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Five Things #160

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

  1. If you haven't watched them already, check out Fleabag and Killing Eve. This profile of their creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge will give you a taste of things to come. — Phoebe Waller-Bridge Will Make You Laugh So Hard It Hurts

  2. As a happy owner of a pair of noise cancelling headphones and a regular wearer of earplugs I love having the option to shut out the rest of the world. However I appreciate being deaf to the world has its downsides! — Hit the mute button: why everyone is trying to silence the outside world

  3. Clever optical illusion — The arrow that can't point left

  4. What an amazing collection of photos — Abstract Aerial Art

  5. Amazing footage of the creation of one of my favourite songs! — Watch the Rolling Stones Write “Sympathy for the Devil”

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Five Things #159

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

  1. I really like this idea — Effective funerals: buy biographies instead of expensive burials, and maybe cemeteries can become libraries

  2. I'm learning a tonne from this series of lectures by conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein — Leonard Bernstein - The Unanswered Question (Norton Lectures)

  3. You may have heard that Katy Perry was recently sued over her song Dark Horse. The whole thing is quite ridiculous as Adam Neely neatly explains in this video — Why the Katy Perry/Flame lawsuit makes no sense

  4. A fascinating episode of the After On podcast — Annaka Harris on Consciousness

  5. 🎧 I finally got around to watching series 1 of Killing Eve (which is as good as everyone says it is) and found myself constantly skipping back to look up various songs, many of which were by the band Unloved. Their debut album is particularly good — Guilty of Love by Unloved

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Five Things #158

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

  1. The case for more Emojis 🤓👉 — Emojis can make us as happy as talking face to face. What's not to ❤️?

  2. An interesting article on the benefits of walking. Seems like there are a lot of them! — ‘It’s a superpower’: how walking makes us healthier, happier and brainier

  3. A great podcast from the talented folks at 99% Invisible on the transformation of Singapore after the 1959 vote to self-govern — Life and Death in Singapore

  4. Like coffee? Dislike hot drinks in hot weather? Check out the Hario Cold Brew Coffee Pot. It makes delicious cold brew, which will keep you caffeinated and cool.

  5. 🎧 I'm enjoying Neil Cowley and Ben Lukas Boysen's collaborative EP Grains & Motes. I'm a big fan of Ben Lukas Boysen's albums Spells and Gravity.

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Five Things #157

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

  1. A good two-part podcast from Planet Money on recycling. Both are worth a listen, but a little disheartening! — 1) A Mob Boss, A Garbage Boat and Why We Recycle 2) So, Should We Recycle?

  2. And on a related note — What you think about landfill and recycling is probably totally wrong

  3. Some people have way too much time on their hands — People Are Photoshopping Mr. Bean Into Things, And It’s Absolutely Hilarious

  4. If you get a few spare minutes, rather than reaching for Facebook or Instagram why not check in on the bears hanging out in Katmai National Park in Alaska — Brooks Falls Brown Bears

  5. My holiday in Malta last week just happened to coincide with Malta Jazz Festival so I got to see a couple of excellent jazz bands play. This has inspired me to listen to (and attempt to play) more jazz. I'm particularly enjoying listening to Jersey by the Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet.

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Five Things #156

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

  1. More trees, please — Tree planting 'has mind-blowing potential' to tackle climate crisis

  2. ... And fewer tote bags? — How Britain fell in love with the tote bag – and why it’s a dangerous fiction

  3. An interesting podcast (from the Guardian's Today in Focus) on land ownership in England. Strangely, the Land Registry "can only pin down the ownership of about 80% of the country" 🤨 — Who owns England?

  4. Now something slightly more light-hearted — Snowball: Cockatoo who can pull off 14 different moves is first non-human animal known to dance to a beat

  5. Pretty clever! — AI used to solve disputed songwriting credits of Beatles hits

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PS, there won’t be a Five Things next week. Normal service will resume the following Tuesday.