Two new (vintage) chiffon scarf purchases to declare #knotandtriangle crew! One in deepest navy and one in colours I never normally go near, but which, somehow, works!
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Wonderful description of first impressions of Rome by Rilke is the early 20thc. Love ‘the unspeakable excess of esteem’.

On a long train journey listening to nothing but Fleetwood Mac. I am officially old.

Northern Light

On my way to see two of my favourite people in the world. 44 years of friendship with one; 41 with the other. Sod your bank balance, certificates of achievement & your other possessions - this is life’s real treasure. People you can express yourself with, not explain yourself to.

Friday tune
Blue Orchids - The Flood
Heard this again for the first time in a long time this week. Loved it at the time - and them. Saw them quite a few times - even supported on one occasion (The Venue, July '81) by Birthday Party and Dead or Alive.
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The beginning of the end, Hastings

This and That

‘A revolution is on the way, and it’s partly because we no longer take our standards from the tweedy top. All over the country young girls are starting, shouting and shaking, and if they terrify you, they mean to and they are beginning to impress the world’ - Pauline Boty - 1963

Book 14 / 2024
Winning an auction on a signed Eve Arnold print sent me back to my shelves to re-read this great little bk. EA was as intelligent an observer as she was a photographer & this is full of insights & intimacies, some genuinely shocking on Crawford, Dietrich, Monroe...