“If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.” — Aldous Huxley

Natalia Ginzburg on England. What an extraordinary paragraph

He went up to the couch... wikiart.org/en/marc-chagal…

Paul Celan; tr. Michael Hamburger

Louise Camille Fenne🎨 born in Denmark, 1972. She attended the Florence Academy of Art in Italy where she studied traditional drawing and painting techniques.

European lighthouses, looking out for each other

been thinking a lot about guillermo del toro's words to people in their 20s

'It’s a playful collection, with Baylis holding us by the hand and playing with our fingers as he tells us his story.' Andreea Iulia Scridon reviews 'A fondness for the colour green', the debut collection by Charlie Baylis. Broken Sleep Books thelondonmagazine.org/review-the-lon……

thank you to andreea iulia scridon for her intelligent review & to editor Jamie Cameron for dealing the cards to the right hands 🃏 The London Magazine have been very supportive of my writing over the years...hope to see you guys at the next party 💚🍏🍸 thelondonmagazine.org/review-the-lon…

If you're in academia and also a literary translator, these guidelines are designed to help you advocate for how translation counts in tenure/promotion/reappointment. Please share widely, and sign on!

Was invited on to @Every1IsHotPod to talk about Michael Stuhlbarg in A Serious Man, but ended up speaking at length on the masterpiece that is Dinotopia... Give it a listen x

“Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.” — Haruki Murakami

Moons on vintage Halloween cards 🌝

It is the role of the poet and the novelist, and also the painter, to reveal the mystery, and the glow in the dark quality which exist in the depths of every individual. - Patrick Modiano on writing

A knocker-upper was someone whose sole purpose was to wake people up during a time when alarm clocks were expensive and not very reliable. In this photo, Mary Smith earned six pence a week using a pea shooter to shoot dried peas at the windows of sleeping workers in East London,

The business of witches is to know things, and be silent. 🎨 Aron Wiesenfeld

"Poetry is the language the dead use to help us forget they are dead." - Valzhnya Mort "How often our words are the ghosts of those we've lost. So many moments are filled with their endings." - Richard Jackson, "In the Time of the Living"

Did you know that Milan Kundera always intended to translate his own books into Czech? From the writer's translation obsession to potential biographies, sit in as Samuel Abrahám reflects on his long correspondence with Milan and his wife, Věra: bit.ly/3tRHXni

Photo of Wittgenstein as a child.

If you feel overwhelmed by the world, go for a walk. Go to a museum or to a library or bookshop. Listen to music or watch a film. Read poetry. Remind yourself that there is more than tragedy. Remember, there is grace & transcendence to be found.