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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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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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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