Katherine

I would say give Ann Patchett one more try with Tom Lake, which I found to be a beautiful book, and was subsequently a bit disappointed by Commonwealth.

The Best of Everything is great! Paulette is a character that has a special place in my heart.

Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.

Heartily agree. “Pop of colour” is one of my (many) bugbears.

Dear Mr Kirkdale bookshop keeper, It's me, the boy who asked to put the "One Piece" book on hold. How's your day been so far? Well for me, I'm getting thro teeth out at the dentist, not because their rotten but because I need to braces (I cind of scared). Due to the above, I will not be able to buy the book so please, please, please can you keep the book for one more day. From the boy, Jacob is my name. p.s. plase, please, please rec.

Imagine being like this. Maybe we actually were all once like this. Be more like this guy!

Wunmi Mosaku winning Best Supporting Actress BAFTA, her picture from the end of Sinners

Robert Aramayo, winner of Leading Actor BAFTA, picture of him at the end of I Swear

Hooray for BAFTA wins for Wunmi Mosaku and Robert Aramayo!

Very much seconded. Did shed a little tear when he won. Terrific performance, in such a lovely, warm, important film.

Danai Gurira Pens a Love Letter to ‘Sinners’: “Stop Trying to Categorize It” The first movie I ever saw in a theater was E.T. I was about five years old. I can’t recall every detail of that day — the popcorn, which parent I was with, or if I was wearing my favorite blue sneakers — but I remember the feeling. I remember how deeply it moved me, how much love and fear and pain and joy I felt for this strange little alien. My relationship with cinema was born in that moment: a sense of connection that lingers long after the credits roll.

Danai Gurira Pens a Love Letter to ‘Sinners’: “Stop Trying to Categorize It”

Wuthering Heights Pan book cover, painted, Heathcliff and Cathy

I have one of them, couldn’t resist…

I always think this is Indiana Jones in teacher mode.

No!

Mackenzie Crook has become the antidote to Ricky Gervais’s cruel comedy Crook looks for the humanity in everyone – Gervais only points out their stupidity

On the wonderful Mackenzie Crook and Small Prophets.

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Front of Prince Charles Cinema, sign saying Lights Camera Graduation

Film listing and poster for Some Like It Hot

Thank you @princecharlescinema.com for including Some Like It Hot in your Classic Film season. I know it off by heart, but have never seen it on the big screen, and to share the laughter with an audience was just magic.

Me too.

Bunch of daffodils in a pink jug on a wooden table

Excellent! I find embroidery very calming. Unlike knitting etc. Very little skill required, don’t have to follow a pattern.

I had to shut my eyes in those bits. I do find that sort of thing inexplicable - why would anyone want to watch this - which also completely takes me out of a film.
But I also thought all the parts with Ralph Fiennes were excellent.

It’s lovely.
I read it a while ago and, as you say, don’t remember all the details, but immediately remember the warmth and comfort.

First pages of the BBC Year Book 1950, a black and white photograph of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh.

Contents page starting Radio and the Crown

Thank you! Me too.
I have the sequel…

Tim Key and Tom Basden are up for Baftas Three nominations for The Ballad of Wallis Island

Tim Key and Tom Basden are up for Baftas

‘SINNERS’ has broken history as the MOST-NOMINATED FILM OF ALL TIME at the Oscars with 16 nominations

See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26

What were you thinking??

London’s murder rate has fallen to its lowest level since 2014, making the capital one of the safest cities in the world

Alexa Phillips explains

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December 1984’s incredibly strange box office weekend Some of the world’s most respected directors had their movies released on the same December weekend in 1984 - resulting in a number of flops…

Some of the world’s most respected directors had their movies released on the same December weekend in 1984 - resulting in a sizeable number of flops…
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Oh, man. I love this guy.

'All we want is a little sun on our face.'

The Perfect Golden Circle by Benjamin Myers book cover, three crop circles in descending order of size, two little dogs in the bottom one

Happy birthday, and thank you for The Perfect Golden Circle, one of my very favourite books.

No!!

Dragon Hall in the snow 🌨️

Snow on the pavement, a dusting on the greensward, clock tower, blue sky, sun

Snow

1980s copy of The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper, Herne the Hunter on horseback in front of a snowy scene within a circle. In front of Christmas tree branches.

The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper

Last read 40 years ago - and the thrill of the ancient magic is still as strong.

Beware the snow…