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JacquiWine
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Book lover, film lover, art lover, wine lover. I write about books at JacquiWine's Journal. https://linktr.ee/jacquiwine
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Waitrose is running one of its ‘25% off 6+ bottles of wine’ offers at the mo, so here are three keenly priced wines I can recommend. #wine
Caladoc rose, 2024. Pecorino (white), the one with three sheep on the label, 2024. Waitrose Blueprint Rueda (white), 2024.
November 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Back at the Tate’s #LeeMiller exhibition today with a couple of friends.

Here are some of my favourite photos of other artists from the final room. #ArtSky
Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning, Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona, 1946 Photograph, digital G-print on paper In summer 1946, Miller and Penrose travelled to rural Arizona to visit their old friend Max Ernst and his new pariner, the painter Dorothea Tanning. This double portrait has never been exhibited before. Ernst and Tanning's back-to-back pose evokes their strong bond as well as their distinct creative interests. Tanning gazes raptly at her unfinished painting Maternity, while Ernst stares into the desert landscape. Les Miller Archives, Sussex. Dorothea Tanning, Huismes, 1955 Photograph, digital C-print on paper Tanning is smiling and standing in front of an artwork with with brushes in hand. Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex, England Joan Miró at the zoo, London, 1964 He is standing with a bird (a toucan?) perched on his arm. Photograph, vintage gelatin silver print on paper Dora Maar, Paris, c.1956 Maar is pictured side-on, sitting in a chair in her living room. There is a painting, possibly of Maar herself, over the mantelpiece. Photograph, modern gelatin silver print on paper, Lee Miller Archives, Sussex.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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SIRAT (Óliver Laxe, 2025).

Note to self: Never, ever, EVER join a rave in the desert. #FilmSky
Film poster for the forthcoming film SIRAT, showing a couple of trucks/large vehicles, a group of people and two enormous sound speakers in the desert.
November 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Joyce Carey and Stanley Holloway in the train station tea room - a still from Brief Encounter.
November 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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My #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday.

A pretty good run, but the 80th Anniversary screening of BRIEF ENCOUNTER was my clear favourite. #FilmSky
Letterboxd pics for last 4 films watched: Framed (3.5 Stars) The Stranger (2025, 4 Stars) Stella (3.5 Stars) Brief Encounter (5 Stars. How could it be anything else? A rewatch)
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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So fantastic to see BRIEF ENCOUNTER on the big screen yesterday afternoon, a special BFI event to mark its 80th anniversary.

Huge thanks to @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social for chairing a fascinating panel discussion with Emma Rice, Barnaby Thompson & Oliver Soden - all very insightful! #FilmSky
A shot of the four panelists on the BFI stage facing a full auditorium. They are sitting in front of a black & white still from the film showing Laura (Celia Johnson) leaning out of a train window while looking at Alec (Trevor Howard), who is standing close by on the train platform.
November 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Loved the ANNA ANCHER exhibition, which recently opened at Dulwich Picture Gallery.

