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The Links
On Scream Queens
All the episodes that have been shown in the UK so far are available here.
This review tries to pin down the “gleeful queasiness” of the style of horror in the show.
This piece looks at the horror-revival on American television at the moment.
On The Lady in the Van
Alan Bennett’s original 1989 memoir about Miss Shepherd in the LRB.
Maggie Smith makes some interesting observations about the character in this interview.
This is a good recent interview with Alan Bennett.
On Wishbone
The Pitch Meeting for Wishbone, according to the Toast.
Buzzfeed’s ‘Is this Wishbone or Porn?’ quiz.
Next week:
Anna is watching the web series Ex-Best.
Your questions:
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Music
The music featured this week, in order of appearance, is:
Wham Bam – Clooney
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: II. Romanze, Larghetto – Chopin
Our theme music is “Guatemala – Panama March” (by Heftone Banjo Orchestra), licensed under Creative Commons.
See you next week!
PS If you missed #18, check it out here.
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