Hampstead

Mm.

The first few weeks in London, in Hampstead, I tried going binda bat barefoot up to Hampstead Heath.

It was so utterly unpleasant walking on cold cement.

[laughs] And the British looked at me like I was a bit off mentally.

I'm beginning to think I should have organized this month's books by genre rather than setting, for we're back to the occult in Rotten Heart by Kat Dunn from Zando, which sets up a gender-flipped Hamlet.

1898, Hampstead, London.

Odette's mother is dead.

Before the funeral rites have concluded, body not yet buried, her once estranged aunt, Claudine, takes over as the family's matriarch.

go.

She was born in Hampstead, England, and from a look standpoint, she stood out.

She had big, beautiful blonde hair, if you remember, and she always wore a lot of mascara.

Very heavy, yeah.

[laughs] Oh, hi piggies.

Welcome to Hampstead, England.

When I was scrolling through that, I'm like, "Is Sam gonna open a restaurant and-

[laughs]

So let's go back to the beginning.

Adrian Kelvin Borland was born in Hampstead area of London.

At primary school, the young Borland was already friends with future sound bassist Graham Bailey, and he would meet Steven Budd, who was closely associated with the sound in their early years.

Budd would later recall when they met at age 14, Borland was one of the few with an electric guitar, and Budd could tell that at that age, Borland was a genius.

It's a strange serendipity.

And she goes back to England and arrives there in the autumn when war has been declared, and she's now living with Roland Penrose in his home in Hampstead at 21 Downshire Hill.

O-One little thing, I don't know if you were going to bring this up, but when she arrives at the house in Hampstead, there is a letter on the doormat.

It's a letter addressed to Lee Miller from the US Embassy that says, "You've got to get out of Britain.

It's no longer safe.

... spent some time away from Roland Penrose while she was in Egypt.

Yeah, I think she does adore him, but she also adores the thrill, the excitement of war.

There's a particular moment for those people who haven't been to London, Hampstead is quite high up.