Fabulous new song out today from Blake Watt Family Stereo - I Knew I Loved You Then! open.spotify.com/track/6ZpKrW43…

Realised I’ve never read any Kazuo Ishiguro (I know) so today I read the first 100 pages of Remains of the Day and dear god he’s a genius why didn’t you tell me

Fabulous new song out today from Blake Watt Family Stereo - I Knew I Loved You Then! open.spotify.com/track/6ZpKrW43…

Ah, so I'm firmly in the camp of people who think the new Ripley is waaay better than the 1999 film (yeah, I agree the two leads are too old, but they're so good, and it's so much more nuanced, and creepy, and seething with something suppressed)

Lovely sunny afternoon so I spent it inside a lovely dark cinema watching a film about facism. This one, by mark cousins and it's brilliant, go and see if you can dochouse.org/event/italian-…

“About a year ago I fell in love with a café.”

🖊️ Tracey Thorn
newstatesman.com/culture/life/2…

A while ago I tweeted about loving the background hum in the cafe - coffee machine going, clinking of plates, radio in the kitchen, other people's conversations etc - and so many of you replied that you felt the same that I wrote about it newstatesman.com/culture/life/2…

A while ago I tweeted about loving the background hum in the cafe - coffee machine going, clinking of plates, radio in the kitchen, other people's conversations etc - and so many of you replied that you felt the same that I wrote about it newstatesman.com/culture/life/2…

🗓️ Having already caught the attention of Radio X’s John Kennedy with their infectious brand of indie-folk, Family Stereo are back for a free entry show at The Victoria Dalston on Wed 12 June

🎧 Listen to ‘Early Promise’ on Spotify UK & Ireland’s Fresh Finds Folk

🎟️ eatyourownears.com/family-stereo

Listening to this on repeat now - 'we were young for so long' open.spotify.com/track/4WPw7MfQ…

Just saw Perfect Days and what a very lovely film it is - quiet and thoughtful and moving. I came out and walked up the street NOTICING everything! Which in large part is what the film is about I think. Loved it.

We are so lucky to have new records from Waxahatchee katie crutchfield and adrianne lenker - feels like a little golden age ❤️

Goodness this is terrible news - I've done a lot of book events and the Aye Write festival is one of the absolute best - it's brilliantly organised, they get great engaged crowds - so this is a real shame. But check out their other events, and hopefully they will be back soon

'Jean Watt's shimmering new essay on Julie Becker...' ❤️

I wrote a column about LOVE, and whether you can find it on First Dates, or on a raft in the middle of the Pacific Ocean...❤️ newstatesman.com/culture/life/2…

I wrote a column about LOVE, and whether you can find it on First Dates, or on a raft in the middle of the Pacific Ocean...❤️ newstatesman.com/culture/life/2…