An impenetrable slice of Britishness has landed in my city – and I’m hooked. Let’s hope it survives our seasonal squallsLove Island, recently and hauntingly described in a South African paper as a show that “recruits men and women in their early 20s to live in isolation under permanent video surveillance”, is currently filming its first “winter season” in my city, Cape Town, in a big angular house with a strong conference-venue energy.
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