Afternoon Tea (6/28/19)

The way he talks about both Linda and John just kills me: Paul McCartney on Linda’s best photos: ‘Seeing the joy between me and John really helped me’

Ooh there are some GREAT choices in this list: 21 YA eBooks on Sale for Under $3 for Pride Month!

How to Cut Cheese Like a Pro

The Best Ice Cream Shop in Every State

Fancy a Mystery-Inspired Board Game?

Morning Coffee (6/14/19)

Time for Friday happy links! With some LATE-BREAKING HAPPY NEWS: Taylor's got a new single out, wherever you listen to such things! (And a new album in August.)

!!! ‘Orphan Black’ Storyline Continues With Tatiana Maslany Voicing New Audio Series for Serial Box

Ooh, Frozen II trailer!

The Times has a new puzzle game called Tiles and WARNING: very addictive.

SO CUTE: Tiny Prince Louis Makes His Trooping The Colour Debut…

The three original seasons of Veronica Mars will be on Hulu on July 1st if you want to catch up or rewatch before the new season!

I'm saving this to watch over the weekend but YAY: Sesame Street: Tiny Desk Concert

The Muppet Movie is coming back to theaters for its 40th anniversary

Ooh: FOR ALL MANKIND: Apple TV+ Reveals First Trailer for Alternate Reality NASA Drama

Once Threatened, Europe’s Night Trains Rebound

These Are the Craziest Milkshakes in Every State

Afternoon Tea (6/3/19)

Memories of Massacres Were Long Suppressed Here. Tourists Now Retrace the Atrocities.

A NatGeo TV Drama Is 'Inspired' By A 1989 Ebola Crisis In The U.S. How Accurate Is It?

This is so cool: Martin Parr's Soviet space dog collection – in pictures

Bradley Whitford Will Save Us From the Monsters

38 of the Best YAs of June

Afternoon Tea (5/31/19)

I'm so excited for this book and this is a great interview: How Jasmine Guillory invites readers to celebrate with The Wedding Party

This is fascinating: In Turkey, Keeping a Language of Whistles Alive

A Journey to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Where Sleeping Beauty Awakens

Celebrating the Eclipse That Let Einstein Shine

19 Cucumber Recipes to Keep Cool With All Summer

Morning Coffee (5/26/19)

Australia’s conservative party retains power in shocking election result

In Parliament Elections, Populists Seek to Break the E.U. From Within

'Here We Go Again:' Judge Blocks Mississippi Abortion Ban

Federal judge blocks part of Trump’s US-Mexico border wall

Sad and scary: Jews in Germany warned of risks of wearing kippah cap in public

How Trump Is Outspending Every 2020 Democrat on Facebook

Funding shortfalls threaten Alaska ionosphere research center

Ugh: Amazon prevails in battle with South American countries for ‘.amazon’ domain name

This is so horrifying: Listen to an author realize her forthcoming book contains a terrible mistake

Lost Your Passport? For Americans in Austria, Any McDonald’s Can Help

Afternoon Tea (5/24/19)

This is FASCINATING: The Invisible City Beneath Paris

I love her: Emma Thompson Gets a Shock at 60

Belgian Monastery Will Brew Beer Again, After A 220-Year Pause

Can you guess the British city from the vintage travel poster?

Summer Reading Megalist: Fantastic, Fabulous, F/F Fiction

Afternoon Tea (5/17/19)

Your wild Friday afternoon read: The School Photo Industry Is a Master Class in Drama

How the Hell Has Danielle Steel Managed to Write 179 Books?

A Journey Into Greece’s Land of a Thousand Stories

The Dream of the ’90s Is Alive in AriZona Iced Tea

How social media–savvy youth became the unofficial keepers of queer history

Afternoon Tea (5/15/19)

Argentina’s Economic Misery Could Bring Populism Back to the Country

How Casey Cep Wrote the True-Crime Book Harper Lee Couldn’t

In African Villages, These Phones Become Ultrasound Scanners

This is such a tough aspect of apartment living: Listening to My Neighbors Fight (...I just realized I have two Maris Kreizman pieces linked in this post but I DON'T CARE, Maris is great.)

Discovering Cheese and Tradition in the Swedish North

Afternoon Tea (5/9/19)

The Black Feminists Who Saw the Alt-Right Threat Coming

Syrup Is as Canadian as a Maple Leaf. That Could Change With the Climate.

At Egypt’s Tourism Gems, Animal Abuse Is an Ugly Flaw

How Barilla used its CEO’s homophobic comments to reshape the company’s image

Nancy Astor: A Mother in the House

Afternoon Tea (4/19/19)

The Children of the Children of Columbine

The Quest for the Most Elusive Material in Physics

Why I write carefree Muslim girls

Funeral workers are finally opening up about the job’s emotional toll

Top Ten Revolutionary War Patriot Homes in Connecticut

Afternoon Tea (4/5/19)

Billie Eilish Is Not Your Typical 17-Year-Old Pop Star. Get Used to Her.

