Anti-intellectualism has become a badge of honour on the far right. We have reached the point where reading literature for pleasure is being "intellectual ".

For me it would have to be The Hit though Priscilla is a very close second. RIP Terence Stamp.

Agreed. In The Overstory Richard Powers suggests that trees should be given legal personality. Seems eminently sensible to me.

That's a good one. Here's mine. A bit of a loner but still thriving.

Irony: anything to do with irons