The List

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I have a friend and we both used to say that our biggest fear was being turned into memes, but now, it’s being cancelled. I thought, I’m afraid of this because I’m a public-facing writer, but now we’re all public-facing figures in a way. And in trying to be consistent, I’m quite unlike Ola—I’m unapologetically an inconsistent person. For example, I’m Nigerian and from the Yoruba tribe, and culturally, men in the Yoruba community tend to pay for things instead of women. I love that [ laughs]. I’ve never tried to frame it as a feminist practice, because it’s not. It’s like trying to put a feminist slant on misogynistic elements of hip-hop. I’m like, it is just misogynistic, but it’s okay that you still like it. That’s not to say we should embrace hypocrisy, but we should embrace being flawed people. At the moment, I feel like we’re sleepwalking into this incredibly severe mental health crisis. The premise of this felt really interesting to me, so I was disappointed when it personally just did not live up to the hype. Utterly compelling, immersive and addictive” - Sara Collins, author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton Ola Olajide, a high-profile journalist, is marrying the love of her life in one month's time. Young, beautiful, successful – she and her fiancé Michael seem to have it all.

The BBC and HBO have also tied a number of recent youth-skewing projects including upcoming Daisy May Cooper-starrer Rain Dogs and The Girl Before. Brilliantly written, intricately plotted and incredibly clever. Once I started, I could not put it down, and I am sure I'll be thinking about this book for a very long time.” — Abi Daré, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl with the Louding Voice

What was the genesis of the story?

Ola Olajide, a high-profile journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is marrying the love of her life in one month's time. For access to the Queen Elizabeth Hall auditorium seating rows A to C and wheelchair spaces in the Front Stalls, please enter via the Artists' Entrance in the Queen Elizabeth Hall Slip Road (Level 1). As with her character Lewis? Adegoke writes him as an ageing footballer accused of rampant homophobia who turns out to be secretly gay. “Lewis was a really interesting one for me, because that is quite literally an example I’ve seen play out on more than one list where it’s complicated by sexuality 100%.” The List is already being adapted for TV with Adegoke as executive producer. The various cliffhangers and twists suggest it was written with this in mind. It occasionally feels as though she is trying to shoehorn too many characters and subplots into one tale, but we remain invested in her main protagonists’ journey. This nuanced exploration of celebrity culture and online toxicity should win Adegoke new fans.

Ola wriggled and wiped it, giggling hysterically. "Move, man! You're trying to distract me and it won't work. I want answers, Michael. ANSWERS!" also hated that both the fact that characters had 1) committed suicide and 2) been raped were used as like plot twists? The author clearly lays out that less than 1% of men accused are impacted while all victims are harmed 100% of the time. The debacle with Meg thee Stallion after being a victim of gun violence is all the proof I need that wr don't need to be worried about the impact of this type of public shaming on perpetrators. That is, until one morning when they both wake up to the same message: ‘Oh my god, have you seen The List?’Challenging the discourse of victim blaming and online witch hunts, The List doesn’t promise any answers – and it needn’t. What it does do is ask provocative questions, and does so fearlessly, unafraid to wade into the grey, murky waters of abuse and its victims, the annihilation of abusers left at risk to themselves, and unsightly acts of revenge. For step-free access from the Queen Elizabeth Hall Slip Road off Belvedere Road to the Queen Elizabeth Hall auditorium seating (excluding rows A to C) and wheelchair spaces in the Rear Stalls, plus Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer and the Purcell Room, please use the Queen Elizabeth Hall main entrance. There is so much more I have to say on the complexities of these characters’ on and offline lives, their friends, their families and everything else so being able to do so in a series is nothing short of a dream come true.” I also loved how this novel explores that an act on the internet can affect real lives, friendships, careers and mental health of not just those who are directly involved, but also people close to them. The reader gets to see how these allegations spectacularly blow up this happy couple’s relationship and the trust between them is shattered. Can Michael prove that he didn’t do the things that put him on the list? Can Ola find the evidence that supports Michael’s innocence? Who’s story do you believe?