This week’s Five Things…

1. I just finished reading The Art of Stillness. It's a short book which you could read in one sitting. Is there a more appropriate time to read such a book than when we can't go anywhere? — The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere

2. A great conversation between three of my favourite composers — Composer Coffee Break

3. An amazing story — The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months

4. Dave Grohl on the joys of live music — The Day the Live Concert Returns

5. I've spent most of the last few weeks revamping the drummer resources page on my website and putting together a newsletter summarising new posts. If you're a drummer check it out! — the Drumlist newsletter

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This week’s Five Things…

1. The National Theatre is streaming a different production every week during the lockdown. This week's showing was Frankenstein starring Benedict Cumberbatch, directed by Danny Boyle. There are two different performances streaming, one with Cumberbatch as the creature and the other with him as Frankenstein. If you're going to watch only one go with this one. You have until Thursday to watch it! — Frankenstein with Benedict Cumberbatch as the creature

2. A great conversation between Ezra Klein and Madeline Miller, author of Circe. They talk about Greek myths, writing, translating amongst other things — Madeline Miller on myth, nostalgia, and how power corrupts

3. Has this much good advice ever appeared in one place before? — 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice

4. If you want to support musicians during the Covid-19 crisis a great way to do that is buy buying their music and merch on Bandcamp. They are waiving their revenue share for sales on the first Friday of the month, so put 5th June in your calendars! — Support Artists Impacted By the Covid-19 Pandemic

5. The TV adaption of Sally Rooney's Normal People is very good. This made me very happy as I loved the book. — Normal People on BBC iPlayer

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This week’s Five Things…

1. I didn't pick the best time to read this seeing that it looks like it's going to rain all week. When the sun does come out again I'll be ready for it — Wait, What’s the Deal With Sunscreen? Does It Work or Not?

2. One of my favourite podcasts, Talking Politics, has launched another podcast called History Of Ideas. Very interesting so far — History Of Ideas

3. More recommended listening! Louis Theroux has started a podcast. Thoroughly enjoyed the first episode with Jon Ronson — Grounded with Louis Theroux

4. What noise do Puffins make? Here's your answer — Puffins

5. I don't know how this slipped past me when it was released, but Nils Frahm has a new piano album — Empty

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This week’s Five Things…

1. I’m sure you’ve seen this already by now but just in case you haven’t, enjoy! — Drumming weatherman

2. This could have ended very badly, fortunately it didn’t and now it's a crazy story we can all smile about — Man accidentally ejects himself from fighter jet during surprise flight

3. I love a good illusion. This is quite a trippy one! –– The coffer illusion

4. A very interesting read. I recently finished the author Rutger Bregman‘s book which is also full of interesting ideas — Poverty isn’t a lack of character. It’s a lack of cash

5. Up your cartoon game with these tips from Nathan W Pyle, the creator of the amazing Strange Planet comics — thread of basic art tips

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This week’s Five Things…

1. Watch until the end — I want to break free

2. This is my 2020 — Relative importance in 2020, so far

3. Reading a book about a pandemic during a pandemic was an excellent idea. My favourite book of 2020 so far — Station Eleven

4. This is excellent — The sport we need

5. Today I learned… "Paradoxically, the more you save on a flash drive, the lighter it gets" — Does a USB drive get heavier as you store more files on it?

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