“Not that she objected to solitude. Quite the contrary. She had books, thank Heaven, quantities of books. All sorts of books.” ― Jean Rhys
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But How, How to Occupy Life? theparisreview.org/blog/2025… Paris Review Newsletter
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“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”
- William Morris
ALT Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. William Morris
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I wrote an article about reading the diaries of Edna O'Brien for The Guardian ahead of our release in UK cinemas on April 18th.
theguardian.com/books/2025/a…
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Thomas Cantrell Dugdale's portrait (c1935) is of Dame Wendy Hillier in her role as Sally Hardcastle, the mill girl ready to face a fate worse than death rather than have her family go hungry in Walter Greenwood's novel 'Love On The Dole.'
Harriet Baker, Rural Hours: granta.com/rural-hours/
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“We walked at night toward a café blooming with Japanese lanterns, white shoes gleaming like radium in the damp darkness. It was like the good gone times when we still believed in summer hotels and the philosophies of popular songs.”
~Zelda Fitzgerald 💗(7/24/1900-3/10/1948)
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On #InternationalWomensDay I wanted to once again pay tribute to Tirzah Garwood, Eric Ravilious’ wife. They met when she was a student at Eastbourne College, married Eric in 1930 & a dozen years later was a war widow. Her work continued, and she deserves to be much better known.
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“That she had so completely recovered her sanity was a source of sadness to her. One should never be cured of one's passion.”
~ Marguerite Duras
Died on this day, in 1996
thanks to @gplewis
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She’s here, and she’s gorgeous! Mary Shelley in Bath - introduced by Fiona Sampson and illustrated by Eleanor Macnair. A brand new collection of Mary’s letters, journals and writing (including Frankenstein) - all written in Bath. Exclusively at manderleypress.com
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‘Kindness, kindness, kindness.
I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage.’
~ Susan Sontag
Happy New Year 🫶
Timothy West remembered by Samuel West theguardian.com/culture/2024…
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Riders of Hope
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Above the tempestuous sea of human sorrow, pain, and solitude, someone carries a flame of Hope.
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“When she had finished she sat back on her heels and looked at her parcels. They really did look nice! White-paper-wrapped and gold-paper-wrapped and tied up with strands of scarlet silk.”
- The Armourer’s House by Rosemary Sutcliff (intro @LondonMudlark) tinyurl.com/sp6ebfww
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Happy birthday to Rosemary Sutcliff - one of my favourite childhood authors. I’m so honoured to have republished one of her early children’s novels and can’t wait for the second next year. Her books bring history to life for kids, young and old! Thank you @rsutcliff!
“Jeg har skrevet hele mit liv og nærer en romantisk drøm om at dø midt i en sætning.”
― Tove Ditlevsen
"I have written all my life and have a romantic dream of dying in the middle of a sentence."
Tove Irma Margit Ditlevsen (14 December 1917 – 7 March 1976)
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„The rest of my room is bookshelves. I collect books. They are people who don't leave."
Anne Sexton
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Happy birthday to Rumer Godden! It’s been an honour to republish her epic family drama China Court, which was written and set in Cornwall. This “handsome” new edition was introduced by @lindasgrant and illustrated by Emily Maude - and was reviewed last week in @thetls!
