Jacqueline Wilson, the celeb assistant reckoning and Vogue’s new doc

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Jacqueline Wilson's GIRLS books were a defining part of our childhoods, so how does the author's 20-years-on sequel (for adults!) match up? We discuss whether the books were a good influence and how her real life inspired her writing. Also this week, we dissect all the juiciest bits from Anna Wintour's Vogue doc, and question how 'guilty' Matthew Perry's long-time assistant was in his death. Plus, a round-up of our fave TV shows, and whether star ratings matter.

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Reccs/ culture discussed:

• Think Again by Jacqueline Wilson (the ‘Girls’ series follow up)
• Jacqueline Wilson: the children’s author who’s now writing graphic sex for adults, The Times
• Jacqueline Wilson’s girls seem depressingly unable to grow up, The Telegraph
• In Vogue: The 90s, Disney+
• In Vogue: The 90s review – Anna Wintour and pals offer up hour after hour of fabulous nothingness, Guardian
• In Vogue: The 90s review — proof of Anna Wintour’s pulling power, The Times
• Anna Wintour: The Biography, by Amy Odell
• Confessions of former Vogue assistants, Amy Odell’s Back Row (Substack)
• Did Matthew Perry’s Assistant Have a Choice? Hollywood Veterans Aren’t So Sure, Vanity Fair
• Why being a celebrity assistant is truly the worst job in Hollywood, Telegraph
• The Assistant, BFI Player
• Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Disney +
• How To Die Alone, Disney +
• We Might Regret This, BBC
• Nightsleeper, BBC
• Colin from Accounts, BBC
• Slow Horses, Apple TV
• English Teacher, Disney+
• Cooking for People, Mike Davies
• Cook As You Are, Ruby Tandoh