Author: Andrew Pixley

Oooohhh… BBC One’s Line of Duty (2012-2021 maybe sort of) was a bit good wasn’t it? Wasn’t that...

<Graeme Garden 1968>DO YOU KNOW what the words starting with ‘D’ and ‘W’ written on this...

Okay girls and boys, gather round. Need your help here. Need your brains. Need your smarts. You’re...

Many years ago – although possibly not as many as that – I did used to do quite a bit of artwork....

Bear with me. I haven’t thought this one through. And I’ve still not yet worked out if I’ll be...

I was saddened to hear across the festive period of the death of the writer Philip Martin...

Dear Santa, That’s 2020 almost over and done with. Again, I’ve tried very hard to be good. When...

“Disregard the universal. Pursue the trivial, preferably sideways. Truth is never on the main...

My wife and I love elephants. They seem to be such caring, gentle creatures. And because of the...

Right then – a new academic year.  And that’s why I can see some new faces out there.  Well,...

So, in conclusion, I don’t think the order really matters. Do you? “Oh, she’s still got the dog in...

One of the problems of working with Andrew Pixley – and there are several – is that he...

Thinking the other week about binge watching – which, you may recall, I and my friends actually...

1991 was a bit of a disappointing year in some respects. I had my first redundancy in the...

‘Have you noticed how poetic and philosophic the titles of some of those tough American drama...

When I first started contributing to CSTonline last autumn, the thrust of the piece was all about...

Do new perspectives become more shocking the further you get through life?  Unsettling?  Like...

When I attended my first academic television event back in Reading during 2013, it was called...

WARNING: The following blog contains no trace of Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry or Robert Stack [i]...

Dear Mx Leeds and Mx Harvard, I feel it only right to send this apology to you over the fact that...

  WARNING: Never get engaged in e-mails about the Leeds-Harvard referencing system while you’re...

Now, those of you who misspent their respective youths as badly as I did will no doubt have...

We have emphasized an awful lot these days – and quite rightfully so – about the need for subjects...

The online edition of the Cambridge Dictionary [i] states that ‘cultural appropriation’ is ‘the...

WARNING: The following text may appear to contain strong language from the outset, but it doesn’t....