"Another brilliant adaptation, this time of a Davis Grubb novel (a bestseller). It’s a gothic fairytale of childhood, full of shadows and silhouettes and countless images that linger in your head forever after. I first saw this as a kid, and the stupendously terrifying Robert Mitchum (as a murderous “man of god”) still hasn’t left my haunted unconscious."

" Love Island UK is literally the biggest thing in my life—it’s the best television show of all time. I think British reality television shows are very much a cut above the rest. And if you haven’t seen Come Dine With Me, it’s incredible. There’s also First Dates and Take Me Out. Oh, my God, they’re so good."

"Love Island UK is literally the biggest thing in my life—it’s the best television show of all time. I think British reality television shows are very much a cut above the rest. And if you haven’t seen Come Dine With Me, it’s incredible. There’s also First Dates and Take Me Out. Oh, my God, they’re so good."

"Love Island UK is literally the biggest thing in my life—it’s the best television show of all time. I think British reality television shows are very much a cut above the rest. And if you haven’t seen Come Dine With Me, it’s incredible. There’s also First Dates and Take Me Out. Oh, my God, they’re so good."

"Love Island UK is literally the biggest thing in my life—it’s the best television show of all time. I think British reality television shows are very much a cut above the rest. And if you haven’t seen Come Dine With Me, it’s incredible. There’s also First Dates and Take Me Out. Oh, my God, they’re so good."

"There’s a poem of Heaney’s that describes a couple peeling potatoes together while everyone’s at Mass. Such a mundane task, but that image of a couple at their closest while they peel potatoes—oh my god, it fucked me up. It’s such an intimate thing. How Heaney can dissolve you into tears without being sentimental is an extraordinary thing."

"“I’ve never read The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, but his later works are about whether God is real. I always re-read this. It’s about these two demons, and they’re talking about these people on Earth that they’re trying to get to go to hell. It has a really good insight into human cruelty."