This week’s Five Things…

1. Think you know what emotions are? Think again!

2. I really enjoyed reading Christoph Niemann's new book Pianoforte. The illustrations are great.

3. A fascinating and important episode of the You Are Not So Smart on masks and the psychological reasons why some people have become so opposed to them.

4. This was a terribly sad yet inspiring thing to read. Life can be so unfair.

5. Lindsey Buckingham doing what Lindsey Buckingham does best. I love these isolated vocal tracks from iconic recordings.

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This week’s Five Things…

1. That's the tastiest synthesizer I've ever seen.

2. The science behind rhythm and timing. If you think you have no rhythm, there is hope! According to the article "only 2-3% of the population are 'beat deaf'" and timing can improve with practice.

3. I would have loved to have taken a bike-bus to school. What a great idea.

4. I really enjoyed this episode of the Econ Talk podcast with Margaret Heffernan on her book Unchartered. They covered many topics including: dealing with uncertainty, memory and why people (and businesses) should experiment more.

5. I'm not very good at smiling for photos so I totally relate to this!

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This week’s Five Things…

1. I just finished reading Zadie Smith’s short collection of essays, Intimations. It was very good!

2. Alexander The Great’s mum, Olympias, was pretty hardcore. If you’re interested in history and like long podcasts, this is for you!

3. You may remember, in 2017 a painting supposedly by Leonardo Di Vinci sold at auction for a record $450m. It blows my mind that someone would spend so much money on a painting, let alone one in such poor condition and with so much doubt hovering over whether it really is a Di Vinci! The Guardian’s Today In Focus podcast tells the crazy story.

4. Really enjoyed this: Why Every City Feels The Same Now

5. The panel heater gets my vote: Cat v panel heater: Which is better?

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This week’s Five Things…

1. That’s one old shark.

2. Adam Buxton interviews Helen Lewis and Zadie Smith. I really enjoyed both episodes, he's a great interviewer.

3. Roman Emperors like you've never seen them before. I'm glad to see Marcus Aurelius looks as wise as he has always has in my imagination!

4. If you like plants, check out Patch Plants. They have a good selection which they'll deliver straight to your door. There's lots of information on how best to look after the plants too, which will hopefully mean they'll live a little longer than it might have done otherwise!

5. A lot of effort went into making Netflix's "ta-dum" sound. The Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast tells the story. A great episode.

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This week’s Five Things…

1. Food for thought from Derek Sivers.

2. What every museum of transport should look like!

3. Someone has compiled all of Ted Gioia's daily new music recommendations into one handy list. A true hero.

4. The relative rotations of our solar system's planets in 2D. This would have been useful for a quiz a few weeks ago...

5. An interesting article by Tim Harford on memories and the covid-19 pandemic.

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