This evening's viewing: a long-overdue revisit to Wings of Desire. First seen many years ago at my beloved Filmhouse, this was the #film that introduced me to Wim Wenders, who would become one of my favourite film-makers.
Achingly beautiful piece of cinema. How many amazing works did the Filmhouse introduce me to that I'd likely never have seen otherwise? So looking forward to its return later this year...
Original day off plan for afternoon film postponed, as I realised there was a screening perfectly timed for after work tomorrow, so instead stroll to local, a pint of Jarl, and get on with reading in preparation for Cymera Festival chairing duties.
I've not chaired a gig since before my surgery a few months back, now I have three author events within a month of one another to prep for. Lot of work, but also a lot of fun!
Best of luck to my lovely colleague and chum, Olivia, who is off to London for the #BritishBookAwards , as she's shortlisted in the Best Bookseller category, for services in bookselling, managing our bookshop events, co-founding the #Edinburgh Womens Fiction Festival, and drinking huge amounts of tea. https://www.thebookseller.com/awards/the-british-book-awards
BBC article on the rarely-mentioned Operation Freshman, the first Allied attack on the heavy water plant the Nazis used in occupied Norway https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn03e7rzrj4o
Most of those lost on the mission probably had no idea this was to foil attempts to build an atomic weapon, they just knew it was something the Nazis couldn't have, and they risked their lives to try and stop it.
This evening's viewing: Modern Times. Been a long time since I last saw it, & while remembering the amazing & rightly famous sequence where Charlie is sucked into the cogs of the machine, I had totally forgotten about the equally amazing roller skate by the precipice scene, which still looks remarkable (the drop is in fact a glass matte painting, a clever bit of VFX for the era)
This evening's viewing: Vincent Price, Robert (Count Yorga) Quarry, inept policemen, clockwork snakes, elaborate deaths in the desert & hidden Egyptian tombs, in a revisit to the delightfully daft Dr Phibes Rises Again.
The tiny but award-winning independent book - @TheEdinburghBookshop - is moving! Only a couple of blocks, but to much bigger premises.
It's a lot more than we planned for & will take a lot of work to make it ready, so we'll be adding fundraisers to help, & you can see some architect designs & plans on the bookshop site now https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/newshop