Haha yes to this Lily! Welsh was genuinely shocking to read when first published; there wasn’t anything else like it. But even then, 96-97? his female characters were pretty bad. But our culture has changed, the conversation has moved on. I don’t think a middle aged white man gets to define culture, or what is ‘right’ these days? Hope not anyway. And yes to big salad, chips, nice glass of wine under a shady parasol when the sun is finally out 😘
I had absolutely forgotten about the existence of Desperate Romantics, I was OBSESSED and now I need to dig out the DVD that is definitely hiding somewhere - thank you for that blast from the past! Another wonderful newsletter :)
Haha yes to this Lily! Welsh was genuinely shocking to read when first published; there wasn’t anything else like it. But even then, 96-97? his female characters were pretty bad. But our culture has changed, the conversation has moved on. I don’t think a middle aged white man gets to define culture, or what is ‘right’ these days? Hope not anyway. And yes to big salad, chips, nice glass of wine under a shady parasol when the sun is finally out 😘
I had absolutely forgotten about the existence of Desperate Romantics, I was OBSESSED and now I need to dig out the DVD that is definitely hiding somewhere - thank you for that blast from the past! Another wonderful newsletter :)
Salad, chips and white wine is my favorite summer dinner too :)