It's a pot noodle of an episode this week. From our favourite pandemic stories around the globe - selected especially to cheer you up - to a bunch of recommendations, a deep-dive into the way we metabolise information now, and a compulsory dwell on Stanley Tucci.
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Links
Book a Migrateful cookery class at migrateful.org
The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett - out 2nd June
Brit Bennett and Emma Cline in conversation for Entertainment Weekly https://ew.com/books/author-interviews/brit-bennett-emma-cline-in-conversation/
Robert Pattinson interview by Zach Baron for GQ, US edition https://www.gq.com/story/robert-pattinson-on-batman-tenet-isolation-june-cover
Lockdown with My Gen Z nieces, by Sathnam Sanghera for The Times magazine https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sathnam-sanghera-lockdown-with-my-gen-z-nieces-8bcm9qxcx
Dating After Coronavirus, by Nayeema Raza for The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/opinion/coronavirus-dating.html
Here’s how time works now by Eli Grober for McSweeney's: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/heres-how-time-works-now
A Love In Verse: https://www.aloveinverse.com/
Stanley Tucci's Life in Quarantine, for The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/05/stanley-tuccis-life-quarantine/611557/
Sinéad Burke interview on Desert Island Discs
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We've Only Gone And Done It: A Deep-Dive Into Wagatha Christie
Prince Harry's Letter To The Tabloids; & Do Brits Spend Money On Being Polite?
An Author Special With Drag Queen Amrou Al-Kadhi
Digital Etiquette (& Why We Need It); & Male Vs Female Vanity
She Said; Once Upon A Time In Hollywood; & The Personal Essay That 'Broke' The Internet
An Author Special on Being The Other Mother with Comedian Jen Brister
A Bumper Back To School Book Special
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Style Guide; & On Young People Not Watching The News on TV
Instagram's Proposed Removal of The 'Like' Counter; & Why Are We So Obsessed With Other People's Process?
An Author Special with The One, The Only, The National Treasure: David Nicholls
Meghan & Harry's Godparent Privacy Furore; And What Makes A True Eccentric?
Debunking Wellness Myths with Is Butter A Carb? Authors, Rosie Saunt & Helen West
*EPISODE 100* Why Do Brits Hate Other Brits Abroad? & The Influencer Engagement #Sponcon Furore
An Author Special with anti-FGM Campaigner Nimko Ali on What We’re Told Not To Talk About
Pride Month; & the Complex Conundrum of Euthanasia
Should Celebrities Be Involved In Prison Reform?; & The Lunacy of Hen/Stag Season
What The Moby-Natalie Portman Row Reveals About Entitlement & Truth-Telling; & Are Women Without Children Happier?
Alabama's Abortion Ban; & The Trouble with Uber's New 'Silence' Mode
The concept of ‘workism’ & Bryony Gordon on mental health in teen girls
An Author Special with Rosie Price on the effects of trauma on the mind and body
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