Fever dream of immense power and beauty (riding a WestBus in the north of England)

Internalised sigma

this happened to my mate

9) I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning. Conflicting thoughts, same as when I read the book—which I acc liked less but think you probably need to read to get the full impact. Quite old school Marxist & does that well but there are voids. Clio Barnard still best director for class in 21st c. Britain.

Someone else ordering a coffee

bro i swear its not cap... i love you

Trying to order a drink at the BFI with minutes to spare and the bartender is throwing a cocktail shaker in the air

Monzo cashback offering me 5% off Pritt Sticks, 8% off Palantir and 3% off the King James Bible (online only, £40+ spend)

Nearly Halloween, time for Attempt #4 at reading Under the Volcano

Giving unsolicited mithraic temple recommendations to long lost friends on instagram

8) Fatherland. Not enough space to even begin to set out what a masterpiece this is: my film of the festival. Cried in the festival hall loos, cried for much of the cycle home; beautiful, understated & compelling depiction of how culture and its ‘great men’ can’t rise above the burden of history.

7) Rose. Saw this 2 days ago but haven’t been able to summon the energy to post because it left me cold, but everyone else I know who’s seen it seemed to have enjoyed it so I was racked w shame. Too dour. As a miserable film lover I was left wondering if my festival picks have been *too* miserable

Estorick Collection good, wish I had a life where my two biographies of Stafford Cripps funded my art-collecting, driving-round-Europe lifestyle

Went to the Whistler exhibition at the Tate last month and could’ve stayed in the room with the nocturnes for hours. Perfect!!

Omg yes Big Suze!! She seems like she got radicalised but who knows

Did they think people might not know where they were

Old woman sat in front of me on the bus has whipped out a RADIO and is blasting Charli xcx? ???

My grandma HATES her, starts absolutely seething with rage when she appears on the tv. Where are they forming these opinions??

Also, I think this could mix very dangerously with the new presumption against short (>1yr) prison sentences, where there’ll now surely be a risk of massive uptariffing? Maybe I’m wrong and the sentencing guidelines will prevent this but I don’t have much hope for coherency