You’ll be pleased to know I’m down off my political soapbox for moment. Here’s what I’ve been reading and listening to over the last week or so… The books Conversations With Friends, Sally Rooney This has been on my to-read list for months, as it was widely praised upon its release last year, and most of… Continue reading For your eyes and ears
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The Monday Seven: 29/02/16
It would have been the Sunday Seven but I had a filthy cold all weekend and so forming coherent thoughts through the snot and sinus pain was a little difficult. Never work in an office, they’re full of people, and people have germs. Before we had Caitlin Moran to make us laugh about the absurdities… Continue reading The Monday Seven: 29/02/16
The Sunday Seven
I’m going to start writing proper blog posts again soon – promise! – but here’s a list of 7 things that have been making me feel proper feelings this week. David Bowie. Obviously. Also: Rickman. But mainly Bowie. Mondays are hideous enough, without terrible news breaking on Twitter at 6.30am. I spent the rest of… Continue reading The Sunday Seven
Music-based musings…
…The book thing naturally sparked a music version, and I am one of those infuriating people who thinks their taste in music is Right, and everyone else’s taste in music is inevitably Wrong. So here are the 8 artists/bands that have had the most impact on my musical life… feel free to judge, ’cause I… Continue reading Music-based musings…