FINLAY McLAREN gets nostalgic over highland crofters, pub pianists and the morning commute. Continue reading
Category Archives: Culture
History cops: Life on Mars
ALWYN TURNER takes history lessons from Gene Hunt. Continue reading
Let us now praise: BBC Four
BEN FINLAY celebrates the BBC that used to be. Continue reading
Isokon: The brave new flats of Hampstead
ALAN TYLER visits the Hampstead home of modernists, artists and spies. Continue reading
Last Night on iPlayer: To The Manor Born
In our series on individual episodes of British television, FINLAY McLAREN brings a touch of class. Continue reading
Final Cut: Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Tom Courtenay in a comedy set in the 1970s. Can love bridge the disco-punk divide? Continue reading
History cops: Foyle’s War
So what do we learn of British history from watching the period cop-show Foyle’s War? ALWYN TURNER is our guide. Continue reading
Last night on YouTube: Parkinson
FINLAY McLAREN watches Kenneth Williams and Jimmy Reid going at it (ooh matron). Continue reading
Top 10: Autumn
For the season of mellow fruitfulness, BEN FINLAY discovers the best autumnal albums. Continue reading
Final cut: Davy (1958)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Harry Secombe in an Ealing Comedy about the dying days of variety. Continue reading
The (rest is) History, Man
BEN FINLAY celebrates 50 years of Malcom Bradbury’s satire of fashionable left politics. Continue reading
Top 10: Glam rock
Pretentious, preposterous and perfectly flawed, it’s the best of glam rock – selected by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
