India, Jan. 30 -- Team women. If the Beckham drama has taught us anything, it's how efficiently we pit women against each other. It's not a Victoria vs Nicola Peltz catfight. It's not bride vs MIL. Notice that there are men in this family. How come David or Brooklyn are emerging with their reputation spotless? How come they're decorative lamps with no agency in this story? Question everything, conspiracy theorists!

Moaning softly. Dystopian thrillers and workplace dramas are feeling too real at the moment. Our escape: Competency porn. That's just a sexy term for plots in which people do their jobs well. Star Trek, yes, but also The Pitt, The Paper, The Great British Bake Off even. Being good in a crisis is better than being good in bed, ...