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

1. A great piece on learning. Aim for fluency, not just understanding.

2. Useful (short) video: This is how (not) to calm your nerves

3. I'm definitely guilty of this at times: "We tend to grossly overestimate the pleasure brought forth by new experiences and underestimate the power of finding meaning in current ones." The quote is from this excellent piece: Travel Is No Cure for the Mind.

4. Cool interactive website: www.populationspast.org. Explore demographic and social change using maps of the UK between 1851-1911. How far we've come in the last 100 years or so!

5. What I was listening to in April 🎶

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Note: the number to the right of the album name isn't the total plays for the album as a whole, but the number of tracks played from that album — I'm not totally obsessed

I thought I might share some of the music I've been listening to recently. So courtesy of last.fm, the list above is my most played albums from April. Here's an extended list (I listened to tracks from 268 albums in total).

I recently purchased a pair of Sonos Ones (one for the kitchen and another for the living room). As a result, I've been listening to a lot more music than in previous months — which is saying something as pre-Sonos I listened to a lot of music anyway!

I only just discovered Jean-Michel Blais and his album II. It's become a new favourite for playing in the background whilst I'm working or reading, which explains the number one spot on the list.

Kendrick Lamar is the other notable artist on the list (his music is a little different from Jean-Michel's). I hadn't listened to Kendrick Lamar in quite a while, but as he just won a Pulitzer for his album DAMN. I thought I should probably give it a listen — it's a great album, well worth the hype!

If you are so inclined, follow me on last.fm or Spotify, and if you have any album recommendations please send them my way. Happy listening! 👋

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

1. Nabi Tajima has died at the grand old age of 117. Imagining how the world changed over the course of her lifetime is rather mind blowing! — The last living human link to the 19th century is gone

2. A collection of aerial images of Britain from the last 100 years. Here's my hometown, Ipswich.

3. Stephen Fry has a podcast! His episode on the Guttenberg press was fascinating.

4. I'm really looking forward to watching the new series of Westworld (the last one was great). Food for thought in this piece by Sam Harris and Paul Bloom: It’s Westworld. What’s Wrong With Cruelty to Robots?

5. I've just discovered Jean-Michel Blais' music. I love this performance of his song Nostos. Oh how I wish I could play piano like that!

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My drumming has made it onto vinyl for the first time! Well, I think it's the first time... If it has happened before I don't know about it!

I'm so happy to have played a part in the making of this album by Matt Cade. He's a lovely chap and it was a cool project to be involved in.

When I have information on where you can listen to the album I'll let you know.

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

1. The language you speak influences the way you perceive colours: "learning a new language is like giving our brain the ability to interpret the world differently—including the way we see and process colors."

2. My new favourite Instagram: Things Organized Neatly.

3. The teacher that couldn't read. Fear is a powerful motivator.

4. All-white paintings are a thing? An expensive thing?!

5. Kendrick Lamar is now not only "the best musician of the 21st Century" but also a Pulitzer Prize winner for his latest album DAMN. (warning: Spotify rates the lyrics Explicit).

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