This (long) list is a recap of some of the things that have appeared in our Monthly Favourites posts, as well as a couple of others as a bonus.

♥ Favourite Stories
- Nonfiction
- Fiction
♥ Interweb Favourites
♥ Favourite Podcasts

♥ Favourite Stories

Nonfiction

Adventure

Ten Days in a Mad-House

When journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochrane Seaman, aka Nellie Bly, decided that she needed to investigate a lunatic asylum in 1887, she really committed to it. Here’s her account.

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Death

Where the Dead Don’t Sleep

The lessons about life we can learn from the mummies of Palermo, by A. A. Gill. This piece has haunted me for over a decade.

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Mysterious Circumstances

The strange death of Sherlock Holmes fanatic Richard Lancelyn Green, and the fandom wars over Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. By David Grann.

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Digital life

I Used to Be a Human Being

We are sick with a contemporary sickness. The constant bombardment of news, notifications, and messages is bringing us dangerously close to losing our humanity.

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Food

The Gatekeepers Who Get to Decide What Food is “Disgusting”

If you only read one article this week, then read this one. It’s brilliant, compassionate, political, poignant, and highly quotable. By Jiayang Fan.

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Lunch with M.

A wonderful and unsettling piece by John Colapinto on undercover Michelin Guide inspectors. It completely changed my perspective on the guide. Haunting.

Movies & TV

Everyone Is Beautiful And No One Is Horny

On the perfect, desireless, sexless bodies we see in 2020s films, and on why we fetishise them. By R. S. Benedict.

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Mystery

The Lost Man

When in 1948 the corpse of a man was found on a beach in South Australia, many pieces of evidence did not add up. And one amateur sleuth is still on the case today. By Graeme Wood.

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Has An Old Soviet Mystery At Last Been Solved?

Douglas Preston gives us a measured and intriguing account of the Dyatlov Pass Incident (1959).

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Fiction

I once found myself in an old castle in Italy where the author of this short story, Fred Gardaphé was reading it aloud. By the time he finished, heavy tears were rolling down my face and I have thought of it many times ever since. A masterpiece

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The Lottery

This 1948 short story by Shirley Jackson was so shocking that she caused thousands of New Yorker readers to cancel their subscriptions. A chilling, introspective, fascinating read.

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The Embassy of Cambodia

The first story by Zadie Smith I ever read. I’ve re-read it every year ever since and found something new to like about it every time. It is beautiful, and so, so smart. Do read.

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♥ Interweb Favourites

FlightRadar24

Wondering if your friend’s flight has been delayed? Feel like knowing where that plane that’s just passed over your house is headed? Want to learn about plane specs? FlightRadar24 is just the thing.

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DIY Moleskine Style Notebook tutorial

A case bookbinding tutorial by Sea Lemon on YouTube. I’ve made quite a few notebooks following this tutorial which offers a very nice step-by-step no-nonsense approach to bookbinding.

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Simply Nailogical (YouTube Channel)

I’m not really into nail art, but Christine isn’t exactly your average beauty guru. She is, however, extremely funny. Give it a watch and you’ll understand.

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Simone Giertz

So far, Simone has built a coffee table out of 20,000 matches and converted a Tesla into a truck. Who knows what she’ll come up with next; but one thing is for sure, I want to see it.

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All Wit, No Brevity

One of the funniest blogs I have ever come across. Janel has a unique voice, and I guarantee you will laugh. Please be careful and avoid reading her blog while ingesting tea, coffee, water, or any other liquids in order to reduce the risk of spillage.

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