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SPOILER WARNING for Primary Colors (the novel and the film)
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Down with Skool (1953)
Chiz, chiz
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Metropolitan Mixtape: October 2025
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I'm not watching 'Anora'
Mar 8
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Lady Caroline
Aug 5, 2023
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Are we... the baddies?
Aug 9
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Charlotte Raven, 1969–2025
Jan 27
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Freaks and Geeks
Nov 23, 2024
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Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain
Oct 29, 2022
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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
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Rowan Davies
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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
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Tobias Sturt
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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
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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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Edgar Allan Poe (published posthumously)
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The Secret History
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Flight 714 to Sydney
Hergé (The Adventures of Tintin, Casterman, 1968)
May 17
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The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien (Unwin, 1937)
Mar 1
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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
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Tobias Sturt
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Spinal Tap (1984)
11/10
Jul 19
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Tobias Sturt
15
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Down By Law (1986)
It’s a sad and beautiful world
May 3
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Tobias Sturt
8
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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)
Feb 8
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‘A Bit Of’ Fry & Laurie (1989 - 1995)
…oh Christ, I’ve left the iron on
Sep 20
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The Beiderbecke Affair (1985)
What I don’t understand is this…
Jul 5
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Tobias Sturt
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Sapphire and Steel (1979--82)
…have been assigned
Apr 19
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Tobias Sturt
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The Singing Detective (1986)
All clues and no solutions
Feb 1
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1990: Love’s got the world in motion
This is a football song
Sep 6
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1989: C30, C60, C90, Go!
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Jun 21
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Tobias Sturt
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1988: Then & Now… The Best of The Monkees
Monkees are the craziest people
Apr 5
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Tobias Sturt
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1987: Frank’s Wild Years
Never could stand that dog
Jan 18
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Canon fodder
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Down with Skool (1953)
Chiz, chiz
Nov 1
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Tobias Sturt
15
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Catcher in the Rye (1951)
Do we really want to hear about it?
Aug 16
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Tobias Sturt
25
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The Goon Show (1951—60)
What is this 'Go On Show'?
Jun 7
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Tobias Sturt
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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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Metropolitan Mixtape: October 2025
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Oct 25
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Metropolitan Mixtape: September 2025
The American Civil War, The Russian Revolution and Jimmy Kimmel
Sep 27
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Metropolitan Mixtape: August 2025
The end of both summer and the 'to watch' list
Aug 30
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Metropolitan Mixtape: July 2025
Big Beasts
Jul 26
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Seasons
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Sherlock Hound (1984) / The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Holmes Movies: The game is a-paw
Oct 16
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Tobias Sturt
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The Seven Per Cent Solution (1976)
Holmes Movies: Sherlock Holmes meets Sigmund Freud!
Sep 23
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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?
Jul 16
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