Moongolfer
@moongolfer.com
Digital writer & creative producer. 0.5 of the Curiously Specific Book Club podcast. Here for Old Books, Old Films, New Digital Content (immersive, interactive etc) and Football #ncfc.
Phew! Marty Supreme is a long well-made film that veers all over the place in terms of style and substance. And yet by the end I didn’t feel quite satisfied… boxd.it/daYQph #amwatching #film
A ★★★★ review of Marty Supreme (2025)
There’s a moment when Chalamet’s character - a narcissistic conman/top level ping pong player -says he’s avoiding caffeine. There’s no sign of cocaine use either. So what is fuelling this high energy ...
boxd.it
February 17, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Phew! Marty Supreme is a long well-made film that veers all over the place in terms of style and substance. And yet by the end I didn’t feel quite satisfied… boxd.it/daYQph #amwatching #film
I’ve been to the London BFI cinema twice to see this film and I fell asleep both times. (Says more about me than the film, I suspect…)
John Cassavetes’ THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE turns 50 today. boxd.it/78veHD
A ★★★★½ review of The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Watched the director’s cut, possibly for the first time. Easy to overlook this one due to the absence of Rowlands, but that would be a mistake. This is the closest thing Cassavetes ever got to an 8 1/...
boxd.it
February 16, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I’ve been to the London BFI cinema twice to see this film and I fell asleep both times. (Says more about me than the film, I suspect…)
Excellent work here, demonstrating the real reasons why so many pubs have died in recent years.
My brother wanted a London pub crawl. The result? My new Substack post: "Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?" How private equity reshaped the local, which pubs are most at risk and most importantly what to do about it.
open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They Were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?
How private equity reshaped the local and the postcode tool that shows the pubs most at risk.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Excellent work here, demonstrating the real reasons why so many pubs have died in recent years.
Thanks to @lloydshepherd.com for gifting me this book and to @matthewsweet.bsky.social for writing it. Includes many fun interviews with seemingly long-lost stars of early British cinema. And a few delicious drive-bys of eminent luvvies like Johnnie Mills and Dirk Bogarde. #amreading #books
February 16, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Thanks to @lloydshepherd.com for gifting me this book and to @matthewsweet.bsky.social for writing it. Includes many fun interviews with seemingly long-lost stars of early British cinema. And a few delicious drive-bys of eminent luvvies like Johnnie Mills and Dirk Bogarde. #amreading #books
Let’s all move to Ireland (and forget about watching Wuthering Heights) www.independent.co.uk/arts/wutheri...
Wuthering Heights is just another example of the poshification of the arts
If you’re a creative in Ireland, you may now be offered a basic income of £1,000 a month to pursue a career in the arts. It’s groundbreaking, and, says Richard Benson, may be the only way to smash the...
www.independent.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Let’s all move to Ireland (and forget about watching Wuthering Heights) www.independent.co.uk/arts/wutheri...
Still feeding off the small but perfectly formed Seurat exhibition at the Courtauld.
February 15, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Still feeding off the small but perfectly formed Seurat exhibition at the Courtauld.
Just went to this rather wonderful lecture/performance. Have immediately come home and dug out my Wallace Stevens Selected Poems. wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/dea...
Dead Poets Live: Wallace Stevens - Wilton's Music Hall
Join Rory Kinnear at Wilton’s this February as he helps unlock an indispensable poet of intense, passionate feeling, gorgeous abundance, desire, despair and ecstatic transcendence. Wallace Stevens was...
wiltons.org.uk
February 13, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Just went to this rather wonderful lecture/performance. Have immediately come home and dug out my Wallace Stevens Selected Poems. wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/dea...
Interesting that from 29 games or so your fortune is made or lost as a manager. i.e once January business is done and injuries to the end of the season identified, you either kick on or you don’t.
#NCFC points won in the Champ over the last 3 seasons (game # at bottom).
After 32 games, 25/26 is now 4 points behind 24/25 & 9 behind 23/24.
Can the 'Clement Climb' continue? 🤞
After 32 games, 25/26 is now 4 points behind 24/25 & 9 behind 23/24.
Can the 'Clement Climb' continue? 🤞
February 12, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Interesting that from 29 games or so your fortune is made or lost as a manager. i.e once January business is done and injuries to the end of the season identified, you either kick on or you don’t.
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This man is, and always has been, an absolute wrong’un.
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:36 PM
This man is, and always has been, an absolute wrong’un.
Many of these #WinterOlympics skaters appear to have several different passports, so they can pick and choose which country they represent. I’m confused about who I should be rooting for. The Canadian who skates for Britain? The Israeli who skates for Lithuania? The Ukrainian who skates for the U.S?
February 10, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Many of these #WinterOlympics skaters appear to have several different passports, so they can pick and choose which country they represent. I’m confused about who I should be rooting for. The Canadian who skates for Britain? The Israeli who skates for Lithuania? The Ukrainian who skates for the U.S?
My GP (not any more) told me to go away and buy a wellness app…
When my late wife, Colette, first went to see a doctor about her mental health, telling him that she felt sad all the time, the doctor did this. I kid you not.
February 10, 2026 at 1:20 PM
My GP (not any more) told me to go away and buy a wellness app…
Lucinda Williams and her excellent 3-piece band took it back to basics last night in a great way. Amazing grit and energy for her to be still touring, still creating.
February 8, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Lucinda Williams and her excellent 3-piece band took it back to basics last night in a great way. Amazing grit and energy for her to be still touring, still creating.
February 7, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Good to see half of Midlake in the pub supping Guinness before the gig. That’s the spirit. electricballroom.co.uk/midlake/
Midlake - Electric Ballroom
AEG Presents Midlake plus The Brethren & Family Stereo Please note this show is 14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an 18+ adult / Proof of age is required at entry.)
electricballroom.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Good to see half of Midlake in the pub supping Guinness before the gig. That’s the spirit. electricballroom.co.uk/midlake/
Already impatient to see Goldsworthy’s next great work. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Artist Andy Goldsworthy on gathering gravestones: This is my best work yet
For years he was overlooked by the art world - now he's been approached to create a piece for a new art prize.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Already impatient to see Goldsworthy’s next great work. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Private Eye naturally making the most out of Mandelson’s shame.
February 5, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Private Eye naturally making the most out of Mandelson’s shame.
'Penisgate'... 🤭 www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
‘Penis injection’ claims in Winter Olympics ski jumping investigated by Wada
Wada is to investigate claims ski jumpers are injecting acid into their penises to game the suit-measuring system
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:33 PM
'Penisgate'... 🤭 www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
Hard agree. For that money a new carbon-neutral fit-for-purpose Parliament could be built in another part of the country (the Midlands?). And the old building could be left as a crumbling visual metaphor for the death of empire and Britain’s general decline.
February 5, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Hard agree. For that money a new carbon-neutral fit-for-purpose Parliament could be built in another part of the country (the Midlands?). And the old building could be left as a crumbling visual metaphor for the death of empire and Britain’s general decline.
Narcissist always be narcissisting…
the mad thing is that when Mandelson went on the BBC earlier this month for a grand Sunday geopolitical interview, he knew that the FT knew about the Epstein payments to his husband, and that they were about to come out
February 2, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Narcissist always be narcissisting…