Joe Lycett: ‘I don’t think Labour politicians would like being made fun of... the Tories didn’t care’

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Well, I’ll tell you: [getting Jacqueline Wilson to rank her books in order of how traumatic they are](~/AAAHagA~/RgRo2i_6P0T2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2phY3F1ZWxpbmUtd2lsc29uLWludGVydmlldy10aGluay1hZ2Fpbi1iMjYxODA4Mi5odG1sP2xpZD1maGE1OXM4OGJ0YjcmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDI4LTA5LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZvf6qvdmFnAbIVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj). Her fans on TikTok have been looking back on her books and their dark plots, so I had to ask the former children’s laureate what she made of this trend [when I met her to discuss her new adult novel, Think Again](~/AAAHagA~/RgRo2i_6P0T2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2phY3F1ZWxpbmUtd2lsc29uLWludGVydmlldy10aGluay1hZ2Fpbi1iMjYxODA4Mi5odG1sP2xpZD1zc2pyNW1uOWR1ajUmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDI4LTA5LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZvf6qvdmFnAbIVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj). We chatted about many things, including whether teenage girls have changed since her Girls in Love books, the TV casting that disappointed her, and why she’s not embarrassed about writing sex scenes. This week also saw one of the biggest literary moments of the year, with the publication of Sally Rooney’s fourth novel Intermezzo. [Our critic Jo Hamya loved the book](~/AAAHagA~/RgRo2i_6P0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL3Jldmlld3Mvc2FsbHktcm9vbmV5LWludGVybWV6em8tYm9vay1yZXZpZXctYjI2MTQ5NjIuaHRtbD9saWQ9NWd4aWhxZzB5bGhvJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAyOC0wOS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmb3-qr3ZhZwGyFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~), writing: “Not everyone has given her the grace a young woman might have needed to reach this point. But for those who have been patient enough to wait, the reward is transcendent.” Culture reporter Maira was [at the Southbank Centre to hear Rooney discuss her new book](~/AAAHagA~/RgRo2i_6P0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL25ld3Mvc2FsbHktcm9vbmV5LWludGVybWV6em8tcGFsZXN0aW5lLWdhemEtYjI2MTkzMDMuaHRtbD9saWQ9dXQ5OXQ0ODc5OGJmJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAyOC0wOS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmb3-qr3ZhZwGyFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~), where she made an impassioned pro-Palestine speech. ~/AAAHagA~/RgRo2i_6P0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL3Jldmlld3Mvc2FsbHktcm9vbmV5LWludGVybWV6em8tYm9vay1yZXZpZXctYjI2MTQ5NjIuaHRtbD9saWQ9bXE1aWphcWdqbDFwJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAyOC0wOS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmb3-qr3ZhZwGyFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~ This week saw the release of Sally Rooney's fourth novel, 'Intermezzo' This week also saw the opening of this year’s Turner Prize exhibition at Tate Britain. [Lydia went down to talk to the curator about this year’s works](~/AAAHagA~/RgRo2i_6P0TyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2FydC9uZXdzL3R1cm5lci1wcml6ZS0yMDI0LXRhdGUtYnJpdGFpbi1leGhpYml0aW9uLWIyNjE4MjI3Lmh0bWw_bGlkPW5lYnBvZ3g5bTdrciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMjgtMDktMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1Qgpm9_qq92YWcBshUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~), although our critic [Mark Hudson wasn’t a fan of the show](~/AAAHagA~/RgRo2i_6P0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2FydC9yZXZpZXdzL3R1cm5lci1wcml6ZS0yMDI0LXJldmlldy10YXRlLWJyaXRhaW4tYjI2MTc4ODEuaHRtbD9saWQ9aTd2d2Zha2NrZDZ5JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAyOC0wOS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmb3-qr3ZhZwGyFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~). “The Turner Prize returns in its 40th year with an exhibition notable for its near total absence of guts, passion or edge,” [he wrote](~/AAAHagA~/RgRo2i_6P0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2FydC9yZXZpZXdzL3R1cm5lci1wcml6ZS0yMDI0LXJldmlldy10YXRlLWJyaXRhaW4tYjI2MTc4ODEuaHRtbD9saWQ9aGpwdjVobDBwNW9xJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAyOC0wOS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmb3-qr3ZhZwGyFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~). Ouch. Elsewhere: