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House Arrest: Pandemic Diaries

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I hope they're not the thin end of a precautionary wedge lest Her Majesty end up swathed in protective get-up such as is worn at the average crime scene.

Boris Johnson’s nightly addresses during the Pandemic are “ pretty pointless… a poor orator and speaker generally… the plainness of Keir Starmer a relief.Using words such as 'lovely' and 'charming' here to describe'House Arrest', could make Bennett's book sound trite or suggest that it somehow lacks depth, but it is neither of the things and as with everything from Alan Bennett - well worth your time. He presents a powerful new perspective on the deep psychological mechanisms behind birthday parties, royal coronations, fire-walking and terrifying rites of passage.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. It is a typical Bennett moment, part gentle social comedy part revelation about the self-delusions of the ego. Bennett’s diaries, which he has been publishing since the early 1980s, are full of these “absurd and inexplicable” moments. Alan Bennett's collection of prose, Untold Stories, won the PEN/Ackerley Prize for Autobiography, 2006.On the phone to the optician about his broken glasses, he finds that he has lost the words, and his partner has to take over. Perhaps to be expected as the author gets older, many of the entries sparked various reminiscences in him, which were interesting.

This radical essay explores patriarchy and capitalism’s impact on beauty ideals, and inspires us to embrace our own disobedient bodies. You certainly divided the audience there with your anti Brexit, anti current government sentiments and provided much food for thought. Christmas is just around the corner, but DON’T PANIC: we’re here to provide you with the ultimate festive gifting inspiration, and remind you that books are certainly the easiest presents to wrap…!As always, I found Alan Bennett's writing style and social observations delightful, poignant and amusing but the book is so short that I felt a real sense of disappointment when I reached the end of his reflections, leaving me with a feeling of having been 'cheated'! Okay obviously it’s Allan Bennet so knew what was coming ,however I thought it would be far longer in content than it was . As said I had already read this somewhere else, thought the book would be extra entries to his diaries of lockdown, but unfortunately not. Where this tortured restraint does not reach, though, is into Bennett’s ethical worldview which remain as richly communitarian as ever.

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