FYI #65
Letter from January, by Anna Iltnere, via the Sea Library… ‘In the space of numbers, goals, timetables, and achievements, I catch myself gravitating toward the immeasurable and timeless, to the seemingly pointless wanderings around the nearby riverside meadow, seaside forest, and sitting by the sea in wet winter sand.’
Understanding Australian readers: Behavioural insights into recreational reading, research by Australia Reads and Monash University’s BehaviourWorks Australia. I identify with the 22% of people in the Avid Reader segment.
To Use Their Language Is to Endorse Their Lies, by Rebecca Solnit, via Meditations in an Emergency
Birdwatching and twitchers pump billions into Australia's tourism industry, via ABC News
Khaled Sabsabi dropped as Australia’s representative to Venice Biennale, via the Guardian. Creative Australia board statement.
A Vibrant Yet Serene 53sqm/570sqft Apartment on Stockholm’s Södermalm Island, via Never Too Small
Inside architect Ben Allen’s modernist ‘cottage in the sky’, via the Modern House
Shakespeare does 'Succession': Rory Stewart on King Lear, via Secret Life of Books
The Story of My First Love, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, via Vogue
P.S. Six of My Favorite Notebooks on Substack, via Noted, by Jillian Hess
Between land and sea - the importance of saltmarshes with Angus Garbutt, on Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith, includes mention of this project, Salt of the Earth, created by Sophie Hunter.
The New President of Syria: Trump, Palestine, and having a $10 million bounty on your head (Ahmed al-Sharaa), via Leading
Two part conversation with Bela Bajaria, Netflix’s Chief Content Officer, on The Town with Matthew Belloni