- Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
- ✔ Vertigo (1958)
- ✔ Citizen Kane (1941)
- Tokyo Story (1953)
- In the Mood for Love (2000)
- ✔ 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- Beau Travail (1998)
- Mulholland Dr. (2001)
- Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
- Singin’ in the Rain (1951)
- Sunrise A Song of Two Humans (1927)
- ✔ The Godfather (1972)
- La Regle du jeu (1939)
- Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
- The Searchers (1956)
- Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
- Close-up (1989)
- Persona (1966)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Seven Samurai (1954)
may 25 2015 ∞
aug 7 2025 +
- something to answer for by p.h. newby
- the elected member by bernice rubens
- in a free state by v.s. naipaul
- g by john berger
- the siege of krishnapur by j.g. farrell
- the conservationist by nadine gordimer
- heat and dust by ruth prawer jhabvala
- saville by david storey
- staying on by paul scott
- the sea, the sea by iris murdoch
- offshore by penelope fitzgerald
- rites of passage by william golding
- midnight's children by salman rushdie
- schindler's ark by thomas keneally
- life and times of michael k by j.m. coetzee
- ✔ hotel du lac by anita brookner
- the bone people by keri hulme
- ✔ the old devils by kinsley amis
- ✔ moon tiger by penelope lively
- oscar and lucinda by peter carey
aug 9 2015 ∞
aug 6 2025 +
- a farewell to arms, ernest hemingway
- victory, joseph conrad
- guerrillas, v.s. naipaul
- ✔ down and out in paris and london, george orwell
- wonderland, joyce carol oates
- ✔ wuthering heights, emily bronte
- the good soldier, ford madox ford
- ✔ one hundred years of solitude, gabriel garcia marquez
- crime and punishment, fyodor dostoyevsky
- appointment in samarra, john o'hara
- the executioner's song, norman mailer
- the novels of henry james, henry james
- speedboat, renata adler
- go tell it on the mountain, james baldwin
- notes of a native son, james baldwin
- the berlin stories, christopher isherwood
- collected poems, robert lowell
nov 8 2017 ∞
aug 6 2025 +
- pedro almodovar
- american psycho
- marian anderson
- april is the cruelest month
- richard avedon
- azzedine alaia
- robert altman
- bam
- barbarians at the gate
- st. barts
- anne bass
- cecil beaton
- sandra bernhard
- bernardo bertolucci
- manolo blahnik
- molly bloom
- mary boone
- breathless
- tina brown
- holly brubach
- caa
aug 6 2025 ∞
aug 7 2025 +
- martha argerich
- bordeux
- white bedsheets
- morning sunlight
- coffee and red lipstick
- bare fingernails
- sandalwood perfume
- french food and wine
- parisian colour palette
- cats
- french pharmacies
- clear cut glass
- vintage coats
- tigers eye
- piles of books
- penguin modern classics
- theatres and cinemas
- teaching
- literature
- messy long hair with a fringe
- quiet sunny windy afternoons by the sea
jan 7 2025 ∞
jan 10 2025 +
- earl grey
- sage
- lemon
- cherry
- burnt toffee
- bonfires
- coffee
- jasmine
- violet
- maple syrup
- mango
- orange
- mint
- salt
- coconut
- dark chocolate
- vanilla
- fig
- blueberry
jun 27 2017 ∞
feb 1 2023 +
- summer solstice
- weekend road trips
- pick strawberries
- late nights in the park
- winding projects down
- white summer dresses
- light skies late into the night
- fairy lights in the garden
- dreaming of adventures
- early sunrises
- walking by lakes
- peonies
- fresh earth scents
- bees and butterflies
- low hum of busy gardens
- peppermint tea
- my husband's birthday
- lying in fields reading
- my mother’s birthday
- making elderflower cordial
- wildflowers everywhere
aug 30 2019 ∞
nov 30 2024 +
- fresh cool mornings
- clean white shirt
- warm spicy perfume
- a new work bag
- first leaf fall
- harvest corn
- green beans
- apples and blackberries
- rose hip tea
- theatre and restaurant trips
- libraries and old universities
- hard work
- wedding anniversary themes
- fading greens
- seasonal books
- soft afternoons outside
- my son’s birthday
- pink lipstick and brown eyeliner
sep 1 2015 ∞
aug 26 2024 +
- some things just stick in your mind - vashti bunyan
- vespertine - bjork
- wild winter - smoke fairies
- 50 words for snow - kate bush
- i annan heim - rökkurró
- for emma, forever ago - bon iver
- everything all the time - band of horses
- ( ) - sigur ros
- little earthquakes - tori amos
- the division bell - pink floyd
- the head and the heart - the head and the heart
- moon - snowbird
dec 16 2014 ∞
jan 13 2021 +
- ✔ 1984 by George Orwell
- ✔ Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The by Mark Twain
- ✔ Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
- ✔ Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, The by Michael Chabon
- ✔ American Tragedy, An by Theodore Dreiser
- ✔ Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
- ✔ Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- ✔ Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
- ✔ Art of Fiction, The by Henry James
- ✔ Art of War, The by Sun Tzu
- ✔ As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
- ✔ Atonement: A Novel by Ian McEwan
- ✔ Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
- ✔ Awakening, The by Kate Chopin
- ✔ Babe by Dick King-Smith
- ✔ Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi
- ✔ Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress:...
