Usual Review cullage

[sawyl]

Good Guardian Review today, including a rather inconclusive review by Andrew Motion of John Stubbs' John Donne: The Reformed Soul, which covers a lot of Donne's history but doesn't really provide much of a feel for whether Motion actually liked the book or not — I'm guessing from the two sentences that could be mistaken for opinion that he probably does.

The feature on the troublesome private life of Eric Gill was interesting, as was Ursula Le Guin's review of Margaret Drabble's latest. It's also good to get Jon Courtenay Grimwood's take on the latest SF and Fantasy novels which, coincidentally, happens to include my current reading: Justina Robson's Keeping It Real.

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[gleet.livejournal.com]

I continue to buy newspapers on Saturday, despite the fact that they annoy me so much. More often than not I get the Independent, which is so full, in its supplements, of baffling consumerism - clothes that cost hundreds of pounds, exotic holiday destinations, and the like (okay for the Telegraph, but the Indy?). I bought the Graun today, and was immensely annoyed by the "Ask Emma" column in the magazine:

My daughter had head lice all summer term, despite me regularly combing her hair and using over the counter treatments. I am concerned that in the holidays we will see lots of friends out of school and she will pass on the nits. What can i do

[...] A constitutional homeopathic treatment will contribute to your child's growth and development and will also help balance the body's chemical environment so that nits are unable to thrive [...]

arrghhh arrrrrghhhhh arghggghghghghh!

Still, at leat the Graun have, in bold face, a disclaimer:

[...] Before following Emma's recommendations, you should consult your GP [...]

[sawyl.livejournal.com]

I continue to buy newspapers on Saturday, despite the fact that they annoy me so much.

I know what you mean — I usually dump most of Saturday's Guardian straight in the recycling. I almost always read the news, the book reviews and take a skim through the weekend, which this week tells me that I should be wearing bright orange nail polish rather than classic gothic black...

I bought the Graun today, and was immensely annoyed by the "Ask Emma" column

There's a certain amount of irony in the fact that Saturday's Guardian features both the hippy-dippy lameness of Ask Emma and the savage intellectual honesty of Ben Goldacre and his debunking column...