folly

“One Battle After Another” is entrenched in the folly that comes with our ultramodern push-and-pull between two extremist modes of thinking.

Of course, facts are important, but they don’t necessarily reveal anything; it is the biographer’s folly to ascribe deeper meaning to them, to extrapolate truth from a disparate series of events.

"It was the largest city in western Europe, with a population of over half a million, and it had an ebullient print media that was constantly commentating on the fashions and follies of the age."

Frank, who also directed The Queen's Gambit, said: "I'm grateful to the folks at Netflix, as well as our shining cast and crew, for once more risking their careers to enable my folly."

The annual act of folly and crystal ball-gazing that brings about my Premier League predictions.