Welcome to Maeve Likey

An introduction.

Welcome to Maeve Likey, a weekly (ish) newsletter that will give you enough good stuff to read, watch, do, drink, taste, see, wear, try and apply so that you can stop bombarding your group chats with messages asking, “does anyone have a good recommendation for a book/hairdresser/recipe/podcast/movie?”.

Why is it called Maeve Likey? Because, although this is a newsletter of recommendations, I am not suggesting I’m the purveyor of good taste. I am a big believer in Socrates’ dictum: you are educated when you know that you know nothing. I am also a big believer in Paul Galea’s dictum: I don’t know much, but I know what I like.

While I guarantee that every recommendation has been tried and tested by me, most of the recommendations I will give will not be things I have discovered myself (do any of us even do this?) but things I have been recommended by very smart/stylish/successful/sensible people, have loved and now want to pass on.

Because the only better feeling than getting a great recommendation is giving one.

Let’s dive in!