Hate watch: Jonathan Creek
Who broke Jonathan Creek? BEN THOMAS revisits the scene of the crime.
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Final cut: Davy (1958)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Harry Secombe in an Ealing Comedy about the dying days of variety. Continue reading
The Blair Wave
ALWYN TURNER remembers the immigration boom of 20 years ago. Continue reading
The (rest is) History, Man
BEN FINLAY celebrates 50 years of Malcom Bradbury’s satire of fashionable left politics. Continue reading
Parties over
What a difference a decade makes. PAUL SAFFER on the extraordinary transformation in politics since 2015. Continue reading
Top 10: Glam rock
Pretentious, preposterous and perfectly flawed, it’s the best of glam rock – selected by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Blowing the whistle on football
PAUL SAFFER looks at the century-long gestation of the Football Governance Act. 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
Sport’s winning streak
It’s been a turbulent ten years, but PAUL SAFFER has found much to cheer in British sport – past and present. Continue reading
