Alan Partridge: Big Beacon, review: A gloriously silly take on cancel culture

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Alan Partridge: Big Beacon, review: A gloriously silly take on cancel culture
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The book revels Partridge as he always was, and ever shall be - a perennially foot-in-mouth oaf incapable of seeing the tragedy of himself

The book revels Partridge as he always was, and ever shall be – a perennially foot-in-mouth oaf incapable of seeing the tragedy of himselfOctober 19, 2023 12:28 pm, the no-less-than third instalment of his memoirs, fretting over cancel culture. The ageing broadcaster is, after all, prime meat for “woke” reconsideration. But he has an ace up his sleeve – he’ll mitigate any awkward revelations with upfront mea culpas.

Elsewhere, suspicious over the pervasive air of anxiety within the BBC, he wonders why Jeremy Clarkson was really axed from Top Gear. Partridge himself is hardly an arbiter on who is, and who isn’t, a prime candidate for cancellation, which of course makes his obsession all the funnier. In this way, the tone is set for the ongoing Partridge story.

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