๐ Explore this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian ๐ ๐ Category: Health & wellbeing,Psychology,Books,Mental health,Social trends,Culture,Life and style,Society ๐ Main takeaway: TThe word โgratitudeโ is everywhere these days. On mental health leaflets and in magazine columns, emblazoned on mugs and motivational posters. All of this is the result of more than two decades of research in positive psychology that has found that having a โgratitude practiceโ (the habit of writing down three to five things you're grateful for on most days) brings a range of psychological and physical benefits.I don't want to seem, well, ungrateful. I'm a skeptical…
๐ฅ Check out this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian ๐ ๐ Category: Children's TV,Television,Ant and Dec,Television & radio,Culture ๐ก Main takeaway: VQuietly, ITVX is positioning itself as one of the best streaming services out there. All the lost and found are there. All the Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters are in there. It's the only place in the UK where you can watch every episode of Documentary Now, perhaps the best show ever broadcast. As of last month, you can also use ITVX to watch Space Live โ 4K footage of Earth from the International Space Station, which…
๐ฅ Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian ๐ ๐ Category: Music,Pop and rock,Lorde,Manchester,Culture ๐ Key idea: toOrde has been trying to make sense of the harrowing stages of childhood since her 2013 debut Pure Heroine, and as more stars open up their therapy sessions to the public, the New Zealand pop singer is making unselective adolescence a lot less awkward.A single blue laser sweeps across AO's 21,000-capacity arena before coming to rest on the singer playing Hammer, barefoot in baggy jeans hanging down her thighs. There's a theater in downtown New York that's hanging out through…
๐ Read this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian ๐ ๐ Category: Fiction,Science and nature books,Autism,Books,History books,Neurodiversity ๐ก Hereโs what youโll learn: IIn 2015, I decided to write a novel about Dr. Hans Asperger, who worked at the University Children's Hospital in Vienna during World War II. Two non-fiction books piqued my interest: Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently by Steve Silberman, and In a Different Key: The Story of Autism by John Donvan and Karen Zucker.When you read these stories about Asperger's, you might think they are talking about…
๐ฅ Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian ๐ ๐ Category: Museums,UK news,Culture โ
Key idea: It spent hundreds of years at the bottom of the sea off the Isles of Scilly in the far southwest of Britain before it was pulled back to the surface by divers and began a journey around the world.Finally, the Cape Pednathis astrolabe โ a rare example of a 16th-century navigational instrument used by sailors to determine latitude โ has returned to Scilly after being rediscovered on the other side of the Atlantic.It turns out that after being sold and leaving…
๐ฅ Check out this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian ๐ ๐ Category: Michael Jackson,Biopics,Music,Film,Culture,US news ๐ Main takeaway: Michael Jackson's voodoo classic Thriller ranked high on Billboard's Hot 100 the week of November 15, giving the King of Pop, who died 16 years ago, a record for having had top 10 hits over six different decades. Meanwhile, Jackson also broke records with 116 million views in 24 hours for his new biopic Michael, due for release in April.Millions of fans may be excited and ready for a Jackson biopic. For comparison, the trailer beat out Taylor Swift's Eras…
๐ฅ Explore this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian ๐ ๐ Category: Marianne Jean-Baptiste,Culture,Ivo van Hove,Stage,Mike Leigh,Film ๐ก Key idea: MAriane Jean-Baptiste arrived at the training venue in Southwark, south London, and immediately declared herself exhausted. It wouldn't be surprising if her nerves got the better of her; We're seven days into a three-week rehearsal period for a new production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, which is very short by anyone's standards. Stripping off unnecessary layers of clothing โ it's not a cold morning โ she says jet lag has been messing with her circadian rhythms since she…
๐ฅ Check out this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian ๐ ๐ Category: Madness,Pop and rock,Music,Culture ๐ก Key idea: The first song I fell in love withJudy is a teen from Cockney Rebel. I saw Steve Harley on Top of the Pops and I liked his look with mascara and bowler hat, like Alex from A Clockwork Orange. One day, my colleagues and I decided to cycle to Salisbury Plain. I had a transistor radio strapped to the handlebars and Judy Ten showed up. Unfortunately, the batteries ran out when we arrived at Swiss Cottage [in north London] ...and…
๐ Explore this trending post from The New Yorker ๐ ๐ Category: Culture / Criticโs Notebook ๐ Key idea: This relatively low terrain often served as a complement to her husband's more picturesque vistas. โI am the observer, the audience watching the action as if in a theatre,โ she writes in Two of Me about visiting Francis on set as he directs his latest and most likely final blockbuster, Megalopolis (2024). Likewise, in Notes: On the Making of Apocalypse Now, she describes a complex location shoot on a beach, including a simulated napalm bombing. โThe napalm exploded right along with…
๐ฅ Read this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian ๐ ๐ Category: Television & radio,Culture ๐ก Hereโs what youโll learn: Summerwater9pm on Channel 4It may be set in a cozy holiday park in rural Scotland, but this bizarre psychological thriller becomes increasingly claustrophobic and bizarre. Based on Sarah Moss's hit novel, the six-part film follows several families in their cabins, weaving together their uncovered secrets. In the beginning, Justine (Fallen Kane) becomes paranoid and is forced to confront her past with her husband, Steve (Daniel Rigby). Dougray Scott and Shirley Henderson also star. Holly Richardson 8pm, Sky DocumentaryA scandal…
