Movie: Top Gun: Maverick. This is a great movie. It fulfils its remit so magnificently; to be a swept along rollercoaster of the archetypal story arc. It absolutely nails what huge slice of entertainment a film like this should be
TV show: Either Dopesick on Disney, or Slow Horses on Apple TV
Video game (single player): I don’t invest a huge amount of time in gaming nowadays, and generally don’t buy stuff on release. However, because not only did I buy a PS5 and Horizon: FW pretty close to release, I have to give it game of this year, just because I played it when it came out, and, largely enjoyed it. I was less wowed by it than its predecessor though.
Video game (multiplayer): Lol. I think I played about four hours of multiplayer coop Halo 3 with my daughter in September. That can’t count
Book: the most informative and thought provoking book I read this year, was A General Theory Of Love, by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini and Richard Lennon (All MDs). It’s a few years old now, and some of the neurobiology is out of date, but it was nevertheless a largely insightful read into the science of emotions. Why we feel, what goes on physically, understanding that and looking at the psychology and neuroscience as well. It gets a little clunky in places, with prose that doesn’t fit the purpose, but there’s an inevitability about that when you consider the limitations of our language, how it came about, and what they’re trying to describe.
Song: Oh, so much. Let’s throw Wet Leg in for the hugely fun On The Chaise Lounge