{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/c446fed8-3792-4a23-9aef-4756e7190286/64a54547518b6e0011afe4bd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Sadism: Michael Arlen, ‘Hell! Said the Duchess’ (1934)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60ed7c4cf1734ba0e93d0e68/cb2b34e7-0272-4bb0-b1b1-3cfe0aad933c.png?height=200","description":"<p>Why would Irish censors object to a satire of the English upper-classes? They probably wouldn’t but Arlen wrote something far creepier. With Dr Laura Ludtke.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>He's merciless on the role of sport in creating Englishman. Aoife Bhreatnach</li><li>I have to admit, the introduction of Mosley as the Minister of War in a fascist conservative coalition government led by Winston Churchill did throw me for a bit. Laura Ludtke</li><li>To use the narrator's own terms, there is something damn queer about the case. Laura Ludtke</li><li>These are powerful mammaries. Aoife Bhreatnach</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/6t9VqpsReFJqG5Zcvr4Fbt\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Laura's podcast</a></p><p><a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/censored/episodes/seductive-gibbons-nightingale-wood-1938\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Laura's previous turn on this pod</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/censoredpod \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Support the show! </a></p><p><a href=\"https://censoredpod.bigcartel.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Merch!</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Aoife Bhreatnach"}