My hosts always provide cheery bedside reading material.

Congratulations to 18 year old Gukesh Dommaraju, new chess world champion.

Happy birthday Joan Baez youtube.com/watch?v=IrVD0b…

Wrote about it here if anyone is interested: jmarriott.substack.com/p/a-new-novel-…

This is fantastically good - one of the best literary biographies I've ever read. And I think also one of the best books about the seventeenth century. John Carey is a genius.

Overheard at the antiques fair: "I wander around and see all these beautiful things and then I think, what's the point, we're all going to die."

Anthony Bale: How the internet is distinctly Chaucerian the-tls.co.uk/regular-featur…

Awake for hours last night as Openreach laid cable outside my home in a residential area. Their AI bot told me to contact council to complain. Council say they have no control over Openreach. Hmm.

Gareth you need to learn how to spell “caused” if you are going to work for a communications company.

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Happy to report that the swifts have returned to their usual nest under the eaves.

Watching FA Cup Final with renowned football writer Julie Welch

Lovely crop of figs this summer

Four Women and a Funeral upstairsatthegatehouse.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/sh…

World premiere tonight!!

Four Women and a Funeral, 3 Stars – Theatre Reviews theatrereviews.design/four-women-and…

A big thank you to ⁦LondonPubTheatres⁩ and ⁦Francis Beckett⁩ londonpubtheatres.com/review-four-wo…

“I’m going that way too, I’ll walk with you!” Oh joy.

Sad news today... Len Deighton dead at 97 express.co.uk/news/uk/218307…

Great tribute to Len Deighton by Simon Schama on PM today Matt Nixson