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It's the most wonderful newsletter of the year
And thank you all for riding it out with me
Dec 21, 2025 • Lara
It's the most wonderful newsletter of the year
Watch now | Goodbye 2025!
Dec 20, 2025 • Lara
8:57
The one thing Lily Allen's album exposed that no-one seemed to notice
And some gossip that would never make it into a newspaper
Nov 29, 2025 • Lara
6:23
Sad milk
An important and urgent story of our times
Oct 26, 2025 • Lara
6:27
Back to school advice from Adrienne Adhami
Sharpen your pencils, gird your loins
Sep 29, 2025 • Lara
Back to school advice from Adrienne Adhami
Sharpen your pencils, gird your loins
Sep 28, 2025 • Lara
40:49
"I’ve had lots of anonymous threats, I don’t know where from"
An interview with Andrey Kurkov, the most prolific author in Ukraine who got cancelled in his own country
Aug 30, 2025 • Lara
11:25
28 Lessons I Still Have Not Learnt Aged 28
I'll let you guess which ones are down to my incompetence vs my defiance
Jul 26, 2025 • Lara
4:30
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Welcome to my weekly instalments that might make your commute more bearable, or entertain you over lunch or become a regular bedtime read
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