I always thought it was because it was PJ Hogan’s theme - the obsession with the artifice of matrimony, the narrative of the virgin bridge in white as a “feminine ideal” - critiqued first in the brilliant Muriel’s wedding (which he also wrote) and then again in this film.

This is a tricky one, to be honest.

There’s a significant case to be made that Ireland was not “part” of the UK but was de facto colonised by England, and is in fact England’s oldest colony, brutally suppressing Irish Catholics, stealing land and denying political representation under foreign rule.

This is a lovely message, and demonstrates how necessary sites (and communities) like this are in pretty dark days.

Looking at Maher’s face in this clip, he seems pissed off. He doesn’t really engage with any of the points either commentator is putting across, in any way, and his only response seems to be governed by a defensiveness that isn’t even an admission of guilt. My summation of his response seems to me to attest to the…

“The Post reports that Pirro enthusiastically agreed, and that she also attended a baby shower for Lara Trump, Eric Trump’s wife, that very same day.”

Theresa May calling the General Election with a majority..

So poundland Thatcherbot has just striked a deal with the DUP to form a government. They are the most backward, racist, homophobic, anti-abortion, pro-forced pregnancy bigots fielding candidates who have backgrounds as terrorist, loyalist paramilitaries. They may just demand increased funding for NI (which isn’t a bad…

That works for me :)

In the video, the band members all get covered in jelly.

I’m so gutted today because I think that it is likely Poundshop Thatcherbot 2.0 Theresa May will hold onto power tomorrow. Even if she has a narrow majority, that will give her the mandate to pursue an even more draconian right-wing agenda in terms of a non-descript Brexit policy (which will likely bow to corporate…

They’re not anti-sex if it can be bought and sold. Most of them are closet rent boy users. They are quite happy to put bodies on the free market - what they can’t stand is women, and more specifically, women making an informed, autonomous choice about what to do with their bodies that doesn’t involve commodification,…

I really want my twilight years to be spent wing-walking, preferably with a multi-coloured mohican and an array of tattoos: essentially wearing, doing and saying all of the things I am too cowardly to wear/do/say now.

Also - yes Robbie is a huge deal in the UK - he’s not the best singer but he’s just great. My first ever crush. I remember being on holiday in Germany and hearing about how they had to set up suicide helplines across Europe when he left Take That. Everyone I know has been to at least two weddings where ‘Angels’ is…

I particularly enjoyed Julianne Escobedo Shepherd’s dramatic performance of our kid’s tweets

Too right.

a muster of peacocks, apparently....

He did say “thanks”. She has the right to ask, and he has the right to politely say no. As a non-hugger, I applaud his stance on this.

But does he swim like his favourite man-beast?

I suppose 13 is a little old to be taking off your clothes (saying that, I don’t know if this assumption of mine reflects a natural phase in child development or just society’s projection of bodily self-consciousness onto pre-pubescent girls?)