I can’t wait to[watch the third series of Industry next week](~/AAAHagA~/RgRo2i_6P0TtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L3Jldmlld3MvaW5kdXN0cnktc2Vhc29uLXRocmVlLW1hcmlzYS1hYmVsYS1iMjU5Mzk5OC5odG1sP2xpZD1ndHZrMXJubDZlc2YmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDI4LTA5LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZvf6qvdmFnAbIVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj), which our TV critic Nick Hilton enjoyed. Bake Off is back too, but Sean O’Grady says that [the sweetness is starting to wear off](~/AAAHagA~/RgRo2i_6P0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L3Jldmlld3MvdGhlLWdyZWF0LWJyaXRpc2gtYmFrZS1vZmYtMjAyNC1yZXZpZXctYjI2MTc5NjkuaHRtbD9saWQ9MWNpOWZnOXV6a2VsJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAyOC0wOS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmb3-qr3ZhZwGyFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~). Adam [spoke to Will Ferrell and his friend Harper Steele](~/AAAHagA~/RgRo2i_6P0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL2ZlYXR1cmVzL3dpbGwtZmVycmVsbC1oYXJwZXItc3RlZWxlLW5ldGZsaXgtYjI2MTg4MjMuaHRtbD9saWQ9ajA1c2YyZ21wY3BpJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAyOC0wOS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmb3-qr3ZhZwGyFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) about the documentary they’ve made about how their friendship evolved after Harper came out as trans, and Helen Brown [interviewed Alexander Armstrong about his new children’s book](~/AAAHagA~/RgRo2i_6P0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2Jvb2tzL2ZlYXR1cmVzL2FsZXhhbmRlci1hcm1zdHJvbmctYjI2MTc1MTEuaHRtbD9saWQ9bnBpdmllcGw2ZmFoJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAyOC0wOS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmb3-qr3ZhZwGyFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~). Plus, 30 years since the release of The Shawshank Redemption, Tom Fordy explored how the Stephen King novella adaptation [went from being one of 1994’s biggest flops to a cinematic classic](~/AAAHagA~/RgRo2i_6P0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL2ZlYXR1cmVzL3NoYXdzaGFuay1yZWRlbXB0aW9uLW1vdmllLWIyNjE2MDk1Lmh0bWw_bGlkPTNtenY1OTFlajA2aCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMjgtMDktMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1Qgpm9_qq92YWcBshUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~). 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No, that’s not the set-up for a convoluted joke with a dubious punchline, but the [premise for Nobody Wants This, Netflix’s new odd couple romcom series](~/AAAHagA~/RgRo2i_6P0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L3R2L3Jldmlld3Mvbm9ib2R5LXdhbnRzLXRoaXMtbmV0ZmxpeC1yZXZpZXctYjI2MTgxNDEuaHRtbD9saWQ9Y25lNThmazdxYzY5JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAyOC0wOS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmb3-qr3ZhZwGyFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~). Unlikely pairings aren’t exactly rare in the romcom world: it’s a genre that’s practically built on the concept that opposites attract, and that the two very good-looking people who have buckets of chemistry but very different lives (or just slightly different wardrobes) might actually have more in common than they realise. But Nobody Wants This has the advantage of being rooted in reality. Show creator Erin Foster converted to Judaism when she married her husband, so she has first-hand experience of all the highs and lows of a culture-clash love story. Katie Rosseinsky | Senior culture and lifestyle writer   Art | [Monet and London: Views of the Thames](~/AAAHagA~/RgRo2i_6P0S1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2FydD9saWQ9ZzZqbGdmZTdlNDJqJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAyOC0wOS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmb3-qr3ZhZwGyFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) This autumn sees these two titans going head to head in London. With Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers packing them in at the National Gallery, Monet and London at the Courtauld Gallery manages the extraordinary feat of substantially recreating a landmark 1904 exhibition of Monet’s paintings of the city, in a gallery situated just 300yds from the Savoy Hotel, where the majority of them were painted. With the works hung as the painter himself intended, or as near as can be known, this is [as close as