Someone has to be a contrarian.
For Valentine’s Day, Charlie Brooker (Comment is Free) steps up to the plate with What we really need is a festival to celebrate love’s many torments.
He suggests ‘a range of cards with bitter messages for ex-lovers such as You Ruined My Life or How Can You Sleep at Night?‘
His preferred date would be February 15 because ‘there will be plenty of willing participants by then. Of course, if
Unvalentine’s Day is going to succeed, it will require commercial
backing – which shouldn’t be a problem, because there are loads of
money-spinning opportunities here.‘
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