By the time I was 15, I actively sought out films by so-called difficult actresses. Wish they would cull male Hollywood until there was 50:50 representation in directors and writers. Maybe all onscreen parents wouldn't be dads.

Schindler's List

Well deserved. A lovely duology.

Try Nettle and Bone (christina rossetti), A sorceress comes to call ( goose girl), and hemlock and silver (snow white)

I made up a tune for this when I was 12

Also: why songs are like Rubik's cubes, why he carries a knife, and the scandal of knowing more about the Mariana Trench than the mind. www.thenerve.news/p/richard-ha...

Specially when publishers realise she's *also* sitting on a goldmine self-published back catologue. She's up to about 6 per year on top of her 3 new ones in the uk in 2025.

After work? In Wetherspoons, home of the breakfast time alkies?

Got mine at midnight. From kobo and a warm bed

This is a huge part of why so many people think we're in the middle of a widespread "anti-woke backlash": Small movements opposed to social progress are collected into trend stories by conservative media. Far larger movements that want more diversity are ignored or cast as threats.

#252 - #254 are 3 of my favourite books/ series/ authors ever. On that basis, you might enjoy Alix Harrow, Sarah Rees Brennan, Zen Cho and Julia Arnfield too

I don't want a plot summary on the back. I want to read page 69 and decide whether I like the voice.

If I ever get my time machine kickstarted, this is the only Noel Coward production I want to see. I hope they slapped him in the face with a haddock.