From Bagpuss to The Owl Service, BEN FINLAY celebrates the odder corners of old-school kids’ TV. Continue reading
Category Archives: Culture
Shellshocked: outtakes
Some odds and ends left over from ALWYN TURNER’s book A Shellshocked Nation, featuring child movie stars, strippers, Nazis and boxing. Continue reading
Shellshocked: quotes from novels
ALWYN TURNER chooses some of his favourite quotes from the fiction of Britain between the wars. Continue reading
Final cut: Max Headroom — 20 Minutes into the Future (1985)
SIMON MATTHEWS on the origin story of Channel 4’s VJ Max Headroom. Continue reading
Shellshocked: movie quotes
ALWYN TURNER selects his favourite quotes from British movies of the 1920s and 30s. Continue reading
Nuts in May at 50
Fifty years on and Mike Leigh’s play still resonates, says BEN FINLAY. Continue reading
Top 10: British Dance Bands
ALWYN TURNER shares some of the best of interwar British dance music, from The Teddy Bears’ Picnic to My Girl’s Pussy. Continue reading
Last night on YouTube: Coronation Street
FINLAY McLAREN meets the neighbours… Continue reading
The Daleks’ Master Plan
ALWYN TURNER hides behind the sofa as the Daleks unveil their Master Plan. Continue reading
Final cut: The Strange Affair (1968)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches the evaporation of optimism in the Swinging Sixties. Continue reading
Orwell belongs to us!
ALAN TYLER on The Lion & The Unicorn, Big Brother and Auntie. Continue reading
Top 10: Yuletide
BEN FINLAY has some music to set the festive mood. Continue reading
