The Pitt, the medical drama on HBO, lives up to the hype. It is worth, as was The Wire, your time and attention, for the questions it raises about how we live (or don’t live) now. The two shows are both about, well, people of good intent (the metrics may vary) doing the best they... Continue Reading →
“Bel-Ami” – brilliant brilliant book about journalism, life, image, etc
How did I not know about this book? Why was I not told? Eh? This is up there with The Wire as "cultural artefacts that everyone will have to engage with when I am chief fascist dictator". It's by Guy de Maupassant, a French writer (mostly of short stories) who died from syphilis in the... Continue Reading →
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