When I first started listening to podcasts – it must have been around 2007 – I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. A wealth of free information from experts in all the areas I loved: Neuroscience, philosophy, literature, movies… Since those early days, the number of podcasts has grown exponentially. So have the niche topics they cover. There are now probably more podcasts about living the vegan dream than the total number of podcasts available ten years ago. These days you c

One of my absolute favourites on Netflix recently has been the series Russian Doll, created by Leslye Headland, Natasha Lyonne and Amy Poehler. The premise seems easy enough to get your head around: A cynical 36-year-old New York woman gets trapped in a time loop in which she keeps on dying and then returning to the birthday party her friends have thrown for her, forcing her to confront her traumatic past and the choices she has made in her life so far. However, this kind of

Unlike many books I read, I didn’t deliberately search this one out. I was at my favourite bookshop, in a hurry and in need of a new book to read (for me, life without a book at bedtime is not an option). It’s always interesting to start reading a novel without any expectations whatsoever other than, in this case, a sticker announcing it had won the 2017 Costa Award. Bit of a lucky dip, really. In this case, I was immediately pulled in by the intriguing directness of the writ

Unlike many books I read, I didn’t deliberately search this one out. I was at my favourite bookshop, in a hurry and in need of a new book to read (for me, life without a book at bedtime is not an option). It’s always interesting to start reading a novel without any expectations whatsoever other than, in this case, a sticker announcing it had won the 2017 Costa Award. Bit of a lucky dip, really. In this case, I was immediately pulled in by the intriguing directness of the writ