What's got my attention this week

Things to read, watch and listen to this weekend

Vogue Editor Anna Wintour and actor Bill Nighy (both 73, incidentally) stole the show at the MetGala fuelling ongoing "are they-aren't they" dating gossip. Jealous, much.

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• This incredibly moving piece by Ashley Judd (Öffnet in neuem Fenster), a year on from her mother Naomi's death by suicide.
• What happens when an introvert goes on a group fitness retreat? (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
• Actor Jennifer Ehle (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) might not be a headline grabber, but she's often the best thing in whatever she's in.
• Writer E Jean Carroll's appearance in court at Donald Trump's rape trial got a lot of coverage. This is one of the best pieces I've read. (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
• And following on from that, there's this: Why didn't you scream? (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)And other questions not to ask a rape victim.
• Remembering the Egyptian childhood I never had (Öffnet in neuem Fenster), through its culinary traditions.
• It's time to learn to love ambiguity. (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) £
• One of my all-time favourite writers, Deborah Levy, on her rise from "the ashes of domesticity". (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)