![]() It’s about the royals, it’s about stuff that happened 30 years ago, and Tina Brown has a British accent. Tina Brown’s The Diana Chronicles is a really good escapist listen. Also, I am comforted by deep Northern Irish accents, and the narrator, Matthew Blaney, has a great one. I thought I knew a lot about the Troubles, but I really didn’t until I read this. It’s dark, and the last third, after the conflict is over and they’re all dealing with the fallout (PTSD, community collapse) is really just so sad. It felt more like I was listening to Serial or Slow Burn than anything else. It’s an incredibly well-reported book about the Troubles in Northern Ireland, focusing on two women on both sides of the conflict. I just finished (and restarted) listening to Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe on Audible. Here are some top audiobook picks from Cut staff and friends. It’s nice just to hear one person talk for a while plus, it’s a relatively passive, escapist downtime activity you can do while cooking or cleaning. Podcasts are one option, but I’m finding audiobooks especially comforting right now. ![]() What I can do (besides play video games) is listen. And while getting a lot “done” during this uncertain period sounds like a great idea in theory, in reality, it’s a lot more difficult to enact - I can’t read a physical book for more than ten minutes without checking my phone for more news. ![]() We all have a lot of time at home on our hands right now. ![]()
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