a revival

welcome back to the stage.... men!

A friend and I have recently developed a new in-joke in which we keep saying, “Men are back!” as if men were currently undergoing a surprise cultural revival like Mkat or Sophie Ellis-Bextor. It started when Sally Rooney’s publisher announced that her next novel, Intermezzo, will be about two male characters. My friend pointed out it follows Dolly Alder…