#10 Things I’m curious about

All the books, podcasts, articles and substacks that have kept me curious this week

As the days start to slow, I’ve been contemplating taking a break. I’m heading to Greece later this week, so it feels like the perfect time to pause.

Alongside this newsletter I also write

The Curious Marketer

which focus’ on marketing for small business. I love writing for them both and I am so thankful for every like and comment. Substack has become such a wonderful place for deep discussion and the sharing of ideas.

As I begin to wrap my head around the 40 degree heat I’m arriving into this week, I will leave you with some of the things that have kept me curious this week.

I will see you all again in a few weeks!

I’m listening to…

• The audiobook version of Spare by Prince Harry and feeling disappointed by the fact that the beautiful descriptions of people and places are reimagined by a ghostwriter and not his own

I’m reading…

• The futile thing about asking how about learning how to go with the flow. I loved the reminder of a brilliant quote from the film under the Tuscan sun “Listen, when I was a little girl I used to spend hours looking for ladybugs. Finally, I’d just give up and fall asleep in the grass. When I woke up, they were crawling all over me.” Bring on the lady bugs!

• Loved this post by

  Janelle Hardacre
  Take the photo: The magic of capturing the ‘in-between’ moments on camera I feel inspired to seek out those little moments rather than wait for the big ones

• This piece by Alice Vincent on

  savour
  lead on drawing on the beauty in imperfection. It moved me

• I finished Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld and loved it. The combination of narrative styles and the honesty of the characters not to mention the inclusion of a beagle.

I’m taking these on holiday…

• Two of my latest charity shop finds, Dog Days by Erica Walker and Thrown by Sara Cox

• And a copy of Happy Place by Emily Henry (did I mention I’m only going for 4 days?)

I’m watching…

• Season 2 of And Just Like That and loving the nostalgic feel of the new season

• Air on Amazon Prime. The marketer in me is in awe of how convincing Michael Jordan to put his name to a shoe was the making of Nike

• BBC comedy The Queen of Oz and pausing the fifth episode to make sure I had actually seen my old colleague from Sydney, who I found out, also directed the series. Amazing!

If you’ve got any recommendations I’d love to hear them.