The Hello You Sunday Supplement, Issue 31
A collection of links and recommendations to explore and unwind with over coffee
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Here’s this week’s carefully chosen selection of articles to read, posts to ponder, and music to listen to. It’s designed to give you an uplifting alternative to what’s coming at you from the newspapers, TV and radio on a Sunday morning. Or every bloody morning. So save it to refer to and chill with in the week? And share it with someone else who needs a weekly boost like this? Just hit this button:
Starting as always with …
Something to listen to while you read
Just woken up? This nine minutes of smooth jazz fusion will ease you into the day. The opening theme statement on flugelhorn sounds like how it feels to open your eyes on a bright, sunny Sunday morning. The full band entry will shake off the covers, and by the end of it, you'll have showered and dressed and be putting the kettle on
What went right this week
The UK’s first drug room ‘saved lives’, Germany turned sewage into shipping fuel, and Finland kicked a dirty habit plus more good news from the good people at Positive News
Here’s this week’s Good Stuff. Click freely, share widely!
Spring cleaning ... for your BRAIN! (This is brilliant ...)
The magic of the single
Find echoes of the past on this eccentric railway from Shropshire through Wales's rural heart
A brief history of conspiracy theories (with jokes)
This from the reliably-excellent Birmingham Dispatch is interesting (alarming?) in its own (far-)right, but the photographs by Jack Taylor are exceptional!
Check out my threads! The Shropshire library where you can borrow a new outfit
How we lost control of our minds ... and why it matters
The Last Showgirl: Navigating a world that turns its back on older women
‘It’s easy. It’s cheap. There’s no excuse.’ Iceland built 1,756 wheelchair ramps in the past 4 years. Why can’t other countries do that?
Mojo Sinking: Val Kilmer, The Doors and outgrowing the rock and roll myth (lovely piece from Shropshire’s Shaun Paul Tomkiss)
‘Your experiences are the enhancement of your creativity’
Creating music for wellbeing
Rose and Gavin Lawson have returned to mid-Wales, just across the Shropshire border, after some years living and working on Ibiza. They not only been telling me their remarkable story, but …
‘Electronic music is a healing modality’
You see the Roxiva stroboscopic light in the picture? That’s not just a fancy lamp. Linked to Gavin’s specially-composed music, it can create a mind-altering psychedelic experience.
I know. I had one. And you can hear what happened - recorded as it took place - in this episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast!
Coming on the podcast next week: meet the creative people behind a book about a famous animal, and a return visit to Ludlow to record random conversations on a bench. I met a woman who was killed (briefly) by a cow …
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What the attempted dismantling of Voice of America means for press freedom
Quakers call for rights to be restored after police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Yes, cities can be sexist. Here’s how to fix them
The BBC’s conflicting stance on quality journalism is hard to reconcile (to put it politely!)
Stop screaming about the Beatles biopic. Start whooping for Zendaya as Ronnie Spector and Lizzo as Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Falsehood about a non-public figure in the pursuit of internet clout or a bigger audience carries a human cost (sorry, but this is a horrible story)
Growth alone will not build a just society
You struggle with your mental health. A nearby cafe offers a lifeline ... then it suddenly closes
Don’t be fooled! Public service media is more important than ever
One last ride for Ivan the Terra Bus
If you read one thing this week, make it this
I hate that writers and artists must suffer the indignity of being pickpocketed by the richest men who’ve ever lived (the righteous anger burns through the page here!)
Final Thought, à la Jerry Springer
‘Woke’ just means I’m aware of the fact, consequences and impact of racism, sexism, homophobia, inequality & intolerance. Trying to make the world a better place
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Have the best weekend you possibly can, in whatever your circumstances might be. Enjoy the sunshine! I’m off to meet a capybara …
