This week’s Five Things…

1. The National Theatre is streaming a different production every week during the lockdown. This week's showing was Frankenstein starring Benedict Cumberbatch, directed by Danny Boyle. There are two different performances streaming, one with Cumberbatch as the creature and the other with him as Frankenstein. If you're going to watch only one go with this one. You have until Thursday to watch it! — Frankenstein with Benedict Cumberbatch as the creature

2. A great conversation between Ezra Klein and Madeline Miller, author of Circe. They talk about Greek myths, writing, translating amongst other things — Madeline Miller on myth, nostalgia, and how power corrupts

3. Has this much good advice ever appeared in one place before? — 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice

4. If you want to support musicians during the Covid-19 crisis a great way to do that is buy buying their music and merch on Bandcamp. They are waiving their revenue share for sales on the first Friday of the month, so put 5th June in your calendars! — Support Artists Impacted By the Covid-19 Pandemic

5. The TV adaption of Sally Rooney's Normal People is very good. This made me very happy as I loved the book. — Normal People on BBC iPlayer

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This week’s Five Things…

1. I didn't pick the best time to read this seeing that it looks like it's going to rain all week. When the sun does come out again I'll be ready for it — Wait, What’s the Deal With Sunscreen? Does It Work or Not?

2. One of my favourite podcasts, Talking Politics, has launched another podcast called History Of Ideas. Very interesting so far — History Of Ideas

3. More recommended listening! Louis Theroux has started a podcast. Thoroughly enjoyed the first episode with Jon Ronson — Grounded with Louis Theroux

4. What noise do Puffins make? Here's your answer — Puffins

5. I don't know how this slipped past me when it was released, but Nils Frahm has a new piano album — Empty

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This week’s Five Things…

1. I’m sure you’ve seen this already by now but just in case you haven’t, enjoy! — Drumming weatherman

2. This could have ended very badly, fortunately it didn’t and now it's a crazy story we can all smile about — Man accidentally ejects himself from fighter jet during surprise flight

3. I love a good illusion. This is quite a trippy one! –– The coffer illusion

4. A very interesting read. I recently finished the author Rutger Bregman‘s book which is also full of interesting ideas — Poverty isn’t a lack of character. It’s a lack of cash

5. Up your cartoon game with these tips from Nathan W Pyle, the creator of the amazing Strange Planet comics — thread of basic art tips

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This week’s Five Things…

1. Watch until the end — I want to break free

2. This is my 2020 — Relative importance in 2020, so far

3. Reading a book about a pandemic during a pandemic was an excellent idea. My favourite book of 2020 so far — Station Eleven

4. This is excellent — The sport we need

5. Today I learned… "Paradoxically, the more you save on a flash drive, the lighter it gets" — Does a USB drive get heavier as you store more files on it?

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This week’s Five Things…

1. Embrace the boredom — Boredom is a pit stop

2. This is both clever and hilarious — TikTok video

3. The Farley household has a new favourite board game! — Carcassonne

4. An entertaining Twitter thread of the Queen with various photoshopped outfits — Green screen Queen

5. Quote of the week: “The only thing lonelier than a man with an aloof cat as a best friend is a man with an imaginary aloof cat as a best friend” — from this New Yorker piece on Garfield Minus Garfield

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Every Tuesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…

1. Quote of the week: “Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.” - André Gide, via Austin Kleon

2. I bet whoever received the pitch for this documentary at Netflix couldn’t believe their luck. It's a crazy story — The Tiger King

3. Every weekday at 9am. Fun and fitness for the whole family — PE with Joe

4. Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse, goats have taken over a town in Wales — Goats of Llandudno

5. Useful advice for these strange times — 'Focus on the things you can control': how to cope with radical uncertainty

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