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Books Read 2018 (Plus more)

  1. Metroland — Julian Barnes  (January)
  2. All Is Silence — Manuel Rivas  (January)
  3. The Bell Jar — Sylvia Plath  (January)
  4. Limonov — Emmanuel Carrere  (January)
  5. The Looking-Glass Sisters — Gøhril Gabrielsen  (January)
  6. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning — Alan Sillitoe  (February)
  7. Silence — Shusaku Endo  (February)
  8. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner — Alan Sillitoe  (February)
  9. Winesburg, Ohio — Sherwood Anderson  (February)
  10. Fragments from My Diary — Maxim Gorky  (March)
  11. The Days of Abandonment — Elena Ferrante  (March)
  12. The End of the Affair — Graham Greene  (March)
  13. A Scattering — Christopher Reid  (March)
  14. Lost and Found — Jules Montague  (April)
  15. Outline — Rachel Cusk  (April)
  16. We Should All Be Feminists — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie  (April)
  17. The Plains — Gerard Murnane  (April)
  18. Sympathy — Olivia Sudjic  (April)
  19. Birthday Letters — Ted Hughes  (May)
  20. Packing My Library — Alberto Manguel  (May)
  21. The Nothing — Hanif Kureishi  (May)
  22. My Name is Leon — Kit De Waal  (May)
  23. Everyman — Philip Roth  (May) (again)
  24. 12 Rules for Life — Jordan Peterson  (June)
  25. Left in Dark Times — Bernard-Henri Levy  (June)
  26. Transit — Rachel Cusk  (June)
  27. The Plot Against America — Philip Roth  (July)
  28. A Station on the Path to Somewhere Better — Benjamin Wood  (July)
  29. Conversations With Friends — Sally Rooney  (July)
  30. Kudos — Rachel Cusk  (July)
  31. Story of the Eye — Georges Bataille  (July)
  32. Crudo — Olivia Laing  (August)
  33. The Double — Fyodor Dostoyevsky  (August)
  34. Pitch Dark — Renata Adler  (August)
  35. The Trick to Time — Kit De Waal  (September)
  36. Sentenced to Life — Clive James  (September)
  37. The Lost — Claire McGowan  (October)
  38. Temptation — Vesna Main  (October)
  39. Special Delivery — Iselin C. Hermann  (October)
  40. The Only Story — Julian Barnes  (October)
  41. Last Exit to Brooklyn — Hubert Selby Jr.  (October)
  42. Six Foot Six — Kit De Waal  (October)
  43. The Long Take — Robin Robertson  (October)
  44. Everything Under — Daisy Johnson  (October)
  45. The Last Wolf — Laszlo Krasznahorkai  (November)
  46. Judas — Amos Oz  (November)
  47. Elevation — Stephen King  (November)
  48. Big Magic — Elizabeth Gilbert  (November)
  49. Men Explain Things — Rebecca Solnit  (November)
  50. The Outrun — Amy Liptrot  (December)
  51. Boyhood Island — Karl Ove Knausgaard  (December)
  52. Blue Light Yokohama 3 — Nicolas Obregon  (December)
  53. The Adversary — Emmanuel Carrere  (December)
  54. White Teeth — Zadie Smith  (December)
  55. The Song of Lunch — Christopher Reid  (December)
  56. Asymmetry — Lisa Halliday  (December)

Books in 
bold were particularly good.

And just to show that writers don't live in a bubble, here's some other stuff...

