SRSLY #141: The Cost of Living with Deborah Levy

The April Book Club

Get a copy of The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy.

An extract from the book.

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SRSLY #140: A Quiet Place / A Series of Unfortunate Events / Bromans

The links

A Quiet Place (spoilers from 14:20)

The trailer.

The cast discuss the use of sign language in the film.

A Series of Unfortunate Events

The series two trailer.

Anna's piece about the postmodern aspects of the adaptation.

Bromans

The trailer.

For next time:

We are reading The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy.

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SRSLY #139: Isle of Dogs / Ordeal by Innocence / Flower Boy

The links

Isle of Dogs

The trailer.

Simran Hans reviews the film at Reverse Shot.

What It’s Like to Watch Isle of Dogs As a Japanese Speaker.

Ordeal by Innocence

The series on the BBC iPlayer.

The background to the adaptation's reshoot.

Flower Boy

The album on Spotify.

An interesting review.

For next time:

We are watching Bromans.

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SRSLY #138: The Hamilton Special

Caroline and Anna have — finally — seen the London production of Hamilton, so of course they had to discuss it in serious detail. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here. 

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SRSLY #137: Eat Up with Ruby Tandoh

The Links

Buy a copy of Ruby's book here.

The Taffy Brodesser-Akner article about WeightWatchers that Caroline mentioned.

Ruby's Vice article about the truth behind "wellness".

Tweet us on #srslybookclub to tell us your thoughts about Eat Up and send us a voice memo with your review of the book at srslypod@gmail.com if you'd like us to include it in a future episode.

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SRSLY #136: The Shape of Water / Cunk on Britain / Please Like Me

The Links

The Shape of Water

The trailer.

Cunk on Britain

Some previous Cunk.

Please Like Me

Watch it on Amazon. 

Book club

For our 27 March book club episode, we are reading Eat Up by Ruby Tandoh. Order it here.

Tweet us on #srslybookclub to tell us your thoughts as you read, and send us a voice memo with your review of the book at srslypod@gmail.com.

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SRSLY #135: The Brand Feminism Live Show

Also appearing on this episode: Zing Tsjeng, UK editor of Broadly and author of the book series Forgotten Women; Simran Hans, film critic for The Observer and culture writer, Emma Gannon, author and broadcaster and Jazmin Kopotsha, Culture Writer at The Debrief.

The Links

Follow our guests on Twitter: @misszing, @heavier_things, @jazkopotsha and @emmagannon.

The Arabelle Sicardi piece from The Hairpin that Anna quoted.

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SRSLY #134: The Oscars / This Country / Shakespeare and Hathaway

The Links

The Oscars

Ryan Gilbey on the winners.

This Country

The show on iPlayer.

Anna's interview with the Coopers.

Shakespeare and Hathaway

Watch it on iPlayer.

For next time:

We are watching Please Like Me.

Book club

For our 27 March book club episode, we are reading Eat Up by Ruby Tandoh. Order it in print here.

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SRSLY #133: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

The Links

Buy The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle here or as an audiobook on Audible here.

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SRSLY #132: Lady Bird / Collateral / The Young Offenders

The Links

Lady Bird

The trailer.

The NS review.

Collateral

The show on BBC iPlayer.

Young Offenders

Watch it now.

An interview with the cast.

Book club

For our 27 February book club episode, we are reading The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. Order it in print here or as an audiobook on Audible here.

Tweet us on #srslybookclub to tell us your thoughts as you read, and send us a voice memo with your review of the book at srslypod@gmail.com.

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SRSLY #131: Requiem / Queer Eye / Over the Garden Wall

The Links

Sign up for Caroline's newsletter here.

Requiem

The whole box set on the BBC iPlayer.

The Radio Times piece about Lydia Wilson's fringe.

Queer Eye

The show on Netflix.

An interesting review from Vulture.

How to get a copy of the New Humanist to read Caroline's piece about the show.

Over the Garden Wall

More details and preview clips on the Cartoon Network website.

Book club

For our 27 February book club episode, we are reading The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. Order it in print here or as an audiobook on Audible here.

Tweet us on #srslybookclub to tell us your thoughts as you read, and send us a voice memo with your review of the book at srslypod@gmail.com.

