The News But Not

This week we discuss what the pandemic has meant for celebrity culture and the re-branding of being single.

Plus the best books, telly & podcasts.

How being single has been rebranded on Refinery 29   Circus of Books on Netflix

Where's my happy ending? By Anna Whitehouse aka Mother Pukka and Matt Farquharson

‘There’s a sense that celebrities are irrelevant’: has coronavirus shattered our fame obsession? The Guardian

This week we learn about the couples getting married on Zoom, discuss the pandemic of kindness and wonder if robots will save us via tracing apps.

Also our favourite culture picks.

This week we contemplate the government bailing out millionaires, the millennial women leading their countries through crisis and most importantly, Drake's ridiculous mansion and the handbags he's saving for his future wife.

Saying I do online - The Verge

  The 'pandemic of kindness': Will we be more considerate after coronavirus? - Independant   Amanda Holden on Instagram 

Links we mentioned: Louis Theroux in The Times

Wired mag ‘The deep flaw of true-crime entertainment’

The new red crosses: from Apple to ali baba

Paul Chuckle raving in his garden after recovering from Corona virus

Re: shopping ReTweet - Arnold Schwarzenegger’s daughter Christina Schwarzenegger

ManRepeller - should we shop. Clothes as hope

More on New York Times

Self-isolation vs. self-improvement

This week we discuss Cardi B, penguin tourists, what Dolly Parton wants for her birthday, alarming new global warming stats, the spread of Tik Tok videos and the latest documentary to hit Netflix; Tiger King.

Coming very soon a brand new weekly podcast discussing news, current affairs, books and more.