No singing this week courtesy of Louis Theroux, but three different accents from Pandora in compensation.
This week on The High Low, we discuss Boris Johnson’s buffoonery - and when being a dotard can put another woman’s life in danger. Our hearts go out to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 19 months into a 5 year sentence in Iran. As Boris (finally) meets Nazanin’s husband, Richard, we discuss the Foreign Secretary and why we struggle to understand the seeming impotence of the government in scenarios such as these.
Also today, the controversial new app, MakeApp, which leaves women ‘barefaced’. Dolly think it’s misogynistic; Pandora thinks it’s yet another example of tech working against cultural psychology and the greater good. BTW Pandora did it and Dolly thought she looked better than normal, so, that’s interesting.
Fun fact to (slightly) bum you out: Amazon have revealed that Fifty Shades of Grey is the No1 downloaded book on Kindle, of all time.
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WATCHING
Louis Theroux documentaries on anorexia, and heroin, on BBC iPlayer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09d5nk2/louis-theroux-talking-to-anorexia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0991fsb/louis-theroux-dark-states-1-heroin-town
Motherland, on BBC iPlayer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p05j1k3t/motherland-series-1-episode-1
READING
Everything I Never Told You, by Celeste Ng
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everything-I-Never-Told-You/dp/0349134286
A Different Kind of Pregnancy Announcement, by Leandra Medine for Man Repeller
https://www.manrepeller.com/2017/11/leandra-medine-pregnant.html
How The Myth of The Artistic Genius Excuses The Abuse of Women, by Amanda Hess for The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/arts/sexual-harassment-art-hollywood.html
LISTENING
Adam Buxton interviews Miranda Sawyer
https://soundcloud.com/adam-buxton/ep53-miranda-sawyer-assemble
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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