Richard Walls

Go ahead and read a book. You know you want to.

I actually cleaned my screen. Twice.

I haven’t watched enough Colombo this year. Watch this space, 2025.

Just starting with episode one on A Doll’s House - you’re so right about it being a play akin to the air we breathe in theatre. I feel it was in my consciousness before I even knew what a play was

Discovering your dream podcast and knowing you’ll spend Christmas with your headphones glued to your head catching up on all the episodes thus far

And now this:

‘Sonny’s Blues’ by James Baldwin (1957)

Welcome to Bluesky, @wigmore-hall.bsky.social!

“Escape from New York” Fiction by Zadie Smith, from 2015: “He could not get over how well he was handling the apocalypse so far.”

And now this:

‘Escape from New York’ by Zadie Smith (2015)

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And now this:

‘The Piano Teacher’s Pupil’ by William Trevor (2017)

And now this:

‘A Good Man is Hard to Find’ by Flannery O’Connor (1953)

“Roy Spivey” From 2007: “It was startling to see such a famous face look so vulnerable and empty.”

And now this:

‘Roy Spivey’ by Miranda July (2007)

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And now this. A short, short story, but one that will stay with you forever.

‘The Gospel According to Mark’ by Jorge Luis Borges (1971)

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And now this:

‘Recitatif’ by Toni Morrison (1983)

And now this:

‘Neighbours’ by Raymond Carver (1971)

And now this:

‘The Summer People’ by Shirley Jackson (1950)

“Going for a Beer” “He didn’t realize, he says, how serious they were.”

And now this:

'Going for a Beer' by Robert Coover (2011)

It’s Sunday. Do yourself a favour. Read this gem from Alice Monro:

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Hoping for better.