Another speedy return trip from the UK - rain all the way. It must be Easter Monday.

A modest haul this time:

Retromania, Simon Reynolds (further research materials for Belbury Poly etc)

The Hare with Amber Eyes, Edmund de Waal (I liked his pots long before I realised he wrote on ceramics. And, it turns out, this book takes its departure from Japanese netsuke - one to add to the Tanizaki reading list).

What It Is Like, Charles North (quite a lot of duplication of the earlier Sun & Moon collection but there are enough additional poems to make it worthwhile).

The Essential T.C. Lethbridge (hard to find but at last I've got my hands on a copy. Fascinating theories on paranormal phenomena and energy fields. More on this soon).

The Context of No Context, George W.S. Trow (a name new to me - thrown up by John d'Agata's anthology. Another to add to the Modern Essay reading list).

Plus (not pictured) Janet Baker singing Mahler and Jonny Trunk's wonderful issue of music from Ivor the Engine and The Pogles).