The life I want to remember.

What I watched, read and heard this month

Three films, one series finished, two books, a concert at Zorlu PSM and a slow Sunday at Istanbul Modern. The highlight was the smallest thing: a documentary I almost skipped.

Kadıköy’de yeni açılan bir yer: kalamar iyi, servis yavaş, manzara her şeyi affettiriyor. Hafta içi, teras kuyruk olmadığında tekrar gideceğiz.

The Keeper of Salt Point

Slow, quiet and very well lit. I watched it twice in one week, which I almost never do.

The Salt Ledger

A slow novel about a harbour accountant who finds the numbers have been lying for thirty years. Quiet, precise, and the last forty pages earn every earlier one.

First day at nursery

They walked in holding hands and did not look back. We stood outside longer than they would have liked.

A book I keep handing to people

[Title], [Author]. A short note on why it landed, and the one chapter I read twice. Read over three weeks of early mornings.

Three days in London

Museums at a slow pace, one long walk along the river, Borough Market twice, and the best flat white of the year. Full itinerary, notes and what we would change.

Itinerary and practical notes

First evening out since July

[Play], at [venue]. We were home by eleven and both of us checked the baby monitor more than the stage.

A Sunday in Pera

Pera Museum, a long lunch, and the kind of aimless walk down to Karaköy that we knew would be rarer soon.