Seán Costello
@seanjcostello.bsky.social
Editor at large
https://bookeditor.co.uk
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Nordic noir: enjoyed this exhibition of works on paper by Scandinavian artists #BritishMuseum
December 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Nordic noir: enjoyed this exhibition of works on paper by Scandinavian artists #BritishMuseum
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Apparently Spielberg asked Tom Stoppard to write the screenplay for Jaws, but Tom said he couldn’t as he was writing a play for the BBC.
"I'm offering you a fortune to collaborate with me on a Hollywood blockbuster, and you turn me down to write a play for BBC TV?"
"No," Tom said, "BBC Radio."
"I'm offering you a fortune to collaborate with me on a Hollywood blockbuster, and you turn me down to write a play for BBC TV?"
"No," Tom said, "BBC Radio."
December 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Apparently Spielberg asked Tom Stoppard to write the screenplay for Jaws, but Tom said he couldn’t as he was writing a play for the BBC.
"I'm offering you a fortune to collaborate with me on a Hollywood blockbuster, and you turn me down to write a play for BBC TV?"
"No," Tom said, "BBC Radio."
"I'm offering you a fortune to collaborate with me on a Hollywood blockbuster, and you turn me down to write a play for BBC TV?"
"No," Tom said, "BBC Radio."
Watched Kaurismäki’s funny and touching Paris-set story of three struggling artists, inspired by the same source material as Puccini’s opera
November 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Watched Kaurismäki’s funny and touching Paris-set story of three struggling artists, inspired by the same source material as Puccini’s opera
Enlightenment #ReadingRoom #BritishMuseum
November 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Enlightenment #ReadingRoom #BritishMuseum
Watched the amazing #ZooNation in a joyous show at #SadlersWellsEast
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Watched the amazing #ZooNation in a joyous show at #SadlersWellsEast
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This morning's listening pleasure. It's doing a grand job of drowning out my housework duties of hoovering 😁
@jimstwentyone.bsky.social
harrietrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nadine
@jimstwentyone.bsky.social
harrietrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nadine
Nadine, by Jim's Twenty-one
18 track album
harrietrecords.bandcamp.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This morning's listening pleasure. It's doing a grand job of drowning out my housework duties of hoovering 😁
@jimstwentyone.bsky.social
harrietrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nadine
@jimstwentyone.bsky.social
harrietrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nadine
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
My Bloody Valentine
Neil Young
Beastie Boys
Prince
Pet Shop Boys
My Bloody Valentine
Neil Young
Beastie Boys
Prince
Pet Shop Boys
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Björk
Massive Attack
The Unthanks
Echo & the Bunnymen
The Cure
#MusicSky
Björk
Massive Attack
The Unthanks
Echo & the Bunnymen
The Cure
#MusicSky
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Pulp
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
American Music Club
Super Furry Animals
Chalk
Pulp
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
American Music Club
Super Furry Animals
Chalk
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
My Bloody Valentine
Neil Young
Beastie Boys
Prince
Pet Shop Boys
My Bloody Valentine
Neil Young
Beastie Boys
Prince
Pet Shop Boys
Alexis Petridis hails the return of The Return…
November 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Alexis Petridis hails the return of The Return…
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Unreasonably excited about this Jim's Twenty-One comp out now on Harriett. Their 7" is a long-time fave and I'm thrilled to tell you that there's *more*
harrietrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nadine
@jimstwentyone.bsky.social
harrietrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nadine
@jimstwentyone.bsky.social
Nadine, by Jim's Twenty-one
18 track album
harrietrecords.bandcamp.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Unreasonably excited about this Jim's Twenty-One comp out now on Harriett. Their 7" is a long-time fave and I'm thrilled to tell you that there's *more*
harrietrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nadine
@jimstwentyone.bsky.social
harrietrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nadine
@jimstwentyone.bsky.social
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Dooneen will be published next June, by Fitzcarraldo Editions here, and New Directions there. And this is the New Directions cover, by Paul Sahre, and I love it.
