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Nadine O’Regan: A lurid headline in rock tells a sad old story

We might think we live in a new era with improved cultural values, but – as has been displayed this week – we still have an awfully long way to go to address power and gender imbalances in society

Win Butler of Arcade Fire: the subject of allegations of improper behaviour towards women. Picture: Getty

There’s nothing more comforting than an old movie at times. But with almost every old movie, there’s a moment that arrives – a moment when you say: “Well, there’s no way you could do that scene/say those lines in today’s world.”

At home recently, S and I were watching The Devil Wears Prada, the comedy with Meryl Streep as the fearsome New York fashion magazine editor, when along came a scene in which our heroine, ...