# Sheila Hancock

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Prospect Lives: Restroom censorship and mates rates

This month our family of writers is in a whimsical mood: Vitali Vitaliev reflects on the very different purpose toilet paper once had in Soviet Ukraine, while Anglican priest Alice Goodman laments the poor quality of the Church’s Cheeky Pandas cartoons for children. Actor and writer Sheila Hancock …

Sheila Hancock and Cosmo Landesman

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - actress and author, Dame Sheila Hancock and journalist, Cosmo Landesman - discuss their favourite books by Toby Young, John Williams and Sylvia Townsend Warner. Stoner by John Williams Publisher: Vintage How To Lose Friends and Alienate People by Toby Young Publish…

From Remembrance to Regression: Where Everything Falls Apart - "The Happiness Patrol"

The whiplash is immediate and brutal. After the triumph of "Remembrance of the Daleks," this three-part story lands like a thud. Jim gives another harsh —an unprecedented score that suggests something fundamentally broken beneath the surface. Despite strong performances from McCoy and Aldred, the s…

Prospect Lives: I can’t stop singing my thoughts

This month, our Mindful life writer Sarah Collins explains how her OCD had her singing her thoughts, while Second life writer Vitali Vitaliev asks: what’s in a nose? A trip to the Museum of Brands takes actor Sheila Hancock down memory lane, while Alice Garnett asks her parents for advice on uncert…

Prospect Lives: I’ve had an old-lady fall!

This month Rural life writer Kiran Sidhu decides to embrace materialism, while Anglican priest Alice Goodman recounts the ballad of the Tithe pig. Actor and writer Sheila Hancock is taken to hospital after a fall and is very impressed by the attractive doctors treating her. Hosted on Acast. See ac…

I miss the queen more than ever at 93

This month, actor and writer Sheila Hancock explains why she misses the queen more than ever, while second life writer Vitali Vitaliev believes we have packaged ourselves into madness. Sex worker Tilly Lawless examines how central our professions are to our identity, while Gen Z-er Alice Garnett ex…