Peter Rhodes on proposals, princes and a vision of modern America
How to capture the unfairness and inequality of billionaire-ruled, drug-addled US society in a single glance? Private Eye magazine reports from San Francisco “watching the minor miracle of a self-drive car . . . cruise past a man in a sleeping bag who's shouting at the sky.” The American dream.
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If you think you've made your mind up about assisted dying, I urge you to watch Allelujah, and think again. Richard Eyre's 2022 movie starring Jennifer Saunders and David Bradley, both on top form, is available on BBC iPlayer. It is set in an NHS geriatric ward so authentic that you can almost smell it. If you're one of those loyal citizens who worships the NHS and believes medical staff are angels, prepare to be stunned.
We have been on a great national learning curve. Until this little drought, we believed that when the Met Office forecasts showed wall-to-wall blue skies and cheerful little sunshine symbols like meadows of sunflowers, it was going to be at least warm and possibly hot. Own up, over the past few days how many of us trusting fools stepped out of the house in shorts and T-shirts and almost froze on the spot?
