Welcome back to the summer term, High Lowers! We recap some news and bring you a boat load of televisual, podcast and - mainly - book recommendations. Plus, Dolly falls for the ultimate whale hoax/ ocean con. Enjoy.
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American Marriage, by Tarayi Jones
This is The Story of a Happy Marriage, by Ann Patchett
My Sister, the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Three Women, by Lisa Taddeo
Bad Behaviour, by Mary Gaitskill
Trick Mirror, by Jill Tolentino
Guantanamo's Darkest Secret, by Ben Taub for The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/22/guantanamos-darkest-secret
Undercover, on BBC iPlayer
This Is Us, Series 2, on Amazon Prime
Fleishman Is In Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fleishman-Trouble-Taffy-Brodesser-Akner/dp/1472267052/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1GUPWA7L8NPT7&keywords=taffy+brodesser&qid=1556097944&s=books&sprefix=taffy+%2Cstripbooks%2C135&sr=1-1-catcorr
A Half-baked Idea by Olivia Potts https://www.amazon.co.uk/Half-Baked-Idea-courtroom-Cordon/dp/0241380456/ref=sr_1_1?crid=E0A90SK36Q0Y&keywords=a+half-baked+idea&qid=1556666366&s=gateway&sprefix=a+half-%2Cstripbooks%2C274&sr=8-1
One Day by David Nicholls: https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Day-David-Nicholls/dp/0340896981/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BVZRIB90GY81&keywords=one+day+david+nicholls&qid=1556666417&s=gateway&sprefix=one+day+david%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-1
Close To Where The Heart Gives Out by Dr Malcolm Alexander https://www.amazon.co.uk/Close-Where-Heart-Gives-Out/dp/1789290988/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3LT8O9I09YIL&keywords=close+to+where+the+heart+gives+out&qid=1556666439&s=gateway&sprefix=close+to+where+the+%2Caps%2C-1&sr=8-1
Terrific Mother by Laurie Moore: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Terrific-Mother-Stories-Lorrie-Moore/dp/0571351832/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=terrific+mother&qid=1556666390&s=gateway&sr=8-1
How To Become a Writer by Lorrie Moore: http://www.sfuadcnf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/How-to-Become-a-Writer-Lorrie-Moore.pdf
Fortunately With Fi and Jane: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04x5pd7/episodes/downloads
Glenda Jackson on Fresh Air:
The Duchess of Cambridge’s Problematic Post-Partum Money Shot; & Is Millie Bobby Brown Too Young for Time’s 100 list?
Crediting your sources in the internet age & why we all love to hate Coachella
Loneliness in the young & why we should all be a bit more like Neville Southall
The Farcical Arc of The Weightloss Reality Star; And The Travesty That is the Ulster Rugby Rape Case
Feminism, #MeToo and Clapham's Sticky Carpets: The High Low Meets Oscar-Nominated Margot Robbie
Quincy Jones; SATC Feuds; & Author Laura Freeman on how reading cured her anorexia
Food snobbery; the Suffragettes & Kylie Jenner’s secret pregnancy
Women’s unconscious bias towards other women; and Kim Kardashian’s cultural appropriation
The UK’s New Minister for Loneliness; And Are We Children Until The Age of 25?
An Author Special With ‘Lullaby’ Novelist, Leila Slimani (& Some Thoughts On The Babe.Net Piece Gone Viral)
#TimesUp - Can The Red Carpet Be A Harbinger Of Social Change? And Toadmeister’s Titty-Tweets
Dry January & 'New Year, New Me'; And The Pregnancy Glow Myth
The Highs & Lows of 2017 - with Journalist & Author, Stu Heritage
The High Low Christmas Special
What 'Cat Person' Tells Us About Female Pleasure. Plus Which Social Media Platform Is The Most Dangerous?
On 'Women Spreading'; And The Start of Silly Season
Corporate Egg-Freezing - And Whether Taylor Swift Is A Billboard for Trumpian Values
A Special Episode with Iconic Editor Tina Brown - Creator of High Low Journalism & Our Podcast Patron Saint
The App That ‘Strips’ Women of Their Make-up; and Boris Johnson’s Comments on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Arranged vs Forced Marriages & Kevin Spacey’s Netflix Exit
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