PAUL SAFFER on the short-lived predecessor of BBC Radio 5 Live that nurtured a generation of stars. Continue reading
Category Archives: Culture
Final cut: Night of the Eagle (1962)
IVAN KIRBY thrills to Peter Wyngarde’s most masculine turn. Continue reading
Fight night on fright night: Image of the Fendahl
BEN THOMAS and FINLAY McLAREN engage in a sub-Socratic dialogue on the subject of a 1977 Doctor Who story. Continue reading
Rockabilly Rebels: the album
From Shakin’ Stevens to the Shakin’ Pyramids, ALWYN TURNER offers a guide to the best of British revivalist rockabilly. Continue reading
Hate watch: Poirot
Which episode of Poirot fails to please BEN THOMAS’s little grey cells? Continue reading
Malcolm Saville & the children’s holiday adventure
JONATHAN CALDER celebrates one of the great children’s writers – somewhere between Arthur Ransome and Enid Blyton. Continue reading
Final cut: Sebastian (1968)
SIMON MATTHEWS on Michael Powell’s Swinging London movie. Continue reading
History cops: George Gently pt 1
ALWYN TURNER’s episode guide to Peter Flannery’s 1960s cop show. Continue reading
Top ten: 1974
From Robert Wyatt to Robert Palmer, it’s BEN FINLAY’s selection of the best British albums of 1974. Expect blues, prog and folk. Continue reading
Biddu: the album
ALWYN TURNER on Britain’s first disco-king, with music from Carl Douglas and Geno Washington to the Playthings and the Electric Dolls. Continue reading
Hate watch: Taskmaster
BEN THOMAS takes exception to a below-par series of Taskmaster. Continue reading
Last night on YouTube: Man Alive
IVAN KIRBY on the Britain of 1965-66, as revealed by the BBC documentary strand. Continue reading
