#09 Things I’m curious about
All the books, podcasts, articles and substacks that have kept me curious this week
This weekend I’ve been watching Glastonbury on iPlayer. And I realised it’s been 13 years since I went to my first Glastonbury! The most amazing place to be in the world for those few days in June. Where the world stops, people are kind to one another and you feel free.
Some highlights if you haven’t been watching…
The bands that took me back to my early teens: Lightning Seeds, Texas
The bands I’ve loved since the beginning: Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys
The wildcard: Rick Astley and Blossoms perform The Smiths. Nailed it!
If you’re watching today, enjoy! I’ll be back next Sunday.
I’m listening to…
Katherine May speak to writer Morgan Harper-Nichols on her podcast The way we live now about art and perception
I’m reading…
I love this concept of memory dividends the payouts you receive from re-experiencing an experience in the future in Sahil Blooms newsletter Friday Five
An interesting take on The dark side of setting boundaries by Vex King
Yung Pueblo on How I started writing the power of perseverance
This will change the way you think about ambition on another brilliant substck I’ve recently found
I’ve just finished Beautiful world where are you by Sally Rooney and loved the social commentary and finding the beauty in the ordinary
Up next is Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
I’m watching…
The final season of The marvellous Mrs Maisle I’ve loved the journey of a slow rise to fame of a female comic in the 50s and 60s
I devoured the latest season of Black Mirror in a weekend. Whilst I didn’t enjoy all the episodes as much as previous seasons the scenarios are terrifyingly likely