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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 22h

Really looking forward to that one!

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 2d

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‘A hunger for wild, physical sensation’: Alan Hollinghurst on painter and writer Denton Welch who died tragically young

When the young painter was left severely injured after being knocked off his bike, he began to write – with astonishing vividness. As his paintings go on show, novelist Alan Hollinghurst celebrates th...

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 3d

Very happy to hear that! I borrowed it from the library when it was published and virtually inhaled it. Recently bought the paperback and am delaying a re-read for fear it won't be as good as I remember!

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 3d

From @jacquiwine.bsky.social, a thoughtful review of a novel I really loved 👇

JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · 3d

“He sometimes thought she was the kind of person who might choose to bring the house down simply to find out what kind of noise it made.” #BookSky 💙📚 #BookerPrize

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The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller

Over the past 30 years, Andrew Miller has been carving out a reputation for himself as one of Britain’s finest writers of literary fiction. Twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize and winner of the …

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 3d

The only other thing that sticks in my mind is a very short lived detective series called Zen.

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 4d

Rest assured, you are not...

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 4d

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Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social · 5d

New Louise Kennedy novel out next year.
Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

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New Louise Kennedy novel out next year

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 4d

Haha - first thing that came to mind thinking about it was that they had on display some stuff Miller “acquired” in Germany that’d belonged to Eva Braun - maybe a powder compact, or lipstick - enormously creepy.

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 4d

I saw that exhibition advertised and wondered why they were doing it so soon after the one at the IWM. Then I realised that 2015 is *ten* years ago 😬

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 5d

£2.50 handling fee seems reasonable 😐

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 5d

The Dark Blue Bird, Edward Lear.

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Paul Robichaud @pjrobichaud.bsky.social · 6d

Surrealist painter, writer, and occultist Ithell Colquhoun was born #OTD in 1906. She was fascinated by megalithic sites, which she explored in painting and in her travel books 'The Crying of the Wind: Ireland' (1955) and 'The Living Stones: Cornwall' (1957).

🎨'La Cathedrale Engloutie' (1952)

Surrealist landscape showing figure-of-eight pattern of stones, half submerged and half on an island.

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 6d

I thought it was really interesting to see her development over such a long career - never afraid to experiment.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 7d

Very good news to see that an exhibition of Denton Welch's work is on display at John Swarbrooke Fine Art at 11 Fitzroy Square, London from 10 October to 30 October. This portrait of Welch (1935) is by his friend Gerald Leet.

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Dates in Movies @datesinmovies.bsky.social · 7d

Oct 8th - A week before she was murdered, Mrs Emily French made Leonard Vole the sole beneficiary of her will.

📽️📅 Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

3 Screenshots from the movie "Witness for the Prosecution" (1957): First, a courtroom scene with a judge addressing a witness in front of the jury. The subtitle reads, "Were you aware of the arrangements Mrs. French made to dispose of her money?" Second, a close-up of an older woman in a dark hat and patterned attire, speaking into a microphone. The subtitle reads, "Yes. He was to have all her money, she told him,". Third, a similar close-up of the same woman, looking slightly to the side with a serious expression. The subtitle reads, "- When did this take place? - On October 8."

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you!

Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 13d

Was very happy to make the cut for the Leicester Writes anthology. Many thanks to @farhanashaikh.bsky.social and congratulations to all.

The cover of the Leicester Writes Short Story Prize anthology 2025 - gold text on a background of peacock feathers.

Opening snippet of my story, ‘Experience’: When the Deputy Chief Constable, or Commissioner, or whoever he was, his uniform jacket heavy with medals, loops of braid at one shoulder, when he was reading his statement about the ‘incident’, a man in a dark grey suit and a pale lilac shirt briefly stepped into shot behind him, then stepped out again.

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 14d

A happy October wish for us all.
🖼️ Grasset

Autumn garden with woman in yellow dress raking leaves for October in calendar.

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 16d

UK public libraries have a thing called Access to Research which contains some stuff not on J-stor that’s otherwise behind a paywall

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 21d

'The Concerto', Queen's Hall, Langham Place (c.1935) by Cyril Power

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 23d

It has arrived! The nation’s favourite short story anthology in a new shiny livery — grab yours now!

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 24d

Ah, I saw she died young - that’s very sad.

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 24d

Laurie Colwin is a new author to me, and I’ll be seeking out more by her - the blurb describing her as “the Barbara Pym of 1970s New York” seems about right. Recommended by @ds228.bsky.social, I think?

Front cover of a recent edition of Laurie Colwin’s Another Marvelous Thing.

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 25d

I’ve subscribed to S&S for probably +25 years, and am getting a bit fed up of “archive” articles and lists - fair enough during Covid, but…

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 27d

Indeed - the idea that it might be worth making an effort to find stuff out, rather than it all being a few clicks away.

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