{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6846a0a6a13d3373734aa05d/699f034fed94f5e3263f28f4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Gisele Pelicot and Performative Policing ","description":"<p>On this week’s episode, Sarah is asking if the horrendous case of Gisele Pelicot is more than just an isolated incident and Peter wants to know why our boys in blue have settled on performative policing.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Plus, why has it taken Sarah over a year to realise she’s been wearing her contact lenses in the wrong eyes? The parlous state of children’s fiction in the modern age and why Peter will be getting a motorbike (and leather biker jacket) as soon as he reaches eighty.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>On our reading and watch list this week:&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A Hymn to Life: Shame Has To Change Sides&nbsp;-&nbsp;Gisele Pelicot</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Nineteen Eighty-Four&nbsp;– George Orwell</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bonfire Of The Vanities – Tom Wolfe</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Never Trust Dragons –&nbsp;Sheila K. McCullagh</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Please do get in touch, email:&nbsp;Alas@dailymail.co.uk&nbsp;you can leave a comment on Spotify or even send us a voice note on Whatsapp – on 07796 657512, start your message with the word ‘alas’.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Presenters: Sarah Vine &amp; Peter Hitchens</p><p>Producer: Philip Wilding</p><p>Editor: Chelsey Moore</p><p>Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini</p><p>Executive Producer: Jamie East</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular</p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>","author_name":"Daily Mail"}