Laura Lee Davies

Can I just say, Robert Hardy and Elizabeth Spriggs in the 1995 ‘Sense and Sensibility’ are still a source of such joy.

Listen to the title track from Dean Wareham’s upcoming album Dean Wareham has just shared a second track from his new album which will be released in March. The song is the title track of the album “That’s the Price of Loving Me”. The song has been released with a lovely video of Dean wandering around LA.

Listen to the title track from Dean Wareham's upcoming album
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Warped, immersive, elegiac - and a remarkably chatty Frank Black.

‘I doorknocked for Labour then racist deepfake ruined my life’ Cheryl Bennett thought she was doing a friend a favour when she agreed to post party leaflets around Dudley. Instead, it nearly got her arrested

this is a genuinely alarming story via Gabriel Pogrund in Sunday Times:

deepfake video seen by two million people online falsely made it look as if a teacher - delivering election leaflets - had made a racist tirade

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2025 Sound Mirror Open Day Step into history this year by visiting the Sound Mirror at Lade Pits, Dungeness, Kent.On this special day, gain access to the secluded island at Lade Pits, hom

YES PLEASE!

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Hi Will! x

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I have quite a few very cool playlists including clubbing tunes 1990 & 1991, classic ‘80’s indie, cool new music and more. Have a listen, stay warm and safe and enjoy!
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The Italian town that banned cricket Nearly a third of Monfalcone's residents are foreign, and the mayor says the

I’d quibble with the headline, but ‘The Transparently Racist Italian Mayor that banned Cricket because it’s played by brown people’, while accurate, is a bit long.

Have you down a skyscraper at night into an intersection there's fog on the ground so we can't see we can't see the ground at all instead we have four buildings coming up right through the yard glowing windows ghost geometry

New York — Ernst Haas, 1966

The 14 long and wasted years of Tory Britain Before the Conservatives were elected in 2010, David Cameron set out his vision of a prosperous, secure country that would care for all. On every metric, by every yardstick, his party has failed

This is a terrific read. And characterising the last 14 years as a near-death experience seems wholly accurate to me.

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Rosemary Hill · The Talk of Carshalton: Pauline Boty’s Presence There has been an element of ‘infatuation-driven hyperbole’ in almost everything that has been said and written...

Reading this and wondering if a man has ever been described as "pushy".

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Toy Car with Women’s Brigade ∘ Designed by Viktor Fixl, a Czech maker of wooden toys and a pioneer in the field, made significant contributions to the toy industry with his innovative approach, 1958.

London Transport issued this poster in 1966 to promote travel to the city's contemporary art galleries.

Art Today by Hans Unger (1966)

First edition cover of Endless Night

Hywel Bennett in the 1972 film adaptation of Endless Night.

If you're in London or thereabouts on July 17 I'll be at Foyles Bookshop recording a @backlisted.bsky.social podcast with @iammilliam.bsky.social, @johnmitchinson.bsky.social & Agatha Christie expert Caroline Crampton. The book we'll be discussing is Christie's brilliant late work, Endless Night.

This became a major reference for me for many years after seeing it.

This pisses on other Bluesky posts - as do the replies.

Wonderful

Gio Ponti (1891-1979)
Coffee table for Giordano Chiesa, 1953

The absolute heroism of Annie Nightingale, having to push through this crap.

Finally got round to starting Slow Horses last night. Love that it has Jack Lowden in it. He was great in The Gold but I couldn’t like him because he was playing Kenneth Noye.

So excited - I have already reached that point in the holiday when I have no idea what day of the week it is.

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Every day until Christmas Eve I will publish part of my Christmas story A DOOR IN DECEMBER. Here's Part Two: davidquantick.com/new-free-stuff

Very sound reasoning.

737 COWLING CHAIR Created from the engine cowling of
a Boeing 737.
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I know somebody who did this and really enjoyed it.

First lot of wrapping to do so watching The Bishop’s Wife (Loretta not Whitney). Can’t believe it’s a year since I watched it. Though I wouldn’t be surprised if I watched it (and the many other essential Christmas films on my list) in July.

Will do, when I’m at mum’s!