we’re going to get to Monet on Monet](~/AAAHagA~/RgRo2i_6P0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2FydC9yZXZpZXdzL21vbmV0LWFuZC1sb25kb24tdGhhbWVzLWNvdXJ0YXVsZC1yZXZpZXctYjI2MTg4NjkuaHRtbD9saWQ9bDlwOWdrNW45dWJsJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAyOC0wOS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmb3-qr3ZhZwGyFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~). Mark Hudson | Chief art critic   Theatre | [Coriolanus](~/AAAHagA~/RgRo2i_6P0S3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljP2xpZD14Z2F2dXFhMWVoN2smdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDI4LTA5LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZvf6qvdmFnAbIVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) It’s a bit of a risk to put a lesser-known Shakespeare play with a vaguely comical name in the National Theatre’s massive Olivier space. But you wouldn’t know it from [the monumental confidence of Lyndsey Turner’s swaggering production](~/AAAHagA~/RgRo2i_6P4QGAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmluZGVwZW5kZW50LmNvLnVrL2FydHMtZW50ZXJ0YWlubWVudC90aGVhdHJlLWRhbmNlL3Jldmlld3MvY29yaW9sYW51cy1yZXZpZXctZGF2aWQtb3llbG93by1uYXRpb25hbC10aGVhdHJlLWIyNjE4NTk2Lmh0bWw_bGlkPXJpOXJvMWNoOHZhNCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPUluZHlBcnRzIE5ld3NsZXR0ZXIgMjgtMDktMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX0N1bHR1cmVfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DRFBXBXNwY2V1Qgpm9_qq92YWcBshUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAyM~), full of antique grandeur and up-to-the-minute fireworks. The story’s set in the early days of Ancient Rome – the city’s fierce origin myth referenced by a giant statue of the wolf who suckled its twin founders. But Turner’s aesthetic is refined rather than feral, gesturing towards the remote elite that stifled Rome until it declined and fell. Alice Saville | Chief theatre critic   Film | [Megalopolis](~/AAAHagA~/RgRo2i_6P0S3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zP2xpZD1wd3BsemtrOHBqd3UmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWJyYXplJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1JbmR5QXJ0cyBOZXdzbGV0dGVyIDI4LTA5LTI0JnV0bV90ZXJtPUlORF9DdWx0dXJlX05ld3NsZXR0ZXJfQ0RQVwVzcGNldUIKZvf6qvdmFnAbIVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) Megalopolis, [Francis Ford Coppola’s self-funded $120m](~/AAAHagA~/RgRo2i_6P0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXJ0cy1lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L2ZpbG1zL3Jldmlld3MvbWVnYWxvcG9saXMtcmV2aWV3LWNvcHBvbGEtYjI2MTg4NjUuaHRtbD9saWQ9MzBkdmk0c3JiY2dtJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249SW5keUFydHMgTmV3c2xldHRlciAyOC0wOS0yNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfQ3VsdHVyZV9OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NEUFcFc3BjZXVCCmb3-qr3ZhZwGyFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) (£94m) epic, certainly isn’t another Godfather or Apocalypse Now, but it’s at least bursting with ideas. The filmmaker spent decades trying to get Megalopolis off the ground. What if it was no good? And what to make of the many claims of chaos on its set? Ultimately, this isn’t the car crash it could have been. It is, though, deeply flawed and very eccentric. 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We’re meeting in a central London coffee shop; Lycett is dressed in a Timmy Mallett-like ensemble of white shirt and trousers, both of which are covered in huge, colourful prints of paintings. A pair of garish, Elton John-esque blue sunglasses are perched on the table in front of him. On closer inspection, I realise his shirt is actually covered in his own portraits: the kind of scratchy acrylic paintings of celebrities Lycett frequently shares with his 1 million Instagram followers. “You can imagine people at Birmingham New Street looking at me wearing this thing,” he says, brows raised. The outfit might suggest otherwise, but Lycett is far more subdued in person than the fast-talking, prank-playing whirlwind he’s known as. The coffee he orders, for one, is decaf. Nowadays, he admits, his comedy persona is “almost entirely different to what I’m like in real life”. “I live a quieter life than I used to,” he says. As a bisexual man who spends most of his evenings at home watching TV shows such as Severance with his girlfriend, he sees his work as his “outlet for campness”. 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