I found it interesting; particularly as in the 70s when it was made, the Women's movement was just gaining momentum yet the women feature as full participants facing the choices women had to make - career vs marriage, abortion, being sexually active, wanting an active life wanting a quiet life and working. The gowns were compulsory in Cambridge for undergraduates living in digs. My parents ran a University boarding house and the young men in our house wore the gowns constantly and needed to get them laundered and ironed and so on. The discussions about religion and politics then as now were full bodied and challenging. One of our students listened to recordings of Hitler for his degree in History, the students argued fiercely about social class and politics and helped me with my homework.
Review of The Glittering Prizes
