Lloyd Shepherd
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Books like The English Monster. Podcasts at The Curiously Specific Book Club
Listening to Frank Skinner’s poetry podcast: deep cuts.
October 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Listening to Frank Skinner’s poetry podcast: deep cuts.
He’s been staring at me for a while now. Unsettling.
October 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
He’s been staring at me for a while now. Unsettling.
Followed up a reread of Schama’s Citizens with a first read of this monster. Like my 18-year-old self I find myself once again holding Antoine Saint-Just in absolute contempt.
October 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Followed up a reread of Schama’s Citizens with a first read of this monster. Like my 18-year-old self I find myself once again holding Antoine Saint-Just in absolute contempt.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
I vaguely remember Alastair Campbell saying something about how we should cover politics like we cover sport. Careful what you wish for.
October 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I vaguely remember Alastair Campbell saying something about how we should cover politics like we cover sport. Careful what you wish for.
Fucking incredible. If you can get a ticket, get one.
October 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Fucking incredible. If you can get a ticket, get one.
If I ever meet Gordon Ramsey I’m going to have a word about his shitty Hexclad pans. These were three decent rashers two minutes ago. Absolutely useless.
September 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
If I ever meet Gordon Ramsey I’m going to have a word about his shitty Hexclad pans. These were three decent rashers two minutes ago. Absolutely useless.
Reading Richard Aldous’s brilliant account of Gladstone and Disraeli’s rivalry, The Lion and the Unicorn, I encounter for the first time Gladstone’s stupendously awful proposal of marriage to his future wife Catherine Glynne. She actually said yes to this rubbish.
September 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Reading Richard Aldous’s brilliant account of Gladstone and Disraeli’s rivalry, The Lion and the Unicorn, I encounter for the first time Gladstone’s stupendously awful proposal of marriage to his future wife Catherine Glynne. She actually said yes to this rubbish.
This one’s not bad either
September 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This one’s not bad either
Here we go then. There’ll be fewer of us than the fascists but we’re sexier and know how to spell
September 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Here we go then. There’ll be fewer of us than the fascists but we’re sexier and know how to spell
Brilliant double rainbow over Brixton last night on way to see Black Power Desk (which is amazing and you should go)
September 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Brilliant double rainbow over Brixton last night on way to see Black Power Desk (which is amazing and you should go)
You fucking what?
September 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
You fucking what?
No it doesn’t, and no it hasn’t. United media derangement continues.
September 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
No it doesn’t, and no it hasn’t. United media derangement continues.
A paraphrase from the epilogue to Simon Schama’s Citizens which seems apposite to the current situation
September 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
A paraphrase from the epilogue to Simon Schama’s Citizens which seems apposite to the current situation
Incredibly, I wrote a book about this.
September 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Incredibly, I wrote a book about this.
August 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
If only someone had written a book about this stuff
August 4, 2025 at 6:28 AM
If only someone had written a book about this stuff
And finally, an ambition fulfilled - walking the Broomway (with @moongolfer.com and a guide)
August 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
And finally, an ambition fulfilled - walking the Broomway (with @moongolfer.com and a guide)
Then a week on Lake Como, where the water is dark, the wine is exquisite, and the lidos require swimming caps.
August 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Then a week on Lake Como, where the water is dark, the wine is exquisite, and the lidos require swimming caps.
Then five days in Florence chasing down the major places in Sarah Winman’s luscious masterpiece Still Life.
August 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Then five days in Florence chasing down the major places in Sarah Winman’s luscious masterpiece Still Life.
But it’s been a hell of a fortnight. Starting with a train.
August 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
But it’s been a hell of a fortnight. Starting with a train.
