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[](https://earthwormblog.substack.com/) # [](https://earthwormblog.substack.com/) Subscribe Sign in # February diaires: yummy mummy delirium ### bougie yoga, pretentious movies, and, ofc, wuthering heights Mar 03, 2026 4 4 Share I got a ClassPass free trial in February and it turned me into a whole new woman. Something about the complimentary eucalyptus-scented towels at the boutique yoga studios made me slightly delusional about my position in the world. Maybe I should marry a banker? What if I finally learned what private equity meant? I saw my yummy mummy future flash before my eyes. I went to one of those culty spin class with loud club music and afterwards I bought myself a matcha *and* a salad. I somehow convinced myself that I, too, had money. Yummy Mummy is a mentality, after all. Everyone needs a bit of unreality to get through the last weeks of winter. It’s been raining in London almost constantly, save for one glorious day last week where I spent my lunchbreak sunbathing before being summoned back down to the basement where I “work”. Rain is a good excuse to go to the cinema, at least, and I watched some great movies in February. Here’s everything I enjoyed this month\! [](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4ILp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2ffec402-069f-43eb-8a36-c4b50cdd6387_1000x50.webp) - When I wasn’t being a yummy mummy I was being a pretentious bitch, because almost every film I watched in February was in a foreign language. - ***The Lunchbox*****:** Ila is a dissatisfied housewife who makes lunch for her husband every day in the hopes of reviving their marriage. When her husband’s lunchbox accidentally gets sent to Saajan, a miserable office worker, an unlikely friendship forms. The premise might sound twee, but this film has a real emotive edge. Highly recommend! It’s currently on Mubi. - ***Sentimental Value*****:** A renowned film director asks his actress daughter to star in his new film, set in their family home. When she refuses, he casts an American starlet instead. I thought this was a little heavy-handed in its metaphors at times, but overall I enjoyed it – good for fans of complicated family relationships\! - ***Taxi Tehran*****:** Jafar Panahi, who directed *It Was Just An Accident*,pretends to be a taxi driver in Tehran, filming the offhand conversations of his customers in the backseats. It’s never clear what’s real and what’s staged. Funny, charming, and, ultimately, heartbreaking. - ***Mr Nobody Against Putin*****:** From Iran to Russia! This is a documentary about a school assistant in a small town who secretly films as his school becomes increasingly subject to nationalist propaganda. There are some beautiful and unsettling moments in this, like scenes of teenagers dancing at farewell parties for their friends who are joining the army, and shots of young boys weilding guns when the Wagner Group comes to visit the school. If you’re in the UK, you can watch it on iPlayer. - ***8 1/2*****:** It’s avant-garde! It’s meta! It’s one of the greatest films of all time\!    The Haworth Post Office looking very cute; the table where the Brontës wrote (!!!); me, trying to be wistful - The only other film I watched this month was ***“Wuthering Heights”*** and the less we say about that the better. In related news, I visited **Brontë Parsonage** in Haworth, Yorkshire, which was one of the best museums I’ve been to in *ages.* - Although: another good museum I went to was the **V\&A Storehouse**. Nothing is really labeled or explained – although you can scan codes to get more information if you need – and objects are organised seemingly at random. You might not learn as much as you would in a conventional museum, but there was something very inspiring about looking at objects out of context. [](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oGms!