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The ‘80s and the creation of the ‘kids on bikes’ movie.
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The weight of ugliness
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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3⁄4
Should Adrian's innermost thoughts remain a secret?
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The Loved/Hated One
Doctor Who, Britain and America in the ‘80s
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Are we still willing to live by the code of Alex Cox's 1984 punk movie classic?
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Postcards from the Edge and the evil that mums do
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From A to B: Tales of Modern Motoring
What we think about what other people think about cars
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Abattoir Blues
Bob Hoskins and The Long Good Friday
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1978: Ain't half been some clever bastards
Ian Dury, the Blockheads and some reasons to be cheerful
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Uneasy listening
The lounge music fad in '90s London
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Monty Python's Life of Brian
How the Pythons saved Britain from Christian culture wars
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Eddie Izzard Live at The Ambassadors, 1993
How Gen X failed on gender
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A Stranger at Green Knowe
The magical house of Green Knowe greets all strangers, human or otherwise
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