reading teaches us who we are
week 7 of the couch to 5k for reading, featuring thoughts about self-discovery, an interview with Literary Editor Sam Leith plus! the funniest books I have ever read.
Whatever Works
unapologetically intellectual, infectiously enthusiastic and painfully sincere (but: funny). expect: considered positions, close readings, heartfelt recommendations and unstoppable blurtings-out of ideas as they come to me
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reading will give you more agency (yes)
couch to 5k for reading week 6: how reading makes you feel more sane, thoughts from Henry Eliot, and reader comments, plus! a very personal list of books I really could not put down
[resend] reading is being in good company
week 5 of the Couch to 5k for reading including: Ovid, thoughts from Anna Wharton, and the reason to do your washing up in silence sometimes
reading is being in good company
week 5 of the Couch to 5k for reading including: Ovid, thoughts from Anna Wharton, and the reason to do your washing up in silence sometimes
the more you read, the easier it gets
week 4 of the Couch to 5k for reading. the more you read, the more you want to do it, and the more ideas you get of what you want to read
'reading is a radical act'
"Couch to 5k" for reading week 3. includes: an interview with Emma Gannon! a celebration of reading plays! and: how to memorise a poem! (if you want to)
reading instead of scrolling will make you happier
'couch to 5k' for reading, week 2: some lovely readers have made us *trackers*! and: how has it gone?! how are you enjoying it?
let's do a 'couch to 5k' for reading
we're going to work ourselves back to good 'reading fitness' over the next eight weeks. come and join us.
how to be truly engaged with life: Marie Curie and the joy of work
a conversation with the incredible Dava Sobel about the only person ever to win a Nobel prize in two different sciences. plus! preparing for the 'Couch to 5k for reading'!
your anger is a gift
anger is rocket fuel, anger is energy, anger is power. don't *take your anger out* on people. spend it like the most precious currency you have. plus! 17 very joyful things, large and small