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7fe4d3d0-2a4c-4364-bbcf-72a344c396c8_3872x2005.jpeg) three solid books - I absolutely loved ***The Sundial*** by Shirley Jackson. A wealthy family is told, via an apparation from their dead father, that the apocalypse is coming and that the occupants of their house will be the only survivors. Their preparations are increasingly hilarious and delusional. This was dark, funny, and perfectly observed. - Kurt Vonnegut’s ***Breakfast of Champions*** left me with mixed feelings. Vonnegut is so good at revealing the farce of politics and power, but this felt baggier and more chaotic than *Cat’s Cradle,* which I adored. I did love the illustrations, though. Give me more books with pictures\! - I should mention ***The Honjin Murders*** by Seishi Yokomizo. This is a murder mystery first published in 1946. The setup is enticing: the eldest son of a rich family and his new bride are found dead in a locked annex. How did the murderer escape? The plot is satisfying enough, but I found the storytelling too technical at times. - Four stars for ***Careless People*** by Sarah Wynn-Williams, a memoir about working in global policy at Facebook. There are plenty of delicious little details – Mark Zuckerberg playing Catan on his private jet, and all his lackeys letting him win – but the most importantly, it reveals the people running Facebook as ego-driven and ignorant in shocking detail. - **The History Bureau**, a new podcast from the BBC, is a really great listen. The first season is about a series of apartment bombings in Russia in the 1990s. It’s thriller-like without going full-on conspiracy, and it’s a good primer on Putin’s rise to power. [](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DUP5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F02cee0ac-b4d2-4fd6-9503-fe45db46e98d_1000x50.webp) I enjoyed visiting Haworth so much that I finally started *Jane Eyre.* Somehow, I managed to get through a whole English Literature degree without reading it. I’ll report back with thoughts next month! In the meantime, let me know: - What did you enjoy reading and watching in February? - Are there any classic books or films that you want to tick off? What’s been stopping you? (For me, with *Jane Eyre,* it’s always seemed too miserable) - And, why the hell not, let’s get into it: if you’ve seen *“Wuthering Heights”,* what did you think? Freya x 4 4 Share Previous #### Discussion about this post Comments Restacks [](https://substack.com/profile/11375178-panoptonic?utm_source=comment) [Panoptonic](https://substack.com/profile/11375178-panoptonic?utm_source=substack-feed-item) [20h](https://earthwormblog.substack.com/p/february-diaires-yummy-mummy-delirium/comment/222545164 "Mar 3, 2026, 8:01 PM") Liked by Freya Graham Love 8 1/2 but La Dolce Vita is still my favourite [Reply]() [Share]() [1 reply by Freya Graham](https://earthwormblog.substack.com/p/february-diaires-yummy-mummy-delirium/comment/222545164) [](https://substack.com/profile/217288002-janr?utm_source=comment) [Janr](https://substack.com/profile/217288002-janr?utm_source=substack-feed-item) [1d](https://earthwormblog.substack.com/p/february-diaires-yummy-mummy-delirium/comment/222446165 "Mar 3, 2026, 4:41 PM") Liked by Freya Graham I really enjoyed reading this- I could understand it all! I often start reading reviews on Substack and give up half way through. I read ‘A fortnight in September’ by R C Sherrif. Absolutely loved it. Set in the early 1930s about a family’s annual fortnight in Bognor. Such a wonderful social documentary of a particular time. I also read ‘Olive Kitteridge’ by Elizabeth Strout. Enjoyed that too. Little vignettes of different people’s lives but all intertwined. Sadly, don’t visit the cinema enough. Keep on writing your brilliant pieces. 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I got a ClassPass free trial in February and it turned me into a whole new woman. Something about the complimentary eucalyptus-scented towels at the boutique yoga studios made me slightly delusional about my position in the world. Maybe I should marry a banker? What if I finally learned what private equity meant? I saw my yummy mummy future flash before my eyes. I went to one of those culty spin class with loud club music and afterwards I bought myself a matcha *and* a salad. I somehow convinced myself that I, too, had money. Yummy Mummy is a mentality, after all. Everyone needs a bit of unreality to get through the last weeks of winter. It’s been raining in London almost constantly, save for one glorious day last week where I spent my lunchbreak sunbathing before being summoned back down to the basement where I “work”. Rain is a good excuse to go to the cinema, at least, and I watched some great movies in February. Here’s everything I enjoyed this month\! [](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4ILp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2ffec402-069f-43eb-8a36-c4b50cdd6387_1000x50.webp) - When I wasn’t being a yummy mummy I was being a pretentious bitch, because almost every film I watched in February was in a foreign language. - ***The Lunchbox*****:** Ila is a dissatisfied housewife who makes lunch for her husband every day in the hopes of reviving their marriage. When her husband’s lunchbox