FINLAY McLAREN has a ticket to Tombstone and an appointment with the Gunfighters. Continue reading
Category Archives: Culture
Top 10: 1976
From a triple-denim suit to strip poker with a Playmate of the Month – even the album sleeves were great in 1976, finds BEN FINLAY. Continue reading
Black and Blue at Fifty
BEN FINLAY is Black and Blue from the Rolling Stones – and he likes it. Continue reading
History cops: Cribb
ALWYN TURNER watches a 1980s take on sex and class in the 1880s. Continue reading
Top 10: Spring (pt 2)
BEN FINLAY takes us through the five best albums for Spring. Continue reading
Top 10: Spring (pt 1)
Spring is springing all around us, and BEN FINLAY has the perfect soundtrack. Continue reading
TV Cooks (pt 2)
BEN FINLAY identifies the five best TV cooks. Continue reading
TV Cooks (pt 1)
Who are the best TV chefs? BEN FINLAY looks at the runners and riders. Continue reading
Final cut: Tell England (1931)
SIMON MATTHEWS on a movie about the doomed Gallipoli campaign. Continue reading
A Lost World (pt 2)
BEN FINLAY selects the ten best shows from the golden age of factual TV. Continue reading
A Lost World (pt 1)
BEN FINLAY remembers the golden age of factual TV. Continue reading
Fun? and other 1990s album titles
Praise the Lard – it’s ALWYN TURNER’s ninety British album titles of the 1990s. Continue reading
