The Diary of a Provincial Lady has become my unexpected favourite book of the year. Its unassuming and self-deprecating title very much sets the tone for the four parts of E.M. Delafield’s semi-autobiographical novel, as the main character from a small village in Devon embarks on a successful literary career that takes her first to… Continue reading Mrs Dalloway as a Provincial Lady
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Feminist Barbie
Spoiler alert! So I did go and see the “Barbie” (2023) film after all. And I wasn’t disappointed. Yes, it’s all pink and girlie to start with, but the parallel universe that is Barbieland is soon exposed to be as hollow and as plasticky as it looks. Even for a child of the eighties who… Continue reading Feminist Barbie
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