Things to read, watch & listen to this weekend

What's got my attention #121

Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly are stepping down after more than a decade at the helm of Strictly Come Dancing. They were the first female duo to front a primetime BBC series of this scale and they smashed it.

In this week’s issue: The most important (but, honestly, the most traumatic) book I’ve read all year. Parenting your parents. The real housewives of Moscow. The horrifying link between menopause and suicide. A fascinating conversation with the woman righting the wrongs done to women by the ancient Greeks. Zadie Smith on glamour. Martha Lane Fox on the myth of instant success. Petra Kashoggi on grief, mental health and David Bowie. The fantasy that’s currently saving my sanity. And more…

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• Testosterone for menopausal women has been getting some airtime lately. It started with The Cut’s piece on why some women are fanatical about testosterone and then this New York Times piece featuring 40 women and experts talking about its impact, unsurprisingly, went viral. (Gift link) Then

Dr. Jen Gunter

– ever the voice of reason – reviewed a study that mapped levels in peri- and menopausal women.
• And, while we’re on the subject of menopause, in England and Wales,menopause is finally getting a mention in routine NHS health checks for the first time ever…
• The fresh hell of saddiversaries.
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Leah McLaren

on the conversational (and emotional and psychological) contradictions around ageing and aesthetics.
• Is financial health your wellness blind spot?