Rather off-topic, but I remember a couple of people mentioning they enjoyed the French TV show 'Spiral'. The writer has a new one out : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21354694/ Only watched t… (View Post)

Julia was twenty-six years old... and she worked, as he had guessed, on the novel-writing machines in the Fiction Department. She enjoyed her work, which consisted chiefly in running and servicing a … (View Post)

Though she did hold that sword upright for ages. Which must be a plus in this most modern of European countries. (View Post)

Many years ago I 100% did not work for the Post Office. And they 100% didn't give a temporary promotion to a postmistress as a nice treat/PR-piece because she'd done a fancy xmas display in… (View Post)

The header reminds me of the Adam Curtis documentary "Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering". Which was depressing enough at the time. (Last episode of 'The Century of the Self',… (View Post)