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Flicking #48: Poor Things
Episode 963
Hold onto your fannies, because for this month’s Flicking, Mick’s picked Poor Things, directed by Yorgos Lanthikos (man), based on a novel by Alisdai…
2 years, 2 months ago
Loretta Lynn, Tanya Franks and – whose hand is that? – oh, Tracy Flick
Episode 962
You’ve seen Sharon Horgan’s brilliant sitcom Pulling, right? If you haven’t, please do go watch it immediately *waits impatiently, tapping foot* Okay…
2 years, 2 months ago
Elaine Lin Hering is Unlearning Silence
Harvard Law School lecturer, consultant and speaker, Elaine Lin Hering, was frustrated in her professional life by the realising that having a seat a…
2 years, 2 months ago
Outside The Box #64
Having a busy April? Why not have a nice sit down and turn on the telly? This month, Hannah and Jen are talking about Passenger, Manhunt, The Gone, T…
2 years, 2 months ago
Glass cliffs, tragic magic and TOP THAT!
We’ve all heard of the glass ceiling, right? But what about the phenomenon befalling the high-flying women who have dared to smash through it? It’s k…
2 years, 2 months ago
Hadley Freeman and the Good Girls
According to the Royal College of Psychiatrists, hospital admissions for eating disorders have increased by 84% over the past five years. And yet, fo…
2 years, 2 months ago
All aboard the flying bath mat!
Experts - we should listen to them, right? RIGHT? Well, maybe not all of them. That's what Hannah learned while talking to Dr Julia Shaw, a criminal …
2 years, 2 months ago
Courtney Moorehead Balaker on The Coddling of the American Mind
If you've not read the Atlantic article The Coddling of the American Mind, or the book that followed it, you've likely heard us recommend it. And now…
2 years, 2 months ago
Love letters to Scotland
Episode 955
Playwright Stef Smith is best known for her, well, plays. But her award-winning BBC Scotland drama, Float – a tender tangle of love, life and identit…
2 years, 2 months ago
Suzie Miller on Prima Facie and criminal justice
Playwright Suzie Miller is best known for her award-sweeping masterpiece, Prima Facie, a searing critique of the criminal justice system and, specifi…
2 years, 3 months ago