A book entitled ‘Collecting and Using Classic Cameras’, laying on a wooden table. The book has four cameras on the cover, two folders, a Rollei and an early Leica type.
New book at bedtime. A bit big, and it’ll probably really hurt when I fall asleep and drop it on my face…
#BelieveInFilm #Bookatbedtime
A London hotel bedside table with the drawer open. Instead of the traditional useless gideon garbage, there is a copy of the London A-Z and a book titled "The Complete Book of Knife Fighting."
A mug of cocoa and a book titled "Bedtime Stories for Stressed out Adults: Tales to Soothe Tired Souls"
Book cover with excerpt. Title: "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: Modern Tales for Our Life and Times" Excerpt: "The wolf said, 'You know, my dear, it isn't safe for a little girl to walk through these woods alone.' Red Riding Hood said, 'I find your sexist remark offensive in the extreme, but I will ignore it because of your traditional status as an outcast from society, the stress of which has caused you to develop your own, entirely valid, worldview. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must be on my way.'"
'Mr Penguin and the Fortress of Secrets' by Alex T Smith thoroughly enjoyed by 7, 10, and me! I do sometimes regret the voices I choose when reading aloud though. 'Helga' was quite a strain on the vocal chords! #kidlituk #bookatbedtime
Children's book cover featuring a sad girl with glasses reading a book and a happy-go-lucky f*cktard bouncing around with what those familiar with NHS management call a 'shit-eating grin'. Title "It's Easy To Be Happy When You're Dumb - And Other Sad Truths For Young People."
Book for children entitled: "You Can't Be An Astronaut! It's Just Not Realistic!" by Joseph Smets
A Ladybird Easy Reading Book cover. A teacher with two children. The children are wearing dust masks and apparently working with everyday kitchen equipment and ingredients. The teacher is wearing an industrial respirator. The title of the book is "My First METHLAB"
Four shelves made of wood supported vertically by stacks of books. The shelves are filled with an array of house bricks. It is not clear if the bricks are sorted by title or author.
Tabby cat reclining on a chaise lounge with an open book on its lap and a pair of glasses perched on its nose. The cat is peering into the camera over the top of the glasses in a scholarly way. Caption: "That's what I do - I read books and I know things."
Book cover - featuring an illustration of a woman sitting on a laughing man's lap and waving what would probably be a vodka bottle in the air (see title below). Leader: "The depths of desire - 17 unforgettable Russian stories" Main Title: "Women and Vodka" followed by a list of Russian authors: "Chekhov, Gorky, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Kuprin and many others." Edited by Mark Merrill (1956)
A book entitled "1001 Ways To Live Without Working" by Tuli Kupferberg
A Ladybird book entitled "How to Spot Foreigners". A girl in school uniform kneels with a garden fork stuck in the ground before her serving as a rest for a telescope through which she is looking. Next to her a younger boy in shorts and school uniform jacket is looking through a pair of binoculars. At the bottom a UK flag and the words "The Ladybird Learning BREXIT Series"
A real book - insofar as any book is real - titled: "Teach Your Wife To Be A Widow" by Donald L. Rogers.
A man is sitting on a sofa with an open book. Next to him on the sofa sits a large bear looking intently at the book. Caption: "Read the part again where she burns her whore mouth on my porridge".
Old hardback book Title: "Drummer Dick's Discharge" by Beatrix M De Burgh, 1903
Cover of the classic book "Biggles Sorts It Out" by W. E. Johns
A book with cover illustration of a variety of different styles and sizes coffin. Title "Do-It-Yourself Coffins - For Pets and People" by Dale Power
Genuine book cover entitled "Games You Can Play With Your Pussy". Illustration is a shrewd looking cartoon cat sitting in front of a chess board.
Four kittens sit on a garden table attentively listening to a woman opposite them reading from a book. The book's title is "Why I like cats better than people."
If you're looking for a reason to tune the news out a little and unwind better in the evenings, the new @bbcradio4.bsky.social #BookAtBedtime is Kit de Waal's brand new multi-generational tale of modern Ireland, which we explore through the many lives of a single family.
Listening to ep1 right now.
We'll be tuning into this tonight and every night this week. @kitdewaal.bsky.social and BBC Radio 4 #BookAtBedtime is a fabulous combination
Starting tonight on BBC Radio 4 #BookAtBedtime
Some absolutely brilliant narrators take us through 5 members of the same family, a mother, a daughter, her black husband, their son and lastly the father, now an old man.
Hope you enjoy!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
