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I have an unexpected free weekend as I'm not travelling to my parents' house and it's really a treat. I have the Christmas lights on, I made a hot whiskey for myself and I watched a bit of television. The Election 1918 special on RTE was actually really good. For those unfamiliar, it's the hundredth anniversary of the 1918 general election which was marked by two gamechangers - votes for women over thirty in possession of property and a tidal wave of support for Sinn Fein in Ireland. The coverage approached it like an election happening today, with experts (historians and sociologists) in studio discussing the results 'as they came in' and moderated by one of the regular presenters of election coverage. I quite appreciated the observation that De Valera made sure that he was seen to go to mass. A burn of the 1918 vintage, people.

Then I watched The Thin Man! It's such a delight! Free to watch on archive.org for anyone who wants. I read the book a few years ago, but the film is really its own animal. Its own extremely drunk animal. And the sequel has Jimmy Stewart! Well, I have to watch that.