![]() ![]() She writes her women powerfully and needs actresses who can deliver. She’s also bringing Amy Johnson back to life. She’s split from her husband Austin and the creator of Happy Valley, Last Tango In Halifax and Scott & Bailey is now working on The Ballad of Renegade Nell for Disney+. You can book a slot at the central library in Halifax and a librarian with white gloves will show you. Not only is it remarkable to record such a personal thing but it’s now on public record. Suranne Jones returns as the fourth wall breaking female Northern landowner who doesn’t give a **** what you think.Īnne, Sally and Suranne are quite a team.Īnne had great sex it seems. They included Sally Wainwright who has dramatised the TV series and in doing so brought her back to life. On Sunday 3 April 2022, that informed audience gathered to place flowers and celebrate her life in front of a statue of Anne at the Piece Hall in Halifax. She carefully wrote the more salacious parts of her daily diaries in code, then bricked them up in her home, died and left them for a more informed audience to discover. So the Yorkshire industrialist and all round force of nature knew the clock was ticking. Anne Lister (aka Gentleman Jack) was 39 years old. In 1835 two men were hung in public outside Newgate prison in London for sodomy. ![]() Although a lesbian could not be prosecuted as Queen Victoria simply refused to acknowledge they existed, a male homosexual was a different matter. However by the early 1800’s if you were pushing the envelope you had to be careful. I could suggest some recent examples but I’m sure you can think of some, as thanks to our thirst for gossip they are legion.īack in the day Maid Marion saw Robin Hood leave his clothes on the floor, never take the bins out and occasionally rob the poor – but did she answer the door to the reporter from the Nottingham Courier? No, because it didn’t exist. But they were fortunate not to be under the current microscope. They faced challenges and dealt with them in their own way. It will be relentless.Įvery single one of our past leaders, royals, heroes and icons had failings. ![]() It could put you in hospital and they will report that too. Today journalists and writers abilities to communicate issues, emotions and changing attitudes have been enhanced by technology to the point where we’ve all become commentators and contributors through social media to the morass – despite some not even being able to spell it properly.Ĭonsequently if you’re seen as different, controversial and then do something untoward you will be instantly judged, exposed and vilified – whilst the media will make money from your suffering. I generally don’t because its way past my bedtime now I’m officially ancient (66) and had my left hip replaced. “Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?” It’s a question Jack Nicholson’s magnificent Joker asked of Michael Keaton’s Batman in 1989, accompanied by a grin usually reserved for the criminally insane and Michael Portillo’s tailor. ![]()
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