@ndbooks.bsky.social
@ndbooks.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Dooneen will be published next June, by Fitzcarraldo Editions here, and New Directions there. And this is the New Directions cover, by Paul Sahre, and I love it.
@ndbooks.bsky.social
@ndbooks.bsky.social
Loved this London-set existential comedy by Aki Kaurismäki. A brilliant performance by Jean-Pierre Léaud, and the Joe Strummer cameo is a bonus.
November 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Loved this London-set existential comedy by Aki Kaurismäki. A brilliant performance by Jean-Pierre Léaud, and the Joe Strummer cameo is a bonus.
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The LONG LONG LONG LONG awaited first LP by @jimstwentyone.bsky.social is out today. It is an incredible artifact - one of the top mid-80s indiepop bands captured (at the time) with all their resplendent & wayward brilliance. I'm playing their 'That Means Nothing To You' on #freshingredients now!
Nadine, by Jim's Twenty-one
18 track album
harrietrecords.bandcamp.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The LONG LONG LONG LONG awaited first LP by @jimstwentyone.bsky.social is out today. It is an incredible artifact - one of the top mid-80s indiepop bands captured (at the time) with all their resplendent & wayward brilliance. I'm playing their 'That Means Nothing To You' on #freshingredients now!
Back in the C86 era I was in a band in Brussels called jim’s twenty-one. John Peel played our one EP and said, ‘They don’t sound very Belgian.’ (We didn’t, and we weren’t.)
Today finally sees the release of our debut album, Nadine. @jimstwentyone.bsky.social harrietrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nadine
Today finally sees the release of our debut album, Nadine. @jimstwentyone.bsky.social harrietrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nadine
November 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Back in the C86 era I was in a band in Brussels called jim’s twenty-one. John Peel played our one EP and said, ‘They don’t sound very Belgian.’ (We didn’t, and we weren’t.)
Today finally sees the release of our debut album, Nadine. @jimstwentyone.bsky.social harrietrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nadine
Today finally sees the release of our debut album, Nadine. @jimstwentyone.bsky.social harrietrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nadine
Enjoyed that most French of films noir, Lift to the Scaffold
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Enjoyed that most French of films noir, Lift to the Scaffold
Saw some wonderful work by Joash Woodrow at Gallery 108 in Harrogate 108fineart.com/artists/joas...
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Saw some wonderful work by Joash Woodrow at Gallery 108 in Harrogate 108fineart.com/artists/joas...
Winter sporting
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Winter sporting
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For Anna Seghers, #BornOnThisDay in 1900, my thoughts on TRANSIT (tr. Margot Bettauer Dembo), the striking novel behind Christian Petzold's film.
A Kafkaesque story of shifting identities in the midst of #WW2, still highly relevant today. #BookSky 💙📚 #BOTD
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2014/11/12/t...
A Kafkaesque story of shifting identities in the midst of #WW2, still highly relevant today. #BookSky 💙📚 #BOTD
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2014/11/12/t...
Transit by Anna Seghers (tr. Margot Bettauer Dembo)
Born in Germany in 1900 to a Jewish family, Anna Seghers, fled from Europe following the German invasion of France in 1940. In 1941, Seghers and her family sailed from Marseille to Mexico in 1941 w…
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November 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
For Anna Seghers, #BornOnThisDay in 1900, my thoughts on TRANSIT (tr. Margot Bettauer Dembo), the striking novel behind Christian Petzold's film.
A Kafkaesque story of shifting identities in the midst of #WW2, still highly relevant today. #BookSky 💙📚 #BOTD
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2014/11/12/t...
A Kafkaesque story of shifting identities in the midst of #WW2, still highly relevant today. #BookSky 💙📚 #BOTD
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2014/11/12/t...
Watched this gripping wartime noir by Powell & Pressburger
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Watched this gripping wartime noir by Powell & Pressburger