Spent yesterday at the Battle of Ideas festival, from the Academy of Ideas. Lots of panels on various subjects around politics, society, literature, and more. I mostly went to literature-related ones. why has fantasy fiction become so popular? How fantastic is Jane Austen?
Going back for day two today.
Fresh Off the Press
- 📗 Books 2025, 24: Under the Glacier, by Halldór Laxness, Translated by Magnus Magnusson
- Asteroid City, 2023 - ★★★½
- Mission: Impossible II, 2000 - ★★½
- Mission: Impossible, 1996 - ★½
- Crucial Track for 10 October 2025: Clash City Rockers
- 📗 Books 2025, 23: How to Solve Your Own Murder, by Kristen Perrin
- 📗 Books 2025, 22: Orbital, by Samantha Harvey
- Sliding Doors, 1998 - ★★½ (contains spoilers)
- 📗 Books 2025, 21: The Book of Daniel, by EL Doctorow
- 📗 Books 2025, 20: The Hallmarked Man, by Robert Galbraith
- The Italian Job, 1969 - ★★★½
- 📗 Books 2025, 19: In Ascension, by Martin MacInnes
- 📗 Books 2025, 18: Glory Road, by Robert A Heinlein
- The Naked Gun, 2025 - ★★★½
- The Ballad of Wallis Island, 2025 - ★★★★½