Dinner parties! Soul food for the chattering classes (if you’re a writer that means you). Don't you just love them? If you’re a man, the answer is likely to be "No!". If female, probably the opposite. An intriguing item in Slate explains why eligible men are so difficult to find for these quintessentially middle-class eating events (apart from the fact that they simply don’t like them).
Our soigné panellists then examine a new book published this week that re-evaluates the 1960’s - what lasting impressions has this decade left on our lives today? Singer and troubled celebrity Amy Winehouse has allegedly been offered £1 million to write a book - is this another example of car-crash publishing? And Chick-Lit - formulaic pap or modern classic? According to recent figures, Amazon is defying the economic crunch, but why? To round off the conversation, we consider television - do you - does anyone still watch it? A veritable smorgasbord of tasty morsels of news, canapés of fact and appetisers of opinion, this week’s show offered a prize to the panellist who most over-extended their food metaphors - llisten to the podcast to find out who won!
The contestants tonight were Donna Ballman, Dave Bartram and Richard Howse with special guest Carolyn Soutar.
In the Ustream chatroom at 8pm (GMT) Friday we spilled wine on our keyboards and threw nibbles at the screen as the chat became frantic. Join us next week for a cocktail or three.
