Gisele Pelicot and Performative Policing

About this episode

The episode discusses the Gisele Pelicot case, performative policing, and includes personal anecdotes and literature recommendations.

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.   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.  On our reading and watch list this week:    ·               A Hymn to Life: Shame Has To Change Sides - Gisele Pelicot ·               Nineteen Eighty-Four – George Orwell ·               The Bonfire Of The Vanities – Tom Wolfe ·               Never Trust Dragons – Sheila K. McCullagh   Please do get in touch, email: Alas@dailymail.co.uk you can leave a comment on…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sarah Vine, Peter Hitchens

Topics covered

• performative policing
• Gisele Pelicot case
• children's fiction
• personal anecdotes
• literature recommendations

Keywords

• Gisele Pelicot
• performative policing
• children's fiction
• literature
• personal stories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Daily Mail

Books & works: A Hymn to Life: Shame Has To Change Sides, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Bonfire Of The Vanities, Never Trust Dragons

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