"Here Come Those Tired Old Tits Again"

Over half a century on, has the blood finally drained from the "middle class kitchen sink drama" Sunday Bloody Sunday?

I recently watched John Schlesinger's 1971 film 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' for the first time this century. The controversial subject matter, a major part of its impact has, as you might expect and hope, more or less completely lost its bite over the intervening 54 years.

Back then, it was a daring, possibly shocking film about a ‘bisexual love-triangle’. No…