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I’m Louis Chilton, filling in again for Jessie. How’s everyone doing this week? I feel well and truly cream crackered, personally! Not to be all, “look at me, don’t I work hard?”, but let me just give you a snapshot of what my week’s been like. I started it by writing up this [interview with Walton Goggins](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP4QCAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmluZGVwZW5kZW50LmNvLnVrL2FydHMtZW50ZXJ0YWlubWVudC90di9mZWF0dXJlcy93YWx0b24tZ29nZ2lucy1mYWxsb3V0LWludGVydmlldy10aGUtZ2hvdWwtd2hpdGUtbG90dXMtYjI1MjU3NDQuaHRtbD9saWQ9bmJhNnFuN20xbnoyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAxMy0wNC0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmYUoS4aZjiwd4VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) about the new Amazon series Fallout. Then I [spoke to comedian Richard Gadd](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP4QBAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmluZGVwZW5kZW50LmNvLnVrL2FydHMtZW50ZXJ0YWlubWVudC90di9mZWF0dXJlcy9yaWNoYXJkLWdhZGQtYmFieS1yZWluZGVlci1pbnRlcnZpZXctbmV0ZmxpeC1zdGFsa2luZy1iMjUyNjU0OC5odG1sP2xpZD1laDg1eGNoOHhxM2omdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA0LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZhShLhpmOLB3hVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) about his really quite special new Netflix series Baby Reindeer. I wrote [this piece about the finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0TyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL2N1cmIteW91ci1lbnRodXNpYW0tZmluYWxlLWxhcnJ5LWRhdmlkLWIyNTI1MTMxLmh0bWw_bGlkPXp1ZzlxNDZ3cmhwNSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTMtMDQtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmFKEuGmY4sHeFUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~), and reviewed the [debut album from Northern post-punkers English Teacher](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0T-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL3Jldmlld3MvZW5nbGlzaC10ZWFjaGVyLXRoaXMtY291bGQtYmUtdGV4YXMtcmV2aWV3LWFsYnVtLWIyNTI3MDgzLmh0bWw_bGlkPXBxdXJxYnVuNGltdiZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTMtMDQtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmFKEuGmY4sHeFUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~). And that’s just Monday to Thursday! I also went to the premiere of Challengers – and can confirm that [Clarisse Loughrey’s review](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0TuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL3Jldmlld3MvY2hhbGxlbmdlcnMtbW92aWUtcmV2aWV3LXplbmRheWEtYjI1Mjc3NDIuaHRtbD9saWQ9dzFzdXVucWZ4YW1yJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAxMy0wNC0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmYUoS4aZjiwd4VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) is right on the money. Plus, the band I’m in played a gig last night. Too! Much! Stuff!!! Looking forward to spending the weekend in bed slowly ossifying, like Chairman Mao lying in state. Anyway, moving out of narcissism corner, let’s get to some of the terrific work that people who aren’t me have published this week. Simon Bland compiled this [oral history of Parks and Recreation](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL3BhcmtzLWFuZC1yZWNyZWF0aW9uLWFteS1wb2VobGVyLWIyNTI0MDAwLmh0bWw_bGlkPXVyZ2ZhaTltcWZ0OSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTMtMDQtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmFKEuGmY4sHeFUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~), to mark the series’ 15th anniversary. Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman both feature! Adam White [interviewed Mary Elizabeth Winstead](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0T7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L2ZlYXR1cmVzL21hcnktZWxpemFiZXRoLXdpbnN0ZWFkLWludGVydmlldy1ld2FuLW1jZ3JlZ29yLWIyNTIzOTkwLmh0bWw_bGlkPXh0M3YzMzM2b2NzcCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTMtMDQtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmFKEuGmY4sHeFUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~), star of Fargo, Scott Pilgrim and 10 Cloverfield Lane. Great stuff! Jim Farber wrote about the [wonderful music and tragic life of Judee Sill](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0T1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2p1ZGVlLXNpbGwtbGlmZS1kb2N1bWVudGFyeS1oZWFydC1mb29kLWIyNTIyNjUxLmh0bWw_bGlkPTBlam93dWQ0aWttZyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTMtMDQtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmFKEuGmY4sHeFUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~). ~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0T5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2UvcmV2aWV3cy9vcGVuaW5nLW5pZ2h0LXJldmlldy1zaGVyaWRhbi1zbWl0aC1iMjUxODcxNi5odG1sP2xpZD01czF0Zml1cGM4djkmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA0LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZhShLhpmOLB3hVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj Larry David in the finale of 'Curb' (HBO) What else? Ellie Muir interviewing [Ghanian-American pop star Amaarae](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0T4aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2FtYWFyYWUtZm91bnRhaW4tYmFieS10aW55LWRlc2staW50ZXJ2aWV3LWIyNTE4OTQwLmh0bWw_bGlkPTlvcWp1Y2FvZWYzbyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTMtMDQtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmFKEuGmY4sHeFUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~)! Charlotte