Notice: due to distraction, the People of LWON are posting only Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays. We’ll be back in strength in the foreseeable, we hope, and meanwhile wash your hands and socially distance because we love you.

End of Decade Viewing

Our first love may have been the written word, but the People of LWON are also avid watchers of film and television. Here’s what has been flickering across our screens this year: Jessa: My most moving television experience of 2019 has been the BBC and HBO co-production Years and Years. The inciting incident is that […]

End of Decade Reading List

Every year, the People of LWON reach into their bookshelves and Goodreads lists and towering intellects to tell you what you should be reading in the holiday season–or any other free time you may be gifted with. This is our sixth year of such pontificating. Among the books below is your next favorite: Ann:  As […]

The Things We Hope To Leave Behind

Yesterday the People of LWON discussed our hopes for 2020. Today, we reflect on what we hope to leave behind. Ann:  Serious answer is, that’s a little complicated.  After a certain point in life, you’ve got more behind you than in front and surely it would be blind-stupid graceless to not weigh carefully what you […]

LWON Looks Ahead to 2020

Happy American Thanksgiving! In the past we’ve written group posts about gratitude. This year, we thought we’d do something different: lay bare our hopes for the future. Here is what the People of LWON are most looking forward to in 2020. Craig: The numbers, 2020, are pleasing to the eye and roll off the tongue […]

This week

This week (and to be honest, part of last), what with August being August, we’re running the posts we’ve liked best. Maybe we have criteria by which we choose, possibly not. We hope you like them.

Holiday Screen Guide

Welcome to the 5th Annual Last Word On Nothing Holiday Screen Guide, where people of LWON share their TV and movie recommendations for those cozy winter hours warmed by the flicker of the computer screen. Jenny: Have I raved before about The Great British Baking Show? Well, anyway, I’m chuffed that Netflix has put up […]