A Game of Lies

by Clare Mackintosh

“The 1980s called. They want their inappropriate banter back.”

A wave of emotion washes over Elen: like being homesick even though you’re having a lovely time on holiday.

Reality TV is the modern-day equivalent of taking your knitting to an execution.

“Engage brain, then speak, yeah?”

I just needed you to know not to trust what you see on TV.”

Do people nowadays have so little concentration, they must be spoon-fed?

(you know hot tubs are basically skin cell soup?),

Henry is already in full flow, although—like a lot of men Ffion knows—he’s using a lot of words to say nothing of great importance.