Plus Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake, Emily Kam Kngwarray at the Tate Modern & Naan Stop Indian Cuisine!

Reading: When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution’s Greatest Romance by Riley Black

Listening #1: Antidepressants by Suede

Listening #2: Black Thunder by Brittany Davis

Looking: The Art of Emily Kam Kngwarray — Current Exhibition at the Tate Modern! On view until January 11, 2026!

Viewing: I, Daniel Blake (2016) — directed by Ken Loach, starring Dave Johns & Hayley Squires

Tasting: Naan Stop Indian Cuisine (Athens, Greece)

This Week’s Words of Wisdom: Richard Wright (September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960): “Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.” — Richard Wright [Source: Azquotes]

Plus Eloghosa Osunde's brilliant new novel, the dynamic ceramic art of Roberto Lugo, & Cookoomela Grill — Athens' oldest vegan restaurant!

Reading: Necessary Fiction by Eloghosa Osunde

Listening: Flux by Alison Goldfrapp

Looking: The Art of Ceramicist Roberto Lugo

Viewing: DEVO (Netflix) — New documentary (directed by Chris Smith) about the iconic band!

Tasting: Delicious Street Food at Athens’ Oldest Vegan Restaurant — Cookoomela Grill in Exarcheia!

This Week’s Words of Wisdom: Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967):

• “Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.” — Dorothy Parker
• “The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” — Dorothy Parker
• “Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.” — Dorothy Parker
• “Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.” — Dorothy Parker
• “Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.” — Dorothy Parker
• “Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.” — Dorothy Parker
• “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.” — Dorothy Parker
• “Q: What’s the difference between an enzyme and a hormone? A: You can’t hear an enzyme.” — Dorothy Parker
• “The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'check enclosed.'” — Dorothy Parker
• “That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.” — Dorothy Parker

Plus one of Africa's cultural landmarks — Ọṣun-Òṣogbo Sacred Grove, & a beautiful bottle of bubbly in Porto Rafti, Greece!

Reading: In the Absence of Men by Philippe Besson

Listening: Celebrating the Centennial Birthday of Legendary Pianist & Composer Oscar Peterson! (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007)

Looking: Ọṣun-Òṣogbo Sacred Grove, Nigeria | Africa’s Cultural Landmarks (via The Met)

Viewing: Our Pick for One of the Year’s Best New Films! On Becoming a Guinea Fowl — written & directed by Rungano Nyoni, starring Susan Chardy, Elizabeth Chisela & Henry B.J. Phiri

Tasting: Domaine Spiropoulos Ode Panos Mantinia Brut (PDO Mantinia, Greece)

This Week’s Words of Wisdom: Marcel Proust (1871 – 1922): “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” — Marcel Proust [Source: Quotefancy]