FYI #51
The things we can control, by Anand Giridharadas…. In times like these we are entering, when it will become harder to have systems that are kind, interpersonal kindness will matter more. It shouldn’t have to, but it will.
‘It does not have to be this way’: the radical optimism of David Graeber, an edited extract of Rebecca Solnit’s foreword to Graeber’s The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World
Enjoyed reading Cairn by Kathleen Jamie. Reviewed by Kate Kellaway for The Observer.
The people who mistook their lives for an app, cover story of The Monthly by Anna Krien.. ‘And this is a problem we have to collectively confront, because the internet has become essential infrastructure. It now hosts all manner of necessary services, and yet so much of it operates not as a public entity but as a private company.’
The St Germain flat of the founders of Atelier Vime is a window into Parisian history, via House & Garden
Martyn Bennett: Ud the Doudouk, Bothy Culture | Sean Shibe & ACO | On The Pier Session
Hanif Abdurraqib on Quincy Jones (1933 - 2024), via the New Yorker.. Leading someone else’s soul to a place that it doesn’t even know it wants to go yet takes more than turning knobs.
Interesting looking series of talks at the Sydney Opera House, Artist to Artist.
Program for the Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2024
Discover the Secret Garden House | A Modern Eco Home Hidden Behind a 300-Year-Old Wall, film via The Modern House.
Podcast listening highlights:
Leah Cowan & Lola Olufemi: Why Would Feminists Trust the Police? via the London Review Bookshop podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/leah-cowan-lola-olufemi-why-would-feminists-trust-the/id734373360?i=1000675000202
Maria Balshaw on Museums on The Great Women Artists, with Katy Hessel
Ta-Nehisi Coates (‘The Message’) on Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso