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November 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Rebecca Solnit: The Mother of All Questions
The Mother of All Questions Rebecca Solnit Haymarket Books When I was reading Men Explain Things To Me it was in the wake of the breaking of the Cosby scandal. What a sad, prescient, serendipitous and truly appalling thing it is to have this fantastic ‘sequel’/companion volume and to be reading it in the wake […]Archive
August 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 75 – Gaylene Preston
Welcome to episode 75 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I was lucky to have a chat with legendary Kiwi film director Gaylene Preston. We talked about her career, her work, many of her films but in particular the focus was on her brilliant new film, My Year With […]Archive
July 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 72 – Holly Walker
Welcome to episode 72 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This conversation is me chatting with former Greens MP, book reviewer, mother, blogger, occasional podcaster and the author of The Whole Intimate Mess (a mini memoir), Holly Walker. You can keep up to […]Archive
October 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Melissa Broder: So Sad Today
So Sad Today: Personal Essays Melissa Broder Grand Central Publishing Anyone writing personal essays probably worries about the tumble over into indulgence. Here the book isn’t subtitled “Personal Essays” to merely spell it out – at least I assume that’s not the case, rather because the title So Sad Today started as an anonymous Twitter […]Archive
March 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Grandma: DVD
Grandma Director: Paul Weitz Depth of Field/1821 Pictures The idea of “a comedy about abortion” would have most worried that, on paper, it was some misogynistic gross-out slapstick nonsense, but hold on, Grandma, isn’t just a comedy – it’s a tragicomic drama, or dramedy if you prefer (I don’t) and it is, on one hand […]Archive
February 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 14 – Emily Writes
Episode 14 of Sweetman Podcast is my chat with Emily Writes. She’s a “mummy blogger” – though she’s reclaiming that; people say blogger like it’s a dirty word or you’re less of a writer; people say Mummy Blogger to perhaps further invalidate… Emily Writes writes. Funnily enough. She’s been a journalist. She’s moved into blogging […]Archive
June 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman