I note with curiosity this story about a drop-in scene being filmed for an episode of EastEnders to be broadcast on Friday, after the UK’s general election result is known. With my media v. psychology hat on, I’m interested in the motive for such topical referencing within a fictional TV programme, which otherwise makes very [...]
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The news of a sex therapist whose appeal against his sacking by Relate over a clash between his religious beliefs and his refusal to counsel a gay couple features on both the BBC and Guardian websites today (as many news stories often do). What strikes me in reading both presentations of the story is the [...]
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Not one but two Guardian articles today – the first posing the (humorously expressed) question of who reads so-called ‘misery memoirs’, and why? and another story detailing the life of somebody who has just produced one such memoir. I don’t know if it is mere coincidence that these stories appear together on the Guardian’s website, [...]
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