Key: (B) = book | (F) = film | (T) = television series | (P) = podcast series | (TH) = theater performance | (M) = musical performance | [R] = reread/rewatch/relisten | (Tk) = talk
This is a non-exhaustive list of things I’ve read, watched, seen or otherwise enjoyed.
Here are the lists for 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023.
- January
- 29
- Finished watching Hijack on Apple TV T Have not seen anything as tense in a long, long time.
- 27
- Saw The Holdovers at the Nuovo Sacher F Is the final message that privilege always wins in the end? Nevertheless, wonderful.
- 23
- Saw Wim Wenders' Perfect Days at the cinema F Lovely, gentle film, full of beautiful quiet touches.
- 22
- Started reading Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem on Kindle B Too much geography, maybe.
- 21
- Finished reading Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit on Kindle B Incredibly well written and very illuminating. Now to reread Orwell.
- Started watching Hijack on Apple TV T Very taut.
- 19
- Finished watching Reacher s02 on Amazon Prime T Cartoonish violence and strength, and nobody left alive.
- 14
- Started watching Criminal Evidence on Apple TV T Looks to be very good.
- 12
- Watched Roleplay on Netflix F Pretty weak secret assassin stuff.
- 10
- Started reading Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit B Lovely rambling stuff that all ties together.
- 04
- Watched Equalizer 3 on Netflix F Good men doing bad things, in Sicily and the Amalfi.
- 02
- Started watching Reacher s02 on Amazon Prime T No change; Reacher is still Reacher, but we have back story.
- February
- 24
- Started reading The Last Life by Claire Messud B Promising, despite lots of adjectives.
- 23
- Started watching House of Cards s02 on Netflix T Mesmerising.
- 22
- Started watching Ferry The Series on Netflix T Life among the lowlifes.
- 21
- Finished watching House of Cards s01 on Apple TV T Kinda gripping to see all those bad people doing bad things.
- 15
- Finished reading Yellowface by R.F. Yuang B Hall of mirrors. White, yellow, white, yellow.
- 05
- Finished reading Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem B Not so great. [Review]().
- 03
- Started watching the US House of Cards on Netflix T As good as the original?
- March
- 26
- Started watching The Gentlemen on Netflix T Good film, better TV?
- 22
- Watched My Generation on Hoopla F Michael Caine the perfect person to tell the story of London in the 1960s, and what a time it was to be alive.
- 17
- Finished watching Ferry: The Series on Netflix T Sometimes you just have to kill your best mate. Enough with the Belgian low-lifes.
- 15
- Started watching Masters of the Air on Apple TV T Such unrealistic hair, but otherwise engaging.
- April
- 30
- Started reading The Day Before Happiness by Erri De Luca B Rather wonderful. Spare and compassionate.
- 22
- Finished watching Masters of the Air on AppleTV T And a few of them lived happily ever after.
- 17
- Started watching Ripley on Netflix T Astonishing cinematography, redolent with menace, very watchable.
- 16
- Finished watching The Gentlemen on Netflix T Bloody marvellous, innit? Second series will surely disappoint.
- May
- 07
- Started watching Sugar s01 on AppleTV T Oh those demons!
- June
- 18
- Started watching Bodkin on Netflix T Very watchable tosh.
- Finished reading Napoleon: a life in gardens and shadows by Ruth Scurr B Fascinating and eminently readable.
- 13
- Started watching Presumed Innocent on AppleTV T Overwrought.
- 11
- Finished watching Jack Ryan s04 on Amazon Prime T Sheiss, aber gut gekocht.
- July
- 31
- Finished reading Brooklyn by Colm Toibìn B Absolutely delightful and, it seemed to me, insightful into lives and minds. A total gem.
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