peter Macdiarmid, 1995
"The way men dressed changed in the early 80s and I sort of nudged them into it, I think."
July 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Happy birthday Paul Smith 🎂
📷 Peter Macdiarmid, 1995
"The way men dressed changed in the early 80s and I sort of nudged them into it, I think."
📷 Peter Macdiarmid, 1995
"The way men dressed changed in the early 80s and I sort of nudged them into it, I think."
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Happy 101st birthday to Eva Marie Saint! Here she is in a wardrobe test photograph for Alfred Hitchcock’s NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959).
July 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Happy 101st birthday to Eva Marie Saint! Here she is in a wardrobe test photograph for Alfred Hitchcock’s NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959).
Au marché aux puces.
July 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Au marché aux puces.
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Brigitte Fassbaender - BOTD
July 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Brigitte Fassbaender - BOTD
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A repost for Elizabeth Taylor's birthday, 3 July 1912.
I plan to celebrate with The Sleeping Beauty (1953), the only novel of hers I haven't yet read.
#ElizabethTaylorAuthor #BOTD 📚
I plan to celebrate with The Sleeping Beauty (1953), the only novel of hers I haven't yet read.
#ElizabethTaylorAuthor #BOTD 📚
Saying this again -- Why not just read Elizabeth Taylor instead?
July 3, 2025 at 4:48 AM
A repost for Elizabeth Taylor's birthday, 3 July 1912.
I plan to celebrate with The Sleeping Beauty (1953), the only novel of hers I haven't yet read.
#ElizabethTaylorAuthor #BOTD 📚
I plan to celebrate with The Sleeping Beauty (1953), the only novel of hers I haven't yet read.
#ElizabethTaylorAuthor #BOTD 📚
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Les questions du public fusent autour de son goût pour la critique de la bourgeoisie, pour les romans à énigmes, pour les productions modestes.
www.cinematheque.fr/henri/film/1...
www.cinematheque.fr/henri/film/1...
Claude Chabrol à la Cinémathèque française (Auteurs divers, 1986) à voir en ligne sur HENRI, la plateforme des collections films de la Cinémathèque française
Le 5 mars 1986, Claude Chabrol est reçu à Chaillot par Jean Douchet dans le cadre du cinquantenaire de la Cinémathèque française.
www.cinematheque.fr
July 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Les questions du public fusent autour de son goût pour la critique de la bourgeoisie, pour les romans à énigmes, pour les productions modestes.
www.cinematheque.fr/henri/film/1...
www.cinematheque.fr/henri/film/1...
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Today's best second-hand buy: a collection of essays on Agatha Christie written by other crime writers, including Celia Fremlin, Dorothy B. Hughes, Christianna Brand and Edmund Crispin.
July 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Today's best second-hand buy: a collection of essays on Agatha Christie written by other crime writers, including Celia Fremlin, Dorothy B. Hughes, Christianna Brand and Edmund Crispin.
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Secret tunnels and medieval maps... the 10 biggest stories from the first two years of Londonist: Time Machine
The Biggest Stories From Two Years of Londonist: Time Machine
The top 10 stories you read the most.
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July 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Secret tunnels and medieval maps... the 10 biggest stories from the first two years of Londonist: Time Machine