There's less than a week to go until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games kicks off - and excitement is brewing.

Featuring over 10,500 athletes from more than 200 nations, the event promises to showcase the world's best over a two-week timeframe.

ZB sports reporter Nathan Limm unpacked the excitement for this year's Games.

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There's less than a week to go until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games kicks off - and excitement is brewing.
Featuring over 10,500 athletes from more than 200 nations, the event promises to showcase the world's best over a two-week timeframe.
ZB sports reporter Nathan Limm unpacked the excitement for this year's Games.
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Nathan Limm: ZB sports reporter ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics

The Briar Club: Set in Washington DC in the 1950’s during the McCarthy years, this takes place in a boarding house run by a battle axe of a landlady who rents rooms to mostly single women, with strict rules and requirements they confirm to the mores of the day. They’re a disparate bunch of women, each with their own backgrounds and stories – but when Grace March arrives and sets up residence in a tiny room she gradually brings the women together and they become friends and neighbours. When there’s a murder in the house, they have to figure out once and for all – who is the true enemy in their midst? It’s terrific historical fiction, which Kate Quinn always delivers.

Precipice: Again, this is wonderful historical fiction. It’s about Henry Asquith who was Prime Minister of Britain before WW2 but, at the age of 60 fell madly in love with a woman 35 years younger and used to obsessively send her three letters a day, in which he disclosed a lot of top secret information, and even included telegrams and letters he’d received from generals, ambassadors and royals. This is all true. He was reckless in the extreme and his letters began to be monitored by Scotland Yard, as he increasingly imperilled Britain, being totally hooked on the Hon Venetia Stanley when he should have been planning for war.

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The Briar Club: Set in Washington DC in the 1950’s during the McCarthy years, this takes place in a boarding house run by a battle axe of a landlady who rents rooms to mostly single women, with strict rules and requirements they confirm to the mores of the day. They’re a disparate bunch of women, each with their own backgrounds and stories – but when Grace March arrives and sets up residence in a tiny room she gradually brings the women together and they become friends and neighbours. When there’s a murder in the house, they have to figure out once and for all – who is the true enemy in their midst? It’s terrific historical fiction, which Kate Quinn always delivers. 
Precipice: Again, this is wonderful historical fiction. It’s about Henry Asquith who was Prime Minister of Britain before WW2 but, at the age of 60 fell madly in love with a woman 35 years younger and used to obsessively send her three letters a day, in which he disclosed a lot of top secret information, and even included telegrams and letters he’d received from generals, ambassadors and royals. This is all true. He was reckless in the extreme and his letters began to be monitored by Scotland Yard, as he increasingly imperilled Britain, being totally hooked on the Hon Venetia Stanley when he should have been planning for war. 
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Joan's Picks: The Briar Club and Precipice

There's growing pushback against tourists following the post-pandemic travel boom.

Venice has started charging day-trippers an entry fee, while one busy Swiss town has announced it wants to follow suit. Locals have also staged protests in Mallorca and Barcelona.

BloggerAtLarge.com Megan Singleton explains how people can go visit their bucket-list destinations without contributing to the problems.

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There's growing pushback against tourists following the post-pandemic travel boom.
Venice has started charging day-trippers an entry fee, while one busy Swiss town has announced it wants to follow suit. Locals have also staged protests in Mallorca and Barcelona.
BloggerAtLarge.com Megan Singleton explains how people can go visit their bucket-list destinations without contributing to the problems.
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Megan Singleton: BloggerAtLarge.com writer on the pushback against tourism

This week on the Sunday Panel, In My Day host Roman Travers and Hits Breakfast host Ben Boyce  joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the week - and more!

The price of parking in a disabled parking sport is set to get a lot higher, with the Government hiking parking fines by 400 percent. Do we agree with this change? What other fines do we think need to go up? 

How much should baby-sitting services cost? Some people are charging between $35 and $50 per hour, depending on the region. Is this fair?

Is it spring yet? Some say it's September 1st, some say it's September 23rd. What do we think?

How confusing is Gen Z slang? What do skibidi, rizz, ohio, bussin, drip, sigma, etc. really mean? 

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This week on the Sunday Panel, In My Day host Roman Travers and Hits Breakfast host Ben Boyce  joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the week - and more!
The price of parking in a disabled parking sport is set to get a lot higher, with the Government hiking parking fines by 400 percent. Do we agree with this change? What other fines do we think need to go up? 
How much should baby-sitting services cost? Some people are charging between $35 and $50 per hour, depending on the region. Is this fair?
Is it spring yet? Some say it's September 1st, some say it's September 23rd. What do we think?
How confusing is Gen Z slang? What do skibidi, rizz, ohio, bussin, drip, sigma, etc. really mean? 
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Nathan Limm: ZB sports reporter ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics

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