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 (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre), a year on from her mother Naomi's death by suicide.
• What happens when an introvert goes on a group fitness retreat? (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre)
• Actor Jennifer Ehle (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre) 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. (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre)
• And following on from that, there's this: Why didn't you scream? (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre)And other questions not to ask a rape victim.
• Remembering the Egyptian childhood I never had (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre), through its culinary traditions.
• It's time to learn to love ambiguity. (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre) £
• One of my all-time favourite writers, Deborah Levy, on her rise from "the ashes of domesticity". (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre)
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