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Amethyst geode by Sheila Sund.
• RIP Tony Rayns: A Supreme Cinephile Remembered – notes and observations by Geoff Andrew. The remembrance mentions Rayns’ Cinema Rising, a short-lived magazine he was editing in the 1970s. I posted an extract from the first issue here.
• The week in photo competitions: Hasselblad Masters 2026; ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026 shortlist; International Aerial Photographer of the Year.
• At Colossal: Veks Van Hillik suspends fish, insects, and other objects in surreal murals.
• New music: The Crystal Suite by Paul Schütze; Vestiges by Olivier Alary.
• At AnOther: Inside James Turrell’s most ambitious Skyspace to date.
• Off With His Head: A short story by David Rudkin.
• The Crystal Ship (1967) by The Doors | Among Fields Of Crystal (1980) by Harold Budd / Brian Eno | Crystal Clear (1992) by The Grid