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“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…
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…
Continue reading ➞ REVIEW: The Podcasts That Took Over My Life
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…
Continue reading ➞ REVIEW: A Series of Unfortunate Events – Netflix
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…
Continue reading ➞ 50BC: ‘A Book For Her’ – Bridget Christie
