First thing’s first: 1 in 4 women are still skipping their smear test - please don’t be one of them. Dolly talks to Kate Sanger from Jo's Cervical Cancer Tr who emphasises the importance of smear tests in preventing cervical cancer.
Also today, we discuss the UK’s newly appointed Minister for Loneliness, Tracey Crouch - and why loneliness is not just a problem in the elderly ; new evidence which suggests that psychologically we are all children until the age of not 18, but - duh duh duhhhhhh - 25; and why “well-intentioned racism” is still, well, racism.
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Reading:
The linguistic evolution of ‘like’, by John McWhorter for The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/11/the-evolution-of-like/507614/
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman https://www.netflix.com/title/80133311
Money Diary: A freelance writer living in London on 14K, by Anon for Refinery29 http://www.refinery29.uk/money-diary-freelance-writer
The minister for loneliness will need all the friends she can get, by Stewart Dakers for the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/23/tracey-crouch-minister-loneliness-friends-powerful-vested-interests
Listening:
Fashion Unzipped, by The Telegraph http://unzipped.podcast.telegraph.co.uk
So You've Been Publicly Shamed on Audible by Jon Ronson: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Non-fiction/So-Youve-Been-Publicly-Shamed-Audiobook/B00S8QO068
Peter Morgan on Fresh Air: https://www.npr.org/2018/01/16/578281741/crown-creator-sees-britains-reigning-monarchs-as-just-a-regular-family
David Remnick interviews David Attenborough for The New Yorker Hour: https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/david-attenboroughs-planet-we-just-live-it/
Watching:
Riverdale, on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80133311
Dreams of A Life on 4 OD: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dreams-of-a-life/on-demand/50028-001
THE HIGH LOW FINALE
An Author Special with Graham Norton - And Some News
Maggi's Mary Wollstonecraft, Princess Diana and A Plunge Into The Christmas Ads
Election Gaffes, Celebrity Truth-Tellers & The Undoing
No Nut November, National Sandwich Day, and an Author Special with Otegha Uwagba on Whites
The Southern Charm of Matthew McConaughey; Free School Meals; & The Web Server That Slows Down Information Overload
Cow Hugging, Daddy by Emma Cline & An Exclusive Clip from Joan & Jericha
Progressive Penguins, Emily in Paris, & What Makes A Good Deed?
Grief Around Miscarriage, The Social Dilemma & The Phrases Dying Out With Gen Z
Pandemic friendships, and how to mend a broken heart
A Plunge Into The Body Politics and Choice Feminism of An Instagram Age
The Joy of A Buffet, Zadie Smith's Lockdown Essays & Ofcom's Diversity Problem
Revising Our Thoughts on Gwyneth Paltrow, Dettol's Dubious 'Back To Work' Ads & The Best of Garage (Sort Of)
Selling Sunset, Gendered Care Work & How Often Do YOU Clear Out Your Pants Drawer?
Wiley’s Anti-Semitism, Kiley Reid’s Such A Fun Age & An Author Special w/ Nesrine Malik
Lockdown Sexscapades & Friendship in Old Age
A Deep Dive Into The Child-Free Vs Motherhood Dialogue
On Why We Shouldn't Look For Relatability in Celebs & An Interview with Adam Kay about Dear NHS
The Glastonbury That Never Was; & Ruby Tandoh on The Art of Quitting
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