The Olympics has been a balm for Eliza during the Sydney lockdown.

But Geraldine hasn't been quite so engrossed. It's prompted her to ponder ... is competitive drive a virtue?

Also this week, why friendships need intimacy.

And Eliza finds joy in David Sedaris' writing in the New Yorker.

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Friendships need intimacy, too. Here’s how to build it. By Melissa Pandika.

Can’t focus on a book? Audiobooks, with the right narrator, are the answer? The Sun Herald

The Daughter of Time – Josephine Tey

Slow Burn podcast – Season 5 – The Road to the Iraq War

'Pearls' The New Yorker - David Sedaris