Favorites of 2022

It's that time of year again !

Personal Favs 2022

Books

The Books of Jacob, Olga Tokarczuk , Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2021

The Story of My Teeth, Valeria Luiselli, Granta Books, 2016

Piranesi, Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury, 2020

Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency, Olivia Laing, Norton & Co, 2020

He Used Thought as a Wife. An Anthology of Poems and Conversations (From Inside).Tim Key,

“Utter” & Press,2020

The Undercurrents: A Story of Berlin, Kirsty Bell, Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2022

A Moth to a Flame, Stig Dagerman, Penquin, 2019

Pedro and Ricky Come Again: Selected Writing 1988–2020, Jonathan Meades, UnBound, 2021

Bandit Country, James Conor Patterson, Pan Macmillan, 2022

In Memory of Memory, Maria Stepanova, New Directions,2021

Dramatherapy: The Nature of Interruption, Richard Hougham (Ed), Bryn Jones (Ed) Red Globe

Press , 2017

Painting:The Infinite Body, Francesco Correggia, Pietro Finelli

My Year of Rest And Relaxation , Ottessa Moshfegh,2018

The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben,2017

The Penguin Book Of Exorcisms , Ed by Joseph P. Laycock , 2020

Devil-Land: England Under Siege, 1588-1688, by Clare Jackson, 2021

Ficciones Typografika 1642, Erik Brandt & Mark Gowing, Formist Editions, 2019

The Last Word , Ian Cochrane , Turnpike Books, 2022

Yehuda Amichai, a Life of Poetry, 1948-1994 , Yehuda Amichai,HarperCollins, 1995

Antonio Gramsci:Notes on Architecture, Divisare Books 6 , 2017

Photo Books

Kampos, Stratis Vogiatzis, Agra, 2022

Sea of Files, Dayanita Singh , Hasselblad Award 2022, Steidl, 2022

Book Building, Dayanita Singh , Steidl, 2022

Dublin, Evelyn Hofer, Steidl, 2022

Whatever You Say, Say Nothing , Gilles Peress, Steidl, 2021

Portraits of Sheds, Katsuhito Nakazato, Media Factory, Japan, 2000

Fukushima Fragments, Kosuke Okahara, Editions de la Martinière, 2015

Tony Ray-Jones, Steidl, 2019

Magazine Work 1964 - 1982,Takuma Nakahira , Getsuyosha 2011

Transtempo, Christina Garcia Rodero , La Fabrica ,2011

Magazines

Ramp Style: https://ramp.space/en/issue-category/rampstyle

Vogue Living Australia. https://www.vogue.com.au/vogue-living

Cinema

Snakehead, Evan Jackson Leong,2021

Boiling Point, Phillip Barantini,2021

Persian Lessons, Vadim Perelman, 2020

The Grand Duke of Corsica, Daniel Graham, 2021

Incendies, Denis Villeneuve, 2010

Body Brokers, John Swab, 2021

The King, David Mich?d, 2019

This Much I Know To Be True, Andrew Dominic , 2022

Song of Granite,Pat Collins, 2017

The Banshees of Inisherin, Martin McDonagh, 2022

Triangle of Sadness, Ruben ?stlund , 2022

Photography/ Art Exhibitions

Fenderesky Gallery |Belfast, various theme-based exhibitions

Framed in Friendship: A Legacy of Art |Graves Gallery, Sheffield,

(Stanley Spencer’s Zacharias and Elizabeth)

Game of Thrones Tapestry , 87 metre long woven and embroidered

tapestry |Ulster Museum

Music

Can’t Believe The Way We Flow, James Blake

The Imperial, The Delines

The Funeral, Band of Horses

Reasons To Quit, Phosphorescent

Pa Pa Power, Cat Power

Girl in Amber, Nell Smith, The Flaming Lips

Lonely Wins, Mick Flannery, Susan O’Neill

River, Katie Melua

Feels Like I Only Go Backwards, Artic Monkeys

Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City (Bobby “Blue” Bland Cover) , Black Pumas

James Brot?rhead, "Superkill", Mash up ( Motorhead & James Brown )

Can't Stand Losing You & Message In A Bottle (FYYC's FabmixBollacha Remixes) The Police

The Bends (slowed reverb 3D version) Radiohead

Response To Rick Beato - What If David Gilmour Played the “Stairway to Heaven” Solo? David

Domminney Fowler

Give Me Mercy, The Cult

Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire, Joni Mitchell

Reckoner from 'In Rainbows, from the Basement' Radiohead

Sympathy for the Devil ( isolated piano version) Rolling Stones

Dune OST -The One, & Arrakis (slowed 500% & extended one hour ) Hans Zimmer

Stuntrock Confusion | https://www.youtube.com/c/StuntrockConfusion (Best vinyl reviews)

