The Hitlist: July 2024

Hello July! We've found the best things to do, listen to, read and watch this month!

A coming-of-age album shaped for complex times, Vertigo witnesses Brit-pops most exciting voice, Griff, scaling new creative heights. Griff’s debut album turns the tumultuousness of young adulthood into a source of power. Throughout the record, the Brits Rising Star winner draws on her sideways origin-story, from her unorthodox Chinese-Jamaican outsider-status growing up to launching an international music career from the confines of her bedroom.

Based on Holly Jacksons hit crime thriller novel, this hotly anticipated 6-part series lands on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer on the 1st July. Five years ago schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend Sal Singh. Case closed. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it. But smart and single-minded Pip Fitz-Amobi isn't so sure and she’s determined to prove it. If Sal Singh isn’t a murderer and the real killer is still out there, how far will they go to keep Pip from the truth?

This darkly brilliant debut novel from poet, author and speaker, Gatwood, explores how women build themselves—beneath the gaze of love, friendship, and the algorithm. Oddball pair Mitty and Bethel’s lives are about to be irrevocably disrupted when a new couple, Lena and Sebastian, move in next door. Because on the quiet outskirts of Silicon Valley, nothing is off-limits, and what was once considered dystopia is now reality...

Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place Festival has one clear ethos and ambition - to offer something for everyone to help clear the mind, bring simple joy and help unlock that inner happiness. With a range of special guest speakers, talks, activities and classes to experience, Fearne brings her popular podcast to life in the gorgeous Chiswick House & Gardens.

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