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k-burrell.bsky.social
Reading books, listening to jazz, making photos, hoping for a better world
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A great resource for jazz fans thejazztome.info

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From our trip to Venice last week. Just a higher shutter speed away from being a decent photo. Next time…

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Great to see one of my favourite photographers is now posting new work here

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

When you’ve read a book twice on your kindle, have loved every page, and decide you need a real copy for the next reading.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Maybe not so modern. My O Level text book in 1976. Introduced at an early age to Hemingway, Lawrence, Fitzgerald, Faulkner and lots of great white writers (and drinkers). We’ve moved on in terms of inclusion of race, gender and sexuality, but nonetheless an early immersion into some fine writing.

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My next neglected book, inspired by a comment by Sam on the latest @acrossthepondbooks.bsky.social podcast. I’ve had this on the shelf since c. 1992 I’m looking for a better balance of new books / rereading favourites / neglected books from the shelf this year.

submitted 32 days ago • 4 comments

Some pearls of new wisdom for our complex and challenging world from @theartsfuse.bsky.social

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The Conversation experts music list is way more interesting than the book list - lots of independent and less well known music compared to the book list - and Crowded House 🤔 theconversation.com/the-ten-best...

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This a rather conservative list, albeit with some excellent books included. Maybe experts only read best sellers or prize shortlists? Independent publishers have been hugely under-represented on nearly all of the “Best fiction of 2024” lists I’ve seen. theconversation.com/the-ten-best...

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How good a writer do you have to be to post such a sharp, funny, incisive review of a crazy football match 10 minutes after the final whistle? Quite brilliant. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve relaxed into this and now finding it enjoyable enough - but there’s a fresh copy of To the Lighthouse next to the bed making me a little impatient to get to the end. If it was a movie I might fast forward - just a little.

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The perfect length for a side of vinyl? This sounds so dynamic - and is my favourite non jazz record of the year But still not sure about coloured vinyl. I know black vinyl is coloured but it just looks better IMO

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Is there a right time to give up on a book? I’m 140 pages into this and not getting much from the experience. I’m very aware that sometimes I only realise how good a book was once I’ve finished it.

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There remains a lot of need across Oxford City. Please support if you can www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/oma2024

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Having been guilty for many years of buying more books than I can read, an early resolution for 2025 is to try to read a neglected purchase for every two new books. To begin, Paul Auster’s New York Trilogy bought, according to the receipt still inside, in 1993 #books #booksky

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