Locked in at home, travelling to outer space seems like such a dream right now that you might as well ask for the moon
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My mental bandwidth for keeping up with the Internet has declined. But the heart still yearns for learning and so this week I stumbled upon the podcast 5 Minute Biographies hosted by Wayne Armstrong that brings you the biographies of the greats — from Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn to Charles Darwin and Charles Dickens — in a nutshell. Armstrong's clear narration is the ear therapy you need.
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Locked in at home, travelling to outer space seems like such a dream right now that you might as well ask for the moon. But I took a trip to another dimension with Hugh Laurie when I watched Avenue 5 recently, a new dark comedy about a bunch of fat-cat tourists stuck in a malfunctioning space ship. A mishap extends their return to earth and Laurie has to keep the house in order since he's the captain of the vehicle. Or the question is, is he?
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