Or the Princess Bride!

I've never seen My Girl or ET. Or any John Hughes films except Ferris Bueller. I grew up in the countryside, our access to videos and cinema was extremely limited.

I mean 'runs' is debatable.

Jon gave my partner his first job in bookselling over 30 years ago (and he's worked in bookselling or as a librarian ever since). Sad news.

I timed 17 minutes from wheels down to being on the DLR once, amazing.

*quite

They actually sound quote mid 90s though, listening now

It's Getting Boring by The Sea!

Vaccination? It's a cool new thing, you might have heard of it.

Mine does this too (or did do it). I started explaining to lifeguards before we got in otherwise it would be horrifying them.

I do! Weirdly I was thinking about this the other day.

Crystal Palace park is run by a trust so might be interesting to see if they have the same profit imperative as a council...

Do you think so (re. CP)? The majority are on the top terrace which leaves the rest of the park untouched (and it's probably the least used part). We live very close and hardly notice. Brockwell feels different because it's much more in the middle near lido and bmx etc.

Mary Beard, in her landmark 2014 essay "The Public Voice of Women" traces this silencing/dismissal/exclusion of women's voices (in Europe/Near East) cultures back to Telemachus telling his mother to shut up in The Odyssey.

I don't have a bag, but it is all in a drawer in one place. And I am the least anxious person alive (but also, work has given me practice at this!).

You never see women making this argument- we know the consequences. 'Moral imperatives' are gendered.

Also The Range have them sometimes