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Friday Fourteen
Every month, we send out fourteen good things to read, cook, look at and listen to. Subscribe to receive it in your inbox monthly, or dig into the archives below.
Friday Fourteen Issue 28
This week: Meet the woman behind those chaotic Co-Star notifications, a podcast that shares stories of 18 women behind bars in Darwin, preparing to give birth in a pandemic, free online baking tutorials, pasta for days, penguins let loose, and more.
Friday Fourteen Issue 27
This week: A bonkers podcast about a guy who remembers a 90s pop song that no one else does, an unflinchingly honest piece about what it’s like to interview thin celebrities when you’re a size 16, the trials and tribulations of dating in an age of Coronavirus, your March horoscopes, non-white bedrooms, and more.
Friday Fourteen Issue 26
This week: Finding relief from Coronavirus lockdown in Chinese kitchens, a totally bonkers podcast about the rise and fall of WeWork, the perfect vegetable lasagne (no really), terrible horrible no-good mistakes at work, chaotic housemate stories, the tyranny of the millennial aesthetic, and more.
Friday Fourteen Issue 25
This week: The spread of corporate-speak, five un-romantic ‘how we met’' stories, a startlingly honest piece about being single by the French writer Garance Doré, a decadently creamy pasta made with absolutely zero cream, surreal celeb encounters, and more.
Friday Fourteen Issue 24
This week: Noodle recipes for one, a brilliant Instagram account for some on-point humour about climate change (“we’re literally dying!”), stories of couples who choose not to live together, why you’re getting the Sunday scaries, a new doco about Bill Cunningham, and more
Friday Fourteen Issue 23
This week: Confronting your smelly co-worker, five questions to ask yourself before getting back together with an ex, spaghetti with crispy eggs, podcast and newsletter recommendations for curious people, a tiny London apartment and more.
Friday Fourteen Issue 22
This week: an Instagram account of interior design fails, why being organised is a form of self-care, opinions about fonts, a book that imagines what Hilary Clinton’s life would have been like she hadn’t married Bill, the optimum length of naps, and more.
Friday Fourteen Issue 21
This week: The trailer for Sally Rooney’s 'Normal People’ is here (!!), heartbreak potato soup, what it’s like to go on your first date at 30, the pros and cons of marriage according to Charles Darwin, good luck recipes from around the world, and more.
Friday Fourteen Issue 20
This week: An illustrated encyclopaedia of aeroplane sleeping positions, a website that lets you scroll to the very bottom of the ocean, everything you need to know about buying sunscreen, a dinner party resolution, cacio e pepe brussels sprouts, and more.
Friday Fourteen Issue 19
This week: Having kids in an age of climate change, joyous City Hall weddings, Paris Hilton makes lasagne, stories of people who paid off their debt, crispy kale mac & cheese, and more.
Friday Fourteen Issue 18
This week: Why conversations are often so boring, what’s stopping us from creating the families we claim to want, focaccia sausage rolls, internet videos that defined the last decade, how Lizzo owned 2019, and more.
Friday Fourteen Issue 17
This week: Why we need to stop fetishising morning routines, a phenomenal piece on the Instagram vs reality problem, an extremely relatable article about online dating, 42 different ways to fry an egg, a must-read about two Auschwitz survivors reunited after 72 years, and more.
Friday Fourteen Issue 16
This week: How the air pollution where you live compares to the world’s most polluted city, a dreamy eggplant parmigiana, how friendship changes with age according to three older women, a wedding announcement that had us sobbing into our keyboards, the best books of 2019, and more.
Friday Fourteen Issue 15
This week: Controversial food opinions, a handy cheat sheet on what to say if you ever find yourself in conversation with a climate sceptic, what kind of friend you are according to the zodiac, creamy one-pot butternut squash pasta, a podcast rec about phone phishing scams, and more.
Friday Fourteen Issue 14
This week: Tiny love stories, going to the movies with Jackie Kennedy, micro break-ups vs ghosting, the best pot of chickpeas, acts of kindness, and more.
Friday Fourteen Issue 13
This week: Swimming through writer’s block at an Icelandic public pool, what it feels like to live in a once-pregnant body after loss, interviews with Tom Hanks, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Emma Watson that will restore your faith in humanity, a YouTube channel devoted to Italian nonnas making pasta, and more.
Friday Fourteen Issue 12
This week: The dilemma of changing your name after marriage, 2019 dating in a nutshell, an exquisitely written essay about the joy of watching marathons (trust us on this one), a gripping podcast about a cryptocurrency queen who went mysteriously missing in 2017, and more.
Friday Fourteen Issue 11
This week: Zadie Smith on London vs New York fashion, a broccoli caesar salad that will change your life, the plan for abortion clinics in a post-Roe world, why we should all just agree that the best day is Thursday, and more.
Friday Fourteen Issue 10
This week: An essay by a porn star on the war of sex work, an important investigation into why outfits go bad at 3pm, crispy roast potatoes with walnut and anchovy dressing, and an incredible piece on why men should start leaning the fuck out, and more.
Friday Fourteen Issue 08
This week: Marriage advice from seven divorced women, how to cook the perfect boiled egg, the lowdown on greasing the groove, a story about a Kanye West-inspired dating site that’s absolutely totally bonkers, and more.