FYI #28
As a bills regular, this Zoe Young portrait, ‘Jill at bills’ felt familiar in a lovely way, via the Design Files rundown of 2024 Archibald Prize finalists
I’m looking forward to Rachel Cusk’s new book, Parade, so this review in the Observer caught my eye.
Cusk’s book is included in LitHub’s 18 New Novels You Need to Read This Summer. The website is always a good source of bookish inspiration
The line-up for the Radio National (ABC) Big Weekend of Books (June 15 - 16) looks great.
A rainy Sydney weekend lends itself to daydreaming, Five sun-drenched Greek island houses that will make you want to move there, via House & Garden, and Lucy Feagins’ trip to Marrakech, via the Design Files.
A moving Australian Story episode on Kylie Kwong
When I was a kid, the highlight of weekend visits to the hardware shop was the paint charts. The latest episode of the Konfekt Korner podcast had a lovely conversation with Cassandra Ellis, founder of Atelier Ellis. Their latest colour story is called The Garden Party, inspired by the writing of Katherine Mansfield.
I enjoy writer & photographer Craig Mod’s pop-up newsletters, the latest one written on a recent walking trip, The Return to Pachinko Road.
The New Generation of Online Culture Curators, by Kyle Chayka, via the New Yorker
World in a Box, an interesting social history of the cardboard box, via Places journal, by Shannon Mattern
Podcast highlights this week:
The Memorial Day Box Office Meltdown on The Town with Matthew Belloni,
Alastair Campbell & Rory Stewart interview Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves
Matt Gibberd with James Lohan (co-founder of Mr & Mrs Smith) on Homing In
Ruthie Rogers and Remo Ruffini, CEO and Chair of Moncler, on Ruthie’s Table 4.
Doreen St. Félix on Using Pop Culture to Consider Society, with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Public