@michaelbsacks@mcsweeneys In the UK there is a legal directory where you have to confirm your spoken languages. I always used to put down Yiddish, even though I'm not jewish. As a result my partners called me a "ganza machas", even though they were worried we might get lots of "frommer" clients.
@CaterinaDoglio Blake's Disraeli is one of the, if not the, best political biographies of all time. Exceptionally dry and witty - could not recommend more.
@Steve_Sailer Dahl also part of cohort at GB embassy in Washington that included amongst others: David Ogilvy, Isiah Berlin and Ian Fleming to push US into war with Germany
@joe_bish@tristandross Hard disagree. Cannot see a revival of a declining cultural form unless people have a snapshot of the collective experience that was once commonly available due to the quality of the product. PCC way less stuffy than BFI and so has potential to attract punters. Agree MFL is wank
@rorysutherland@ClarkeMicah@ArthurMuir1901 Also impact of family and friends of victim must be worse if they find out the wrong person was convicted. But also bad for them if a person wrongly acquitted; so I guess it’s complicated.
@BovrilG My favorite scene in that movie is her “art” exhibition at the end where it’s all just purple unicorns and my little pony pieces. Proof if ever needed that France is a repository of poor taste.