sorry boss i can’t come into work today i’m trying to capture the childlike joy of december

That one tiny figure fallen on the ice... starting to think there's something powerful in Bruegel's ability to capture the way suffering takes place while someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along

Article in the Guardian: WHY DO THE MOST DEPRIVED AREAS HAVE THE MOST TROUBLED HOSPITALS and I feel like they've already saved me the click.

Went to see Wake Up Dead Man this afternoon and as a lifelong fan of vintage detective fiction and classic locked room mysteries may I please say: oh my god just an absolutely PERFECT film!!!

I went to the OAP-friendly afternoon screening and afterwards heard the staff explaining to many people that "it is part of a series, yes! the first film was called Knives Out, and..."

They should only do the Winter Olympics uniforms.

No tidying, no jigsaw puzzle, no Christmas decorating, ONLY CUDDLES.

Someone was murdered in your original room and the whole floor is now cordoned off and full of police detectives, would be my best guess. Either that or: ghosts.

"How do you manage to watch so many films and listen to so many audiobooks?" WELL:

Strong men create good times. Good times create decadent art. Decadent art makes strong men uncomfortable because it does not satisfy their naive expectations regarding melody, plot and figurative mimesis