Explore the latest virtual content from the Getty and listen to various intriguing podcasts on topics you may not have explored before.

Something a little bit different this month — we’ve collated a series of online events for you to consider that are being held online from the Getty Museum.

Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar, was set to be a pillar of the establishment before dropping out to pursue country music. The singer’s greatest hits came from the years he spent as a struggling songwriter chronicling messy, itinerant lives.

‘Art has made my life magical at a time when I thought it would be unbearable,” Billy Connolly says. “My disease creeps up on me — every day it gets stranger and more different. I don’t know how I would have coped without drawing. It’s taken me out of the scene and put me somewhere else, where I can survey it from a different angle.”

Looking for something new to read? This collection of recent releases offers something for all tastes – from local stories from Tina Makereti, Samuel Whitelock and Polly Markus, to international fiction that spans the cloisters of Cambridge to Cape Cod, and some inspiring cookbooks.

Getty continues its online-accessible series of exhibits and art exploration. Explore the range of online events, podcasts, and articles.

Getty continues its online-accessible series of exhibits and art exploration. Explore the range of online events, podcasts, and articles.

The Sunday Times Bestseller List is the oldest and most influential book sales chart in the UK, and the one that every author wants to be on. The listings are based on data collected each Saturday for the following Sunday by Nielsen BookScan (which has been collecting digital data since 1998) and the chart is the most accurate and comprehensive estimation of book sales in the country.

“According to an enormous body of research, social connection is as essential for our long-term health as a balanced diet and regular physical activity, while loneliness can be a slow-acting poison that severely reduces our lifespan,” writes the science writer David Robson in his book The Laws of Connection. In this rigorous and clearly written blend of research and practical tips, Robson makes the case that social contact is not just a nice-to-have in life, it is essential for our survival.

Getty continues its online-accessible series of exhibits and art exploration. Explore the range of online events, podcasts, and articles.

Over the past five days, the annual Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place at Worthy Farm, near Somerset, England. More than 200,000 music fans gathered to hear performances by Coldplay, Dua Lipa, Cyndi Lauper, Idles, Janelle Monáe, and many more artists. The festival wrapped up Monday, and on Tuesday workers and volunteer cleanup crews were tidying the trampled farm grounds.

Getty continues its online-accessible series of exhibits and art exploration. Explore the range of online events, podcasts, and articles.

Getty continues its online-accessible series of exhibits and art exploration. Explore the range of online events, podcasts, and articles.

The message from Jordan R Peterson that attracted sometimes hysterical attention was relatively straightforward. Life is tough, so stand up straight. Stop moaning. Tidy your bedroom. Ditch the victimhood and the identity politics, and, if you are male (as 80 per cent of his YouTube viewers are), man up. Get a job. Get a wife. Have children and bring them up properly. This is what worked for previous societies and it will probably work for you. We review his much vaunted sequel to 12 Rules For Life — Beyond Order.

Overwhelmed by the number of TV shows on Netflix? Finding you spend more time scrolling than you do watching these days? Looking for new TV series that break out of the echo-chamber of algorithmic recommendations? Our list of the 50 best TV shows to watch on Netflix right now may be just what you’ve been looking for.

Through the words of Tacitus, Seneca, Martial, and a host of others, including ordinary Romans, Guy de la Bedoyere takes the reader into a world of violent politics, civil disorder, unspeakably brutal entertainments, extravagance, decadence, eroticism, exotica, and staggering inequality, participated in daily by the Roman people from the hyper-rich elite to the lowliest slaves. Populus places those who experienced Rome in person at the forefront of their story, from the rabble-rousing senator Clodius Pulcher to Pliny the Elder and Hortensia who defended the rights of women in court to the ex-slave and celebrity baker Eurysaces. 

It’s Easter time. The sun is occasionally breaking through the clouds, chocolate eggs are on special at Countdown, and we’re looking forward to our after Easter break. Ahhrrr how I love the quaint tradition of Dominion Day! What better time to catch up on some reading? Here are some short-ish, new-ish paperbacks our secret readers group has enjoyed over the past couple of years — just the right length for a glass of SB. Oh alright then, it’s only 2.00pm — a cuppa tea and a sunny couch.

Getty continues its online-accessible series of exhibits and art exploration. Explore the range of online events, podcasts, and articles.

Getty continues its online-accessible series of exhibits and art exploration. Explore the range of online events, podcasts, and articles.