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Never Greener: The number one bestselling novel from the co-creator of GAVIN & STACEY

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The Sunday Times number one bestselling debut from screenwriter and actress Ruth Jones. A warm, witty and wise story of life's second chances and the dangers of taking them. How long does it take to become a national treasure? It’s not a label bestowed lightly, but Ruth Jones is well on her way to earning it, thanks to her much-loved TV projects, Gavin & Stacey and Stella, which mixed drama and comedy to heartwarming effect. Her screen work has that elusive quality of the top-notch writer, a “voice” that wins you over instantly. My struggles with the book were mainly with the way Kate is written as a contemptible person whilst Callum is quite likeable. Kate is in her early 20s when their affair begins and Callum is in his late 30s yet she is seen as a seductive temptress and Callum is just a hapless man who cannot resist her charms. I got annoyed with myself for liking Callum when he was as much to blame for their affair (it takes two to Tango after all). I am unsure whether this was intentional by Ruth Jones and whether she is holding up a mirror on the portrayal of women in this sort of situation but if she was it wasn’t immediately obvious to me. Jones married David Peet, the TV and radio producer, in 1999. [25] [26] Jones is step-mother to three children from Peet's previous marriage. [27] Jones was awarded the BAFTA Cymru Sian Phillips Special Recognition Award in 2009. [23] In 2012, Jones received a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for her performance in Stella. [24] Personal life [ edit ]

And they are faced with a choice: to walk away from each other . . . or to risk finding out what might have been. Heart-rending, provocative and astutely written, Never Greener is a love story about getting what you want and losing everything you need. Ruth's characters will stay with me for a long time.' Cathy BramleyTelevision Female Performance In A Comedy Programme | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org . Retrieved 10 October 2019. La moglie vuole fare l'amore con lui (giustamente, essendo suo marito) e lui si sente in colpa di tradire Kate e pensa a lei durante l'amplesso. Ho pensato: "ma non ti fai schifo come uomo? Questa donna ti ha amato, perdonato e ha cresciuto i tuoi figli e tu hai il coraggio di riempirla di bugie per una donna che ti fa perdere il senno?". The series won several awards, including two BAFTAs and four British Comedy Awards. [3] Jones and co-star Rob Brydon recorded " Islands in the Stream" (a song performed by their characters in the programme) as a single for Comic Relief in 2009; the song reached No. 1 in the chart. [8] Ruth Jones is excellent on human nature and why we make the mistakes we do. I felt for every character. Unputdownable.' Jojo Moyes

As for Kate, well she feels extremely superficial and I struggled to have any sympathy for her. I think the interesting part of her journey likely happens between the end of the book and the epilogue so of course we never see it.

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Jones appeared on television as Kelly in four series of ITV's comedy Fat Friends, where she met James Corden. Afterwards she appeared in several BBC comedies, playing Myfanwy in Little Britain, Magz in Saxondale and Linda in Nighty Night. [7]

There were so many issues that were vaguely touched on but never answered or properly dealt with. Matt enjoying sex with another man - we only find out years later that it wasn't just a one off, for the want of a better phrase. OK, but just dropping that into the story without any explanation or follow up? The guy turns up years later, another predictably vile character, but we are asked to believe that one of the other daft but at least slightly more likeable side characters (Hetty) is still 'in love' with him after not even seeing him for 14 years. So is he gay, bisexual or what - and do we care (no) because at times it reads like an agony story from a teenage comic. I am never going to like sci-fi or horror. The world’s bad enough as it is, quite frankly. I love multigenerational sagas. I am just finishing the Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard. I know it’s been televised before [in 2001, as The Cazalets] but you could easily do it again. It’s much better than Downton. What I love about it is how the legacies from people’s stories are threaded through the narrative and the way things that happen in childhood carry on having repercussions for generations. It uplifts me, which it shouldn’t do, because it also makes me aware of my mortality. O'Grady, Carrie (13 April 2018). "Never Greener by Ruth Jones review – Gavin & Stacey co-creator's debut is a soggy squib". The Guardian– via www.theguardian.com.In October 2018, Jones returned to the stage after a 12-year absence in the new play "The Nightingales" by William Gaminara, produced by Jenny Topper and Theatre Royal, Bath. Iaith ar Daith 'Dolig"[Language Road Trip: Christmas]. Boom Cymru. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021 . Retrieved 31 January 2021. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/18/lucy-letby-the-beige-and-average-nurse-who-turned-into-a-baby-killer After the trip of a lifetime, the three girls are closer than ever. But an unexpected turn of events shakes the foundation of their friendship to its core, leaving their future in doubt - there's simply too much to forgive, let alone forget. An innocent childhood promise they once made now seems impossible to keep . . .

My dad gave me a copy of A Shropshire Lad a few years ago. He died in July, so now I keep that by my bedside. Oggi ho recuperato una lettura che avevo in lista ma che non riuscivo a leggere. Finalmente ho avuto un po' di tempo libero e mi sono dedicata ad “Ancora noi” di Ruth Jones, edito Sperling&Kupfer. Saying that though, Ruth Jones really can write people and she writes them incredibly well. Kate is brittle, fake, toxic and a huge contrast to her kind, loving, compassionate husband Matt (who I really liked). Callum and his wife Belinda are both brilliantly written and the insights into relationships of both couples are drawn with an expert eye and deft touch. It is also laugh out loud funny in places with clever observations of emotions and the complications of life. Fuelled by tension, passion, love, sadness and happiness, this book marries some quite heavy themes such as depression, loss, heartbreak and infidelity with fantastic humour and a joyous voice. The last chapter broke my heart and I know I’m going to miss these characters so much. Ruth Jones has written such a wonderful, wonderful book. In 2008, Jones co-founded Tidy Productions with producer David Peet. The company produced the series Jones presented on BBC Radio Wales in 2008-9, Ruth Jones' Sunday Brunch. [2] [10] In 2010, the company had comedy and light entertainment production credits with BBC Two and BBC Three. It has made two 90-minute comedy dramas for S4C and light-entertainment shows for BBC Wales, and topical radio series What's the Story? for Radio Wales, predecessor to The Leek.

I absolutely loved this so much. There were moments that made me cry and other moments that made me laugh.' Ruth Jones' writing is so impressive. She captures the everyday lives of her characters, she injects humour and laughter in with the total devastation and sadness, she keeps it incredibly real and believable. When Kate was twenty-two, she had an intense and passionate affair with a married man, Callum, which ended in heartbreak. Kate thought she’d never get over it. I have to admit that Kate's husband Matt and his old friend Hetty were by far my favourite characters and I hurt when Matt hurt and I wanted to cry when he cried. I loved Hetty for her absolute loyalty to him and was desperately sad when even their relationship when awry for a while. This isn’t a book that romanticizes infidelity by any means – it really is warts and all, and examines the effect of an affair not only on those involved but on those on the periphery. It is difficult and upsetting for all concerned and wasn’t an easy read/listen at times especially as Ruth Jones highlights the selfish nature of affairs and the almost disdainful way in which those having the affair treat the people they have hurt. My heart broke for both Matt and Belinda – their sadness is palpable.

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