More musings on things from my diaries
Cultural Picks from 2024
Over the course of 2024 I’ve consumed rather a lot of culture – audiobooks, podcasts, music, films and so on. I keep a spreadsheet of all of the things mentioned in my diary, so have a comprehensive record of what I have listened to, watched, read and visited.
It’s impossible for me to narrow it down to one favourite, but I have managed to make a selection of my chosen highlights from the year.

AUDIO BOOKS
Oh William! – Elizabeth Strout
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow – Gabielle Zevin
Comfort Eating – Grace Dent
The Woman who went to bed for a year – Sue Townshead
Listen – Kathryn Mannix
Chop Chop – Simon Wroe
A Spool of Blue Thread – Anne Tyler
Standard Deviation – Katherine Heiny

PODCASTS
Food related
Desert Island Dishes
OFF MENU
Gastro Pod
Comfort Eating
Table Manners
Book related
Sara and Cariad’s Weirdo Book Club
What Should I read next with Anne Bogel?
Youre Booked
Book off!
Travel related
The Travel Diaries
Your Place or Mine with Shaun Keaveny
Sport related
Sheff United Way
Blades Ramble
The rest is football
Mental Health related
Neurodivergent moments
Happy Place
The Square Peg podcast
Other
My Time Capsule
Perfect day with Jessica Knappett
What did you do yesterday?
Rich beyond my wildest dreams
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
How to fail
Critics at large

FILMS
Asteroid City
Parasite
Poor Things
American Fiction
Inside Out 2

TELEVISION
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
The Traitors
Baby Reindeer
Race Across the World
We are lady parts series 2
The Bear
Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams

MUSIC
The Missing Place – Max Cooper
Oh My Lord – Steve Mason
Sweeter Than – Kokoroko
That’s us – Arthur Russell
Colours – Black Pumas
Tilted – Christine and the Queens
Together – Nine Inch Nails (the bear)
The Curse of the Blackened Eye – Orville Peck
PIMP – Bacao Rhythm and Steel Band
Linus and Lucy – Vince Guaraldi Trio
Slippery People – SaySheShe
EXHIBITIONS
Motherother – The NewBridge Project
Sarah Dunn: Goosander – 36 Gallery
Matisse: Drawing with Scissors – Ushaw
Mali Morris: Returning – Hatton Gallery
Nerys Johnson: Disability and Practice – The Laing Gallery
THEATRE
Fat Chance Rachel Stockdale – Northern Stage