So what do we learn of British history from watching the period cop-show Foyle’s War? ALWYN TURNER is our guide. Continue reading
Category Archives: Culture
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
Decade: Off Menu (2019)
Podcasts were meant to be better than this, weren’t they? asks FINLAY McLAREN. Continue reading
Top 10: 1975
BEN FINLAY selects the best British albums of 1975. Expect the unexpected. Continue reading
Last night on YouTube: Crown Court
IVAN KIRBY celebrates a forgotten milestone in the television depiction of gay men. Continue reading
The lost world of Alexander Baron
SIMON MATTHEWS on the novelist and TV screenwriter Alexander Baron. Continue reading
Last night on YouTube: Clangers
FINLAY McLAREN casts a vote for Froglet in the October 1974 general election. Continue reading
Final cut: Johnny English (2003)
SIMON MATTHEWS on Rowan Atkinson’s spy-spoof series. Continue reading
