If you’re counting down the days til season 3 of The Crown is released on Nov 17, this article should help tide you over
Here’s the first look at the casting for the film adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Normal People. We’re pretty happy, not gonna lie
How do you learn how to be happy alone?
This Twitter thread of insults that don’t contain profanity is utterly delightful (Our faves: epic nong, face like a smashed crab, spankpacket, douchecanoe, knob jockey)
2019 dating in a nutshell
The Guardian’s Hadley Freedman interviewed Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston, and let’s just say that it didn’t go quite to plan
We all know this guy
Should you work for free?
This essay about watching marathons is so exquisitely written that it almost has us wanting to go watch a marathon (almost)
Could this be the ultimate fridge hack?
This article about men who attend pick-up classes in order to learn how to hit on women will make you want to hurl numerous items at your screen but it’s worth the blind fury, we promise (“Thus follow two of the most dispiriting hours of my career, as I walk around central London in the rain, watching as Raj and Mike pester women. They pretend to ask for directions, and after the woman has pointed out the route, say: “Actually I just wanted to talk to you,” or, “You look cute.”)
A magical 10-minute ravioli recipe
The dilemma of changing your name after marriage (“Yes, our wedding would mark the start of a new chapter and a new beginning. But I would still be me. I didn’t want a new identity. I’d worked so very hard to create and inhabit the one I already had.”)
Podcast of the week: The Missing Cryptoqueen, a gripping listen that tells the story of Dr Ruja Ignatova, founder of cryptocurrency OneCoin. For years she was incredibly high-profile and on the top of her game… until she went mysteriously missing in 2017. This looks at the circumstances surrounding her disappearance and oh man, we are HOOKED. (Need some more convincing? This Guardian article oughta do it.)
