My Culture Fix – Updated for 2024

My favourite author or book

Hard to pick just one but favourite authors are Alice Oseman, Rick Riordan and John Green. Would read anything that they write. My favourite new book is Wolfsong by TJ Klune and my favourite older book is Love Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur.

The book I’m reading

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston.

The book I wish I had written
Solitaire by Alice Oseman.

The book I couldn’t finish
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.

The book I’m ashamed I haven’t read

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

My favourite film
The Day After Tomorrow.


My favourite play
Prima Facie starring Jodie Comer.

The box set I’m hooked on
Last one was Manifest but currently waiting for the next one.

My favourite TV series
Heartstopper, Outnumbered or Doctor Who.

My favourite piece of music
The Chain by Fleetwood Mac.

The last film that made me cry
We Live in Time starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield.


The lyric I’d wish I’d written
Made it out alive, but I think I lost it
Said that I was fine, said it from the coffin
Remember how I died when you started walking?
That’s my life, that’s my life
I’ll put up a fight, taking out my earrings
Don’t you know the vibe? Don’t you know the feeling?
You should spend the night, catch me on your ceiling
That’s your prize, that’s your prize

– Gracie Abrams ‘That’s So True’

The instrument I play
Piano and previously violin.

The instrument I wish I’d learnt
Guitar.

If I could own one painting
Yellow Chair by Vincent Van Gogh.


The place I feel happiest
On holiday either sun or snow.

The movie I’m looking forward to
Avengers: Doomsday.

I wasted an evening watching…
Wolfs with George Clooney and Brad Pitt.

The film I walked out on
Never happened as an adult but there are a few horrors I haven’t enjoyed.

My guiltiest cultural pleasure
Élite – Spanish drama that could rival Riverdale.

Overrated
It Ends with Us (film and book).

Underrated
My Lady Jane on Amazon Prime. First series was amazing but it didn’t get a second.