Reading
Abandoned reading: Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews by Jonathan Cott. Dylan, the greatest singer-songwriter ever, is a terrible interviewee because … well, to put it bluntly, because he lies all the time. You can’t trust anything he says. 📚
Finished reading: Small Town Talk by Barney Hoskyns. Reading about the music of the Sixties can be fascinating, but reading about all the $$$ complications is often infuriating, and reading about the musicians’ personal lives is deeply depressing. 📚
Finished reading: Bleak House by Charles Dickens 📚
Currently reading: Bleak House by Charles Dickens 📚
Finished reading: Thomas Hardy by Claire Tomalin 📚
Currently reading: Thomas Hardy by Claire Tomalin 📚
Finished reading: Farewell the Trumpets by James/Jan Morris. An extraordinary narrative history — I got to the end of this third volume and was strongly tempted to return to the first volume and start again. 📚
Currently reading: Farewell the Trumpets by James Morris 📚
Finished reading: Pax Britannica:The Climax of an Empire by James Morris 📚