Before January comes to a close we bring you our reflections on 2024. In this episode we discuss how 2024 was and lessons we took from it, as well as picking our favourite books, films and albums of the year. We also chat about our resolutions and goals for the coming year, and our 2025 ins/outs. 

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Mentioned in this episode:

Books: 

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (1995)

In Memoriam by Alice Winn (2023)

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (1963)

On Chapel Sands by Laura Cumming (2019)

The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson (2015)

Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason (2020)

Arrangements in Blue by Amy Key (2023)

Talking At Night by Claire Daverley (2023)

Art Objects by Jeanette Winterson (1995)

My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki (1998)

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (2013)

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki (2021)

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (2022)

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (1998)

Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion (1970)

Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell (1933)

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (2024)

Wellness by Nathan Hill (2023)

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (2021)

A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver (2012)

Felicity by Mary Oliver (2015)

Orbital by Samantha Harvey (2023)

The House of My Mother by Shari Franke (2025)

Films:

Past Lives (Celine Song, 2023)

All of Us Strangers (Andrew Haigh, 2023)

The Substance (Coralie Fargeat, 2024)

My Old Ass (Megan Park, 2024)

Sing Sing (Greg Kwedar, 2023)

The Iron Claw (Sean Durkin, 2023)

Albums/songs:

Guard Dog by Searows (2022)

English Rain by Gabrielle Aplin (2013)

Blue by Joni Mitchell (1971)

BRAT by Charli XCX (2024)

Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat by Charli XCX (2024)

Song to a Seagull by Joni Mitchell (1968)

Kitchen by SZA (2024)

Orlando in Love by Japanese Breakfast (2025)

Other:

Hello 20 year old me | Youtube

Milly’s Substack

Milly’s Goodreads

Amy’s Storygraph

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