This week’s Five Things…

1. Jack White on SNL. We need more rock stars like Jack White.

2. Talking of potential rock stars. These kids ROCK.

3. I really enjoyed Sean Ono Lennon's two part show celebrating what would have been his dad's 80th birthday. The whole thing was great, particularly his conversation with Paul McCartney.

4. Ian Leslie on the meaning of life, the universe and everything. I especially liked point 36.

5. I love this. Being able to watch a snowball fight from 1896 is pretty cool.

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This week’s Five Things…

1. Fact: Octopuses are amazing. Evidence: My Octopus Teacher

2. I just finished reading The Biggest Bluff by Maria Konnikova. A great book exploring poker, luck and psychology.

3. The Pessimists Archive podcast is always interesting, this episode on election hacking was no exception.

4. A handy infographic to alert you to the many tricks retailers use to encourage you to buy things.

5. An amazing image of Orion constructed of many, many photos taken over many years. He's an explanation of the project worked.

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This week’s Five Things…

1. An interesting conversation with philosopher and author Agnes Callard on "the challenge of aspiration — who we are versus who we would like to become"

2. And another equally interesting conversation with another philosopher and author, Michael Sandel, on Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd's podcast, Reasons To Be Cheerful.

3. What on earth would we all do without our morning coffees?!

4. Scammers are coming up with some cunning ways of stealing your money. Definitely worth having a read of this.

5. This is clever. One drum beat performed in four parts.

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This week’s Five Things…

1. Boxing bag drumming is a thing and this guy is very good at it.

2. Oliver Burkeman's final column. The secrets to a "fairly" fulfilled life.

3. Demi Adejuyigbe remembers and celebrates another 21st September.

4. I'm in the market for a 1760s tea pot exactly like this one.

5. A great collection of photos. Tough to pick a favourite, but the smiling fish is tough to beat.

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This week’s Five Things…

1. Think you know what emotions are? Think again!

2. I really enjoyed reading Christoph Niemann's new book Pianoforte. The illustrations are great.

3. A fascinating and important episode of the You Are Not So Smart on masks and the psychological reasons why some people have become so opposed to them.

4. This was a terribly sad yet inspiring thing to read. Life can be so unfair.

5. Lindsey Buckingham doing what Lindsey Buckingham does best. I love these isolated vocal tracks from iconic recordings.

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