Jessica
- Gender: Female
- Astrological Sign: Sagittarius
- Industry: Arts
- Occupation: Jessica Duchen is a writer
- Location: London : United Kingdom
About Me
Novelist, journalist (The Independent), pre-concert talker, blogger... www.jessicaduchen.co.uk . www.hungariandances.co.uk
The squish of mud between your toes; how would you live your life as a frog?
Very happily, preferably in the south of Frogland!
Interests
- Books
- music
- theatre
- cinema
- playing the piano
- cooking
- travelling to interesting places with traumatic histories.
Favorite Movies
- Les enfants du Paradis
- The Lives of Others
- Apocalypse Now
- Cinema Paradiso
- Jean de Florette/Manon des Sources
- Un Coeur en Hiver
- Wings of Desire
- Mephisto
- Heimat
- most Eric Rohmer
- most Louis Malle
- most Woody Allen
Favorite Music
- Classical
- mainly 19th and 20th centuries. World music: tango
- sevdah
- Muzsikas
- Taraf de Haidouks
- South African township. Jazz: lots.
Favorite Books
- I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
- Possession by A.S. Byatt
- First Love by Ivan Turgenev
- Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
- everything by Vladimir Nabokov
- Music and Silence by Rose Tremain
- A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
- Immigrant Blues (poems) by Goran Simic
My Blogs |
Team Members |
| Jessica Duchen's Classical Music Blog | |
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| Paws for thought...? | |
| BOOKING OPENLY |