mar 10 2011 ∞
aug 6 2025 +
- daffodils and tulips
- first trips away of the year
- light mornings
- my father's birthday
- windy cold sunshine
- my daughter’s birthday
- spring equinox
- sunday woodland walks
- pansies
- fresh soap
- green shoots
- green and yellow
- flying kites
- rhubarb muffins
- stretching and awakening
- looking at larger skies
- bike rides
- start working on big plans
- clear out and clean away
- mind waking
- time to start....
mar 1 2011 ∞
dec 5 2024 +
- Going to the Theatre in town with my Grandmother
- The circus on Halloween
- Looking into a wooded garden through the window when its raining
- Narnia stories in books and on screens
- My Grandmother's dressing table
- Dark green
- Going to the sweet shop with my Dad on a sunny Sunday morning
- Crossing fields and listening to birds
- Horse riding on Sunday afternoons
- Feeding ducks on grey days and tea in cafes
- Snowy walks in the woods
- Searching for snowdrops
- Church services on Christmas Eve
jan 11 2011 ∞
jan 17 2015 +
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- Maria (2024)
- The Talented Mr Ripley (1999)
- Tar (2022)
- Poor Things (2023)
- Spencer (2021)
- Emma (2020)
- The Worst Person in the World (2021)
- The Human Voice (2020)
- In the Mood for Love (2000)
- Funny Girl (1968)
- What a Way to Go (1964)
- Carol (2015)
- North by Northwest (1959)
- Barbarella (1968)
- Blow Up (1966)
- Last Year in Marienbad (1961)
- Mahogany (1975)
- The Great Gatsby (2013)
- Clueless (1995)
- A Single Man (2009)
- A Bigger Splash (2015)
aug 6 2025 ∞
aug 6 2025 +
- ✔ a spell of winter by helen dunmore
- fugitive pieces by anne michaels
- larry's party by carol shields
- a crime in the neighbourhood by suzanne berne
- when i lived in modern times by linda grant
- the idea of perfection by kate grenville
- ✔ bel canto by ann patchett
- ✔ property by valerie martin
- ✔ small island by andrea levy
- we need to talk about kevin by lionel shriver
- on beauty by zadie smith
- ✔ half of a yellow sun by chimamanda ngozi adichie
- the road home by rose tremain
- home by marilynne robinson
- the lacuna by barbara kingsolver
- the tiger's wife by tea obreht
- ✔ the song of achilles by madeline miller
aug 9 2015 ∞
aug 6 2025 +
- abbey road by the beatles
- astral weeks by van morrison
- at last! by etta james
- a bad wind blows in my heart by bill ryder jones
- blue by joni mitchell
- bridge over troubled water by simon & garfunkel
- closing time by tom waits
- division bell, the by pink floyd
- dummy by portishead
- easter by patti smith
- experimental jet set, trash and no star by sonic youth
- from the choirgirl hotel
- green mind by dinosaur jr
- heaven or las vegas by cocteau twins
- heavy, heavy by young fathers
- horehound by the dead weather
- hunky dory by david bowie
- i love you, honeybear by father john mist...