She captured light in interior spaces so beautifully. #Art #ArtSky #AnnaAncher #London #Dulwich
The Maid in the Kitchen 1883-86 Oil on canvas Here, we witness the beginnings of Ancher's distinctive approach to light. The woman depicted has her back to the viewer. The light, filtered through a yellow-cream curtain, places the top-half of her figure almost in silhouette. This work recalls Dutch seventeenth-century interiors, including those by Johannes Vermeer (1632-75), who often depicted private spaces occupied by lone female figures. The year before Ancher began this painting, she had taken her first trip abroad, travelling to Berlin, Dresden, Vienna and Munich. The historic artworks she saw likely inspired her to produce this work. It was selected for a London exhibition of Danish painters in 1907, and this is the first time it has returned to the UK since. Study of a Seamstress in Blue c.1899 Oil on canvas, glued on card Ancher travelled to France for the first time in 1885 and again, staying for longer, in 1889. There, she was able to visit exhibitions of impressionist and post-impressionist art, including works by Claude Monet (1840-1926) and Paul Gauguin (1848-1903). This painting demonstrates the impact of what she saw. She works quickly, with loose brushstrokes, painting colour-on-colour without any discernible drawn outlines. Most remarkable is her illustration of the light falling through the room's window, which casts squares of bright yellow onto the wall. Skagens Museum Interior. Brondum's Annex c.1916 Oil on panel Ancher was born and raised in Brondum's Hotel, the guest house run by her parents. Even after she married and moved into her own house, she would spend significant time at the hotel - making it a frequent subject of her art. This is one of Ancher's rare paintings without figures. Her focus is on the way light enters and illuminates the space. The interior is predominantly rendered in shades of orange, but a green curtain has been added to the window in the background to provide contrast. The artist has experimented with varying brushstrokes, applying thick layers of paint to the sunlit areas. Skagens Museum Sunlight in the Blue Room 1891 Oil on canvas This is regarded as one of Ancher's most important paintings. She depicts her daughter, Helga (1883-1964), within the 'Blue Room' of Brondum's Hotel, the guest house run by her parents. Diagonal rays of light dominate the painting's composition. This light becomes almost tangible, illustrated with thickly painted squares on the back wall of the room. When the painting was first exhibited in Copenhagen in 1892, it received mixed reactions. An anonymous critic in a national newspaper complained that certain artists had become 'too modern' and should leave their paintings at home in the private confines of their studio. Skagens Museum
November 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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AVENTURERA (Michel Gout, 1950). Loved this madcap Mexican musical/melodrama featuring the fabulous Ninón Sevilla. What a knockout she is! (Currently on the BFI Player.)
Film poster showing Ninon Sevilla in a slinky dress (right) and the faces of a man (top left) and woman (bottom left).
November 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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My #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday (plus the week's viewing).

I enjoyed all of these, but THE ARCH (1968) and NOUVELLE VAGUE (2025) were the undoubted highlights. #FilmSky #Films @letterboxd.social
Nouvelle Vague, 4.5 stars; Black Angel, 4 stars, Craig's Wife, 3.5 stars, Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray, (2023), 4 stars Nouvelle Vague, (2025), 4.5 stars; Black Angel, (1946), 4 stars, Craig's Wife, (1936), 3.5 stars, Crossfire, (1947), 3.5 stars, The Arch, (1968) 4.5 stars, Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray, (2023), 4 stars
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Richard Linklater’s NOUVELLE VAGUE (2025) is an utterly delightful love letter to the French New Wave. I wanted to skip and twirl my way to the tube station after emerging from the cinema! #FilmSky
Poster for Nouvelle Vague featuring shots from the film, which focuses on the making of Godard’s BREATHLESS.
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Delicate details from the Tate’s LEE MILLER exhibition. #Art #ArtSky
Bird cages, Paris, 1931 Photograph, vintage gelatin silver print on paper This unassuming image of a windowsill plays with ideas of reality and illusion, freedom and containment. Live birds contrast with miniature dogs, and a vase of fresh blooms is surrounded by blossoming ironwork and a strip of flowered paper. The bars of the birdcages are echoed by the grille over the window. In 1933, a New York critic wrote: 'Miller's work is as fresh and invigorating to the beholder as if he had never enjoyed the wonders of the camera plus brains before. Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex, England X99667 Untitled, Guerlain Parfumerie, Paris, c.1930 Photograph, vintage gelatin silver print on paper Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex, England X99659
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Would definitely recommend Kinuyo Tanaka’s FOREVER A WOMAN / THE ETERNAL BREASTS (1955), especially to fans of Naruse and Ozu.

A tender heartbreaking and beautifully shot female-centric film, taking in infidelity by an uncaring husband, doomed love and terminal illness. #FilmSky
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Poster for the film showing a Japanese women lying face down. The film’s title is shown in Japanese (yellow) and English (red) text
November 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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A focus on hands - from the fabulous LEE MILLER exhibition at Tate Britain. #Art #ArtSky #LeeMiller #London
Black silhouette of a hand reaching upwards towards the sky. Fringing and decorative ironwork can be seen in the background. Untitled (Hand in silhouette), Paris, 1931 Photograph, vintage gelatin silver print on paper The Art Institute of Chicago, Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean Levy and the Estate of Julien Levy, 1988.157.52 X99337 A woman in a white high-necked blouse holds her hand over the back of her head. The shot is taken from behind giving a focus on her hand and the tight curls in her hair. Woman with hand on head (also known as Coiffure), Paris, 1931 Photograph, vintage gelatin silver print on paper In this deceptively simple yet compellingly strange image, we see the back of a woman's head, gripped by a tight collar, tight curls and her own pointy-nailed hand. It was widely exhibited in the United States in 1932, including in a major survey of international photography at the Brooklyn Museum. Exhibitions such as these were intended to demonstrate a new and controversial idea: that photography could be an art form in its own right. The Art Institute of Chicago, Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean Levy anc he Estate of Julien Levy, 1988.157.56 X99336 Photo of Lee Miller with her hand covering her lips and chin. She is wearing a black open-necked shirt and large black sunglasses. Man Ray 1890-1976 Portrait of Lee Miller, Paris, 1929 Photograph, vintage gelatin silver print on paper Wilson Centre for Photography X59366
November 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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My #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday.

