Chris
@staggerlee42.bsky.social
Love cinema, literature, music and art. Write occasionally about cinema. Married with two kids. Originally from Greater Manchester/Cheshire. Now based in Northern Ireland. Teacher of History and Politics. Degree, PGCE and MA Ed from University of Durham.
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alright let’s get something more pleasant going. what two books would you leave out on your coffee table so a reporter can mention you have them. doesn’t matter if you’ve read them. for me it’s Pale Fire (which I did read) and Ulysses (got like 15% of the way in)
A Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys and Owen Glendower by John Cowper Powys. More people should read his extraordinary work and the reporter might get them publicity/get them republished. #BookSky💙📚
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Loved the ANNA ANCHER exhibition, which recently opened at Dulwich Picture Gallery.
She captured light in interior spaces so beautifully. #Art #ArtSky #AnnaAncher #London #Dulwich
She captured light in interior spaces so beautifully. #Art #ArtSky #AnnaAncher #London #Dulwich
November 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Loved the ANNA ANCHER exhibition, which recently opened at Dulwich Picture Gallery.
She captured light in interior spaces so beautifully. #Art #ArtSky #AnnaAncher #London #Dulwich
She captured light in interior spaces so beautifully. #Art #ArtSky #AnnaAncher #London #Dulwich
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So pleased have curated a film tribute to the late Peter Watkins with ICA London. First up, 22 Nov, his film Privilege, a swinging 60s artefact which hobbles the swinging. At its centre, a rock-star-as-empty-messiah, played by Manfred Mann’s Paul Jones. More soon!
www.ica.art/films/peter-...
www.ica.art/films/peter-...
ICA | Peter Watkins: Privilege + introduction
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is London’s leading space for contemporary culture. We commission, produce and present new work in film, music, performance and the visual arts by today’s most...
www.ica.art
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
So pleased have curated a film tribute to the late Peter Watkins with ICA London. First up, 22 Nov, his film Privilege, a swinging 60s artefact which hobbles the swinging. At its centre, a rock-star-as-empty-messiah, played by Manfred Mann’s Paul Jones. More soon!
www.ica.art/films/peter-...
www.ica.art/films/peter-...
A bit of Henry James and a bit of Edith Wharton, with a seasoning of Ibsen. What does that make? Well, misery OBVIOUSLY but strangely (and I don’t know why tbh), there’s a bit of hope too.
Not much though (but agency for the protagonist, at least).
That lush, romantic score though… ❤️❤️❤️
Not much though (but agency for the protagonist, at least).
That lush, romantic score though… ❤️❤️❤️
November 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A bit of Henry James and a bit of Edith Wharton, with a seasoning of Ibsen. What does that make? Well, misery OBVIOUSLY but strangely (and I don’t know why tbh), there’s a bit of hope too.
Not much though (but agency for the protagonist, at least).
That lush, romantic score though… ❤️❤️❤️
Not much though (but agency for the protagonist, at least).
That lush, romantic score though… ❤️❤️❤️
November 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
La Chimera/Alice Rohrwacher
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
La Chimera/Alice Rohrwacher
Um.
I may have just had a wee orgasm…
🤣🤣🤣
I may have just had a wee orgasm…
🤣🤣🤣
November 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Um.
I may have just had a wee orgasm…
🤣🤣🤣
I may have just had a wee orgasm…
🤣🤣🤣
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Yup it is.
The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine is Waterstones Irish Book of the Year
The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine is Waterstones Irish Book of the Year
Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages
www.irishtimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Yup it is.
You just couldn’t vote for Labour right now, regardless of tactical voting / FPTP etc, you just couldn’t.
Not with a clear conscience anyway.
Not with a clear conscience anyway.
If the government really intends to seize jewellery and other valuables from refugees,
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
No 10 tells Labour MPs it expects support for tough new asylum policies
Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
You just couldn’t vote for Labour right now, regardless of tactical voting / FPTP etc, you just couldn’t.
Not with a clear conscience anyway.
Not with a clear conscience anyway.
