making sense of my world
by artist Helen Shaddock

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