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Moonlighting (1985 - 1989)
If people are missing, if objects are lost / we’ll find them for you, at reasonable cost
May 16
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The Editors
and
Tobias Sturt
25
4
10
Reacher at rest
You can get a bit exhausted, sometimes, by the complexity of real life: the weight of people’s experiences and difficulties, and the way that absolutely…
May 9
•
Rowan Davies
21
5
4
1986: Gone To Earth
Growing up with David Sylvian
May 2
•
The Editors
and
Tobias Sturt
11
2
3
April 2026
Metropolitan Mixtape: April 2026
Comforts and discomforts
Apr 25
•
The Editors
,
Tobias Sturt
, and
Rowan Davies
10
The Pitt: progressives in despair
SPOILER WARNING:
Apr 18
•
Rowan Davies
141
76
20
Lake Wobegon Days (1986)
‘Wobegon’, from the Native American ‘the place where we waited all day in the rain [for you].’
Apr 11
•
The Editors
and
Tobias Sturt
14
8
4
1066 And All That
W C Sellar & R J Yeatman (Methuen, 1930)
Apr 4
•
Rowan Davies
38
13
8
March 2026
Metropolitan Mixtape: March 2026
Histories, cinematic, personal and otherwise
Mar 28
•
The Editors
,
Rowan Davies
, and
Tobias Sturt
9
5
2
Changing Rooms (1996-2004)
Changing TV
Mar 21
•
The Editors
and
Tobias Sturt
16
14
3
Avoiding President Farage
Those who walk away from Sandringham
Mar 14
•
Rowan Davies
21
10
4
Highlander (1986)
There can be only one. And a couple of sequels. And a TV series. And a remake.
Mar 7
•
The Editors
and
Tobias Sturt
11
18
4
February 2026
Metropolitan Mixtape: February 2026
Small moments of beauty
Feb 28
•
The Editors
,
Rowan Davies
, and
Tobias Sturt
11
1
5
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