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Cats & Coffee’s Curated Content Series: February 2023

Welcome to the February 2023 edition of my weekly Cats & Coffee’s Curated Content Series! This series features weekly short-form content round-ups of articles, videos, podcasts, and Instagram accounts that inspire and entertain me or make me think. In short, I find content that is worth your time so you don’t have to! This month’s Curated Content Series highlights include a compelling new Tudor find, first looks at Bridgeton season three, and literature-inspired fairytale photography on Instagram!

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Cats & Coffee’s Curated Content Series: September 2022

Welcome to the September 2022 edition of my weekly Cats & Coffee’s Curated Content Series! This series features weekly short-form content round-ups of articles, videos, podcasts, and Instagram accounts that inspire and entertain me or make me think. In short, I find content that is worth your time so you don’t have to! This month’s Curated Content Series highlights include tips for getting a better night’s rest, a new 73 Questions video with Vogue, and an Instagram celebrating the world’s most beautiful libraries.

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Cats & Coffee’s Curated Content Series: April 2022 Edition

Welcome to the April 2022 edition of my weekly Cats & Coffee’s Curated Content Series! This series features weekly short-form content round-ups of articles, videos, podcasts, and Instagram accounts that inspire and entertain me or make me think. In short, I find content that is worth your time so you don’t have to! This month’s Curated Content Series highlights include Bridgerton Easter eggs, The Asher House dog rescue, and colorful style bloggers. Read on for more!

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Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths and Secrets

Lucy Worsley, British historian, author, curator, and television presenter, has a great new series for history lovers. In a series of hour-long episodes, Royal Myths and Secrets dispels historical exaggerations, manipulation, and mythology across the Continent. Learn more about this series and read up on my favorite episodes here!

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Cats & Coffee’s Curated Content Series: July Edition

Welcome to the July Edition of Cats & Coffee’s Curated Content Series! This series features weekly content round-ups of articles, videos, podcasts, and Instagram accounts. I find content that is worth your time so you don’t have to! This month features great Instagram creators, YouTube music videos I’m loving, and more.

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Great Free Audiobooks from the Audible Plus Catalog

I’m a big fan of Audible, and have been a member on-and-off for a few years at this point. The Audible Plus Catalog is a newer benefit to the monthly membership, featuring a ton of audiobooks, podcasts, and Audible originals that you can listen to on top of your monthly credits. There are tons of great options in there, particularly in the history and non-fiction genre. Explore the best free history, non-fiction, and classic literature content from Audible Plus!

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The Great Courses: The Best British History Courses

The Great Courses are online university-level courses designed for lifelong learning, taught by renowned professors and scholars. Unsurprisingly, I have always been drawn to their history course selection — particularly the British history titles. Explore the best British History courses from The Great Courses here!

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International Women’s Day

Meditations on International Women’s Day | “She’s got some sort of notion in her head concerning the eternal rights of women.” – Kate Chopin’s The Awakening (1899)

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