"'I was going to brain him,' said Frecks calmly."

[usuallyhats]

I finished Worrals Flies Again last night, and it continued to be as great as the first fifty pages promised, full of excitement and twists and turns and such. I love Worrals, so brave and sensible and decisive, and oh, Frecks! I may have got something in my eye when she thought Worrals was dead. Also, thumbs up to the bit where Worrals insisted that she had to go and search the Leutnant's body, even though it was a pretty horrible prospect, because she believes that they can't talk about how women are just as capable as men if they're not willing to prove it.

No connection to the above, just something I keep forgetting to post: some Radio 4 recommendations. (Should be listenable outside the UK, I believe.)

1. Old Harry's Game is back tonight! I only started listening with the last series (on the_smut_fairy's recommendation), it is very funny.

2. The Classic Serial at the moment is Scoop by Evelyn Waugh - it's been years since I read the book, but it seems like a pretty good adaptation, and again, very funny!

3. There was an interesting debate on Women's Hour on Tuesday about older women on stage and screen. By interesting I mean that some of the time I was agreeing with them and some of the time I wanted to climb into the radio and join in. Sadly this is not actually possible. But anyway, it's worth a listen.

Comments

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Oh that last debate sounds interesting... *goes to investigate*

[usuallyhats]

Hope you enjoy it!

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I did - but it was too short!

[usuallyhats]

Yes, it would have been nice if they'd had time for a more involved discussion!

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

*nods* Yes it would!

[the-smut-fairy.livejournal.com]

I found out about the Scoop adaptation last week, about 2 days after I finished reading, and thoroughly enjoying, the book. I quite liked the adaptation, but do have one little niggle with it: can't they turn down the jazz for at least a minute? OK, so I understand they're trying to build an atmosphere here, but the way they do it is really quite sloppy. Yes, it appeared around the 20s and was rather popular, but it's just lazy to go "between-the-wars setting? Drown it in incessant jazz!". Don't they think that maybe there were other noises in existence at the time? Especially in some place in Africa in a scene where, according to the narrator, the natives are singing around some fires outside?

*/rant*

Thanks for the pointer to the Woman's Hour debate, I should listen to that some tome.

[usuallyhats]

I must admit I don't remember the incessant jazz, but that's probably because I am terrible at a) noticing and b) remembering background music! I agree on principal though: it is a lazy way to invoke the 20s especially given that the dialogue and accents were doing a pretty good job of it already.