A Bumper Back To School Special

An episode of the The High Low podcast, hosted by Pandora Sykes and Dolly Alderton, titled "A Bumper Back To School Special" was published on April 7, 2020 and runs 109 minutes.

April 7, 2020 ·109m · The High Low

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Summary

What a time to be alive. It feels like we've all aged a decade since our last episode under 4 months ago.Today we discuss lockdown life - what we're wearing; eating; meme-ing - and recommend a plethora of articles, books and podcasts. There will be another episode on Sat.*Please do note that because we are recording remotely via a trilogy of new tech, there may be some occasional audio issues.*This year 100% of profits for The High Low's merchandise (thehighlowshop.com) will be going to charity - 10% to Women's Aid and 90% to the NHS Charities COVID-19 Urgent Appeal. You can donate directly here: https://bit.ly/2xc17HxE-mail [email protected] or tweet @thehighlowshow ReadingDavid Nicholls #twitterbooklaunch on Twitter @DavidNWriterFatima Bhutto and Sanam Maher's Stay Home, Stay Reading initiative, via @fbhutto and @topbastard on Instagram Florence Welch's book club @betweentwobooks on InstagramThe Love Letters of Dylan Thomas https://amzn.to/3e6Io0vJoin Me In My Obsession With Desert Island Discs, by Hua Hzu for The New Yorker https://bit.ly/3aTdjeXThe Discomfort You're Feeling is Grief, by Scott Berinato https://bit.ly/2y2h9DKLanguages of Loss, A Psychotherapist's Journey, by Sasha Bates https://amzn.to/2URT3ETThe Luxury of Awkwardness, by Hugo Rifkind for The Times LUXX https://bit.ly/2wt2hOEWhat Brits need to learn about being Danish, by Sofie Hagen for The Guardian https://bit.ly/2wkyTd8The Panic Years, by Nell Frizzell https://bit.ly/2JLyaF2The Hungover Games, by Sophie Heawood https://bit.ly/2JLybc4Listening & WatchingDawn O'Porter on The Adam Buxton podcast https://adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts/ep109-dawn-oporterIan Wright's Desert Island Discs https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fdxwFeel Good, by Mae Martin https://www.channel4.com/programmes/feel-goodSorry You're Sick, by Ted Hawkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeuLTL8pQRQ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Description

What a time to be alive. It feels like we've all aged a decade since our last episode under 4 months ago.

Today we discuss lockdown life - what we're wearing; eating; meme-ing - and recommend a plethora of articles, books and podcasts. There will be another episode on Sat.

*Please do note that because we are recording remotely via a trilogy of new tech, there may be some occasional audio issues.*

This year 100% of profits for The High Low's merchandise (thehighlowshop.com) will be going to charity - 10% to Women's Aid and 90% to the NHS Charities COVID-19 Urgent Appeal. You can donate directly here: https://bit.ly/2xc17Hx

E-mail [email protected] or tweet @thehighlowshow

Reading

David Nicholls #twitterbooklaunch on Twitter @DavidNWriter

Fatima Bhutto and Sanam Maher's Stay Home, Stay Reading initiative, via @fbhutto and @topbastard on Instagram

Florence Welch's book club @betweentwobooks on Instagram

The Love Letters of Dylan Thomas https://amzn.to/3e6Io0v

Join Me In My Obsession With Desert Island Discs, by Hua Hzu for The New Yorker https://bit.ly/3aTdjeX

The Discomfort You're Feeling is Grief, by Scott Berinato https://bit.ly/2y2h9DK

Languages of Loss, A Psychotherapist's Journey, by Sasha Bates https://amzn.to/2URT3ET

The Luxury of Awkwardness, by Hugo Rifkind for The Times LUXX https://bit.ly/2wt2hOE

What Brits need to learn about being Danish, by Sofie Hagen for The Guardian https://bit.ly/2wkyTd8

The Panic Years, by Nell Frizzell https://bit.ly/2JLyaF2

The Hungover Games, by Sophie Heawood https://bit.ly/2JLybc4

Listening & Watching

Dawn O'Porter on The Adam Buxton podcast https://adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts/ep109-dawn-oporter

Ian Wright's Desert Island Discs https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fdxw

Feel Good, by Mae Martin https://www.channel4.com/programmes/feel-good

Sorry You're Sick, by Ted Hawkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeuLTL8pQRQ

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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