This week, a volcano erupted in Iceland and some maniac immediately flew a drone through it
Also this week, Orlando Bloom exposed himself as a twat who needs to “earn his breakfast”, and some absolute genius recorded the article in a Cockney accent and posted it on Twitter because that’s what the internet is for
The author R.O. Kwon (who wrote the excellent The Incendiaries) has written a love letter in Vanity Fair to her fellow Asian women. It’s utterly beautiful and we feel so grateful that she’s shared this with the world (“Still and always, hypersexualixed, ignored, gaslit, marginalised, and disrespected as we’ve been, I am so fortified, so alive, when I’m with us”)
The Cut have started a new series where they ask writers to explore what the post-pandemic future will look like. The first instalment delves into everything from moviegoing to hugging and friendship and it’s fascinating to read their perspectives
This writer is tweeting everything Sylvia Plath ever ate
Love the idea of social fruit to kickstart family conversations
Who can and can’t get vaccinated right now (“An 18 year old in Shanghai can but a 70 year old in Shanghai can’t”)
Why did Princess Diana’s hair look like that?
For the past three years, Dan Pashman from the Sporkful podcast (one of our faves) has been on a mission to invent a new pasta shape and after three very long years, he’s finally succeeded (and it’s a beauty, too). He’s dedicated six episodes on The Sporkful to the long journey and it’s a ripper of a listen. Start here
The NY Times runs a regular column called The Ethicist, where experts attempt to answer ethical quandaries. In this week’s column, the British-Ghanaian novelist Kwame Anthony Appiah answers a reader who’s recently relocated from Sydney to Melbourne and is grappling with longtime friends who are expressing intolerance and racism, and his wonderfully wise response may just restore your faith in humanity
Moving into this French house immediately
Obsessed with this website called Drive and Listen that lets you drive virtually around cities all over the world and either listen to street noise or tune into local radio
Fans of The OC, this is not a drill: Rachel Bilson and Miranda Clarke plan to take us back to the year 2000 via their new podcast, Welcome to the OC Bitches, that promises episode recaps, behind-the-scene scoops and cast interviews
Pointless videos we watched this week include this woman who made an accessible ramp for her friendly house spider (did you know that as spiders age, they produce less web and lose grip??), things we did when we were young, this 2000s house anthem mashup on repeat, the office chats you’re missing while you’re waiting for the microwave, James McEvoy’s stupidly charming appearance on the Great British Bake Off, and this video of a ridiculously fast show dog
