I started reading Wild Hall a few years ago. Very compelling, very well researched. It was featured in a creative nonfiction writing course even though it's fiction. Gorgeous photo
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Heh, I didn't expect anyone to read the caption ;) There were some really dramatic clouds, plus when dawn was just breaking a little earlier the clouds were half-illuminated and it was really something.
That's interesting re: Dunkirk. I think I'm still going to watch the whole thing to see how it all resolves. Maybe I'll like it less by the end. I did listen to a ranking of Nolan's films some time ago by the IGN UK podcast, but can't quite recall where they placed Dunkirk.
I'll be interested to watch the Wolf Hall adaptation once I'm done reading the books. How funny re: Mark Rylance. I noted him in Dunkirk, then last night we randomly watched most of Don't Look Up, which stars him, before succumbing to tiredness, and now you mention him.
The BBC series is indeed excellent, adapting the first two books. They are also currently making a series adapting the final book in her Cromwell trilogy, The Mirror and the Light, which is also superb.
I cannot believe I've been meaning to read this for four days. Something truly awful has happened to time this year and, frankly, I'm considering pressing charges. I don't think I've ever been this discombobulated, this early on, before. Anyway, wasn't that line in WH gold! I'm very much enjoying it, thus far. Your footnotes always make me laugh (except that last one, which re-filled me with seething indignation at how bloody awful Tenet was!!)
And there was me thinking you had ignored the post!!
Jokes. 😆
I feel ya. For some reason everything has felt discombobulated so far. I'm trying to locate some sense of routine to bring me back into things and only as of yesterday do I seem to be finding that. I hope you can find some inner balance and orientation. It's all probably due to the [insert current moon phase]!
Also just arrived home yesterday. Also didn’t write or read much 😆 also didn’t sleep on the planes but my husband and son both did as usual 😆 Also digging into Wolf Hall and catching up with a few more stories in the Walk series! Looks like we have a lot in common! 💜 😁
Hope the break from writing is somehow fruitful for you and your return to work has more intrigue than you imagined. I often find that coming back allows a freshness and little tweaks in how we do things. Happy new year!
It's already been refreshing having a few days of normality this weekend, and I too hope that the return to work is fruitful (I'm just a tad scared of the giant pile of things I'll returning to 😅).
Welcome home, and I hope you find the return to routine as comforting as a good pair of jeans. I myself have ordered a few new books so I can kickstart my stack into 2024 after the holidays threw things for a loop. I am also thinking about routines this year and shifting how I spend my time. I suppose that means I'm changing into a new pair of jeans? I feel my metaphor crumbling...better sign off while I still can!
I just came here for the JSRPH reference
Lured you in 😉
I started reading Wild Hall a few years ago. Very compelling, very well researched. It was featured in a creative nonfiction writing course even though it's fiction. Gorgeous photo
I wrote Wolf Hall but autocorrect wreaked its havoc, and now I can't edit it.
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Oh I didn't know that. Seems a silly omission to me, but still
Indeed. Probably on a long to-do list for one of their developers ;)
I hope so!
Yeah, huge amount of research by Hilary, I'm sure. I can't even imagine the levels it must have taken.
Welcome home, Nathan! 🏡
I was thinking “cloud fortress” 🤔 but then zoomed in and there it was. Great photo 👍🏼
Ironically, Dunkirk is my least favourite Nolan movie but, if I remember correctly, by the end of the film it does clarify the timelines
I’ve not read Wolf Hall but watched the BBC adaptation with Claire Foy and Mark Rylance which was very good. And I’m also no fan of royalty 🤴
Heh, I didn't expect anyone to read the caption ;) There were some really dramatic clouds, plus when dawn was just breaking a little earlier the clouds were half-illuminated and it was really something.
That's interesting re: Dunkirk. I think I'm still going to watch the whole thing to see how it all resolves. Maybe I'll like it less by the end. I did listen to a ranking of Nolan's films some time ago by the IGN UK podcast, but can't quite recall where they placed Dunkirk.
I'll be interested to watch the Wolf Hall adaptation once I'm done reading the books. How funny re: Mark Rylance. I noted him in Dunkirk, then last night we randomly watched most of Don't Look Up, which stars him, before succumbing to tiredness, and now you mention him.
