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All mushed up inside
What’s up with Happy Valley?
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Rowan Davies
4
The Bear Went Over The Mountain
How '90s whimsical satire predicted the twenty-first century
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Tobias Sturt
Civilisation and its discontents
One more turn…
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Tobias Sturt
1
The Bear
Every second counts
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Tobias Sturt
4
Life lessons from Amy Winehouse and Taylor Swift
Amy Winehouse’s death in 2011 is the only celebrity death that has ever made me cry. As a rule, I get irritated by this sort of behaviour; sadness…
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Rowan Davies
6
August 2023
1980: Gentlemen Take Polaroids
They fall in love, they fall in love
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Tobias Sturt
6
Britain’s most fanciable
The wit and wisdom of Smash Hits
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Rowan Davies
The Dark Side of the Moon
I mean, dude, have you ever really, you know, looked at your hand?
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Tobias Sturt
4
Lady Caroline
How Succession has fun with class
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Rowan Davies
1
July 2023
The Return of Mister X
An obscure '80s comic that had a lasting influence
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Tobias Sturt
6
Gymnasiums and Jockstraps
The neverending game of nerd vs jock
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Tobias Sturt
5
Subway revisited
Is the cinéma du look still worth a viewing?
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Tobias Sturt
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