Eat something wunderbar and have a German meal to celebrate Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s impending visit to Canada! (We assume you’re as excited as we are… right??) Whip up a colourful summer salad and classic pork schnitzel, then wash it all down with an ice cold German beer.

Watch House of the Dragon on Crave, the new prequel series to Game of Thrones. While GoT’s final season was generally regarded as (putting it politely) bad, HBO’s latest trip to Westeros is receiving early praise and looks loaded with dragons. Sounds good to us!

Read the best business writing of the year (besides The Peak, obvi) and peruse the longlist of the Financial Times’ Best Business Book of the Year. With 15 books covering topics from microchips to maritime fraud, there’s sure to be something that piques your fancy.

Listen to the dramatic strains of opera in honour of the 461st birthday of Jacopo Peri who wrote the first one ever. It’s an intimidating genre that seems very stuffy, but it’s always lively and often goofy. This article from Classic FM can help start you on your journey.