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Essays

A catch-up with Miss Smilla

Apr 12 •

‘Adolescence’, thirteen-year-old boys, and Mr Pigden

Mar 22 •

I'm not watching 'Anora'

Admitting that you haven’t read/watched/consumed something is usually an argument-terminator.

Mar 8 •

Discovering the sound of the universe

Feb 15 •

The Wire, but make it Keeley Hawes

Watching Line of Duty from the sickbed

Jan 11 •

Oxford is a busy town.

Dec 14, 2024 •

The latest from

Tobias Sturt

Down By Law (1986)

The Editors

Metropolitan Mixtape: April 2025

Rowan Davies

Hearts of ice

Jon Millington

November '24: A Christmas story

Chris Waywell

April '24: Ooh, you poor man

Mixtape

Metropolitan Mixtape: April 2025

Alternative visions

Apr 26 •

Dumpster diving with the Brothers Quay

Apr 8 •

Metropolitan Mixtape: March 2025

Heroes and villains

Mar 29 •

The Apprentice (2024)

The best are full of passionate intensity while the worst lack all convictions

Mar 12 •

Raised By Puffins

J. R. R. Tolkien (Unwin, 1937)

Mar 1 •

Moominvalley in November

Tove Jansson (Puffin, 1971)

Nov 2, 2024 •

Winnie-the-Pooh

A. A. Milne (Methuen, 1926)

Aug 3, 2024 •

Uptight: The Velvet Underground Story

Victor Bockris and Gerard Malanga (Omnibus Press, 1983)

Jun 1, 2024 •

Can We Show The Kids?

On The Box

Sapphire and Steel (1979--82)

…have been assigned

Apr 19 •

The Singing Detective (1986)

All clues and no solutions

Feb 1 •

The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Special (1969—1980)

What do you think of it so far?

Dec 21, 2024 •

The Young Ones (1982—84)

It's a programme for young adults, made by young adults, and concentratin' on all the subjects that young adults are into! Like, unemployment!

Sep 21, 2024 •

Track Listing

1988: Then & Now… The Best of The Monkees

Monkees are the craziest people

Apr 5 •

1987: Frank’s Wild Years

Never could stand that dog

Jan 18 •

1986: Graceland

There goes sanction-bustin’ Simon

Nov 16, 2024 •

For the footsteps and heartbeats of the connoisseur

Sep 7, 2024 •

OK, Boomer

Easy Rider (1969)

Directed by Dennis Hopper; written by Dennis Hopper (and Peter Fonda and Terry Southern); starring Dennis Hopper (and Peter Fonda). Saved from Dennis…

Mar 15 •

The Pink Panther (1963)

A Bank Holiday movie <comedy French accent> par excellence </accent>

Jan 4 •

Don’t Look Now (1973)

Business idea: a shop in Venice selling shiny red mackintoshes

Oct 19, 2024 •

The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (1966-1976)

You have to go to sea

Aug 17, 2024 •

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