2014 Highlights

Movies watched at the cinema : 26 Some of the best : The Babadook, Nightcrawler, What We Did On Our Holiday, American Hustle, The Grand Budapest Hotel, August:Osage County The worst : Mr Turner The most over-rated : Gone Girl Books I bought : 128 Best fiction : Awful Auntie, Opal Plumstead, Very Good, Jeeves! Best non-fiction : Michelangelo: His Epic Life, P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters, Women in Clothes Best literary event : Jacqueline Wilson at The Lyric Theatre (she published her 100th book, Opal Plumstead) Best musical event : Star Trek Into Darkenss at The Royal Albert Hall with Michael Giacchino himself Favourite bookshop : Daunt Books Fulham Road Best art bookshop : The National Gallery, same as last year Best charity bookshop : Oxfam on High Street Kensington (single loot at this Oxfam : 6) Best online bookshop : The Book People, same as last year Best art event : Isabella Blow at Somerset House in January and Pradasphere at Harrods in May Number of significant writing endeavours started : 1 Most significant creative endeavour started : plotting a novel Emails to my friend Simon : 870 Best dinner : Fera at Claridge's and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, a well-deserved tie Holidays taken : 0 Cities I've travelled to : Vienna, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Milan, Paris Most unexpected encounter : Robert Duvall at Claridge's Most longed-for encounter : Benedict Cumberbatch On my birthday : I started off with brekfast at Claridge's then I : went to the Virginia... Read more →