O’Sullivan [reviewing the lacklustre Back to Black](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0T1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL3Jldmlld3MvYmFjay10by1ibGFjay1yZXZpZXctYW15LXdpbmVob3VzZS1maWxtLWIyNTI1NTM4Lmh0bWw_bGlkPW52b3I3cDBhanF2cSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTMtMDQtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmFKEuGmY4sHeFUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~)! (Craig McLean also [spoke to some of that film’s cast and crew](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2FteS13aW5laG91c2UtbW92aWUtYmFjay10by1ibGFjay1iMjUyNjQ3OC5odG1sP2xpZD1lcmhtdHZwa3NxN3gmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA0LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZhShLhpmOLB3hVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj).) Adam again, writing about [Margot Robbie’s Monopoly movie](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0T-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL2ZlYXR1cmVzL21vbm9wb2x5LW1hcmdvdC1yb2JiaWUtbW92aWUtYmFyYmllLWJvYXJkLWdhbWVzLWIyNTI3MjcyLmh0bWw_bGlkPWo0eTh5bzBrOTN5biZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTMtMDQtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmFKEuGmY4sHeFUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~)! Geoffrey Macnab writing about the [life and career of Angelina Jolie](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2FuZ2VsaW5hLWpvbGllLW1vdmllcy1tYXJpYS1jYWxsYXMtYjI1MjY0MjQuaHRtbD9saWQ9cWc5M3k4bmlrODlyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAxMy0wNC0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmYUoS4aZjiwd4VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~)! And I really, really recommend [this week’s Saturday Interview](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0T5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL2ZlYXR1cmVzL21hcmlhbi1rZXllcy1uZXctYm9vay1teS1mYXZvdXJpdGUtbWlzdGFrZS1iMjUyNDAyNC5odG1sP2xpZD05a3puZjZiOTllbmcmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA0LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZhShLhpmOLB3hVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj), which was written by Jessie and is with the author Marian Keyes. More on that below. ¡Hasta luego! Louis [@louischilton](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0SkaHR0cDovL3d3dy50d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9sb3Vpc2NoaWx0b24_bGlkPWFldjJvbnR3bzkwaCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTMtMDQtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmFKEuGmY4sHeFUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) What to do this weekend Film | [Challengers](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0S3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zP2xpZD0yczJncnptMDRxaDgmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA0LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZhShLhpmOLB3hVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) Challengers is an extravagantly sexy take on Chaucer’s The Knight’s Tale, kitted up for the modern era. Here, the men (Mike Faist and Josh O'Connor) don’t duel with swords, but with rackets. The object of their desire isn’t a gentle maiden, but a tennis superstar (Zendaya) forced into early retirement by an injury, embittered by her fate and by the knowledge she could easily best them both if given the chance. And the audience cares far less about which of these men will win, than whether they’ll finally realise they are, in fact, deeply in love with each other. Clarisse Loughrey | Film critic   Music | [Don't Forget Me by Maggie Rogers](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0S3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzP2xpZD01NHd2YWFob2sxemImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA0LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZhShLhpmOLB3hVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) [Maggie Rogers](/topic/maggie-rogers?lid=ck0ocznal1j9&utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze&utm_campaign=IndyArts Newsletter 13-04-24&utm_term=IND_Culture_Newsletter_CDP) wants her third album to “sound like Sunday morning, feel like your favourite pair of blue jeans... easy”. Warmly crafted with [woody guitars, companionable vocals and richly rolling beats](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0T2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljL2ZlYXR1cmVzL21hZ2dpZS1yb2dlcnMtaW50ZXJ2aWV3LXN1cnJlbmRlci1hbGJ1bS1iMjEzMTUyMS5odG1sP2xpZD01cG1na2ptNnRnZ3UmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA0LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZhShLhpmOLB3hVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj), these songs do have a distinct weekend vibe to them, complete with all the existential musings that come with extended downtime – and the need to bolt when you’re stuck in your head. As Rogers turns 30 this month, Don’t Forget Me finds her marvelling at friends getting married while she’s still figuring herself out, defiantly declaring there “ain’t no diamond ring you could buy me to take me home”. Helen Brown | Music critic   TV | [Baby Reindeer](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0S0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2P2xpZD1mbncxeGgzcnJqNjQmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA0LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZhShLhpmOLB3hVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) In