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Parents on bikes
The ‘80s and the creation of the ‘kids on bikes’ movie.
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Tobias Sturt
6
May 2023
An Evening (Wasted) with Tom Lehrer
The best time
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Rowan Davies
2
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
The weight of ugliness
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Rowan Davies
7
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3⁄4
Should Adrian's innermost thoughts remain a secret?
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Tobias Sturt
The Loved/Hated One
Doctor Who, Britain and America in the ‘80s
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Tobias Sturt
April 2023
Repo Man Revisited
Are we still willing to live by the code of Alex Cox's 1984 punk movie classic?
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The Editors
6
I'm still here, in D flat
Postcards from the Edge and the evil that mums do
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Rowan Davies
From A to B: Tales of Modern Motoring
What we think about what other people think about cars
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Tobias Sturt
2
Abattoir Blues
Bob Hoskins and The Long Good Friday
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Jon Millington
2
1978: Ain't half been some clever bastards
Ian Dury, the Blockheads and some reasons to be cheerful
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Tobias Sturt
2
March 2023
Uneasy listening
The lounge music fad in '90s London
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Tobias Sturt
4
Monty Python's Life of Brian
How the Pythons saved Britain from Christian culture wars
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The Editors
3
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