Hate watch: Poirot
Which episode of Poirot fails to please BEN THOMAS’s little grey cells?
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Now we are ten
We’re celebrating the tenth anniversary of Lion & Unicorn. Come and join us… Continue reading
Top 10: British folk-rock
BEN FINLAY guides you through the best of British folk rock, from Nick Drake and the Fairports to Comus. Continue reading
Last night on YouTube: Beasts
FINLAY McLAREN on the horrific genius of Nigel Kneale. Continue reading
Top 10: British blues
BEN FINLAY is your guide to the best of the 1960s British blues boom. Continue reading
Last night on YouTube: Rumpole
FINLAY McLAREN takes the train to Coldsands in search of the lost art of television drama. Continue reading
Final cut: The Eagle (2011)
SIMON MATTHEWS on a Roman epic somewhere between The Lord of the Rings and The Wicker Man. Continue reading
Top 10: Getting it together in the country
Fleetwood Mac, Gong, Paul Weller… they’re all in BEN FINLAY’s guide to getting it together in the country. Continue reading
Final cut: Bank Holiday (1938)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches a movie about Britain on the brink of WW2. Continue reading
Top 10: The golden age of British jazz
Ronnie Scott, Stan Tracey, Phil Collins… BEN FINLAY introduces the ten best British jazz albums of the 1960s and 70s. Continue reading
What did you do in the war?
From vets and cooks to padres and pay-clerks, ALWYN TURNER salutes the less-celebrated WW2 units of the British Army. Continue reading
Final cut: The Duellists (1977)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Ridley Scott’s Napoleonic debut movie. Continue reading
Final Cut: Number One (1985)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Bob Geldof, Alfred Molina, Ray Winstone & Mel Smith in a dark movie about snooker. Continue reading
