1 Republican fight
This is a great article from someone who has been going to Republican conventions since, staggeringly, 1952. She writes beautifully - clearly and dispassionately about the unholy mess Donald Trump has brought to the American political status quo. A great read - go to it!
2 British or American?
Ricky Gervais - love him or hate him (I'm in the first camp) has written a great article on the differences between British and American humour.
3 100 Books
How to read 100 books in a year. It's easier than you thought!
4 Pexels
The two best free photo sites I've found are unsplash (featured last week) and Pexels. I typed in autumn and this beautiful picture came up!
5 Donald Trump's language
Great video analysis of Donald Trump's oratory, link supplied by a colleague - thanks Andrew!
Overtime
Great article about nerds, chess club members, Ross from Friends and American idiot culture. Go to it...
1 Unsplash
I'm always amazed at the stream of amazing images I get in my inbox from Unsplash. Highly recommended!
2 Togetherness
I'm not sure if this show has appeared on Soho yet but I'll look out for it. Seems a little like one of my favourite shows from the eighties - Thirtysomething.
3 Early risers
I'm definitely one! Good to know, via this piece, that the old - early to bed, early to rise scenario is paying off!
4 The Americans
I bought season one on DVD and enjoyed it, went to buy season 2 in NZ and - couldn't! It wasn't released here for some bizarre reason, so I had to grab a copy from HMV in London. Season three is not yet on DVD unfortunately and now Season four is about to hit Soho. I can't miss it! AARRGGHHHH! What to do. what to do?
5 POTUS
Yes I'm an Obama fan but he still so gets Donald Trump!!
Overtime
Charles Dickens didn’t just have a great mind, he had great calves as well.
That opening line hooked me! A great read on a key element of creativity. No, not great calves...solitude. Love it!!
1 National Geographic photos
This lot were unpublished (Mon Dieu!).
2 It's all the same story
I love Neil Young's comment to his audience on one of his live albums (Year Of The Horse from off the top of my head) that - it's all the same song!
This article (a long read from the Atlantic) is in the same superb vein.
3 London!
I love London and I miss it. This site makes me miss it even more. Lost locations of London. You could search around London for years and years and never get bored!
4 London! Again!!
In a similar vein - this Pinterest board called London Moments is grrrrrrreat!!
5 Wile E Coyote
Does Wile E Coyote help explain this crazy old world we all live and breathe in? Why yes, yes he does!
Overtime: I love everything about squirrels
1 San Francisco
Like a lot of people I lost my heart to San Francisco. My eldest daughter is one lucky bunny - she gets to live and work there.
These photographs reek of love!
2 Best film Oscar for 2017 goes to...
Great article about film and NEXT YEAR'S Academy Awards.
3 Don't worry, be happy
TED talks - everybody loves them. I'm working my way through these ten so that I can feel better.
4 Scott Kelly
His photographs from the space station are gobsmackingly amazing.
5 Zootropia
This one from Disney should be as cool as um as er Magnificent Mr Fox (took a while but I knew it was in there somewhere). Here's the promo.
Overtime
I'm loving this interactive graph about when people marry in the US. Fascinating to compare education and ethnic groups.
I'm a fan of George Clooney. Here's a cool puff piece on him from the Guardian.
