The Scotsman

TV torture

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Let me assure those armchair milksops feeling ‘triggered’ by the interrogat­ion scenes in Bbc’sexcellent­seriesgunp­owder that they have no concept of what torture is until they’ve attended a Glaswegian masseur and asked for “deep tissue” – where the concept of “will feel completely relaxed afterwards” appears to be a euphemism for “body will go into shock”.

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