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Grenson Community | 23 Feb 2021
READ, LISTEN, WATCH
Are you as bored as we are in lockdown and running out of TV to watch or books to read? Well we thought we’d help you out a bit by asking the Grenson team for some of their top recommendations that have been getting them through lockdown. Below are some of the highlights that we suggest and for the rest of the month we will be posting recommendations weekly on Instagram. We’d love to hear from you – so let us know your suggestions.
• The Thursday Murder Club // Richard Osmond
• The Chiffon Trenches // Andre Leon Talley
• A Modern Way To Cook // Anna Jones
- Rootbound // Alice Vincent
• Green lights // Matthew McConaughey
• The Five // Hallie Rubenhold
• Fire Island, Indonesia // Eleanor Ford (Food)
- Bosh (Food, all plant based) // Henry Firth & Ian Theasby
• Leon, Happy Salads (Food)
• All Quiet On The Western Front // Erich Maria Remarque
• Original flava, Caribbean (Food) // Craig and Shaun McAnuff
• Slow (Food) // Gizzi Erskine
• Discipline equals freedom - A book written by a retired US navy seal about ways to motivate and change your everyday life.
• The Tattooist of Auschwitz // Heather Morris
• The Seven Sisters // Lucinda Riley
• The Family upstairs // Lisa Jewell
• Theo from Press suggests “It's all in your head: Get out of your way // Russ - Really interesting, not your usual self-help book”
- The End of Eddy // Edward Louis - really moving and emotional.
• Jen from Sales suggests “Whatever you read, buy from https://uk.bookshop.org/ and support independent bookshops!”
• Adam Buxton // Podcast
• My Dad Wrote A Porno // Podcast
• Smokestak // Spotify Playlist
• Jump Blues // Spotify Playlist
- Butter // Spotify Playlist
• Beer and Wings // Spotify Playlist
• Nightcap // Spotify Playlist
• Bossa Nova // Spotify Playlist
• Folk Feast // Spotify Playlist
- Talk Art // Podcast
• Wine & Dine // Spotify Playlist
• Reggae BBQ // Spotify Playlist
• Caribou // Suddenly – (Album)
• George FitzGerald // Fading Love – (album)
• Ben Comber // Radio
• The EC Method // Podcast
• Hidden Brain // Podcast
• The Daily NY Times
• Tara Brach // Podcast
• Ear hustle // Podcast
- Louis Theroux – Grounded // Podcast
• Nick from Jermyn Street suggests – “State of independence-Donna summer. - A song that brings a smile to my face that reminds me of my late teens early 20’s and being out on the club scene in London and abroad”
• Foo Fighters // Medicine at Midnight - Album
• The Square Ball // Spotify Podcast
• Animal Farm // George Orwell - Audiobook
• Wholesome // Spotify Playlist
• Good Energy // Spotify Playlist
• Malik // Band
• The King of Staten Island // (Sky)
• Thelma and Louise // (Sky)
• Joan Didion: The Centre Will Not Hold // (Netflix)
• Married at First Sight Australia // (Sky Catch Up)
- My Octopus Teacher // (Netflix)
• Three Billboards // (Amazon Prime)
• The Imposter // (Online)
• Going Clear: Scientology and the prison of belief // (Online)
• Ratched // (Netflix)
• Searching for Sugarman // (Amazon Prime)
• Green book // (Netflix or Amazon)
• Dark Waters // (Amazon prime)
• Official secrets // (Amazon prime)
• The Dig // (Netflix)
• Bling Empire // (Netflix)
• Spiral // (iPlayer)
• Lupin // (Netflix)
• Zero Zero Zero // (Sky)
• Succession // (Sky)
• Ozarks // (Netflix)
• Uncut gems // (Netflix)
• Queen and slim // (Amazon Prime)
• Five Corners // (Amazon Prime)
- The Intouchables (French version not dubbed) // (Amazon)
• Terms of Endearment
• Nick from Jermyn Street says – “Disappearance at the Cecil Hotel // Netflix - Crime Documentary about the vanishing of a Canadian student at the Notorious Cecil Hotel in Skid Row downtown LA. Fascinating and very Creepy
• Hunters- Amazon prime, - This is a Dark comedy series staring Al Pacino about Nazi hunters in 1970’s New York, very Tarantino Esq with a brilliant Soundtrack”
• Banshee // (Sky)
• Yellowstone
• The Good Liar
- The Last Full Measure – Totally recommend -True story
• La Haine
• Magnolia
• Soulmates
• Booksellers
• Theo from Press says “Guide to meditation // Netflix -Super informative and relaxing.
• Abstract // Netflix - All about different design techniques, really informative and easy to watch.
• Back to life // Netflix - dark comedy, really funny and easy to watch.
• Never to Small // YouTube - short videos on interior design and architecture. The music in these vids is so nice.
• Nowness, In Residence series // YouTube - Very nicely shot short vids on designers, architects and their homes. Really cool and features abroad spectrum of people with different creative backgrounds.
• Call my Agent // Netflix - really good and super funny
• Bling Empire // Insane