What's got my attention this week
Want some ideas for things to read, watch and listen to this weekend? Look no further...
Serena Williams, still setting the US Open alight
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• Serena's retirement highlights the ongoing double standards for women in sport. (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) And here's Billie-Jean King (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) on what makes Serena great.
• Australian Chris Dawson has been convicted of his wife Lynette's murder, (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) 40 years after she went missing, thanks in large part to The Teacher's Pet (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) podcast. But, as this piece points out, the young babysitter at the heart of it all was a victim, too (Öffnet in neuem Fenster).
• I have a massive crush on actor Keeley Hawes. Love her even more after this You mag interview (Öffnet in neuem Fenster).
• 50 years after Cambridge University went co-ed, not much else has changed. (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
• Dolly Parton is rerecording 9-to-5 (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) with Kelly Clarkson. Can't decide if I'm excited or scared.
• Ashley Judd, typically brilliant, on the right to keep private pain private (Öffnet in neuem Fenster).
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