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Eli Goldstone

Eli Goldstone is the author of Strange Heart Beating

March 2022

  • Sasha Lane and Alison Oliver in the BBC adaptation of Conversations with Friends.

    Naive, narcissistic, unhinged: bad friends are my vice, and I can’t give them up

    Eli Goldstone
    I’m losing patience with friends who behave badly yet demand total loyalty. But am I really any better myself, asks author Eli Goldstone

January 2022

  • Jack Nance in a video for Eraserhead in 1977.

    Why can’t we stop scrolling or eating Haribo? Blame the lizard brain

    Eli Goldstone
    My life is a constant struggle against the primitive part of my brain – and the forces designed to exploit it, says author Eli Goldstone

January 2021

  • Starry night

    Lockdown 3 has shifted the productivity goalposts – and I'm taking a nap

    Eli Goldstone
    This is the darkest part of the year, so it’s no wonder we’re not coping as well with the restrictions, says author Eli Goldstone

July 2020

  • Young girls (youths) stroll past an Amusements Arcade advertising hoarding in Cleethorpes in North Lincolnshire today as hot weather descends upon the United Kingdom.

    Lockdown life has been stagnant. Now I crave cafes, pubs and the human touch

    Eli Goldstone
    I’ve been sensible, productive and good for months. Now give me egg and chips and meaningless overstimulation, says author Eli Goldstone

February 2020

  • BoJack Horseman

    BoJack Horseman is a cartoon about a horse, so why does it feel so profound?

    Eli Goldstone
    The Netflix show makes viewers like me laugh – but it also brings us face to face with ourselves, says Eli Goldstone, author of Strange Heart Beating