“You’re going to have explain that one to me,” laughed my friend. “A pub quiz? In a bookshop?” To my British brain, this was a perfectly normal evening, but apparently my born-and-bred Berliner companion couldn’t contemplate such scenes. Yet upon arriving at the Curious Fox, the steadily filling tables were evidence that I wasn’t alone…
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REVIEW: The Podcasts That Took Over My Life
Beautiful Anonymous (Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People) This is Beautiful Anonymous. One hour, one caller, no holds barred. This podcast does what it says on the tin: comedian Chris Gethard has an hour-long phone conversation with an anonymous caller, the only rules being that Chris himself cannot hang up until the end of the hour, and the caller should…
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REVIEW: A Series of Unfortunate Events – Netflix
Everyone and their mum seems to hate Netflix's new adaptation of Lemony Snicket's book series, A Series of Unfortunate Events. I lived for these books as a kid, and so was, like everyone else, over the moon when I heard that Netflix will be bringing it to life through a series on Netflix. Even better, they…
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50BC: ‘A Book For Her’ – Bridget Christie
My New Year's Resolution, of sorts, is the 50 Book Challenge. In case you couldn't work it out, that means I want to read 50 books in a year, just under one a week. For mine, I'm not counting the books that I read for my degree, because that's a cop-out. Having said that, it…
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