Finished reading: The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley 📚

Finished reading: A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway 📚

Finished reading: The Monk Who Sold his Ferrari by Robin Sharma 📚

Finished reading: Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger 📚

Finished reading: Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry 📚

Finished reading: How to Set Goals with Kaizen & Ikigai by Anthony Raymond 📚

Finished reading: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann 📚

Finished reading: Blink by Malcolm Gladwell 📚

Finished reading: The Road Less Travelled by M. Scott Peck 📚

Finished reading: Introducing George the Poet by George the Poet 📚

Finished reading: Epidemics of Modern Life by Oliver Burkeman 📚

Finished reading: The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz 📚

Finished reading: The Comfort Book by Matt Haig 📚

Finished reading: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 📚

Finished reading: The PARA Method by Tiago Forte 📚

Finished reading: Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg 📚

Finished reading: The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer 📚

Finished reading: Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell 📚

Finished reading: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman 📚

Finished reading: The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday 📚

Finished reading: Mayflies by Andrew O’Hagan 📚

Finished reading: Hooked by Paul Merson 📚

Finished reading: How To Talk Finance by Ted Wainman 📚

When I heard the news about Sinéad O’Connor, I was immediately transported back to 1987, living at my grandmother’s, listening to The Lion and the Cobra on cassette.

It was one of a small number of albums that meant a great deal to me then. Her vocal performance was mesmerising and the standout track for me was always Troy.

A few years later, when I got my first CD player I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got was my first CD. She was hugely talented, shamefully underrated and a true trailblazer.

I agree with very little of what Morrissey says these days, though I continue to enjoy his music. But this is powerful.

RIP Shuhada’ Sadaqat

Finished reading: Ikigai by Héctor García 📚