Dear Steven Moffat: Sherlock – A Scandal in Belgravia

Ed Whitfield’s take on the ‘modernising’ of A Scandal in Bohemia and the changes to Irene Adler’s character in the Steven Moffat / Mark Gatiss rehash. I think it’s a fair point.

A regiment of women monsterers

Nick Cohen makes some valid points here about the utter vitriol that female journalists, across the political spectrum, receive compared to their male counterparts. I’m glad there’s been a run of late on people pointing out the many forms of sexism still massively prevalent both online, and in the media more generally.

"You should have your tongue ripped out": the reality of sexist abuse online

What’s most depressing about this article from Helen Lewis Hasteley at the New Statesman is Eleanor O’Hagan’s comment that in order to avoid abuse, she changes the subjects she writes about. I don’t blame her for this, I mean, who wants to have a torrent of abuse every day? But it’s terribly sad.