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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.

  • January
    • 29
      • Finished watching Hijack on Apple TV T Have not seen anything as tense in a long, long time.
    • 27
      • Saw The Holdovers at the Nuovo Sacher F Is the final message that privilege always wins in the end? Nevertheless, wonderful.
    • 23
      • Saw Wim Wenders' Perfect Days at the cinema F Lovely, gentle film, full of beautiful quiet touches.
    • 22
      • Started reading Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem on Kindle B Too much geography, maybe.
    • 21
      • Finished reading Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit on Kindle B Incredibly well written and very illuminating. Now to reread Orwell.
      • Started watching Hijack on Apple TV T Very taut.
    • 19
      • Finished watching Reacher s02 on Amazon Prime T Cartoonish violence and strength, and nobody left alive.
    • 14
      • Started watching Criminal Evidence on Apple TV T Looks to be very good.
    • 12
      • Watched Roleplay on Netflix F Pretty weak secret assassin stuff.
    • 10
      • Started reading Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit B Lovely rambling stuff that all ties together.
    • 04
      • Watched Equalizer 3 on Netflix F Good men doing bad things, in Sicily and the Amalfi.
    • 02
      • Started watching Reacher s02 on Amazon Prime T No change; Reacher is still Reacher, but we have back story.
  • February
    • 24
      • Started reading The Last Life by Claire Messud B Promising, despite lots of adjectives.
    • 23
      • Started watching House of Cards s02 on Netflix T Mesmerising.
    • 22
      • Started watching Ferry The Series on Netflix T Life among the lowlifes.
    • 21
      • Finished watching House of Cards s01 on Apple TV T Kinda gripping to see all those bad people doing bad things.
    • 15
      • Finished reading Yellowface by R.F. Yuang B Hall of mirrors. White, yellow, white, yellow.
    • 05
      • Finished reading Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem B Not so great. [Review]().
    • 03
      • Started watching the US House of Cards on Netflix T As good as the original?
  • March
    • 26
      • Started watching The Gentlemen on Netflix T Good film, better TV?
    • 22
      • Watched My Generation on Hoopla F Michael Caine the perfect person to tell the story of London in the 1960s, and what a time it was to be alive.
    • 17
      • Finished watching Ferry: The Series on Netflix T Sometimes you just have to kill your best mate. Enough with the Belgian low-lifes.
    • 15
      • Started watching Masters of the Air on Apple TV T Such unrealistic hair, but otherwise engaging.
  • April
    • 30
      • Started reading The Day Before Happiness by Erri De Luca B Rather wonderful. Spare and compassionate.
    • 22
      • Finished watching Masters of the Air on AppleTV T And a few of them lived happily ever after.
    • 17
      • Started watching Ripley on Netflix T Astonishing cinematography, redolent with menace, very watchable.
    • 16
      • Finished watching The Gentlemen on Netflix T Bloody marvellous, innit? Second series will surely disappoint.
  • May
    • 07
      • Started watching Sugar s01 on AppleTV T Oh those demons!
  • June
    • 18
      • Started watching Bodkin on Netflix T Very watchable tosh.
      • Finished reading Napoleon: a life in gardens and shadows by Ruth Scurr B Fascinating and eminently readable.
    • 13
      • Started watching Presumed Innocent on AppleTV T Overwrought.
    • 11
      • Finished watching Jack Ryan s04 on Amazon Prime T Sheiss, aber gut gekocht.
  • July
    • 31
      • Finished reading Brooklyn by Colm Toibìn B Absolutely delightful and, it seemed to me, insightful into lives and minds. A total gem.

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