For next time: 

We are watching Young Offenders.

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SRSLY #130: Phantom Thread / The End of the F***ing World / Craith

The Links

Phantom Thread

The trailer.

The real life couturiers who inspired the film.

The End of the F***ing World

The show on All4.

Anna's piece about it.

Craith

The show on BBC iPlayer.

An interview with its star.

Anna's piece from 2016 about pop culture's obsession with kidnap narratives.

Book club

For our 27 February book club episode, we are reading The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. Order it in print here or as an audiobook on Audible here.

Tweet us on #srslybookclub to tell us your thoughts as you read, and send us a voice memo with your review of the book at srslypod@gmail.com.

For next time: 

We are watching Over the Garden Wall.

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SRSLY #129: The Innocent Wife by Amy Lloyd

The Links

Buy The Innocent Wife by Amy Lloyd here or as an audiobook here.

Anna's piece on the ethics of true crime as entertainment.

For our 27 February book club episode, we are reading The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. Order it in print here or as an audiobook on Audible here.

Tweet us on #srslybookclub to tell us your thoughts as you read, and send us a voice memo with your review of the book at srslypod@gmail.com.

For next time: 

We are watching Craith.

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SRSLY #128: The Post / Search Party / She's Gotta Have It

The Links

The Post

The trailer.

Search Party

Anna's column about it.

She's Gotta Have It

The Erin E Evans review at Mic.

The SRSLY Book Club:

For our 30 January book club episode, we are reading The Innocent Wife by Amy Lloyd. Get it as an audiobook on Audible here.

Tweet us on #srslybookclub to tell us your thoughts as you read, and send us a voice memo with your review of the book at srslypod@gmail.com.

For next time: 

We are watching Craith.

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SRSLY #127: Three Billboards / Derry Girls / Arrested Development

The Links

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

The trailer.

Marc Bernardin on the film's shallow presentation of race and racism.

NS film critic Ryan Gilbey finds it "homely but violent".

Derry Girls

The show on All4.

Anna's column about it.

Arrested Development

The show on Netflix.

A long interview with creator Mitch Hurwitz.

The best of Lucille.

The SRSLY Book Club:

For our 30 January book club episode, we are reading The Innocent Wife by Amy Lloyd.

Tweet us on #srslybookclub to tell us your thoughts as you read!

For next time: 

We are watching She's Gotta Have It.

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SRSLY #126: McMafia / Black Mirror / Our Book Club

The Links

McMafia

The show on BBC iPlayer.

Misha Glenny's book, which the series is based on.

Black Mirror

The show on Netflix.

The article about the contraception confusion in Arkangel.

The SRSLY Book Club

For our 30 January book club episode, we are reading The Innocent Wife by Amy Lloyd.

Tweet us on #srslybookclub to tell us your thoughts as you read!

For next time: 

We are watching Arrested Development.

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SRSLY #125: The Festive TV Special 2017

The Links

Little Women

The Miniaturist

Crooked House

Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees

The Highway Rat

Black Mirror

Some highlights for early next year: McMafia, series two of Search Party and the return of The Good Place from its season two hiatus.

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SRSLY #124: A Jane Austen Special — Emma

The Links

Anna's piece on 1995's Austenmania.

Anna on Giles Coren.

Gwyneth Paltrow on her experiences with Harvey Weinstein.

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SRSLY #123: Call Me By Your Name / Leonora Carrington / Tracks

The Little White Lies review.

Leonora Carrington: The Lost Surrealist

The documentary on BBC iPlayer.

The "Debutante" short story.

Yo Zushi's biographical piece for the New Statesman.

Tracks

The podcast.

For next time: 

We are watching Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees.

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PS If you missed #122, check it out here.

SRSLY #122: The Marvelous Mrs Maisel / Louis Tomlinson / Alias Grace

The Links

The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

The show on Amazon Prime.

Anna's interview with Amy Sherman-Palladino.

Anna's review of the show.

Louis Tomlinson

The song.

Alias Grace

The trailer.

The show on Netflix.

For next time:

We are listening to Tracks.

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PS If you missed #121, check it out here.