Films Watched 2018

  1. Daphne  (2017, Dir. Peter Mackie Burns)
  2. Le Mepris  (1963, Dir. Jean Luc Goddard)
  3. Moonrise Kingdom  (2012, Dir. Wes Anderson)
  4. Une Femme Est Une Femme  (1961, Dir. Jean-Luc Goddard)
  5. Get Out  (2017, Dir. Jordan Peele)
  6. The Nun  (2013, Dir. Guillaume Nicloux)
  7. Husbands (1970, Dir. John Cassavetes)
  8. Casino (1996, Dir. Martin Scorsese) (again)
  9. A Tale of Winter  (1992, Dir. Eric Rohmer)
  10. The Death of Stalin  (2017, Dir. Armando Iannucci)
  11. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017, Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)
  12. Scenes From A Marriage  (1973, Dir. Ingmar Bergman) (again)
  13. Phantom Thread  (2017, Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
  14. The Structure of Crystal  (1969, Dir. Krzystof Zanussi)
  15. Le Cercle Rouge (1970, Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville)
  16. Lady Bird (2017, Dir. Greta Gerwig)
  17. J’embrasse Pas (1991, Dir. Andre Techine)
  18. Certified Copy (2010, Dir. Abbas Kiarostami)
  19. De Palma (2015, Dir. Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow)
  20. Caramel (2007, Dir. Nadine Labaki)
  21. La jalousie (2013, Dir. Phillipe Garrel)
  22. L’amant d’un Jour (2017, Dir. Philippe Garrel)
  23. You Were Never Really Here (2017, Dir. Lynne Ramsay)
  24. Cafe de Flore (2011, Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée)
  25. Blade Runner, 2049 (2017, Dir. Denis Villinue)
  26. Wonder Wheel (2017, Dir. Woody Allen)
  27. Let The Sunshine In (2017, Dir. Claire Denis)
  28. White Heat (1949, Dir. Raoul Walsh)
  29. Gholam (2017, Dir. Mitra Tabrizian)
  30. Ginger & Rosa (2012, Dir. Sally Potter)
  31. Ma Nuit Chez Maud (1963, Dir. Eric Rohmer)
  32. Career Girls (1997, Dir. Mike Leigh)
  33. Isle of Dogs (2018, Dir. Wes Anderson)
  34. Death Wish (2018, Dir. Eli Roth)
  35. To Rome With Love (2012, Dir. Woody Allen)
  36. Stardust Memories (1980, Dir. Woody Allen)
  37. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985, Dir. Woody Allen)
  38. Christine (2016, Dir. Antonio Campos)
  39. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969, Dir. Paul Mazurksky)
  40. Baby Driver (2017, Dir. Edgar Wright)
  41. Dog Day Afternoon (1975, Dir. Sydney Lumet)  (again)
  42. The Touch (1971, Dir. Ingmar Bergman)
  43. Cafe Society (2016, Dir. Woody Allen)
  44. First Reformed (2017, Dir. Paul Schrader)
  45. Bananas (1971, Dir. Woody Allen)
  46. Nuts in May (1976, Dir. Mike Leigh)
  47. Alice (1990, Dir. Woody Allen)
  48. Mistress America (2015, Dir. Noah Baumbach)
  49. Maggie’s Plan (2015, Dir. Rebecca Miller)
  50. The Meyerowitz Stories (2017, Dir. Noah Baumbach)
  51. Tyrannosaur (2011, Dir. Paddy Considine)
  52. The King of Marvin Gardens (1972, Dir. Bob Rafelson)
  53. Final Score (2018, Dir. Scott Mann)
  54. The Double (2013, Dir. Richard Ayoade)
  55. On Cheisel Beach (2018, Dir. Dominic Cooke)
  56. Fucking in Love (2014, Dir. Justine Pluvinage)
  57. Adam Resurrected (2008, Dir. Paul Schrader)
  58. Where Do We Go Now? (2011, Dir. Nadine Labaki)
  59. A Journey Through French Cinema (2017, Dir. Bertrand Tavernier)
  60. The House That Jack Built (2018, Dir. Lars Von Trier)
  61. Les Coquillettes (2012, Dir. Sophie Letourneur)
  62. The Things of Life (1970, Dir. Claude Sautet)
  63. Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018, Dir Michael Moore)
  64. Oh Boy (2012, Dir. Jan Ole Gerster)
  65. Funny Cow (2017, Dir. Adrian Shergold)
  66. I, Daniel Blake (2017, Dir. Ken Loach)
  67. Prick Up Your Ears (1987, Dir. Stephen Frears)
  68. Love Is The Devil (1998, Dir. John Maybury)

Films in 
bold were particularly good.


