It’s our favourite time of year: Betwixtmas. We hope you’re face-planted on the sofa, whilst we waltz down your ears with this end of year episode. Dolly devises a very silly quiz which *sort* of refers to things that happened in 2018 and sort of includes rogue personal questions about her internet provider. The High Low is taking a winter holiday, so here’s what’s on our bookshelf to devour — whilst the pod is sunning itself with a cocky by the pool, restoring and renewing its energy for a new term in February. 
The Milkman, by Anna Burns Kudos, by Rachel Cusk Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant, by Joel Golby Becoming, by Michelle Obama Notes to Self, by Emilie Pine The Parisian, by Isabella Hammad  Vox, by Christine Dalcher Diary of a Somebody, by Brian Bilston Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Married, by Abby Ellin A Spark of Light, by Jodi Picoult Sweet, Fruit, Sour, Land by Rebecca Ley
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A Pretty Daft End to 2018

A weekly conversation between writers Dolly Alderton and Pandora Sykes, that covers highbrow and lowbrow culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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It’s here! Expect many tears, intense nostalgia, beautiful letters from our listeners and a big ole dose of DJ CJ to celebrate the last four glorious years of The High Low. 
Book tickets to the last ever High Low live show, streaming next week and raising money for Blood Cancer UK https://www.fane.co.uk/high-low
Recommendations: Michaela Coel on Grounded with Louis Theroux  Billy Crystal on Awards Chatter  Pandemic at the disco playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3dW4ddgwOxj4q7XVvbOa7w?si=-xXJ81SkTLS0ZU2w9v-v3g Connect, by School of Life https://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/catalog/product/view/id/27526/s/connect-game/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAk53-BRD0ARIsAJuNhpu_l3AxJ_EvOq7t-mOqmwSdz2UPQc28f8ksuBh7CBf7g5bvn4t7lAAaAjScEALw_wcB Big Ideas for Curious Minds, by School of Life https://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/big-ideas-for-curious-minds/ A Promised Land by Barack Obama  Tiny Lungs - 28 poems by Joanna Bennett  Small Axe by Steve McQueen, on BBC iPlayer Mangrove, on BBC iPlayer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THE HIGH LOW FINALE

We are so thrilled to have the one and only Graham Norton on today's episode, talking all about his new novel, Home Stretch, his favourite celebrities to interview on his chat show, and the weird wonderfulness that is Eurovision. 
Graham is The High Low's last ever author special - because the High Low will be coming to a close next week, after 4 joyous, life-changing years for us both. But before we go, we have one last LIVE show for you: the High Low Christmas LIVE will be live streamed on Vimeo at 7pm on December 8th, with all proceeds going to Blood Cancer UK, a charity that is very close to both of our hearts, in memory of Florence Kleiner and Enzo Saunt. We promise a festive extravaganza featuring a VERY special musical performance. 
Tickets start at £10, please book yourself a ticket at: https://www.fane.co.uk/high-low.
With special thanks to Fane Productions, and our sponsor, the eco-friendly brand Method (and their delicious pink grapefruit cleaning spray) for making this live show possible
We will see you next week for our last ever podcast!
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Links Home Stretch, by Graham Norton Wintering, by Katherine May Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen inteview by Chris Godfrey for The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/nov/23/laurence-llewelyn-bowen-ive-been-trying-to-get-sacked-from-television-for-years Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An Author Special with Graham Norton - And Some News

Brace yourself: Emily in Paris is back for a second series. More importantly: the Christmas ads have dropped! We discuss some of them, and why a great Christmas ad doesn't actually.... have to have anything to do with Christmas.
Also today, we discuss Maggi Hambling's controversial nude statue of founding feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, Rupert Everett's new autobiography, a documentary about Vivienne Westwood and the punk movement, and we deep dive into the Princess Diana content of the last week: the two-parter on ITV, with staggering allegations made against Martin Bashir, and the new series of The Crown, starring the magnificent Emma Corrin as Diana. 
E-mail thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet @thehighlowshow Shop thehighlowshop.com - 100% of profits for November go to Fare Share 
Links To The End Of The World, by Rupert Everett
The Crown series 4 now on Netflix
The Diana Interview: Revenge of a Princess, on ITV Player
What I've learned from 7 years of being single, by Camille Charriere for Harper's Bazaar https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/a34587107/camille-charriere-love-in-your-30s/
How long Covid forced me to confront my past and my identity, by Kathryn Bromwich for The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/08/how-long-covid-forced-me-to-confront-my-past-and-my-identity
Vivienne Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist 
Candice Carty-Williams on The Adam Buxton Podcast, Glenn Close on WTF, Keir Starmer on Desert Island Discs and What Trump Might Do In His Remaining Weeks in Office on Fresh Air  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Maggi's Mary Wollstonecraft, Princess Diana and A Plunge Into The Christmas Ads

What a week to be alive! We discuss some of the many ridiculous things that have happened, mainly on the television, during this last monumental week, plus the riveting revelating that Dr Fauci of the Coronavirus task force in the US, had a celebrity zoom to help stop the spread of misinformation during the pandemic. Plus, swans in love and what we'd call our pet tortoise. And we talk telly: The Undoing, The Queen's Gambit, Emily in Paris (again) and Been So Long, an ambitious, upifting musical rom-com starring Michaela Coel.
E-mail thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet @thehighlowshow Shop thehighlowshop.com, 100% of profits for November go to Fare Share
Links You're Wrong About podcast Been So Long on Netflix The Queens Gambit on Netflix The Undoing, on Sky Making Love With The Paint, on BBC iPlayer  Octavia Bright on her father being in a care home during lockdown, for The Sunday Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-can-speak-to-dad-but-i-may-never-hold-him-again-gtnq27p5s Modern Love in The New York Times  Buy There's Something About Wallace: Lockdown Love on Hampstead Heath by Louisa Green: https://www.deemclean.co.uk/swan-story/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Election Gaffes, Celebrity Truth-Tellers & The Undoing

Are you familiar with No Nut November? Move over Movember, there's a slightly queasy new internet challenge in town. Also today, we discuss whether a burger is a sandwich, the concerning omission from the Sean Connery obituaries, and the new YouTube record-breaker. And we have an author special today with Otegha Uwagba, who came on to discuss her new long-form essay, Whites.
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Links Whites, by Otegha Uwagba, out 12th November Sacha Baron Cohen on Fresh Air: https://www.npr.org/2012/05/21/153204627/sacha-baron-cohen-the-fresh-air-interview?t=1604443983616 The Undoing, on Sky You're Wrong About, on all podcast platforms Ghosting stories at hardtoforget.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Pretty Daft End to 2018

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