John Wyver writes: Herewith a selection of books, television, art, Twitter, journalism, films and just a little music that kept me going, kept me sane and kept me cheerful during what was too often an annus miserabilis. I have deliberately more
Links to articles and videos that have caught my eye over the past week or so - thanks, as always, to those who alerted me to many of them. • A long overdue light on black models of early modernism: more
Links to articles that attracted my attention in the three weeks (apologies!) since the last of these columns, plus the occasional video. There are some especially strong film-related articles this week. Many thanks to those who recommended many of these more
I know it's pointless gently flagellating myself in public for failing to post more regularly. So I'll save that for the privacy of my keyboard (as well as being both rueful and grateful for how busy I am), and offer more
Links to interesting stuff that I have discovered over the past week. A day late, I fear, in part accounted for by the preparations for the RSC Live from Stratford-upon-Avon broadcast of Hamlet on Wednesday. • Hillary Clinton more
I'm not quite committing yet to (a) posting regularly, or (b) returning to a regular Sunday links, but here are some pieces that I have appreciated over the past week or so: • The movies of my youth: Italo Calvino more
• Love and marriage - an ultimate journey: Adrian Martin at Fandor on Vigo, Rossellini and 'a sense that second chances for married lovers are forever possible' - lovely piece. • Cries and Whispers - love and more