Best of 2018

Christmas is approaching!

In this episode, Eliza and Geraldine discuss their "Best Of" 2018 covering books, podcasts, journalism, tv and music.

Eliza is limping to the finish line with a few days remaining before she boards the flight home. Forget the challenge of moving countries, the biggest headache has been dealing with her Australian mortgage lender from afar.

She's most satisfied by seeing her children making friends and happily settling in to their new city.

Geraldine has successfully moved house with her sanity intact. Just. But she loves her new place and feels a great sense of satisfaction with the move behind her.

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Rise and Kill First – Ronen Bergman

A Legacy of Spies – John Le Carre

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeymoon

The Library of Ice by Nancy Campbell – https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/the-arctic-and-a-poet,-stories-from-a-cold-climate/10609862

H is for Hawk

TV - A Very English Scandal

Essay – England’s Dreaming – Fintan O’Toole – Prospect Magazine https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/englands-dreaming-fintan-otoole-brexit-ulysses

Slow Burn Clinton Impeachment (Episode 8) https://slate.com/slow-burn

Caliphate podcast https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/podcasts/caliphate-isis-rukmini-callimachi.html

Ben McIntyre – The Spy and the Traitor

Boy Swallows Universe – Trent Dalton

Normal People – Sally Rooney https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37539457-normal-people

NYT Investigation into Donald Trump’s suspect tax schemes https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

First Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Man_(film)

The Crown https://www.netflix.com/lb-en/title/80025678