I like Nolan well enough. The Prestige and Memento are probably my favourites. Just didn’t connect with Dunkirk
Mark Rylance is also really good in Bridge of Spies with Tom Hanks
The BBC series is indeed excellent, adapting the first two books. They are also currently making a series adapting the final book in her Cromwell trilogy, The Mirror and the Light, which is also superb.
That's great to hear. Stamp of approval. I look forward to watching these.
I cannot believe I've been meaning to read this for four days. Something truly awful has happened to time this year and, frankly, I'm considering pressing charges. I don't think I've ever been this discombobulated, this early on, before. Anyway, wasn't that line in WH gold! I'm very much enjoying it, thus far. Your footnotes always make me laugh (except that last one, which re-filled me with seething indignation at how bloody awful Tenet was!!)
And there was me thinking you had ignored the post!!
Jokes. 😆
I feel ya. For some reason everything has felt discombobulated so far. I'm trying to locate some sense of routine to bring me back into things and only as of yesterday do I seem to be finding that. I hope you can find some inner balance and orientation. It's all probably due to the [insert current moon phase]!
Welcome home! Always enjoy your newsy posts.
Also just arrived home yesterday. Also didn’t write or read much 😆 also didn’t sleep on the planes but my husband and son both did as usual 😆 Also digging into Wolf Hall and catching up with a few more stories in the Walk series! Looks like we have a lot in common! 💜 😁
Hope the break from writing is somehow fruitful for you and your return to work has more intrigue than you imagined. I often find that coming back allows a freshness and little tweaks in how we do things. Happy new year!
Thanks Kate. Happy new year!
A lot in common indeed 😁
Hope you're enjoying Wolf Hall.
It's already been refreshing having a few days of normality this weekend, and I too hope that the return to work is fruitful (I'm just a tad scared of the giant pile of things I'll returning to 😅).
So refreshing being home in some ways. I’ve got to read Wolf Hall tonight! I think I’m just before the bell 😅
PS my plane film this time was Living with Bill Nighy with Ishiguro, Kurosawa, and Tolstoy layers 🤗
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_(2022_film)
Cool. I remember when that came out but I never saw it. Thanks for the reminder!
“internationally-recognised metric of Josephine’s Sleep Rotations Per Hour (JSRPH)”...that is hilarious!
😅
Welcome home, and I hope you find the return to routine as comforting as a good pair of jeans. I myself have ordered a few new books so I can kickstart my stack into 2024 after the holidays threw things for a loop. I am also thinking about routines this year and shifting how I spend my time. I suppose that means I'm changing into a new pair of jeans? I feel my metaphor crumbling...better sign off while I still can!
Hehe, love the metaphor, plus love that you've got a load of new books to be reviewing. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts in your future posts.
Hope the new jeans are comfy ;)
Welcome back, mate! 30 mins for Dunkirk on a flimsy screen on the plane? ! 😂 it’s a good movie albeit a bit confusing with the cuts and jumps.
Yep haha, I know, not ideal right?
Suboptimal! 😅
Oh dear, he has started going on about Nolan again...
You know I wrote that comment just for you ...
Oh, of course!
Wolf Hall is an extraordinary work.
It really is.
I’m adding The Fabelmans to my watchlist. Thanks for the suggestion! 😄
🌟Yay, great to hear. Thanks for reading, Liz!
Thank you for writing, Nathan! 😁
Balsamic moon, in Sagittarius - we should have known 🏹
But of course!!
(I won't lie, I thought you'd made that term up haha, then I googled 👏)
To shift to biweekly or not... that is the question. Debating this myself. Structure and ritual can be so generative... but not always.
So true. It could go either way. I managed it last year, and it was good for me, but at the moment I still feel like I'm struggling a bit.
Anyway, hope you twice-weekly posting hasn't put too much of a strain on your routine.
I’m on the Wolf Hall slow crawl too. Present tense ?!? That’s what’s got my attention. And it reminds me of a slightly more readable Ulysses.
I know, amazing eh? Quite rare, and rare to be done so well.
Haven't even tried Ulysses myself; always been a bit too scared of it from what people have said 😆
I have tired and failed at Ulysses
Damn. That's how I figured I'd go too.
Great way to start the year, Nathan, and just loved that line: "the leisure to vomit"!
Thanks Mya. Wishing you all the best for 2024!
Nathan! Nice to see you back. And yeah, Tenet sucked. Though most of my friends would disagree with us, which I could never understand.
Thanks Andrei. Happy new year.
Hehe, well I'm glad to be in the same boat with you.