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If the government really intends to seize jewellery and other valuables from refugees,
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
No 10 tells Labour MPs it expects support for tough new asylum policies
Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
If the government really intends to seize jewellery and other valuables from refugees,
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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“Three times tonight, from midnight until morn,the miller’s daughter hath helped me grind my corn”. Carry On Chaucer.
November 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“Three times tonight, from midnight until morn,the miller’s daughter hath helped me grind my corn”. Carry On Chaucer.
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Did you see it on TV?
They called The National Guard
And the tanks came rolling down
Sunset Boulevard..
They called The National Guard
And the tanks came rolling down
Sunset Boulevard..
November 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Did you see it on TV?
They called The National Guard
And the tanks came rolling down
Sunset Boulevard..
They called The National Guard
And the tanks came rolling down
Sunset Boulevard..
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Some incoming DVD and Blu-Ray:
- Two from Kelly Reichardt (both featuring Michelle Williams)
- Two with Robert Mitchum
- Two from Kelly Reichardt (both featuring Michelle Williams)
- Two with Robert Mitchum
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Some incoming DVD and Blu-Ray:
- Two from Kelly Reichardt (both featuring Michelle Williams)
- Two with Robert Mitchum
- Two from Kelly Reichardt (both featuring Michelle Williams)
- Two with Robert Mitchum
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Love Powys, loved Glastonbury Romance. Also Weymouth Sands and Porius. Will look out for the Owen Glendower reissue.
November 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Love Powys, loved Glastonbury Romance. Also Weymouth Sands and Porius. Will look out for the Owen Glendower reissue.
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The BFI National Archive appeared as a photoshoot location in October’s issue of Vogue, featuring the Rizwan brothers.
We had fun doing our own version for the #BFI Insta.
I am wearing: shirt - secondhand, tank top - knitted by Mum, trousers - vintage Topshop, trainers - Converse 😎
We had fun doing our own version for the #BFI Insta.
I am wearing: shirt - secondhand, tank top - knitted by Mum, trousers - vintage Topshop, trainers - Converse 😎
November 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The BFI National Archive appeared as a photoshoot location in October’s issue of Vogue, featuring the Rizwan brothers.
We had fun doing our own version for the #BFI Insta.
I am wearing: shirt - secondhand, tank top - knitted by Mum, trousers - vintage Topshop, trainers - Converse 😎
We had fun doing our own version for the #BFI Insta.
I am wearing: shirt - secondhand, tank top - knitted by Mum, trousers - vintage Topshop, trainers - Converse 😎
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Have you seen the trailers for this bad boy? I'm currently looking at QFT times to make M go with me. I wouldn't do the Springsteen one with him 😬
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Have you seen the trailers for this bad boy? I'm currently looking at QFT times to make M go with me. I wouldn't do the Springsteen one with him 😬
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Absolutely. I do read some long books, but they tend to be realist novels. Big, sweeping epics that combine the personal and the political, e.g. stories about times of political turbulence viewed through the lens of couples or families. Olivia Manning’s THE BALKAN TRILOGY springs to mind.
November 15, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Absolutely. I do read some long books, but they tend to be realist novels. Big, sweeping epics that combine the personal and the political, e.g. stories about times of political turbulence viewed through the lens of couples or families. Olivia Manning’s THE BALKAN TRILOGY springs to mind.
Joshua Burnside’s latest is easing my Saturday work pain.
One of my albums of the year… ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Got the record, the cd and the cap 🤣👍
open.spotify.com/album/1bYkAW...
One of my albums of the year… ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Got the record, the cd and the cap 🤣👍
open.spotify.com/album/1bYkAW...
Teeth of Time
open.spotify.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Joshua Burnside’s latest is easing my Saturday work pain.
One of my albums of the year… ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Got the record, the cd and the cap 🤣👍
open.spotify.com/album/1bYkAW...
One of my albums of the year… ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Got the record, the cd and the cap 🤣👍
open.spotify.com/album/1bYkAW...
