Benedict Cumberbatch reads John Keats’ “Ode To A Nightingale”, and triggers my ASMR so violently that I totally collapse in warm shivers. Having trouble sleeping? Listen close.
A short selection of things I would have Benedict Cumberbatch read aloud to me, if the world was perfect:
- Pablo Neruda’s “Every Day You Play”
- Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady by Selina Hastings
- the chapter “Tokyo Redux”, from Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential
- any page from Haven Kimmel’s The Solace of Leaving Early
- the master recipe for Choux pastry from my Williams-Sonoma baking book
- Mark Helprin’s A City In Winter
- something sexy by Anaïs Nin for good measure
What would be on your dream list?
(Source: mysteriousforestsofmymind)







