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The Isolation Interviews - Olivia Laing

The Isolation Interviews - Olivia Laing

Writer & Critic
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

01
Walkabout

Walkabout

dir. Nicolas Roeg
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02
The Man Who Fell To Earth

The Man Who Fell To Earth

dir. Nicolas Roeg
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03
Alice in the Cities

Alice in the Cities

dir. Wim Wenders
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04
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

dir. Micheal Powell
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05
I Know Where I’m Going

I Know Where I’m Going

dir. Emeric Pressburger dir. Micheal Powell
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06
Notorious

Notorious

dir. Alfred Hitchcock
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07
The Documentation of Spaceship Earth

The Documentation of Spaceship Earth

dir. Micheal Bolten
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08
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

dir. Matt Wolf
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09
Paris, Texas

Paris, Texas

dir. Wim Wenders
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A Canterbury Tale

A Canterbury Tale

dir. Emeric Pressburger
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Books to Read

01
I Capture the Castle

I Capture the Castle

by Dodie Smith
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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

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03
Akenfield

Akenfield

by Ronald Blythe
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04
Virginia Woolf’s Diaries

Virginia Woolf’s Diaries

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05
Mrs Woolf and The Servants

Mrs Woolf and The Servants

by Alison Light
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06
A Radical Romance

A Radical Romance

by Alison Light
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07
Civilisation and Its Discontents

Civilisation and Its Discontents

by Sigmund Freud
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08
Bleak House

Bleak House

by Charles Dickens
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Some Things I Love Right Now

01
Genzo Clippers

Genzo Clippers

Niwaki
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02
Madame Alfred Carriere Rose

Madame Alfred Carriere Rose

David Austin Roses
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03
Liberty Pyjamas

Liberty Pyjamas

Liberty's
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04
Candles

Candles

Pentreath & Hall
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05
Bandol Rose

Bandol Rose

Noble Grape
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06
Assam Tea

Assam Tea

Twinings
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07
Hot Peppers

Hot Peppers

Dukeshill
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08
Felco Model 12 Secateurs

Felco Model 12 Secateurs

World of Felco
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09
Gertrude Jekyll Rose

Gertrude Jekyll Rose

David Austin Roses
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Albums to Play

01
Harvest Moon

Harvest Moon

Neil Young
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02
Automatic for the People

Automatic for the People

REM
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03
Broken English

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull
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04
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas

Dame Janet Baker, Raimund Herincx, Patricia Clark, Monica Sinclair, English Chamber Orchestra
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Destinations & Experiences

01
Mx Justin Vivian Bond

Mx Justin Vivian Bond

@mxviv
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02
Bible of British Taste

Bible of British Taste

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03
The Ancient Mariner Big Read

The Ancient Mariner Big Read

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