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| | | 'I've done a bit of escaping myself' – an ex-prisoner picks the best jail dramas | | by Eric Allison Jul 1, 2022 | | From Time to Screw to Scum and now Black Bird, can prison dramas ever capture the brutal reality of life inside? A former inmate reveals how they stack up against his own spells in the slammer In prison, you have plenty of time to weigh up what’s truth and what’s bullshit. So whenever I watch a drama about crime and punishment, particularly one set in a jail, my first test is how quickly it takes me back to my spells in UK slammers. The great prison dramas I’ve seen, from Jimmy McGovern’s Time to the new Taron Egerton show Black Bird, instantly give me a feeling of being inside again, as much for the sense of tedium as for the violence and mayhem that sporadically breaks the waste of everybody’s time. Channel 4’s recent Screw showed the mental health crisis and drug abuse afflicting prisons today. At one point, two characters discuss how the bulk of drugs get inside the prison walls. The verdict? “Officers. Not everyone in charge keeps on the straight and narrow.” Continue reading... | | | | | 'Aphex Twin pours water on my meltdowns': Guardian readers on the songs that soothe them | | by Guardian readers, Ben Morris, and Clea Skopeliti Jul 1, 2022 | | Donald Trump is reportedly calmed by a blast of Memory from Cats – but our readers prefer Radiohead and Miles Davis Stephanie Grisham, Donald Trump’s former press secretary, claimed this week that on occasion, in order to calm the president’s fury, an aide would be brought in to play him his favourite music – including Memory from the musical Cats. In light of the revelation, we asked our readers which songs they used to calm themselves in moments of high stress. Continue reading... | | | | | |
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