The FT has a list of the best writing from other publications, chosen by FT writers.
https://www.ft.com/content/72d0c559-3d04-44b9-8acc-86d858aab4c6 I clicked on a scathing review of a book - always good for laffs when you're not a writer - and about half way down, realised why I don't read any more. I'm just too scared I'll run into revolting, scarring or terrifying stuff like this. Give me my kdramas where I can predict the entire 133-episode series from the opening shot. If anyone wants to see a series that's so bad it's bad, try "The Last Empress" on Netflix. It is truly awful but the cast appears to be enjoying itself to the teeth. Best, Jo On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM Huda Masood via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote: > The most interesting thing I’ve done this year is pick olives by hand. > > I spent 8 days in Trapani, Sicily (caught ringworm from a farm kitten > but that’s another story) hand picking olives with 9 other people. > I spent the days climbing, testing the boundaries of how strong olive > branches can be (very strong) and picking olives by hand while having deep, > multilingual conversations with strangers that I learned a lot from. > > And windsurfing on branches, when I climbed high enough to poke my head > out of the canopy and the wind blew ahead of the storm. > > Olive oil that is fresh out of the mill is a completely different > creature on your tongue. > I highly recommend it if you have the chance. > > It’s slow, non tech and hard physical work. > The end result is radioactive green olive oil and a lot of memories and > dreams collected from others. Everyone talks to each other when we’re all > up in one tree. > > Huda Masood > > > > On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 at 08:13, Udhay Shankar N via Silklist < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm expanding my TBR/TBW further. :) >> >> Please share the interesting things (that are not books) you read/saw >> this year. Articles, videos, films, talks, concerts... >> >> Udhay >> -- >> Silklist mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >> > -- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >
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