Home > Culture > Life > The Monthly Hot List- June 2022 Post author By The Mum Club Post date 1 June 2022 The Monthly Hot List- June 2022 The Mum Club1 June 2022 Tv & Film Everything I Know About Love – BBC One (7th June) We are huge fans of Dolly Alderton at TMC and are very excited about the TV adaptation of Everything I Know About Love. The TV show will focus on the fictionalised story of Maggie and Birdy – two young women who have remained best friends since school. The official synopsis reads: “[Everything I Know About Love is] a generous, funny, warm-hearted, and uplifting Sex and The City for millennials which covers bad dates and squalid flat-shares, heartaches, and humiliations, and, most importantly, unbreakable female friendships.” We can’t wait! Watch Now Love Island – ITV (6th June) Love it or hate it – there is no escaping it! Love Island is back! ITV is keeping quiet on all the details but we do know that Love Island has a new villa in Mallorca, Laura Whitmore is back hosting and Iain Stirling will continue his role as narrator. There is always so much debate about whether Love Island offers enough in the way of diversity so it will be interesting to see who the contestants are for 2022. The makers of Love Island do deserve some praise as they have ditched their usual fast-fashion sponsor of the show in favour of eBay. Watch Now Books The Wedding Night – Harriet Walker What do you do when the wedding of your dreams turns into a nightmare? ‘The Wedding Night’ is a thriller, with intriguing characters, a captivating story, and a thoroughly satisfying twist! It’s the perfect summer beach read! “When Lizzie calls off her wedding in the south of France only a week before the big day, not even her closest friends know why. But since the chateau is already paid for, they figure it’s the perfect place to take Lizzie’s mind off her suddenly single state. But when the group arrives, the wedding is waiting for them – food, flowers, and all. The next day, Lizzie wakes to find her friends have drunkenly revelled in the wedding-that-wasn’t – but not all their antics were benign. Someone is set on tormenting Lizzie, and she can’t think who.” Buy Now Fix the System, Not the Women – Laura Bates Laura Bates is a feminist writer and activist – she founded the Everyday Sexism Project. In this book, ‘Fix the System, Not the Women’ Laura connects the dots between incidents of violence against women and the institutional and systemic misogyny that is ingrained in our society. “Every three days in the UK, women are murdered by their current or former partners. 137 women worldwide are killed by a family member every day. These are not isolated incidents. They are part of a devastatingly clear pattern. But it is a pattern we are so used to seeing that we simply don’t notice it anymore. These incidents are the product of a society in which misogyny is so deeply ingrained that it has simply become part of our daily lives.” It’s a challenging but entertaining and informative read. Laura gives intelligent advice. “Get your daughters to read this, but only after your partners and sons have finished it!” Buy Now Podcasts Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV – Pandora Sykes and Sirin Kale Journalists Pandora Sykes and Sirin Kale explore how reality TV shapes our lives and the ethical questions raised by the format, featuring iconic shows and stars. The 10-part series is a fascinating exploration into how dominant reality TV has become over the last two decades. The series starts with Britain’s first ‘official’ reality show – Big Brother, and how it became a global phenomenon and features interviews with ‘Nasty Nick’ and Brian Dowling. Other episodes explore X-Factor, The Hills, TOWIE, Made in Chelsea, The Real Housewives and finally, Love Island. Listen Now Vicky Pattison: The Secret To – Vicky Pattison Vicky Pattison makes for a perfect podcast host – down to earth, funny, and relatable. Our favourite recent episode was when Vicky explored ‘the secret to being as kind as you can to everyone’ with Ollie Locke (Made in Chelsea). Ollie discusses his surrogacy and IVF journey with his partner Gareth, bumping into Prince Harry and revealed gossip from the Kings Road! “TV personality, author, and Jungle Queen Vicky Pattison is on a mission to find out THE SECRET TO a whole host of different things, from getting over a nasty breakup, feeling fabulous at 40 and unleashing your inner Goddess! Join Vicky alongside some top celeb guests each week as they spill their secrets to success.” Listen Now Events The Queen’s Birthday Parade – Buckingham Palace, London Thursday 2nd June As we will be celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with a double bank holiday in June then why not take the family to see the main celebration in London. “More than 1,400 parading soldiers, 200 horses and 400 musicians will come together in the traditional Parade to mark The Queen’s official birthday. Beginning at Buckingham Palace, the Parade will move down The Mall to Horse Guard’s Parade, joined by members of the Royal Family on horseback and in carriages. The Parade will close with the traditional RAF fly-past, watched by The Queen and members of the Royal Family from the Buckingham Palace balcony.” If you can’t make it to London then all the festivities will be broadcast live on BBC One during the day. Fine Out More Brick by Brick – Ferens Art Gallery, Hull Saturday 28th May – Sunday 11th September 2022 The Ferens Art Gallery in Hull, East Yorkshire, is a brilliant day out for the family. They have added a fun new exhibition for 2022 – Brick by Brick. “The family friendly exhibition pulls together work by international artists, designers and photographers who use LEGO® bricks as their medium and inspiration. Be inspired by the range of stunning 2D and 3D work on display to help you create your own master pieces at home. Using this simple plastic construction block as their starting point, each artist has created striking, thought provoking and often humorous artworks which will appeal to art enthusiasts and LEGO® fans alike!” Find Out More The Mum Club1 June 2022 ← What To Wear This Week → TMC Talks to Dominique Hughes and Rebecca Da Silva Lima Founders Of Jem & Bea.
