SRSLY #32: Big Love
On the pop culture podcast this week, we discuss the Netflix TV series Love, the film A Bigger Splash, and…
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Revisiting Catullus, from political battles to Roman contraception
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The North Water is a bloody, gripping thriller set on board a whaling ship
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The graphic memoirs which show the personal side of history
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Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, dies aged 89
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