Category: Blogs
THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS (OR, HOW TV KEPT ME SANE DURING A PANDEMIC) by Kim Akass
More than ever this year I find myself coming up against Facebook memories. You know, the ones...
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FOOTBALL, TELEVISION, RACE – AND OWNERSHIP by Toby Miller
Our extraordinary conjuncture mixes pandemic panic with racial activism. Inter alia, it has...
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RELIVING YOUR MASTER DAY – MONTAIGNE, NIETZSCHE AND RUSSIAN DOLL by Chris Nunn
SPOILERS AHEAD for Russian Doll season one Lockdown continues to be a bizarre experience for us...
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WELL OUT OF ORDER by Andrew Pixley
So, in conclusion, I don’t think the order really matters. Do you? “Oh, she’s still got the dog in...
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“THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM”: MALCOLM HULKE; WRITER AND COMMUNIST by Michael Herbert
‘In writing you’re always looking for conflict…’ Malcolm Hulke ‘To my mind the basic problem is...
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COMEDY (TELEVISION) EQUALS TRAGEDY PLUS TIME – ARE WE THERE YET? by Liz Giuffre
I watch old sitcoms when I can no longer watch the news or news round ups, or even talk shows;...
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HI-DIDDLE-DEE-DEE… (OR) HOW TO KNOW WHEN TO STOP. by John Ritchie
The attentive amongst you (we know who you are) will realise that I lie to people. For money. Now,...
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BRUCE’S CHOICE
by not only Andrew Pixley [i]
One of the problems of working with Andrew Pixley – and there are several – is that he...
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LOCKED DOWN IN MUSWELL HILL by Richard Hewett
It’s marking madness right now, chaps. Staff usually have fifteen working days from assessment...
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WATCH THE SERIES! SEE THE ‘MOVIE’! by Andrew Pixley
Thinking the other week about binge watching – which, you may recall, I and my friends actually...
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PRIME MOVER by John Ritchie
(with apologies to Zodiac Mindwarp and The Love Reaction)[1] Regular readers (hello Mum!)...
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RETURNING THE PUBLIC: BBC TELEVISION IN LOCKDOWN by Elke Weissmann
Let me greet you in the good old Scouse fashion. Alright? Because, you know, things have been...
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