Suzanne Harrington: BBC's Leonard and Hungry Paul is an ode to being yourself

"You are not trying to fill a hole in your soul with endless stuff, to be productive and ‘successful’ and accumulative, because you’re too busy filling a bird-feeder, finishing a book, going for a walk."

Ronan Hession. Picture: Ger Holland

Watching the BBC adaptation of Ronan Hession’s 2019 debut novel, Leonard and Hungry Paul, almost makes me cry — in a good way.

It’s about quiet, kind men living quiet, kind lives, quietly revelling in everyday ordinariness: The joy of breakfast, of cups of tea, of board games, of quiet conversation, or of sitting in silence.