Suspecting we were on the verge of lockdown at any minute, I asked the kind people of Instagram what got them through their first lockdown. So here is a rudimentary list of the suggestions I received.
Films
Grey Garden (Documentary)
I, Tonya
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (Documentary)
King of Kong (Documentary)
Lady Bird
Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Out of Africa
Raise Hell - The Life & Times Of Molly Ivins (Documentary) -
Rebecca (Hitchcock Version)
Studio Ghibli Films
Third Man
Toy Story 4
Books
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson.
I Captured a Castle by Dodie Smith
My Brilliant Friend Series by Elena Ferrante
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Lady In Waiting by Anne Glenconner
Madame de Pompadour by Nancy Mitford
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk
The Mystery Of Henri Pick by David Foenkinos
The Tree Where the Man Was Born - By Peter Matthiessen
The Unfinished Palazzo by Judith Mackrell
The Whole Life by Robert Seethaler
Podcast & Radio
Bringing Up Britain - Radio Four
Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
The Missing Cryptoqueen Podcast
TV Shows
Pride & Prejudice (TV Series)
The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty
Any additions let me know!