The Isolation Interviews - Olivia Laing

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The Isolation Interviews - Olivia Laing on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
The Isolation Interviews - Olivia Laing on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
The Isolation Interviews - Olivia Laing on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
The Isolation Interviews - Olivia Laing on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
The Isolation Interviews - Olivia Laing on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
The Isolation Interviews - Olivia Laing on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
The Isolation Interviews - Olivia Laing on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
The Isolation Interviews - Olivia Laing on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
The Isolation Interviews - Olivia Laing on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
The Isolation Interviews - Olivia Laing on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
The Isolation Interviews - Olivia Laing on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
The Isolation Interviews - Olivia Laing on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
The Isolation Interviews - Olivia Laing on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
The Isolation Interviews - Olivia Laing on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
The Isolation Interviews - Olivia Laing on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
Olivia Laing's first book To the River is about a midsummer journey down the river Virginia Woolf drowned in. It was a Book of the Year in the Independent, Financial Times and the Evening Standard. Her fourth and newest book of non-fiction is the incredibly beautiful and psychically timely Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency, (the book on our nightstands). Here she shares some of her favourite films, books and comforts for these weeks of being at home.

Films to Watch

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Walkabout
Walkabout dir. Nicolas Roeg Buy Online
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The Man Who Fell To Earth
The Man Who Fell To Earth dir. Nicolas Roeg Buy Online
03
Alice in the Cities
Alice in the Cities dir. Wim Wenders Buy Online
04
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp dir. Micheal Powell Buy Online
05
I Know Where I’m Going
I Know Where I’m Going dir. Emeric Pressburger dir. Micheal Powell Buy Online
06
Notorious
Notorious dir. Alfred Hitchcock Buy Online
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The Documentation of Spaceship Earth
The Documentation of Spaceship Earth dir. Micheal Bolten Buy Online
08
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell dir. Matt Wolf Buy Online
09
Paris, Texas
Paris, Texas dir. Wim Wenders Buy Online
10
A Canterbury Tale
A Canterbury Tale dir. Emeric Pressburger Buy Online

Books to Read

01
I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Buy Online
02
Benton End Remembered: Cedric Morris, Arthur Lett Haines and the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing
Benton End Remembered: Cedric Morris, Arthur Lett Haines and the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing Buy Online
03
Akenfield
Akenfield by Ronald Blythe Buy Online
04
Virginia Woolf’s Diaries
Virginia Woolf’s Diaries Buy Online
05
Mrs Woolf and The Servants
Mrs Woolf and The Servants by Alison Light Buy Online
06
A Radical Romance
A Radical Romance by Alison Light Buy Online
07
Civilisation and Its Discontents
Civilisation and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud Buy Online
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Bleak House
Bleak House by Charles Dickens Buy Online

Some Things I Love Right Now

01
Genzo Clippers
Genzo Clippers Niwaki Buy Online
02
Madame Alfred Carriere Rose
Madame Alfred Carriere Rose David Austin Roses Buy Online
03
Liberty Pyjamas
Liberty Pyjamas Liberty's Buy Online
04
Candles
Candles Pentreath & Hall Buy Online
05
Bandol Rose
Bandol Rose Noble Grape Buy Online
06
Assam Tea
Assam Tea Twinings Buy Online
07
Hot Peppers
Hot Peppers Dukeshill Buy Online
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Felco Model 12 Secateurs
Felco Model 12 Secateurs World of Felco Buy Online
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Gertrude Jekyll Rose
Gertrude Jekyll Rose David Austin Roses Buy Online

Albums to Play

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Harvest Moon
Harvest Moon Neil Young Buy Online
02
Automatic for the People
Automatic for the People REM Buy Online
03
Broken English
Broken English Marianne Faithfull Buy Online
04
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas Dame Janet Baker, Raimund Herincx, Patricia Clark, Monica Sinclair, English Chamber Orchestra Buy Online

Destinations & Experiences

01
Mx Justin Vivian Bond
Mx Justin Vivian Bond @mxviv Go Visit
02
Bible of British Taste
Bible of British Taste Go Visit
03
The Ancient Mariner Big Read
The Ancient Mariner Big Read Go Visit

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