I enjoyed all of these, but PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET was the undoubted highlight. #FilmSky #Films
Holy Cow, 3.5 Stars Pickup on South Street, 4.5 Stars Mr & Mrs ‘55, 4 Stars Enamorada, 4 Stars
November 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Love these photographs of Leonora Carrington and Leonor Fini from the LEE MILLER exhibition at Tate Britain.

There’s something very melancholy about them… #LeeMiller #Art #ArtSky #BookSky #London
Photo of Leonora Carrington sitting outside with her back to the wall. She is wearing a white lace top and black skirt. Miller made these tender portraits of surrealist painters Leonora Carrington and Leonor Fini just weeks before the outbreak of the Second World War. She had finally left Egypt to be with Roland Penrose in London, and the pair seized the opportunity to travel while they could. In the south of France, Miller captured Carrington and Fini with an intimacy that speaks to this precarious moment. Not long after, Carrington experienced a devastating mental health crisis following the arrest of her partner, Max Ernst. Leonora Carrington, Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche, 1939 Leonor Fini, Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche, 1939 Two photographs, modern gelatin silver prints on paper Lent by the National Portrait Gallery, London X91431 Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex, England X99858 Photo of Leonor Fini, sitting in the same location as Carrington in the previous pic. Fini is sitting with her arms crossed. She’s wearing a high-necked white blouse. Miller made these tender portraits of surrealist painters Leonora Carrington and Leonor Fini just weeks before the outbreak of the Second World War. She had finally left Egypt to be with Roland Penrose in London, and the pair seized the opportunity to travel while they could. In the south of France, Miller captured Carrington and Fini with an intimacy that speaks to this precarious moment. Not long after, Carrington experienced a devastating mental health crisis following the arrest of her partner, Max Ernst. Leonora Carrington, Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche, 1939 Leonor Fini, Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche, 1939 Two photographs, modern gelatin silver prints on paper Lent by the National Portrait Gallery, London X91431 Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex, England X99858
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Some more artworks on display at Philip Mould & Co on Pall Mall. #art #ArtSky #London
PHILIP MOULD 6 COMPANY GILBERT SPENCER (1892-1979) Girl at Garsington, 1938 Garsington Manor, near Oxford, was the home of society hostess and patron of the arts Lady Ottoline Morrell, who helped him to settle in the Village Garsingon is the subject of many of Spencer's work. In this painting, the girl is depicted in Spencer's characteristic style using bold lines and colours imbued with a warm light covering the English countryside. PHILIP MOULD ơ COMPANY ARTHUR LETT-HAINES (1894-1978) Italian Landscape, early 1920s Arthur Lett-Haines and his partner Cedric Morris travelled extensively throughout their lives and some of their most successful landscape works were painted whilst on sojourns abroad. The present work was painted in the early 1920s when Lett and Cedric were living in Paris. During these years they frequently travelled around Europe and the Maghreb, and this painting was most likely painted in 1922 when they were travelling through Italy. PHILIP MOULD & COMPANY JESSICA DISMORR (1885-1939) Two Heads (Robert and Beatrice Farrant), 1934 This startlingly modern work was painted in 1934 by Jessica Dismorr, an important and often overlooked figure within the history of twentieth century British art. A frontrunner of British abstraction and a signatory of the radical Vorticist movement, Dismort's artistic imprint on British art is only now, following several recent exhibitions, beginning to gain the recognition she deserves. She was a member of several prominent modernist art groups throughout her lifetime, most notably the Seven and Five Society where she exhibited alongside other titans of the period including Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson.
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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The Philip Mould & Co gallery on Pall Mall is one of London’s lesser-known gems. So lovely to share it @joiedevivre9.bsky.social while she’s here on her trip! #Art #ArtSky
PHILIP MOULD ở COMPANY CEDRIC MORRIS (1889-1982) Still Life with Vases and Flowers, 1970 This work was painting in 1970, towards the end of Morris's career. Despite the fact Morris was an immensely prolific painter of portraits and landscapes, it is perhaps his still life and flower painting for which he is best known. Morris consistently worked from species of plants and flowers that he greatly admired and in almost all instances those which he propagated himself at The Pound and later Benton End. PHILIP MOULD o COMPANY NINA HAMNETT (1890-1956) Rooftops, c.1916-18 Known as the 'Queen of Bohemia', Nina Hamnett was a leading figure in twentieth-century British avant-garde art. Within this patchwork of colour-blocked rooftops, Hamnett expresses her artistic experience. The parallel strokes are reminiscent of Paul Cezanne's later technique, while the interlocking shapes of the buildings in the background echo the designs of the Omega Workshop where she worked with other Bloomsbury artists, including Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell and Roger Fry. PHILIP MOULD & COMPANY DUNCAN GRANT (1885-1978) Portrait of Edward Wolfe, c. 1921 Grant painted this portrait of his friend and rising artist, Edward 'Teddy' Wolfe, at the juncture just before he reached the height of his powers as a modern artist. It was painted the year of Wolfe's much anticipated return to London, after a period of severe illness which entailed his recovery in the warmer climate of his hometown, Johannesburg. Wolfe returned to London invigorated and produced many of his best works throughout the 1920s. He would latterly become known as 'England's Matisse' as a result of his vibrantly coloured portraits and still lifes.
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Reggie, trying to decide whether he is ready for this morning’s walk.
My friend’s dog, Reggie, a black toy poodle wearing a red harness. He is looking pensive, contemplating this morning’s walk in the woods.
November 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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I have this one in my sitting room. #art #ArtSky
Print (by Deborah Vass) showing a blackbird in the wild.
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Huge thanks to @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social / @rolandbates.bsky.social for the tip off about the exhibition of Denton Welch’s art at the John Swarbrooke in London. Such a wonderfully strange collection of works!

