The Parallel Political Universe of Love Actually

Following FM’s recent investigation into Die Hard, Eleanor Penny tackles another festive Alan Rickman vehicle along with Nathalie Olah, author of Bad Taste and Steal As Much As You Can.

In Richard Curtis’ Love Actually, a selection of mainly white and middle-class Londoners seem to be living in a parallel universe – one in which the war on terror never happened and the ’90s never ended. From cross-class love affairs and heteropessimism to the shadow of the social care crisis and the US-UK special relationship, the 2003 romcom has much to say about love and politics.

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