Links, almost #3
Books/pods/beauty/things I ate on the beach
Hello!
Welcome to your monthly grab-bag of what I’ve been reading, watching, and listening to lately. Plus a bonus skincare recommendation (that I’m almost certainly not qualified to make).
First, a quick announcement that I’ll be talking to feminist author and journalist Marisa Bate about her new book Wild Hope – which I raved about here – on Instagram Live on Wednesday 2nd August at 8pm. Come join us! (You can also watch previous chats I’ve had with Milk author and art historian
and Jessica Cox, whose book Confinement is a fascinating history of pregnancy in the Victorian era, here, and here).Also, this is your gentle reminder that it’s paywall week this week (every fifth post I write here is for paying subscribers only). There’s absolutely no pressure to sign up for paid posts. This is really just a nudge that this extra content exists, in case you’re interested, and to acknowledge that paying subscribers help support what I do here.
If you’re already signed up for the full works, keep on scrolling. 📚 Everybody else, I’ll see you next week.