That's so good to hear. Thanks, Jane!

Our new book, a story of friendship and betrayal, is now crazy cheap on Amazon Kindle

I had the best time chatting to @niccifrench.bsky.social on the podcast and you can listen to our chat right now! Links: podfollow.com/quick-book-r...

Our tale of reunions, lost youth and revenge is published in the US today. We’re so excited for people to read it

Our story of lost youth, reunions and revenge is now published in the US.

Our story of lost youth, of reunions and revenge is published today!

Is there anything scarier than a reunion with old friends? Our story of reckonings with the past and lost youth is published this Thursday

Today you can hear my interview with @niccifrench.bsky.social as we discuss their brand new book What Happened That Night. You can listen to the discussion here: podfollow.com/quick-book-r...

Is there anything scarier than a reunion with old friends? Our story of reckonings with the past and lost youth is published this Thursday

Doing it in one take is only about the fifth weirdest aspect of the film!

Hitchcock made some strange films but Rope is one of the very strangest. We tried to make sense of it in a conversation with David Runciman

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!

Today is the 1st in our series of live eps recorded at the Regent St Cinema in London: David talks to crime writers Nicci Gerrard & Sean French (aka @niccifrench.bsky.social) about Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope (1948), based on Patrick Hamilton’s play.

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Buddenbrooks is the novel to start with.

That’s so lovely to hear, Chris! x

It’s always a thrill. Our new book has arrived! Out in February

The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time

At a time when not much seems funny, this is genuinely funny: www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...

"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”

Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.

Thanks for a terrific piece!

An utter masterpiece. It couldn’t be more different from our work, but it’s one of our great inspirations. It’s now on BBC iplayer and not to be missed!

What an extraordinary (and terrifying) statistic!

That’s very kind, Lee!

A child seems to have witnessed a murder. But there doesn't seem to be a victim. Puzzled? You can find out the truth on Kindle for less than a pound.

George Sanders as Humbert Humbert in a Lolita adaptation

Augie March is entirely different in style from Bellow’s sober first two books

Herself Surprised is really terrific

Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (1988) FULL ALBUM YouTube video by lazlo74

There’ll be lots of people queuing up to say nice things about Danny Thompson but for me it’s those double bass contributions on the life changing Spirit of Eden . Cheers Danny youtu.be/HSfGvuiFOWI?...

Thanks! We really enjoyed it

Excellent evening @regentstcinema.bsky.social for a screening of #Rope, followed by @ppfideas.bsky.social live podcast recording with #DavidRunciman and @niccifrench.bsky.social 👏

Rope + Live Recording of Past Present Future Podcast with David Runciman, Nicci Gerrard, Sean French Rope (1948): Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart, this psychological thriller explores crime as an intellectual exercise. Based on the notorious real-life case of Leopold and Loeb,...

Rope is one of Hitchcock's weirdest, most disturbing works - which is saying something. We'll be talking about it with David Runciman for the @ppfideas.bsky.social podcast. www.regentstreetcinema.com/movie/ropeli...