jun 26 2025 ∞
aug 6 2025 +
- reading
- writing
- making and eating good food
- coffee
- knitting
- yoga
- cycling
- travel
- listening to good music
- my style
- fringe
- animals
- freedom
- breaking stereotypes
- weather
- sea
- woods
- seasons
- moon
- walking
- mountains
jul 6 2014 ∞
aug 6 2025 +
- stacked books, can be on the floor
- green plants in the kitchen
- old battered wooden table and chairs
- green plants in bathroom
- plants in bedroom
- plain bed sheets
- open windows as much as possible
- plants on windowsills
- books and flowers and vintage pictures around
- some cookbooks stacked on side in kitchen with knives and utensils in pot
- beautiful hand soap bottle in bathroom
- clothes rail next to long mirror in bedroom
- clock in the kitchen
- wooden herb drawers in kitchen
- fridge with a wooden sideboard or table next to it
- candles on kitchen table
- natural basket for washing
dec 15 2017 ∞
aug 6 2025 +
- halloween
- spells and magic
- pumpkin pie
- red and yellow and orange leaves
- boots
- big coat comes out
- old horror films
- night sky
- canal walks
- half term
- village halls
- picking apples and mushrooms
- camping with big jumpers
- fresh coffee
- circus trips
- cities
- thick scarf
- london trips to see the thames
- wood burner fire
- return of tights
dec 31 2020 ∞
oct 8 2023 +
- sticky pink skies
- hot nights
- neon pink
- sunny holidays
- beach fires
- summer nighties
- summer rain
- food in the garden
- watermelon
- wild nettle tea
- picking cherries
- peach juice dripping down your arm
- watching tennis matches
- outdoor cinema
- summer dresses and sandals
- summer adventures
- sleepless nights
- tanned hands and feet
- watching clouds in the park
- outdoor swimming
- twilight
aug 30 2019 ∞
jul 11 2025 +
- candlemas
- valentines
- buds
- crocuses
- cardigans
- pancakes
- grey afternoons baking pink cakes
- handmade sweets
- little presents
- watching strange romantic films
- knitting for friends
- walking by still and cold lakes
- walking home in the almost light
- red morning skies
- poems about the woods
- half term
- cinema trips
- dusty attics
- antique lockets
- photography exhibition
jan 31 2011 ∞
oct 8 2023 +
- Almost Famous
- Annie Hall
- Batteries Not Included
- Belleville Rendez-Vous
- Benny & Joon
- Blue Velvet
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s
- Dirty Dancing
- Grease 2
- Howl's Moving Castle
- It's A Wonderful Life
- Kiki's Delivery Service
- Mary Poppins
- Moonstruck
- Night On Earth
- North by Northwest
- Practical Magic
- Pulp Fiction
- Shirley Valentine
- The Fisher King
- The Shining
jan 11 2011 ∞
jun 23 2022 +
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- ✔ A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
- ✔ A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
- A Grave for a Dolphin by Alberto Denti di Pirajno
- A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
- A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1890-1924 by Orlando Figes
- Age of American Unreason, The by Susan Jacoby
- All the Emperor's Horses by David Kidd
- American Way of Death, The by Jessica Mitford
- Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock by Nik Cohn
- Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s by Otto Friedrich
- Beyond the Brillo Box: The Visual Arts in Post-Historical Perspective by Arthur C Danto
dec 20 2013 ∞
aug 6 2025 +
- ✔ 16 Candles
- ✔ 2001: A Space Odyssey
- 3 Days of the Condor, The
- ✔ 8 mile
- 9 1/2 weeks
- ✔ Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
- ✔ AI
- ✔ Alice in Wonderland
- ✔ Alive
- ✔ All About Eve
- ✔ All the President’s Men
- ✔ Almost Famous
- American Gigolo
- American in Paris
- ✔ American Splendor
- ✔ Amistad
- Amityville Horror, The
- An Affair to Remember
- ✔ Animal House
- ✔ Annie Hall
- Apocaplypse Now
mar 11 2011 ∞
aug 6 2025 +
- tales of the south pacific by james a. michener
- guard of honor by james gould cozzens
- the way west by a.b. guthrie
- the town by conrad richter
- the caine mutiny by herman wouk
- ✔ the old man and the sea by ernest hemingway
- a fable by william faulkner
- andersonville by mackinlay kantor
- a death in the family by james agee
- the travels of jaimie mcpheeters by robert lewis taylor
- advise and consent by allen drury
- ✔ to kill a mockingbird by harper lee
