surveillance cameras on a railway platform

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; 2024.

  • January
    • 24
      • Started reading Forbidden: A 3000 Year History of Jews and the Pig by Jordan Rosenblum B Very interesting from the outset.
    • 21
      • Started watching Night Agent s02 on Netflix T Here we go again.
    • 20
      • Started watching Severance s02 on AppleTV T What the Actual Fuck?
    • 18
      • Started reading Real Food, Real Facts: Processed Food and the Politics of Knowledge by Charlotte Biltekoff B Lots of confirmation bias going in.
      • Finished reading Dead Lions by Mick Herron B Better than the TV series? Possibly only because I’ve seen it.
    • 14
      • Started watching Bosch: Legacy on Prime T Satisfyingly unchanged.
    • 13
      • Watched The Thomas Crown Affair on Prime F the original; ineffably cool.
    • 12
      • Started reading Dead Lions by Mick Herron B Strong start, again.
    • 11
      • Finished watching 100 Years of Solitude on Netflix T Haven’t read the book, so nothing to compare it to, and still I thought it pretty marvellous.
    • 9
      • Saw The Nickel Boys at the Barbican cinema F Very innovative cinematography and soundtrack, but in the end hard to engage with. Powerful stuff.

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