Here comes the sun doo da doo doo. Partly because the weather is getting better and partly because we’re chatting about the Beatles quadrilogy casting. But that’s not all this week folks; it’s also the whimsy of Bob Mortimer on Off Menu with James Acaster and Bob Mortimer, our feelings about Meryl Streep as Aslan, the surprising popularity of Beth Allison’s Barr’s Becoming the Pastor's Wife, our disinterest in the latest Celebrity Big Brother and the rise of the Shabbat dinner.
LINKS:
Off menu: https://shows.acast.com/offmenu/episodes/ep116-bobmortimer
The Beatles casting: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/01/beatles-biopics-actors-cast-announced-joseph-quinn-barry-keoghan-harris-dickinson-paul-mescal
Meryl Streep as Aslan in Narnia: https://deadline.com/2025/04/meryl-streep-aslan-greta-gerwig-netflix-narnia-movie-1236358278/
Beth Allison Barr: Becoming the Pastor's Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Woman's Path to Ministry: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Becoming-Pastors-Wife-Marriage-Ordination/dp/1587435896
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