Hugely entertaining and enlightening read, as ever! Re Happy Valley; as a retired plod, I thought some of the police stuff was well researched. The nepotism part particularly! The Peter principle is alive and well too (I may even have benefited from it myself 😵) Re the Oscars; Poor Things a worthy winner! Cracking romp and a great take of a woman escaping controlling men. Robt Downey Jnrs parallel trousers and stacked heels were ridiculous! And Cynthia Erovo’s leather dress was outfit of the night, IMHO! Off to check out Judith Butler and Hold Steady!
I'm now feeling like I might rewatch happy valley, the writing is just perfect 👌🏻
I'm now feeling like I might rewatch happy valley, the writing is just perfect 👌🏻
Your discussion and analysis of Happy Valley is so good.
Hugely entertaining and enlightening read, as ever! Re Happy Valley; as a retired plod, I thought some of the police stuff was well researched. The nepotism part particularly! The Peter principle is alive and well too (I may even have benefited from it myself 😵) Re the Oscars; Poor Things a worthy winner! Cracking romp and a great take of a woman escaping controlling men. Robt Downey Jnrs parallel trousers and stacked heels were ridiculous! And Cynthia Erovo’s leather dress was outfit of the night, IMHO! Off to check out Judith Butler and Hold Steady!
Did you read FBD's thorough take-down of the Long Chu essay? Strange that he can be so obtuse about gender-criticality (is that the word I want?) but so clear-eyed elsewhere: https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/no-we-definitely-want-to-use-medical
“ I might run the uncut version as a bonus newsletter at some point if I decide it’s interesting enough.”
YESSSS - everyone loves a shoeing