Plays Seen 2018

  1. “A Christmas Carol” by Jack Thorne at The Old Vic
  2. “The Divide” by Alan Ayckbourn at The Old Vic
  3. “Fanny and Alexander” by Stephen Beresford at The Old Vic
  4. “Describe The Night” by Rajiv Joseph at The Hampstead Theatre
  5. “Mood Music” by Joe Penhall at The Old Vic
  6. “Instructions for Correct Assembly” by Thomas Eccleshare at The Royal Court
  7. “Absolute Hell” by Rodney Ackland at The National Theatre
  8. “Consent” by Nina Raine at The Harold Pinter Theatre
  9. “Translations” by Brian Friel at The National Theatre
  10. “Beirut” by Alan Bowne at The Park Theatre
  11. “Genesis, Inc.” by Jemma Kennedy at The Hampstead Theatre
  12. “Pinter at the Pinter # 1” by Harold Pinter at The Pinter Theatre
  13. “Pinter at the Pinter # 2” by Harold Pinter at The Pinter Theatre
  14. “War with the Newts” by Tyrrell Jones at The Bunker Theatre
  15. “Wise Children” by Angela Carter & Emma Rice at The Old Vic
  16. “A Pupil” by Jesse Briton at The Park Theatre
  17. “Switzerland” by Joanna Murray-Smith at The Ambassadors Theatre
  18. “White Teeth” by Stephen Sharkey at The Kiln Theatre
  19. “Pinter at the Pinter # 6” by Harold Pinter at The Pinter Theatre

Plays in 
bold were particularly good.

Albums Heard 2018

  1. “Tearing at the Seams” — Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats
  2. “God Hates Us All” — Slayer
  3. “Power in Numbers” — Jurassic 5
  4. “Monster” — R.E.M
  5. “Without a Sound” — Dinosaur Jr.
  6. “Mosquito” — Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  7. “Marque Moon” — Television
  8. “Adventure” — Television
  9. “Talking Heads 77” — Talking Heads
  10. “Remain in Light” — Talking Heads
  11. “Speaking in Tongues” — Talking Heads
  12. “Everything Now” — Arcade Fire
  13. “Glasgow Walker” — John Martyn
  14. “Dirty Computer” — Janelle Monae
  15. “Closer” — Joy Division
  16. “Night and Day” — Joe Jackson
  17. “Resistance is Futile” — Manic Street Preachers
  18. “Re-return to Paradise” — Sam Sparro
  19. “My War” — Black Flag
  20.  "The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend” — Baby Huey and The Baby Sitters
  21. “Reflektor” — Arcade Fire
  22. “The Suburbs” — Arcade Fire
  23. “Avonmore” — Bryan Ferry
  24. “Kamikaze” — Eminem
  25. “Combat Sports” — The Vaccines
  26. “Everything is Everything” — Donny Hathaway
  27. “Live Broadcast - 18th April 1993 The Complex” — Leonard Cohen
  28. “Piece by Piece” — John Martyn
  29. “One World” — John Martyn
  30. “Grace and Danger” — JohnMartyn
  31. “Solid Air” — John Martyn
  32. “Just As I Am” — Bill Withers
  33. “Popular Problems” — Leonard Cohen
  34. “Old Ideas” — Leonard Cohen
  35. “Day Breaks” — Norah Jones
  36. “Blue Alert” — Anjani Thomas
  37. “The Fall” — Norah Jones
  38. “Addictions Vol. 1” — Robert Palmer
  39. “Well Kept Secret” — John Martyn
  40. “The Old Magic” — Nick Lowe
  41. “Royal Blood” — Royal Blood
  42. “Alone Again, Naturally” — Esther Phillips
  43. “Vol. 4” — Black Sabbath
  44. “The Church With One Bell” — John Martyn
  45. “Living in Extraordinary Times” — James
  46. “Le Kov” — Gwenno
  47. “Silver Eye” — Goldfrapp
  48. “Glorious Fool” — John Martyn
  49. “Pride” — Robert Palmer
  50. “More Love Songs” — Loudon Wainwright III
  51. “In the Blue Light” — Paul Simon
  52. “Morning Phase” — Beck
  53. “God’s Favourite Customer” — Father John Misty
  54. “Clues” — Robert Palmer
  55. “History” — Loudon Wainwright III
  56. “Haven’t Got The Blues (Yet)” — Loudon Wainwright III
  57. “Older Than My Old Man Now” — Loudon Wainwright III
  58. “Coles Corner” — Richard Hawley
  59. “Lady’s Bridge” — Richard Hawle
  60. “Fear Fun” — Father John Misty
  61. “Out of the Game” — Rufus Wainwright
  62. “Vulnerable” — Marvin Gaye
  63. “Blood on the Tracks” — Bob Dylan
  64. “The White Album” — The Beatles
  65. “Silence Yourself” — Savages
  66. “A Little Something More” — Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats
  67. “Extra Texture” — George Harrison
  68.     68. “A State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations” — Glenn Gould

You could listen to any of the above and have a good time.
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