Telenovela Lover Mugs

The best way for you not to lose your Spanish skills is to watch Spanish TV. New rule! Every Wednesday night is mandatory Spanish TV night!"

Trial by Media

"All our extras are ex-soccer players - they're the best at dramatically faking injuries."

"I don't care if it is itty-bitty. Turn it off!"

"And by president we mean the one on Saturday night tv, not the real one. He kinda sucks."

'Gosh, really? You've never been on any reality show at all?'

Trilby - 'The old studio'.

'A sitcom has to be quirky or formulaic. There is no middle way.'

What would Charlotte Bronte do, she thought to herself.

"This place is famous for its short fiction about food."

'Choose, Fenster

"I'll be glad when the television is fixed."

"Spoiler alert."

"No Hand Sanitiser"

Barry Unsworth

Foxy lady

Frontispiece to 'The Pickwick Papers'

"It's a novel about interest rates."

Lord Byron

Mr. Merdle becomes a borrower

'Sorry, Mr. Wimble -- you've had just about enough Kafka for one day.'

Book

The old fashioned, never say die author: 'All right, if they're remaindered, I'll sign the remainders.'

Sylvia Plath

Eleven/Millie Bobby Brown (caricature)

A new book with a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

"It's a stream of consciousness novel like 'Ulysses' I just sort of sat down and wrote it without even thinking of a plot have you had drink I', going to get a seat where do you come from it's hot in here I like blue do you like blue..."

'Would you believe, all this is just part of a new reality show?'

Trilby - The flexible flageolet