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Metropolitan Mixtape: August 2025
The end of both summer and the 'to watch' list
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939/1959)
Holmes Movies: beware the moor in those dark hours when the powers of evil are exalted
Aug 28
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Tobias Sturt
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I’m writing a long-form piece about Mumsnet at the moment (more about that in a few months), so I’ve been thinking about my time there a lot.
Aug 23
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Rowan Davies
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I'm not watching 'Anora'
Mar 8
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Rowan Davies
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Charlotte Raven, 1969–2025
Jan 27
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Rowan Davies
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Are we... the baddies?
Aug 9
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Rowan Davies
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Lady Caroline
Aug 5, 2023
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Freaks and Geeks
Nov 23, 2024
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Rowan Davies
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Remembrance of the Sixties
Jan 13, 2024
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Tobias Sturt
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I’m writing a long-form piece about Mumsnet at the moment (more about that in a few months), so I’ve been thinking about my time there a lot.
Aug 23
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Rowan Davies
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Are we... the baddies?
Culture wars, racism, and single sex changing rooms
Aug 9
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Rowan Davies
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Watching 9/11
I’ve been on a thematic binge recently, watching and reading content related to 9/11.
Jul 12
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Rowan Davies
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That’s just, like, your opinion, man
A question of taste
May 24
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Tobias Sturt
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Dead Ringers
Back in the days when I used to work for Mumsnet, there was a specific tension that often made things extremely tricky.
May 10
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Rowan Davies
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Hearts of ice
A catch-up with Miss Smilla
Apr 12
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Flight 714 to Sydney
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The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien (Unwin, 1937)
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Down By Law (1986)
It’s a sad and beautiful world
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Slacker (1990)
‘This story was based on fact. Any similarity with fictional events or characters is entirely coincidental.’ (Copyright notice at the end of Slacker)
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Batman Returns (1992)
Mistletoe can be deadly if you eat it. A kiss can be even deadlier if you mean it.
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The Beiderbecke Affair (1985)
What I don’t understand is this…
Jul 5
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Sapphire and Steel (1979--82)
…have been assigned
Apr 19
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The Singing Detective (1986)
All clues and no solutions
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The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Special (1969—1980)
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1986: Graceland
There goes sanction-bustin’ Simon
Nov 16, 2024
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Catcher in the Rye (1951)
Do we really want to hear about it?
Aug 16
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The Goon Show (1951—60)
What is this 'Go On Show'?
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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
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The Pink Panther (1963)
A Bank Holiday movie <comedy French accent> par excellence </accent>
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Big Beasts
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Metropolitan Mixtape: June 2025
Before the Spotify playlist, there was the mixtape: a homemade selection of hand-picked songs.
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Metropolitan Mixtape: May 2025
Before the Spotify playlist, there was the mixtape: a homemade selection of hand-picked songs.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939/1959)
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Aug 28
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Sherlock Holmes (1916) / Sherlock Jr (1924)
Holmes Movies: May I marry Holmes?
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The Trial of Aaron Sorkin
In which the jury returns after an exhaustive/ing deliberation
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The trials of Jobs
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