Four paperback book covers - Hard Rain, Codename Hirondelle, Type Thief, and The Wake Knot

Hard Rain publication day. The paperback is really very nice.
Cover illustrations on 3 of 4 paperbacks by my daughter Elodie. Type Thief has a different vibe, but logo linocut by my other daughter Chloé

I say sofa, which I think makes it not posh.

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Corrections column. A review in Peggy Seegers memoir quotes her impression of meeting Ewan maccoll and how they fell in love saying he had a fat naked belly and was clad in a ragged jacket and a hat like a garbage can. The context we omitted was that he was appearing in The Thrupenny Opera

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Coming Soon: Hard Rain (Sticky post) Hard Rain Q&A In a sentence, what’s Hard Rain about? It’s a murder mystery set in 1957-8, against a backdrop of encroaching modernity and the threat of nuclear annihilation. What’s significant about 1957? That’s the year of what might have been Britain’s Chernobyl—the fire at the Windscale nuclear processing plant that came close to a disaster on a similar scale.

Coming Soon: Hard Rain

(Sticky post) Hard Rain Q&A In a sentence, what’s Hard Rain about? It’s a murder mystery set in 1957-8, against a backdrop of encroaching modernity and the threat of nuclear annihilation. What’s significant about 1957? That’s the year of what might have been Britain’s…

Painting of a VW beetle concealed behind a small suitcase

Painting of what might be a scene from Vertigo or Touch of Evil (??)

Painting of a movie still. Again, possibly Touch of Evil

Painting of a car seen in a rear view mirror. Another movie still

Anyone wanna buy some art? We’re having a clear out

Fascinating! Sad to think of them all going quiet 🔔

Great blog McMinn but come on, you know in your heart of hearts that Hepworth is never going to allow Ellen an opinion

I can!

Loooollllll good grief

Oh god yes this sounds lovely

And he does look quite old and grizzled 🥺

NO

I love cauliflower so much. This looks delicious

It really does!

Gingerbread! 😋

Jesus Jones. This is surely a case of the Emperor’s New Clothes. How the fuck can a jumper be worth this much money?!

Keep meaning to try this! Definitely will now

My god this was good

TWO STARS?

My Queen

I know exactly what you mean. Lost both parents in the past couple of years. Suddenly on the front line! I felt as if a rug had been pulled from under me. As you say, very weird.

Is this as nice as it looks?

Also I’m ridiculously emotionally attached to this record so maybe I’m not the best person to judge! 🤪

Are you mad?

Good grief

Got my tickets aaagges ago! Can’t wait! 🎄

Wot

Just settling back in 😁