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I'm not watching 'Anora'
Admitting that you haven’t read/watched/consumed something is usually an argument-terminator.
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Rowan Davies
124
Charlotte Raven, 1969–2025
As you might have seen, the journalist and writer Charlotte Raven died last week. I say ‘you might have seen’ because – despite being…
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Rowan Davies
17
Freaks and Geeks
A flame war veteran writes
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Rowan Davies
8
Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain
Reader’s Digest, 1973
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Tobias Sturt
2
Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette
Politics, empathy and egotism in ‘macaron timeclash’
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Rowan Davies
15
Misunderstanding The Female Eunuch
Pulling it off my shelf for the first time in 40 years, I was expecting an entertaining comfort read.
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Rowan Davies
9
Rejects
Oxford is a busy town.
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Rowan Davies
14
Making memories
My dad, in a cafe on Praed St in Paddington.
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Rowan Davies
3
Easy Rider (1969)
Directed by Dennis Hopper; written by Dennis Hopper (and Peter Fonda and Terry Southern); starring Dennis Hopper (and Peter Fonda). Saved from Dennis…
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Tobias Sturt
19
Dead Ringers
Back in the days when I used to work for Mumsnet, there was a specific tension that often made things extremely tricky.
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Rowan Davies
6
Ballet Shoes
Noel Streatfeild (Dent, 1936)
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Rowan Davies
12
Better than it needs to be
Will this do?
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Rowan Davies
23
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