Eee, part two! Queens of Infamy: Josephine Bonaparte, from Malmaison to More-Than-Monarch

‘It’s true companionship’: He’s biking around the world, with a cat on his back

The evolution of Sansa Stark, explained by her costumes

One for All and All for One: YA Ensemble Casts You’ll Want to Join

Afternoon Tea (4/2/19)

Russia Ordered a Killing That Made No Sense. Then the Assassin Started Talking.

Who Counts as a Woman?

The impossible quest to build a better breast pump

There Is No Reason to Cross the U.S. by Train. But I Did It Anyway.

WELL, this hit close to home: To the Type-A Person Having a Meltdown

Afternoon Tea (3/29/19)

Your Friday afternoon probably needs this: Queens of Infamy: Josephine Bonaparte, from Martinique to Merveilleuse

Ooh, a radio diary! Blair Braverman And Her Dogs Finish First Attempt At Iditarod

The Passionate, Progressive Politics of Julia Child

This is a DELIGHT: Rick Steves Wants to Save the World, One Vacation at a Time

Spring Books Preview: Fiction We Can’t Wait to Read by Sally Rooney, Susan Choi, and Others

Afternoon Tea (2/25/19)

Inside the Rise and Fall of a Multimillion-Dollar Airbnb Scheme

This is a great interview with Casey McQuiston about her upcoming prince/president's son rom-com, WHICH IS EXTREMELY GOOD.

Heavy Metal Confronts Its Nazi Problem

Is the Insect Apocalypse Really Upon Us?

What Happens When Sister Cities Break Up?

Afternoon Tea (2/20/19)

This Is Her: The Lost Past and Hopeful Future of Mandy Moore

Meet the Mormon Transhumanists Seeking Salvation in the Singularity

He sounds exhausting: Tolstoy Ghosted His Wife Then Up and Died

A Whale's Afterlife

In the Fair City of Verona, Star-Cross’d Lovers Want to Believe in ‘La Casa di Giulietta’

Afternoon Tea (2/11/19)

At Checkpoint Charlie, Cold War History Confronts Crass Commercialism

These grandparents sold gay porn for decades and almost went to prison. Now, they are calling it quits

How Russia infiltrated the world of American religious-right filmmaking

How Lego Patents Helped Build a Toy Empire, Brick by Brick

Lots of good stuff here: 2018 Locus Recommended Reading List

Afternoon Tea (2/7/19)

Coming of Age Unvaccinated

A thought-provoking piece on nuclear tourism: Chasing the Apocalypse

The Fatal Ensnaring of Dan DePew

We Deserve More Black Stories with Happy Endings

The Ascension in Anglo-Saxon England

Afternoon Tea (1/28/19)

Why Do the Oscars Keep Falling for Racial Reconciliation Fantasies?

There’s a Weird, Sexist Problem in Fantasy That We Need to Talk About

The History Before Us

In Britain, Enraptured by the Wild, Lonely and Remote

Lab notebooks - handwriting at the core of science

Morning Coffee (1/11/19)

Time for Friday happy links!

Your feel-good story of the day: Actor Joe Manganiello brings his love of Dungeons and Dragons to kids at Pittsburgh hospital

AMAZING: British Museum realises 'vase' is in fact an ancient mace-head displayed upside down

!! Netflix Orders ‘Shadow And Bone’ Series Based On Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse Novels From Eric Heisserer & Shawn Levy

I am obsessed with this New Yorker cover.

Starbucks’ Newest Drink Tastes Just Like Cookie Butter

Meghan Markle’s Royal Patronages Will Focus on These Four Interests

Heh: Fact-checking the mob song from ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Fug Nation Loves Slippers!

The Best Time of Day to Book Your Next Flight

Let's go! This Book-filled Hotel in Cambridge, England, Is the Ultimate Getaway for Bibliophiles

Morning Coffee (1/4/19)

It's time for Friday happy links, but there's actually . . . happy political stuff?!?!

Nancy Pelosi’s first speech as House speaker celebrated women’s accomplishments

Kyrsten Sinema Makes History As First Openly Bisexual Person Sworn In To Senate

Democratic Majority Reinstates Gun Ban In New Hampshire House Chamber

New York gets a non-binary option on birth certificates starting today

!! Jamelle Bouie Joins The New York Times Opinion Pages as Columnist

Far side of the moon: China's Chang'e 4 probe makes historic touchdown

Mexican Archaeologists Discover Pre-Hispanic Temple of 'The Flayed Lord'

Obviously there are many more important things about Cecile Richards than her beauty routine but that was interesting too.

Check Out These 14 Adorable Library Cards

LET'S GO: Winter weekends away: 10 of the best country house hotels