Year: 2024
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La Calahorra, Andalucia, 1982
A beautiful village on the edge of a dusty plain on the Northern edge of the Sierra Nevada in Southern Spain. More on Flickr.
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On the spectrum
Two novels, one small and mean, one vast and generous, both magnificent — This year I started a bookclub in our house – with mixed results if I’m honest. It’s…
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Skycaps on a break
From the archives. At JFK, 24 April 2005. They’re telling me about the previous Friday night’s $205M Michigan lottery win.
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Three films that are not one hundred years old
My Substack newsletter is called GROSS. I’m writing about all the top-grossing films since 1913 – but I’ve made an exception for the new year and reviewed three films from…
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Final act for the streamers
Netflix introduced ads and now Amazon Prime too. It’s your fault. — It’s a three-act drama — In act one it’s about growth—extravagent, out-of-control, venture-funded growth—you remember that. Piling on…
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‘Working class golf’ – the posh media will never understand it
Broadcasters and journalists – please stop trying to explain darts. — I know you were privately educated and find darts to be kind of exotic – like chicken shops or…