The Lead Digest: AI in the North, quarter zips and Peter Mandelson

Our round-up by The Lead’s team of what we’ve been reading, listening to, scrolling and watching each week.

Here at The Lead, we like to consume just as much as we create, which is why we spend a little time each week rounding up our favourite stories, books, podcasts and films we’ve been enjoying.

Ella read Junglist, a cult novel first published in the mid-nineties and again in 2021. It’s a short, stream-of-consciousness novel about four young men as they co…