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One of my favourite pieces by Rachel Cooke. #RIP
On the subtle art of translating fiction, in which stylish prose trumps linguistic accuracy when comparing two different translations of Françoise Sagan’s novella, BONJOUR TRISTESSE. She was right of course. 💙📚
www.theguardian.com/books/2016/j...
On the subtle art of translating fiction, in which stylish prose trumps linguistic accuracy when comparing two different translations of Françoise Sagan’s novella, BONJOUR TRISTESSE. She was right of course. 💙📚
www.theguardian.com/books/2016/j...
The subtle art of translating foreign fiction
How foreign fiction is booming in the UK, and the secrets of some of the world’s best translators
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
One of my favourite pieces by Rachel Cooke. #RIP
On the subtle art of translating fiction, in which stylish prose trumps linguistic accuracy when comparing two different translations of Françoise Sagan’s novella, BONJOUR TRISTESSE. She was right of course. 💙📚
www.theguardian.com/books/2016/j...
On the subtle art of translating fiction, in which stylish prose trumps linguistic accuracy when comparing two different translations of Françoise Sagan’s novella, BONJOUR TRISTESSE. She was right of course. 💙📚
www.theguardian.com/books/2016/j...
Re-posting this because when next year’s reprint comes out, I really want some folks on here to talk to about it… 🤣🤣❤️ Looking at you @jacquiwine.bsky.social 😎😎
A Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys and Owen Glendower by John Cowper Powys. More people should read his extraordinary work and the reporter might get them publicity/get them republished. #BookSky💙📚
alright let’s get something more pleasant going. what two books would you leave out on your coffee table so a reporter can mention you have them. doesn’t matter if you’ve read them. for me it’s Pale Fire (which I did read) and Ulysses (got like 15% of the way in)
November 15, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Re-posting this because when next year’s reprint comes out, I really want some folks on here to talk to about it… 🤣🤣❤️ Looking at you @jacquiwine.bsky.social 😎😎
Test supervision duty on a Saturday can get right in the bin… 🤣😬😭
November 15, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Test supervision duty on a Saturday can get right in the bin… 🤣😬😭
Thanks to @grantrintoul.bsky.social for the heads up. This is an all-timer for me and richly deserves this reprint. If you love thrillingly unique literature, look out for this next year 😍😍😍😍
Penguin are reprinting A Glastonbury Romance next year.
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Thanks to @grantrintoul.bsky.social for the heads up. This is an all-timer for me and richly deserves this reprint. If you love thrillingly unique literature, look out for this next year 😍😍😍😍
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Penguin are reprinting A Glastonbury Romance next year.
November 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Penguin are reprinting A Glastonbury Romance next year.
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I really enjoyed this movie.
Usually I'm not a big fan of secret society / conspiracy type things, but all this worked for me.
Very entertaining throughout.
Perfect performances from everyone.
Somewhere in my top 5 of the year
10/10
Usually I'm not a big fan of secret society / conspiracy type things, but all this worked for me.
Very entertaining throughout.
Perfect performances from everyone.
Somewhere in my top 5 of the year
10/10
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I really enjoyed this movie.
Usually I'm not a big fan of secret society / conspiracy type things, but all this worked for me.
Very entertaining throughout.
Perfect performances from everyone.
Somewhere in my top 5 of the year
10/10
Usually I'm not a big fan of secret society / conspiracy type things, but all this worked for me.
Very entertaining throughout.
Perfect performances from everyone.
Somewhere in my top 5 of the year
10/10
A Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys and Owen Glendower by John Cowper Powys. More people should read his extraordinary work and the reporter might get them publicity/get them republished. #BookSky💙📚
alright let’s get something more pleasant going. what two books would you leave out on your coffee table so a reporter can mention you have them. doesn’t matter if you’ve read them. for me it’s Pale Fire (which I did read) and Ulysses (got like 15% of the way in)
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
A Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys and Owen Glendower by John Cowper Powys. More people should read his extraordinary work and the reporter might get them publicity/get them republished. #BookSky💙📚