Diary of a Gen Z Student: If you want 1847 Wuthering Heights perfectly distilled, stick to the novel

Few people will trudge through the entire, densely packed novel these days. The only reason I finished it was because it was mandatory reading for my degree a few years ago

Jane Cowan: 'Fennell is practically screaming at us that this is not a transcription from novel to film. But people will still complain about that. This was her imagination running free, how she interpreted the novel as a teenager.' Picture: 2026 Warner Bros. 

One of my favourite memories from the first covid lockdown is listening to people lose their minds while discussing Normal People on RTE’s Liveline. The profanity! The indecency! The silver chain around Paul Mescal’s neck!

"It’s just too much sex", seemed to be the general consensus from people of a certain generation (I won’t name names). It was a sacred time, the nation coming to terms with the idea that "when a man and woman really love each other" is probably not particularly realistic.