What the Slice team read, listened to, watched and ate over the break…
Charlotte, content coordinator —>
Reading: My favourite book over the break was Beirut 2020: The Collapse of a Civilization, a Journal by Charif Majdalani and translated by Ruth Driver. Journalist Majdalani writes about his experiences in Beirut as it crumbles around him; it blew me away and broke my heart. It’s short and wonderfully written, so it’s a great choice if you find yourself in a reading rut like I was!
Cooking: This chopped Mexican salad with cilantro dressing that’s summery, sweet and hits all the spots
Listening: I thought the podcast Sweet Bobby was fiction when I first started listening to it — that’s how farfetched the storyline is. It’s about an internet scam of epic proportions. I’m only a few episodes in but I’m extremely addicted!
Claire, copywriter & content producer —>
Reading: I kicked off my year with a book trending on Tik Tok, The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, which I highly recommend if you’re looking for an easy read and like classic rom-com tropes (especially if you’ve had any experience in academia)
Listening: Loved reliving all the tiny details of how Taylor Swift rose, fell and rose again in Shameless podcast’s three part Scandal series. Kanye! Break ups!! Girl squads!
Watching: I tuned into Don’t Look Up on Netflix like the rest of the world, and found the whole movie deeply unsettling, but I guess that was pretty much the point
Lizzie, managing director —>
Listening: I was literally hooked on Hooked, a podcast about an American bank robber and America’s opioid epidemic
Grooving: My sister bought my partner the best of The Who on vinyl for Christmas. I have never really listened to The Who, but it's been on high rotation over the summer break and I’m a fan
Watching: A new Australian drama on Binge, Love Me. There are only six eps and I’d recommend having self control; I loved it so much and it was over too quickly
Jesse, content coordinator —>
Listening: I can’t stop listening to Tape Notes. Each week they take a deep dive into an artist’s album and breakdown their creative process. The episode with Fred Again.. has been a recent fave, exploring his diaristic approach to songwriting and his complex yet club-ready album that turned despair into hope
Watching: Very behind the eight ball but I am finally watching Abstract: The Art of Design on Netflix (also available for free on YouTube) Loved the episode on stage designer Es Devlin and her incredibly creative ideas and innovations
Grooving: Just because we can’t go to the club doesn’t mean the club can’t come to us! Been moving and shaking constantly to Eris Drew’s Quivering in Time
Vanessa, content & strategy director —>
Eating: This cucumber and avocado salad with every meal (hell, just on its own)
Reading: Oh William!, the last book in Elizabeth Strout’s Lucy Barton series. I am extremely jealous of anyone who gets to read these books for the first time; start with My Name is Lucy Barton, then read Anything is Possible, and then finish with Oh, William! So, so good. I would read a shopping list if Elizabeth Strout wrote one
Watching: Landscapers on Stan, a UK miniseries based on the real story of the murders of William and Patricia Wycherley and the couple who killed them. Olivia Colman plays the lead and as usual is perfection
