It's so wild that there are people who can identify cars by sight. Like instead of “brown truck” or “grey sedan” everywhere they go they’re all “that Mazda Myopia is turning left beside the 2017 Chevy Stigmata”. It must be like seeing those colors only shrimp can see.

Medusa of the Roses by Navid Sinaki review – noir debut of forbidden love theguardian.com/books/article/…

The funniest thing about Love Lies Bleeding is that at the beginning we only see shots of Lou’s apartment that make it look awful and they get wider as the film goes on until you realise it’s actually decent, just in need of a clean

this is so bonkers I love it

so obsessed with IDLE GROUNDS it is amazing

confused my memory stick with my vape and inhaled my unfinished novel

Humans were not meant to have this many passwords

All these niche Halloween costumes prove that the people crave tableaux vivants

Costume the DIY idea costume

Duets is going to Berlin! Come to Curious Fox Books to meet the superb Adrian Duncan and Leon Craig on 4th December! curiousfoxbooks.com/events

thank you Hazlitt ! Very proud of this story, 'A Rage to Live'

I haven't been on here a lot recently, but poking my head above the parapet to announce that my debut gothic novel The Decadence was selected by Waterstones for their summer discount! use SUMMER25 to get 25% off preorders until midnight on Thursday waterstones.com/book/the-decad…

🎉 Congratulations to UCL alum Leon Craig (UCL Arts & Humanities) on the publication of her second novel, The Decadence, out 25 September 2025! 📚✨ Pre-order here: bit.ly/4m2V5Mp

My thoughts on SUNKEN CITY by Marta Barone, (tr Julia MacGibbon). I loved this compelling story of the personal & the political, which delves into the tangled history of Italy's Years of Lead. Margaret Drabble is also a fan! Monday Blogs #MondayBlogs jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/08/17/sun…

read Thomas Peermohamed Lambert's Shibboleth recently and was absolutely gripped by it - a biting portrayal of deeply unhealthy group dynamics and shifting identities that leaves room for the possibility of love

Riding jacket by Morin Blossier, 1902. The MET.

People don’t even believe in *ambivalence* anymore! Every reaction has to get flattened out. Parents are demons who were always out to get you or it’s pathetic to ever blame them for anything; you can’t have some sort of nuanced, balanced in-between.