The Life You Want
Adam Phillips’ latest book, and Paul Brunton’s classic account of his search for a guru in India
Now we rise and we are everywhere
About Richard Dadd at the Royal Academy and Nick Drake’s recent biography
Jumbo, Wantee, and the Merz Barn
About Kurt Schwitters, his partner Edith Thomas, and the Merzbau he started to build in the Lake District
Swallows, Amazons, and the Railway Children
Arthur Ransome’s ‘Swallows and Amazons’ stories, E.Nesbit’s ‘The Railway Children’, and some thoughts from Katherine Rundell
Crow and Dead Papa Toothwort
About Max Porter’s Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny, with reference to In Parenthesis by David Jones
Train Dreams
About Emmylou Harris, the film ‘Train Dreams’, and the book on which it was based…
Pearl-fishers, Quinie, and the Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction
About Scottish Travellers and pearl-fishers, the singer Quinie, and Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction
Marsden Hartley, Der Blaue Reiter, and reverse glass painting
Marsden Hartley, Der Blaue Reiter, and their interest in folk reverse glass painting
Tale of Tales; The Mouse & his Child
The animated film ‘Tale of Tales’ and ‘The Mouse & his Child’, Russell Hoban’s book for children
Isabella Ducrot; Elena Ferrante
Thoughts on the art and writings of Isabella Ducrot and the Neapolitan novels of Elena Ferrante
‘The Mastermind’ and ‘My Sister and Other Lovers’
Kelly Reichardt’s ‘The Mastermind’ and Esther Freud’s ‘My Sister and Other Lovers’
Simple tasks, simple pleasures
About Wim Wenders’ ‘Perfect Days’ and Alice Rohrwacher’s ‘Le Pupille’
