A diary of aesthetic loves which I keep forgetting to update....
Autumn 2023
Dima Srouji at the V&A
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
Summer 2022
Cluny Brown by Lubitsch
Drinking horchata de chufa
Milena Busquet's laugh
Conditori La Glace in Copenhagen
Garden by the Sea, M. Rodoreda
Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au
April 2022
Spencer by Pablo Larraín
Hot cross buns
March 2022
The interior decor of The Nest by Sean Durkin
Your Name by Makoto Shinkai
February 2022
Caro and North American Painters in Gagosian.
Licorice Pizza by Paul Thomas Anderson
January 2022
Pizza crumpets
Ms Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami
The Souvenir Part II
December 2021
The Power of the Dog by Jane Campion
October 2021
Margaret Qualley on Maid. And Margaret Qualley, in general.
On Grace and Dignity, Schiller (1793). "Beauty has worshippers, only grace has lovers", p.369.
Adding syrup to a pot of popcorn kernels
September 2021
Paul Desmond and Audrey's favourite song
Second Place by Rachel Cusk
July 2021
May 2021
Howard's End by E.M. Forster (1910).
April 2021
A Promising Young Woman by Emerald Fennell.
March 2021
Miss Lonely Hearts by Nathaneal West (1933)
February 2021
January 2021
Fleur Jaeggy, El Ángel de la Guarda.
Vida Yao, Grace and Alienation Philosophers' Imprint, 20:16 (2020), 1-18.
A 1972 video of Helen Frankenthaler talking about beauty.
Crodino, the Italian bitter aperitif.