James Delingpole James Delingpole

Evocative and immaculate: Netflix’s One Day reviewed

A simply but effective story that makes you realise everything really was so much better back in the nineties

Ambika Mod (Emma) and Leo Woodall (Dexter) in the beautiful new series One Day 
issue 17 February 2024

One Day is a bestselling novel with a simple but effective premise: a delightful, made-for-each-other couple meet on their last day at university, narrowly miss getting off with one another, then continue narrowly to miss getting off with one another every year for 14 years until finally, eventually they do.

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