Muslimgauze Discography

https://www.discogs.com/artist/484-Muslimgauze?anv=Musimgauze&filter_anv=1

Voodoo Soup Records, (Best Vinyl & CD store) | Belfast

Web

Criterion Collection: https://www.youtube.com/user/criterioncollection+ Closet Picks

The Louisiana Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/thelouisianachannel

Beat-Club: https://www.youtube.com/c/beatclub/featured

Adam Curtis On The Fall Of The Soviet Union's Worrying Parallels With Modern Britain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=663vLIYBcpI

Club Random Podcast with Bill Maher https://www.youtube.com/c/ClubRandomPodcast/featured

Galway International Arts Festival: First Thought Talks: When All is Ruin Once Again, Professor

Roy Foster, NUI Galway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9texQXvWsc

TV

Russia 1985–1999: TraumaZone (subtitled What It Felt Like to Live Through The Collapse of

Communism and Democracy), BBC iplayer

SAS Rogue Heroes, BBC

Kleo, Netflix

True Stories,Netflix

Top Boy,Netflix

Radio

Saturday Live , BBC Radio 4

Guy Garvey's Finest Hour, BBC Radio 6

Iggy Pop The Confidential Show, BBC Radio 6

Radyo Eksen 96.2 Istanbul

The Kitchen Cabinet , Series 38, Bishopsgate, BBC Radio 4

The Channel , Series 1, ep3 Cross-Channel Journal , Alba Arikha , BBC Radio 4x

Food etc

Truva | Turkish Café/Restaurant |Leith (Turkish /English Food Fusion)

Milk & Honey |Scotish/Italian Deli, Café | Edinburgh (Sam’s Quality & Service)

Town Sq. | Belfast (Fish Tacos, Desperados Beer-Battered Cod, Flour Tortillas, Pickled Red Onion,

Lime Avocado Crème)

DINA Diner| Sheffield | (“Sloppy Jimmy” Chilli Beef & Cheddar in a Bap)

Neros| Chouxnuts , Chestnut caramel pistachio

Madame Pho | Belfast | Vietnamese (Vietnamese coffee, Rice Bowl Carmelised Shaking

Beef (Ribeye) , Bo Luc Lac With Crispy Fried Egg, Pickled Carrots, Daikon and Fresh Herbs and

Nuoc Cham Chilli Sauce.

Blackbird | Derry | Soups & Wheaten Bread with Guinness

Flannels , The Lamppost Café |Belfast | (Best Americano)

The Boxing Hare | Artisan Pizzas, The Sunflower , Belfast (Anitica Bianca, (White Base Pizza)

Garlic Oil , Oregano , Torn Basil, Mozzerila & Parma Ham finished with Rocket, Roquito Peppers

& Balsamic Drizzle Side: Garlic Bread with Hot Honey)

Mikeys | Belfast (“Dog Bowl”, Bowl of French Fries topped with Taco Mince, Nacos, East Coast

Sause, Fried Onions & Chopped up Frankfurters)

I Should Cocoa | Belper | Handmade artisan chocolates

Le Blé | Sheffield | Bakery , Patisserie and coffee house specialising in Mediterranean tastes

Stage Door Café | Dublin, (Best breakfast fry up)

The Ticket Bakehouse |The old ticket office at Cullybackey Railway Station,

(best homemade scones)

Marshall Howe Greengrocer & Florist, Limavady ( Orginal selection)

Product

Black Irish, A mixture of Irish whiskey and stout, with a balanced mix of coffee,

dark chocolate, cinnamon, nutmeg and orange zest.

Jim Beam Red Stag ,Black Cherry Liqueur

Mrs Darlington’s, Orange Curd

Lurpack, Garlic Butter

Flahavan’s Real Fruit Porridge , Sunrise Fruits

Café Direct Machu Picchu Ground Coffee

Caffe Nero, Brazilian (Carmo De Paranaiba) Coffee beans

Place

Ulster Sports Club, (Retro Music Bar), Belfast

The Sunflower |(Best Pint of Beamish) Belfast

Mulligans | (Best Pint of Guinness) Dublin

Voodoo |(Dive Bar Vibe) Belfast

Jacobs Inn | (Modern Accommodation) Dublin

The Church House | (Music, Food & Drink) Sheffield

Fred Aldous Art Shop | (Art Supplies) Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield

Derwentside Shopping Mill | (Antiques) Belper

Kettle's Yard |Cambridge, House Gallery

Software

Spotify

Allavsoft Video Downloader Converter

Hardware

Leica MP 0.72x LHSA 1968 - 2003 Special Edition Grey Hammertone

Leuchtturm1917, 120G Journal

Monograph Stationary

Misc

Heroin & Cocaine Salt and Pepper Shakers by David Shrigley

The Brighton & Hove, Passport

Scents

Hermès, Terre d'Hermès

Creed Aventus

Acqua Di Gio Profumo

La Nuit De L'homme

Dior Homme Intense

Lanc?me, La Nuit Tresor

Coco Mademoiselle by Chanel

Girl of Now by Elie Saab