Hi friends,

Our baby is due to arrive in 23 days, so I thought I'd get this newsletter out before I'm drowning in nappies.

Life is busy. Our house is a building site. We probably didn't time this right.

But enough about me. How are you? Excited for Christmas? Coping with the darker days?

Hope you enjoy the links. I'll see you on the other side.

Your friend,
Luke

P.S. If you're in London, you might be able to get super-fast fibre broadband now. We just switched to Community Fibre. If you use my link, we both get a bit of cash. And fast internet.

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Ten Things

1. 💿 Coldplay – Music of the Spheres

I know Coldplay aren't cool (snore) but the new record is poppin'.

2. 📺 Succession

Finally jumped on the bandwagon and this is exceptional TV.

3. 📺 Big Mouth

My favourite comedy show is back for another potty-mouthed season.

4. 📝 Volume control: how creating my library brought order in a world of chaos

Marvel at this woman who turned an entire room into a personal library.

5. 📝 The nothingness of money

How to think, or not think, about money.

6. 📝 How the maestro got his hands back

Unbelievable story about a pianist who managed to play again thanks to fancy tech.

7. 📝 The soft sell

Erection and hair loss treatments are on the rise (whey-oh!). Here's why.

8. 📝 Bookshops thrive as France moves to protect sellers from Amazon

French bookshops are standing up to Amazon and I'm here for it.

9. 📝 ‘I’m terrified it might be my last chance’: the rise of the pre-baby ‘stag do’

Got my baby stag do this weekend. It's gonna be wild. I mean, tame.

10. 📚 Jeanine Cummins – American Dirt

I tore through this book during a period of insomnia and it's so damn good. A fast-paced thriller about a woman trying to escape a Mexican cartel with her child, facing myriad setbacks along the way.

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👨🏻‍🚀 I'm Luke, a freelance writer and maker. If you liked this email, tell a friend. If you're new here, you can subscribe.

💁🏻‍♂️ You might like these things I've written on being a freelance writer, giving your money away, taking care of your brain, and tools to get things done.

✏️ Ten Things is edited by Annabel Bligh.

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