Lovely article, btw. Thank you.

It isn't for me. I think it depends how many FT articles you've already read this week/day.

Excellent! ❤️

Thanks, Kev. 🙏 The cheaper ticket price can also be redeemed against a purchase of the book on the night (for those undecided).

Congratulations, Jim. Well deserved!

Happy birthday!

Top tip! Thank you. They’re a bugger to wash, anyway.

Well done - sounds rewarding for all!

Oooh-hooo! ♥️

🤐

I’ve only read The Lie Tree and half of Fly By Night, but I’ve got Cuckoo Song on the shelf waiting. I think if I had to choose right now, I’m enjoying the world of Fly By Night marginally more than TLT, but they’re both brilliant. What else have you read?

Oh, snap! I’m currently reading Fly By Night (highly recommended). I remember loving The Lie Tree.

Leonora Carrington: Avatars & Alliances is at Colchester until 9 March. Leonora was expelled from an Essex convent, and the county welcomes her back by mixing her work with local witchcraft relics, Mexican artefacts and pieces by her friends inc. Lee Miller and Max Ernst. Wow.
tinyurl.com/2s4akd78

After Leonora: Echoes of Surrealism is on until 26 Feb at the Gillian Jason Gallery, London, feat. Leonora Carrington’s wonderful bronzes and lithographs plus works by contemporary women artists treading in her Surrealist footsteps. In an ideal world, a lobster tea would follow.
tinyurl.com/ykve4nhp

Wow!

It is called a skyline, isn't it? And, if not, why not?

Strangely, I was reading about this new book just the other day. It’s only 19th Century US, but looks fascinating. I’m sure there are more.
mitpress.mit.edu/978026204905...

Small Bomb at Dimperley. I’ve been waiting for a cold and miserable weekend for maximum cosy enjoyment.