I’ve spent most of today walking around Bristol, visiting some independent and secondhand bookshops, including
- Amnesty Bookshop, 103 Gloucester Road, Bishopton
- Second Page, The Galleries, Broadmead, Bristol
- Beware of the Leopard Books, St. Nicholas Market
- The Last Bookshop, 60 Park St
- Dreadnought Books, 125 St Georgeโs Rd
Plus a couple of pubs for some real ale refreshment ๐บ๐
Nearly 8 miles walked and only (!) five books purchased - a couple by C.S.Lewis, a biography of C.S.Lewis and two cricket books ๐
Location check in โ The Old Fish Market, Bristol. A Fullerโs pub so I had ESB ๐บ
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Watched: The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis, 2021 - โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Not really an “untold story”, rather just little more than a well-performed monologue containing a series of quotes from Lewis' writings. The backdrop of recreated, sometimes briefly dramatised, scenes from Lewis' life are attractive enough to watch but I could almost as easily have listened to or read the monologue.
Watched: Shadowlands, 1993 - โ โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Watched: โWuthering Heightsโ, 2026 - โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Location check in โ Everyman Cinema, Cardiff to see “Wuthering Heights” ๐ฅ
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๐ต My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Anaรฏs Mitchell (19 plays), Handley (13), Walter (7), Cafรฉ Bakunin (4), Ensemble InterContemporain & Pierre Bleuse (4)
Well at least England won the cricket … ๐
A couple of England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ - Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ matchups today.
The England v Scotland T20 World Cup match is currently underway at Eden Gardens, Kolkata ๐
Later today it’s Scotland v England at Murrayfield in the Six Nations ๐
Cleddau Bridge, Milford Haven
The Ferry Inn, Pembroke Ferry
A rainy Tuesday lunchtime in Pembroke Dock ameliorated by good Felinfoel beer and food at The Ferry Inn ๐ง๏ธ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
๐ต Music for 13 February 2026
"Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande. Allegro ma non troppo (2019 Remastered Version)" by Bruno Walter & Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No.6 'Pastorale'
Bruno Walter's 1958 recording with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra.
Revisiting Drafts as a way to post to Micro.blog ๐ค
๐ต Music for 11 February 2026
"Pagan Symphony: I. Tranquillo molto lento sostenuto" by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Vernon Handley
Granville Bantock - Pagan Symphony
Continuing a mini-exploration of listening to some English symphonies.
Watched: Breathless, 1983 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
๐ต My top weekly artists as logged byย last.fm: Arc Ensemble (28 plays), Anaรฏs Mitchell (19), Ole Schmidt, LSO, Manning, Minty, Mitchinson, Thomas (8), Jonathan Powell, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Johannes Kalitzke (7), Stokowski, Houston Symphony Orchestra (4)
