May recommendations from 26ers spanning brain food at Point to a website good for arguments, another Scandanavian thriller and some novels. Levels of Life by Julian Barnes At the beginning it’s easy to be distracted. A Frenchman flies in a balloon attached to a ‘two storey wicker cottage’. Sarah Bernhardt shoots dead her pet [...]
Poignant prose, French film and best British novelists. 26 members share their recommendations with you. A rainy day read If you’re feeling romantic try The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker. Set in Burma between the 1950s and present day, it’s an intriguing story about a NY lawyer who goes missing. When his [...]
We bring you recommendations from Toulouse to the Netherlands, from Dante to Dabbawallas and Dovlatov’s ‘The Suitcase, from blissful places to the sticky topic of peanut butter. Nora Ephron’s final act Nora Ephron’s son Jacob Bernstein writes movingly about his mother’s last days in his article Nora Ephron’s Final Act for the New York [...]
From books to cafes to photography exhibitions, here are a few things to help feed mind, body and soul this month, tried, tested and recommended by fellow 26ers. An incredibly useful book Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World by Michael Hyatt is a practical and accessible guide to promoting your project/self via social [...]
From crime fiction at the British Library to hidden gems on the Mad Men DVD box set, via Letters of Note and A Man of Parts, here are a few recommendations for the month ahead. Murder in the Library I’m looking forward to Murder in the Library, an exhibition of crime fiction at the British [...]
From Greek films to writing courses, books to exhibitions, 26 members bring you their recommendations for January and beyond. Oceans of Fantasy An exhibition at Wales Millennium Centre until 24 February. If you’re near Cardiff in the next few weeks, don’t miss Pete Fowler’s paintings of otherworldly creatures. You’ll find horned owls playing banjos [...]
Vanguard Readings Come and hear tomorrow’s authors today. The Vanguard Readings are a free monthly event where new and established authors showcase their writing to an open audience. If you fancy hearing from the next big name, come along to The Bear Freehouse in Camberwell. Full details are available on an open Facebook link: www.facebook.com/vanguardreadings Jindy [...]
Bronze at the Royal Academy Whatever you think of bronze, this show will make you think again. It’s de Kooning’s mad melted Clam Digger, a classic Brancusi, joyful dancing Ming Dynasty deities, saucy satyrs and a baboon’s head by Picasso made from two toy cars welded together. The RA also seems to have the original [...]
History of a Pleasure Seeker Richard Mason Phoenix, £5.36 on Amazon A Fieldingesqe romp set in belle epoque Amsterdam, Pleasure Seeker is the story of devilishly handsome country boy Piet Barol’s introduction to the mores (sexual and otherwise) of the big, bad city. An incorrigible charmer who manages to turn any situation to his advantage, [...]
A couple of wonderful recommendations this month. One that’s good for the soul, one for the mind.
Plays and thrillers and tapestries, oh my! 26 members have a few recommendations for the month ahead. …more
Only a couple of recommends this month, but my goodness they’re good ones! …more
Have a rummage in our bag of treats. Gadgets, books and culture tips, sent in by 26ers this month. Wombling free Londoners are often obsessed with the tube: we have little choice. Andrew Martin has done us a service with Underground Overground: a Passenger’s History of the Tube. Without a Womble in sight he tells [...]
Lots of top recommends again this month – especially some wonderful and exciting websites. …more
Spring is here and we have a pick ‘n’ mix of recommendations for all you mad March hares, looking for distraction and inspiration. Jump into Geoff Dyer’s 1980s bohemian wonderland in The Colour of Memory, have a giggle at Noises Off, and let your mind (and your pen) wander to Mark Radford’s rolling beats on Rinse FM. …more
Baby it’s cold, and wet, outside so brighten your days by losing yourself in one or two, or all of these recommendations from 26 members. From a punchy exhibition on journalism and conflict, to THE silent movie we’re all talking about, and a marriage plot… …more
This month we have some fantastic recommendations from the 26 membership including lots of books. Just what we’re after for those long winter nights! …more
Berliner Mike Benson in Brooklyn is teaming up with 50/50 – an initiative to fight famine in Africa – to provide Poetry for good / poetry for food. …more
This month’s smorgasbord of recommendations from the 26 membership include William Boyd, a local book shop, the 5×15 literary event, a writing festival and poetry tapas. …more
