Laura Norkin
@inlauraswords
Executive managing editor, features @ BBC.com. Reporter, mom, friend on here. Previously InStyle, Refinery29, a Penn State bar that no longer exists.
So many layers of sad in the story about Matthew Perry’s assistant injecting him with his fatal dose of ketamine (and dozens before that one). www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/a...
The BBC’s Nic Barber on why Jacob Elordi is too “ridiculously good looking” to play Frankenstein’s monster: www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
Ending on an intriguing note with a first-person #travel essay on a “death cafe” in Bangkok that made the writer rethink his life. www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
Or perhaps you want your heart broken by cinema, with this #pride month lookback. www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
In the mood for some weekend reads? Here are a few from the features team at BBC.com. First up, the final answer on how birth order impacts your personality 🧪 www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Science doesn’t want me to eat hard boiled eggs anymore, apparently. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Want to be someplace else? The BBC’s best places to travel in 2025 list is out and hoo boy is it good. www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
Not trying to be a dick, because the meaning here is obvious, but can you stay somewhere nonconsecutively?
I’m sorry but this construction where you use a person’s recent work instead of repeating their name can be so unfortunate sometimes.
Me, preparing to serve my kids leftovers of the dinner they refused to eat last night.