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Christmas Movie Season 2025
And a one, two, three, four...
Dec 2 • 
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Metropolitan Mixtape: November 2025
Diplomats, gangsters, monsters and the Christmas playlist
Nov 29 • 
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Tobias Sturt
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Rowan Davies
A Study in Pink (2010)
The scarlet thread of disappointment running through the colourful skein of TV
Nov 26 • 
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I'm not watching 'Anora'
Mar 8 • Rowan Davies
Lady Caroline
Aug 5, 2023 • Rowan Davies
Are we... the baddies?
Aug 9 • Rowan Davies
Charlotte Raven, 1969–2025
Jan 27 • Rowan Davies
Freaks and Geeks
Nov 23, 2024 • Rowan Davies
Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain
Oct 29, 2022 • Tobias Sturt

Christmas

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Christmas Movie Season 2025
And a one, two, three, four...
Dec 2 • 
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The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Special (1969—1980)
What do you think of it so far?
Dec 21, 2024 • 
Tobias Sturt
Batman Returns (1992)
Mistletoe can be deadly if you eat it. A kiss can be even deadlier if you mean it.
Dec 7, 2024 • 
Tobias Sturt
The Best Way to Spread Gen X Cheer
Over-analysing ‘Elf’
Dec 23, 2023 • 
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Essays

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The corporate theory of value
I seem to have accidentally retired at the grand age of 54 (thus becoming one of the 50--64-year-olds whose ‘economic inactivity’ forms part of the…
Nov 22 • 
Rowan Davies
Bimbo eruption
SPOILER WARNING for Primary Colors (the novel and the film)
Nov 8 • 
Rowan Davies
Enjoy yourself; it’s later than you think
When I was about 13, I overheard a piece of music in the background of a Radio 4 programme and found myself desperately needing to know what it was.
Oct 11 • 
Rowan Davies
The Sound of the Suburbs
Johnny's upstairs in his bedroom sitting in the dark / Annoying the neighbours with his punk rock electric guitar
Sep 13 • 
Tobias Sturt
Volume control
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 • 
Rowan Davies
Are we... the baddies?
Culture wars, racism, and single sex changing rooms
Aug 9 • 
Rowan Davies
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Raised By Puffins

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Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Edgar Allan Poe (published posthumously)
Oct 4 • 
Tobias Sturt
The Secret History
Donna Tartt (Knopff, 1992)
Aug 2 • 
Tobias Sturt
Flight 714 to Sydney
Hergé (The Adventures of Tintin, Casterman, 1968)
May 17 • 
Tobias Sturt
The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien (Unwin, 1937)
Mar 1 • 
Tobias Sturt

Can We Show The Kids?

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The Wicker Man (1973)
In the wood there grew a tree, and a fine, fine tree was he
Oct 18 • 
Tobias Sturt
Spinal Tap (1984)
11/10
Jul 19 • 
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Down By Law (1986)
It’s a sad and beautiful world
May 3 • 
Tobias Sturt
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)
Feb 8 • 
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On The Box

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‘A Bit Of’ Fry & Laurie (1989 - 1995)
…oh Christ, I’ve left the iron on
Sep 20 • 
Tobias Sturt
The Beiderbecke Affair (1985)
What I don’t understand is this…
Jul 5 • 
Tobias Sturt
Sapphire and Steel (1979--82)
…have been assigned
Apr 19 • 
Tobias Sturt
The Singing Detective (1986)
All clues and no solutions
Feb 1 • 
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Track Listing

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1991: Fever
What a lovely way to burn
Nov 15 • 
Tobias Sturt
1990: Love’s got the world in motion
This is a football song
Sep 6 • 
Rowan Davies
1989: C30, C60, C90, Go!
Home Taping is Skill in Music
Jun 21 • 
Tobias Sturt
1988: Then & Now… The Best of The Monkees
Monkees are the craziest people
Apr 5 • 
Tobias Sturt

Canon fodder

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Down with Skool (1953)
Chiz, chiz
Nov 1 • 
Tobias Sturt
Catcher in the Rye (1951)
Do we really want to hear about it?
Aug 16 • 
Tobias Sturt
The Goon Show (1951—60)
What is this 'Go On Show'?
Jun 7 • 
Tobias Sturt
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 • 
Tobias Sturt

Mixtape

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Christmas Movie Season 2025
And a one, two, three, four...
Dec 2 • 
The Editors
Metropolitan Mixtape: November 2025
Diplomats, gangsters, monsters and the Christmas playlist
Nov 29 • 
The Editors
, 
Tobias Sturt
, and 
Rowan Davies
Metropolitan Mixtape: October 2025
Mostly treats
Oct 25 • 
The Editors
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Rowan Davies
, and 
Tobias Sturt
Metropolitan Mixtape: September 2025
The American Civil War, The Russian Revolution and Jimmy Kimmel
Sep 27 • 
The Editors

Seasons

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A Study in Pink (2010)
The scarlet thread of disappointment running through the colourful skein of TV
Nov 26 • 
Tobias Sturt
Sherlock Hound (1984) / The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Holmes Movies: The game is a-paw
Oct 16 • 
Tobias Sturt
The Seven Per Cent Solution (1976)
Holmes Movies: Sherlock Holmes meets Sigmund Freud!
Sep 23 • 
The Editors
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 • 
Tobias Sturt
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