this dark comedy drama based on its creator-star's real experiences, Richard Gadd plays Donny, a moderately successful bartender and a moderately unsuccessful comedian. One night, a woman walks into his pub in Camden weeping and Donny offers her a cup of tea, on the house. So begins the tale of Donny and his stalker, Martha (Jessica Gunning). “You’re utterly mad, aren’t you?” he tells her, affectionately. But it soon becomes apparent that Martha’s madness is not entirely benign. Flurries of eccentric, often explicit, emails are followed by more aggressive, intrusive invasions into Donny’s private life. What starts with a cup of tea ends in a multi-year campaign of harassment that drives Donny to the brink. Nick Hilton | TV critic   Theatre | [Player Kings](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0S_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2U_bGlkPTJ3NDluMWZzNGQ0aiZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMTMtMDQtMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1QgpmFKEuGmY4sHeFUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~) Watching Ian McKellen in a Robert Icke production is a bit like seeing your granddad at a rave. In an unlikely pairing, the great veteran actor of the British stage joins with one of its more recent superstars to take Henry IV part one AND two – yes, it’s almost four hours long – and try to make it cool. It’s definitely an Icke staging. The man behind brilliant contemporary updates of classics like Oresteia, Andrew Scott’s Hamlet and Oedipus – opening in the West End later this year – brings his usual immediacy and accessibility to William Shakespeare’s story of the wayward Prince Hal. He sets the whole thing in a huge brick-walled room (his regular collaborator Hildegard Bechtler’s design) and brings curtains across the stage to change scenes. We’ve got modern dress, lots of smoking, a bare bum and a few guns. Tim Bano | Theatre critic [The Saturday Interview – Marian Keyes](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0T5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL2ZlYXR1cmVzL21hcmlhbi1rZXllcy1uZXctYm9vay1teS1mYXZvdXJpdGUtbWlzdGFrZS1iMjUyNDAyNC5odG1sP2xpZD1xeXlkYzNzdGEyb3AmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA0LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZhShLhpmOLB3hVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) ~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0T9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2UvZmVhdHVyZXMvYnJpYW4tY294LXN1Y2Nlc3Npb24tbG9uZy1kYXlzLWpvdXJuZXktYjI1MTk0MTguaHRtbD9saWQ9eHpqeTUzdjhweGlxJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAxMy0wNC0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmYUoS4aZjiwd4VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~ Marian Keyes: ‘I’m 60 now but my emotions are still very to the surface – I’m still hurtable’ (Dean Chalkley) She’s sold 35 million books, tamed literary snobs, and has a major Netflix adaptation in the works. As her 16th novel ‘My Favourite Mistake’ is released, Irish author Marian Keyes tells [tells Jessie Thompson](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0T5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL2ZlYXR1cmVzL21hcmlhbi1rZXllcy1uZXctYm9vay1teS1mYXZvdXJpdGUtbWlzdGFrZS1iMjUyNDAyNC5odG1sP2xpZD1kamE0dnNyNGNtdGYmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDEzLTA0LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZhShLhpmOLB3hVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) about putting everything from menopause to alcoholism on the page. ~/AAAHagA~/RgRn_LOhP0T9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3RoZWF0cmUtZGFuY2UvZmVhdHVyZXMvYnJpYW4tY294LXN1Y2Nlc3Npb24tbG9uZy1kYXlzLWpvdXJuZXktYjI1MTk0MTguaHRtbD9saWQ9Mm04a2FsemJ2azhxJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAxMy0wNC0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmYUoS4aZjiwd4VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~ Keyes at a book signing in 2015 (Getty) Read an extract from our Saturday Interview below… Her latest, My Favourite Mistake, picks up the story of Anna Walsh, first introduced to readers in Watermelon but given her own novel in 2006, Anybody Out There? That was a book about grief and rebuilding, as Anna fought to salvage her hotshot New York PR life while struggling to accept the death of her husband. The follow-up, published this week, sees Anna return to Ireland feeling burnt out by her shiny but brutal job in beauty PR. It’s a novel that strikes me as a challenge to our censorious age; if there’s a message, it’s that we must forgive one another for past mistakes and be less brutal towards our lost, scatty younger selves. But Keyes originally had a different plan – she had been about to do something distinctly off-brand. “I’d been all set to write a book about horrible people,” she confides. “And then I decided – look, what do I want to read?” At her home in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Keyes had been feeling like she had “nothing left in terms of resilience or endurance”. Russia had just invaded Ukraine, the pandemic had ravaged all of our lives. So, she decided: time to write a love story. “I liked the idea of a love story for people in midlife. You know, I’m not even midlife anymore, I’m 60 now. But I still feel very alive. My emotions are still very to the surface. I can handle things better, but I’m still hurtable. I can still surprise myself. 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