A matter of park-life and death
Nov 17, 2021
3 minutes
MATTHEW NORMAN
These many months devoted to exploring the ITV daytime schedule with my mother have, perhaps inevitably, had an effect.
Unlimited exposure to the faux bonhomie of Phillip Schofield, the winsome banter of Loose Women, and the practised satisfaction of the failed quiz-show contestant (who in defiance of all logic has had ‘a lovely day out’) caused a metamorphosis.
The ensuing inertia developed an omega male of unflinching indolence into a tripartite hybrid from Greek mythology: one-third man,
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