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"Hm reading this for the archaeology repatriation book, thusfar there's unironic (?) Oxbridge Eton EngLit Classics wankery driving me mad. Plus the main character casually inherits the 5 bed flat of her dead fascist grandparents & only presented the tiniest scrap of class consciousnes when a child (felt guilty about the maid's bad room)
Did NOT realise this was Ian Hislop's wife ngl oops" — May 19, 2026 03:15PM
"Hm reading this for the archaeology repatriation book, thusfar there's unironic (?) Oxbridge Eton EngLit Classics wankery driving me mad. Plus the main character casually inherits the 5 bed flat of her dead fascist grandparents & only presented the tiniest scrap of class consciousnes when a child (felt guilty about the maid's bad room)
Did NOT realise this was Ian Hislop's wife ngl oops" — May 19, 2026 03:15PM
Ryn said:
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Enjoyable until the chapter on The Troubles. Here, the tone is far from neutral & the book's aim ("this book [...] will be a celebration, not a lament,") slides out of view.The author asks an elder republican interviewee 'whether the huge death toll ...more "
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