Sadly, it’s finished now, but here are some pics. #art #BookSky 💙📚 #DentonWelch
Woman in Yellow Jumper, late 1930s-early 1940s. Now I have only my Dog, c 1946-8. Self-portrait, c. 1934-6 Horse and Moon, 1943.
November 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Back at the Michael Werner Gallery in Mayfair today for another look at the POSTURES: JEAN RHYS IN THE MODERN WORLD exhibition, which includes various artworks in conversation with Rhys’ books.

Some interesting Brontë content here, for fans of their work! (Artworks by Celia Paul.) #art #BookSky 💙📚
Charlotte by Celia Paul, 2019. (Oil on canvas) Charlotte Brontë outside the Haworth Parsonage (from a photograph taken in 1855) by Celia Paul, 2010. (Oil on canvas) Brontë Parsonage with Charlotte’s Pine Tree by Celia Paul, 2022 (Etching)
November 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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My favourite first-time watches in October.

Various highlights from the London Film Fest here, plus another Mikhail Kalatozov and some classic horror. A terrific month! #FilmSky #LFF #Films

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A selection of my favourite first-time watches, including I Am Cuba, The Mastermind, The Secret Agent & Sorcerer.
November 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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My #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday.

I went big on horror this week, with 3 first-time watches, all classics. Then a re-watch of THE HOUSE OF MIRTH as part of the BFI's Terence D. retrospective. (I guess this could qualify as a horror story in disguise, given the way it plays out!) #FilmSky
The House of Mirth: 5 stars (a re-watch); Eraserhead: 4 stars; The Vanishing/Spoorloos: 4.5 stars; Possession: 4.5 stars.
October 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Lunch and a film with a friend today. THE HOUSE OF MIRTH looked magnificent on the big screen! #FilmSky
Poster for The House of Mirth showing Gillian Anderson as Lily Bart - she is wearing a red dress, a jewelled necklace and earrings.
October 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Post something random or you’ll have an awful November.
A sign saying ‘director bust candles 50 vegan’, surrounded by candles in the shape of directors’ heads.
October 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM