June 2024 Cultural Highlights

TV shows and movies I am currently watching

Tour de France Season 2 - choking up during episode 4. RIP Gino

The Boys - Starring NZ’s finest actors apart from the Conchords

Sugar - well that was a twist I didnt see coming. No wonder the dogs liked him

Roy Keane on The Overlap - a legend. Respect

Books I am currently reading

Goodreads - what I am currently reading

Intimacies by Katie Kitamura - I really enjoy the voice and tone of the narrator, their emotional clarity and distance. A love story with an absent lover, and intimacy with an alleged war criminal.

Newspapers

The Guardian

The FT

Al Jazeera

Other

Five Books - a good source of reading material & interesting to read about unfamiliar subject areas

Newsletters

LitHub

Project Syndicate

New Naratif - Democratising democracy in Southeast Asia

Mekong Review - Asian literature

Jom - A weekly magazine about Singapore

Substack

Story Club with George Saunders

A Writer’s Diary by Toby Litt

The Querent by Alexander Chee

Chartbook by Adam Toze

Podcasts

The Asian Bookshelf - Gus swings in episode 5

Between the Covers

Backlisted

The Garrett

Read This

MediaJon GreshamLinks