- the edge of sadness by edwin o'connor
- the reivers by william faulkner
- the keepers of the house by shirley ann grau
- collected stories by katherine anne porter
aug 9 2015 ∞
aug 6 2025 +
- muddy puddles
- new boots
- walk to the shops
- teatime
- washing up
- folding laundry
- cooking smells
- sound of the post
- chalk drawings on the pavement
- write small moments from the day
- leaves changing
- summer fairs
- snowy mittens
- autumn walks
- spring cleaning
- summer picnics
- winter baking
- paper snowflakes
- sharing recipes and garden cuttings with neighbours
- crayons and paints
jul 14 2025 ∞
jul 15 2025 +
- horse riding
- teen witch
- stephanie zinone
- jem
- faeries
- anna karina
- lou doillon
- alison mosshart
- 90s riot grrrl
- grunge
- witches
- gentleman’s study
- lipstick & literature
- sunny mornings listening to van morrison
- cold spring sunshine
- condensation weekday mornings
- vintage jewellery boxes
- a cabin in the woods
- parisian puzzle colour palette
- penny lane
- 80s summer sun
jan 13 2021 ∞
aug 7 2025 +
- bonfire night
- hedgehog piles
- cinder toffee
- treacle cake
- poppies for remembrance
- the smell of my father’s coat
- my brother’s birthday
- morning mist
- apple crumble
- long winter walks
- cloudy river walks
- big jumpers and jeans
- feed the birds
- big books
- roast squash with sage
- roast dinners
- pheasants flying over empty fields
- theatre trips
- tea and buttered crumpets by the fire
- rainy days and streetlights
- the park
dec 31 2020 ∞
jul 28 2024 +
- decorate the house with evergreens and lights
- yule fires
- winter solstice
- christmas carols
- mince pies
- twinkling markets
- mulled wine
- furry mittens
- big coats
- foraging for holly and ivy
- magic in the house
- rest and family
- christmas films
- christmas cards on the doormat
- clementines and dates
- velvet and satin
- poinsettia
- late milky sunrises
- christmas day
- wind in the willows
dec 22 2019 ∞
jul 28 2024 +
- music festivals
- raspberries
- reading large books
- late summer dusty ground
- shady evenings
- honeysuckle at the end of the garden
- first harvest
- starry night skies
- birthday cake
- balloons
- fairgrounds
- candy floss
- british sea side at the end of the day
- wheat fields
- dresses and cardigans
- mint ice cream
- thunder storms
- fairy lights
- chai tea
aug 8 2015 ∞
aug 24 2024 +
- blush
- charcoal
- coral
- dark violet
- dove grey
- forest green
- forget-me-not blue
- jade green
- lemon yellow
- mustard yellow
- navy blue
- olive green
- pale mint green
- peach
- peacock blue
- salmon pink
- scarlet red
- stormy blue
jul 28 2015 ∞
jul 29 2015 +
- almond milk
- bananas
- black coffee
- cherries
- coconut yoghurt
- conference pears
- cranberry juice
- dark chocolate
- gin
- ginger
- mango
- oily fish
- peanut butter
- pineapple
- pink grapefruit
- pink lady apples
- porridge
- red grapes
- red wine
- rum
- set honey
sep 23 2014 ∞
apr 7 2017 +
- daisies on the lawn
- dresses
- green grass cuttings
- birds, flying and migrating and arriving
- multi-coloured ribbons
- bank holidays
- fresh and green leaves to stare at and to eat
- start of summer
- summer plans
- planning my husband's birthday
- sunny skies and long evenings
- evening forest walks
- discovering wild woods
- writing stories in the sunlight
- painting the house
- reading and reading and reading
- maroon and deep red
- blueberries
- evening drinks in the garden
- garden centres
may 5 2011 ∞
aug 1 2024 +
- yellow
- sunny rain
- flowers of all colours reaching towards the sun
- easter eggs
- asparagus spears
- floral dresses
- art galleries and museums
- family lunches
- walking by the river
- duck ponds
- chocolate nest cakes
- hot cross buns
- sunday morning walks
- busy chattering allotments behind our house
- white bedsheets
- sunny puddles
- rain coats and wellies
- my grandmother's birthday
- watching trains through village stations ...
apr 4 2011 ∞
dec 5 2024 +
- frosty
- quiet
- white
- still
- snow
- tundra
- a new calendar
- marmalade season
- read
- sundays in bed
- tea
- log fires
- woolen socks
- big jumpers
- root vegetable stews
- feed the birds
- still garden with hiding places
- white iced buns
- vashti bunyan
- snowdrops
- visiting winter gardens
jan 12 2011 ∞
dec 27 2023 +
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