accidentally gets sent to Saajan, a miserable office worker, an unlikely friendship forms. The premise might sound twee, but this film has a real emotive edge. Highly recommend! It’s currently on Mubi. - ***Sentimental Value*****:** A renowned film director asks his actress daughter to star in his new film, set in their family home. When she refuses, he casts an American starlet instead. I thought this was a little heavy-handed in its metaphors at times, but overall I enjoyed it – good for fans of complicated family relationships\! - ***Taxi Tehran*****:** Jafar Panahi, who directed *It Was Just An Accident*,pretends to be a taxi driver in Tehran, filming the offhand conversations of his customers in the backseats. It’s never clear what’s real and what’s staged. Funny, charming, and, ultimately, heartbreaking. - ***Mr Nobody Against Putin*****:** From Iran to Russia! This is a documentary about a school assistant in a small town who secretly films as his school becomes increasingly subject to nationalist propaganda. There are some beautiful and unsettling moments in this, like scenes of teenagers dancing at farewell parties for their friends who are joining the army, and shots of young boys weilding guns when the Wagner Group comes to visit the school. If you’re in the UK, you can watch it on iPlayer. - ***8 1/2*****:** It’s avant-garde! It’s meta! It’s one of the greatest films of all time\!    The Haworth Post Office looking very cute; the table where the Brontës wrote (!!!); me, trying to be wistful - The only other film I watched this month was ***“Wuthering Heights”*** and the less we say about that the better. In related news, I visited **Brontë Parsonage** in Haworth, Yorkshire, which was one of the best museums I’ve been to in *ages.* - Although: another good museum I went to was the **V\&A Storehouse**. Nothing is really labeled or explained – although you can scan codes to get more information if you need – and objects are organised seemingly at random. You might not learn as much as you would in a conventional museum, but there was something very inspiring about looking at objects out of context. [](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oGms!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7fe4d3d0-2a4c-4364-bbcf-72a344c396c8_3872x2005.jpeg) three solid books - I absolutely loved ***The Sundial*** by Shirley Jackson. A wealthy family is told, via an apparation from their dead father, that the apocalypse is coming and that the occupants of their house will be the only survivors. Their preparations are increasingly hilarious and delusional. This was dark, funny, and perfectly observed. - Kurt Vonnegut’s ***Breakfast of Champions*** left me with mixed feelings. Vonnegut is so good at revealing the farce of politics and power, but this felt baggier and more chaotic than *Cat’s Cradle,* which I adored. I did love the illustrations, though. Give me more books with pictures\! - I should mention ***The Honjin Murders*** by Seishi Yokomizo. This is a murder mystery first published in 1946. The setup is enticing: the eldest son of a rich family and his new bride are found dead in a locked annex. How did the murderer escape? The plot is satisfying enough, but I found the storytelling too technical at times. - Four stars for ***Careless People*** by Sarah Wynn-Williams, a memoir about working in global policy at Facebook. There are plenty of delicious little details – Mark Zuckerberg playing Catan on his private jet, and all his lackeys letting him win – but the most importantly, it reveals the people running Facebook as ego-driven and ignorant in shocking detail. - **The History Bureau**, a new podcast from the BBC, is a really great listen. The first season is about a series of apartment bombings in Russia in the 1990s. It’s thriller-like without going full-on conspiracy, and it’s a good primer on Putin’s rise to power. [](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DUP5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F02cee0ac-b4d2-4fd6-9503-fe45db46e98d_1000x50.webp) I enjoyed visiting Haworth so much that I finally started *Jane Eyre.* Somehow, I managed to get through a whole English Literature degree without reading it. I’ll report back with thoughts next month! In the meantime, let me know: - What did you enjoy reading and watching in February? - Are there any classic books or films that you want to tick off? What’s been stopping you? (For me, with *Jane Eyre,* it’s always seemed too miserable) - And, why the hell not, let’s get into it: if you’ve seen *“Wuthering Heights”,* what did you think? Freya x