Berthold Schoene
@profberty.bsky.social
Lit Prof Manchester Met UK | interested in trees doing the human (or indeed just themselves at their own sweet pace) | the ruderal imagination | degrowth aesthetics | pursuits involving Marnie & Grace and their sighthound pals …
Autumn colours 🍁
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Autumn colours 🍁
Marnie, optimising summer’s long goodbye
September 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Marnie, optimising summer’s long goodbye
Cookie politics
September 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Cookie politics
Never read anything by Pym before: is this what’s meant by “middle brow”?!
September 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Never read anything by Pym before: is this what’s meant by “middle brow”?!
We’ve renamed the house in honour of these two blue wonders 🤩🥰❤️
September 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
We’ve renamed the house in honour of these two blue wonders 🤩🥰❤️
Mount Fuji, on arrival
September 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Mount Fuji, on arrival
Whixall (May 2020)
August 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Whixall (May 2020)
Aberffraw Beach at dawn
July 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Aberffraw Beach at dawn
Marnie and the Box (2021)
April 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Marnie and the Box (2021)
I can’t resist a good family saga. Lombardo does them exceptionally well. I’m already looking forward to her next.
April 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I can’t resist a good family saga. Lombardo does them exceptionally well. I’m already looking forward to her next.
Edward Berger’s Conclave — such superb acting and sumptuous cinematography! Who cares if it’s not entirely true to life?! (If only it were …!)
February 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Edward Berger’s Conclave — such superb acting and sumptuous cinematography! Who cares if it’s not entirely true to life?! (If only it were …!)
Looks like spring
February 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Looks like spring
Segregation at Shugborough Hall
February 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Segregation at Shugborough Hall
“February” by Margaret Atwood ——
February 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM
“February” by Margaret Atwood ——
Coffeehouse Girls!
February 2, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Coffeehouse Girls!
“The Trees | are probably the largest selves in the forest […]”
from the Australian poet Stuart Cooke’s recent collection
The grass is greener over your grave (2023)
from the Australian poet Stuart Cooke’s recent collection
The grass is greener over your grave (2023)
January 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“The Trees | are probably the largest selves in the forest […]”
from the Australian poet Stuart Cooke’s recent collection
The grass is greener over your grave (2023)
from the Australian poet Stuart Cooke’s recent collection
The grass is greener over your grave (2023)
An unrivalled feat of cultural history, this must surely be the ultimate mother of all family sagas. I never knew Galsworthy got the Nobel for it, but surprised I’m not.
January 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
An unrivalled feat of cultural history, this must surely be the ultimate mother of all family sagas. I never knew Galsworthy got the Nobel for it, but surprised I’m not.
Brings back sweet memories of working with the author on this conference and collection:
January 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Brings back sweet memories of working with the author on this conference and collection:
Following a six-year gap, the wonderful and utterly superb Nicola Barker (as infallibly refreshing as a peppermint lozenge) has a new novel out this summer. Read an extract here granta.com/tonyinterrup...
January 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Following a six-year gap, the wonderful and utterly superb Nicola Barker (as infallibly refreshing as a peppermint lozenge) has a new novel out this summer. Read an extract here granta.com/tonyinterrup...
Dog walk vista (Rossett) 🌈
January 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Dog walk vista (Rossett) 🌈
Early-morning moonshine dogwalk
January 17, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Early-morning moonshine dogwalk
I’m currently reading The Forsyte Saga, strictly speaking not one book but a trilogy. Another (very different) unforgettable read is of course Roberto Bolaño’s 2666.
January 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I’m currently reading The Forsyte Saga, strictly speaking not one book but a trilogy. Another (very different) unforgettable read is of course Roberto Bolaño’s 2666.
Deceptively set in a distant future, this — to me — is the most acutely contemporary novel of 2024. I can’t get it out of my head.
December 26, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Deceptively set in a distant future, this — to me — is the most acutely contemporary novel of 2024. I can’t get it out of my head.
Unusual sci-fi cloud formation over Malpas village on Christmas Day morning
December 26, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Unusual sci-fi cloud formation over Malpas village on Christmas Day morning
It’s Christmas: snuggle up and get toasty!
December 24, 2024 at 8:28 AM
It’s Christmas: snuggle up and get toasty!