The Hello You Sunday Supplement, Issue 26
Your weekly guide to the good stuff! Positive content to read, enjoy and share
Hello, you. How’re you doing?
The sun is shining. The days are getting noticeably longer. Crocuses are joining the snowdrops, and daffodils are on their way. And every Sunday, I bring you a selection of carefully chosen pieces to read with your tea and toast.
You see, not everything’s all bad? I mean, sure, a hell of a lot of it is, and this has been yet another week of horrendous, shocking, dispiriting news … but this is why I bring you the Sunday Supplement: so you have something else to read and think about.
Ready for this week’s selection? It’s a pretty chunky serving today, so settle down …
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Let’s start, as usual, with …
Something to listen to while you read
‘I think heritage is a gift, a powerful tool of connection to understand the lines between time,’ says sound artist and vocalist Sara Persico. On her latest album Sphaîra, she explores the sonic resonances of the Rachid Karami International Fair, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Tripoli, Lebanon
What went right this week
The green economy defied sceptics, a river was granted rights, and ‘life-changing’ therapy treated childhood blindness, plus more good news from the good people at Positive News
OK then, on with the Good Stuff!
We stopped clubbing, but we need to bring it back
For the love of libraries
The judgment of Magneto
The bit before the fairytale
Democracy can die in broad daylight, too
A glimpse into a different world ...
Gen Z isn’t quiet quitting. They’re rejecting outdated leadership
'In C' forever: The eternal evolution of Terry Riley's minimalist masterpiece
Is it too late to turn off the internet? Because if this is what it leads to …
BBC radio drama is in grave danger. Without it we may lose the next generation of writing talent
Little House on the ... cultural battlefield? (This is staggering ...)
More of the good stuff in a moment, but first …
Hello You 88: Speed Dating, Slow Dancing
Older people having fun. That's it. That's the episode. Oh, and an actual Pixie
Single people are ‘quite a forgotten community’, says Pixie Greatorex, and older single people in particular. So what’s she doing about it? Find out in this episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast
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OK, back to your weekly good-stuff round-up!
What is a healthy life? And do you have the courage to live it?
What brings you joy?
Don’t work for free. And don’t ask people to work for free
The dance floor of life goes deep
Do you keep mistaking the women in your life for sexy lamps?
Quit X. Say why. Fight back. Because no, this is Not Fine
Why you should cultivate meaning in your life ... and how
A dramatic story told in an intimate way
Becoming a person on whom nothing is lost
More good stuff shortly, but first …
The return of the bench!
Now the sun’s out again, I’m taking my recorder and my helpful signs from Battlefield Printing to sit on some benches and record some random conversations, which you’ll hear on future episodes of Hello You the Shropshire podcast.
Telford Samaritans in Wellington had a bench very kindly donated to them, and it’s been placed at their premises at 100 King Street. I’ll be on that bench tomorrow (Monday March 3rd) at 4pm.
The following day (Tuesday, March 4th) I’ll be sitting on a bench in The Square in Shrewsbury about 12noon.
I’ll record chats with whoever shares the benches with me. If you want to come along, it would be great to see you and hear what you have to say. And you can hear what happens on the benches on future episodes of Hello You the Shropshire podcast - so why not subscribe to make sure you don’t miss anything?
Canadians. So much smarter than the rest of us
Why in the world does this creepy fork exist?
Should I quit Instagram?
'If you have ever been a lonely child, part of you stays her forever'
The photo booth turns 100
The real story behind Norman Rockwell’s 1964 painting ‘The Problem We All Live With’
‘I didn’t think this day would come, but of course we all end up the same - squinting like newborn otters at the instructions on a bottle of stool softener’
If you read one thing this week, make it this
Today, for the first time in many decades, there are more autocracies in the world than democracies. However, the success of authoritarian leaders isn’t inevitable
Final Thought, à la Jerry Springer
‘Never forget that it only takes one political, economic or religious crisis for women’s rights to be put in jeopardy. Those rights are never to be taken for granted; you must remain vigilant throughout your life’
attributed to Simone de Beauvoir
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