Mr Magpie

Because all the pieces matter.

Month: December 2025

  • Nest Material – 2025

    The works in film, literature and music that kept me warm this year, in no particular order. If you decide to have a crack at any, I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. To a less fucked new year, yeah? Books: Honorable Mentions: Films: Music (Tracks): Honorable Mentions: Music (Albums): Honorable Mentions:

  • An Advent Calendar

    An Advent Calendar

    Music, along with film, is often spoken of as the art of sculpting in time (Andrei Tarkovsky’s book of the same title is beautiful and essential reading for anyone interested) and exists only in the given moment and in memory. You cannot approach a piece of music the way you would a painting, sculpture, or…