At the weekend I went to see a new exhibition at the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) at their HQ near Great Portland Street called Difficult Sites: Architecture Against the Odds. It isn’t a big show – you can…
Borag Thungg! When things like Woolworths go bust, people who haven’t been to Woolworths for years feel sad and say “Why can’t the old things I liked survive?”. So at the start of the pandemic I worried about things going…
This monthly series is probably more for my benefit than yours, but maybe your interest will be piqued by one of the reviews. Maybe you’ll scroll straight past. Maybe you’ll unsubscribe thinking what did I see in this blog in…
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I’ve ditched the usual blurb about “not being a movies person, but anyway…” because since I started going to the cinema regularly in 2022 I’ve turned into the kind of guy who downloads the London Film Festival brochure and meticulously…
I didn’t watch this in the cinema, and I had a bit more to say about it than my usual one-line movie review format, so it didn’t fit into my monthly round-up, but I do want to wholeheartedly recommend you…
If you are home alone tonight on Halloween and fancy something spooky and electronic to listen to, please allow me to direct you to the annual Homebrew Electronica horrorthon! Promising “spooky bangers, creepy electronica and twisted soundscapes for Halloween night”,…
Clearly one of the best British bands of the last one hundred years, on Friday the Cure are releasing their first new album for 16 years. Regular readers will know that I do the Guardian’s Thursday quiz, but today as…
I am 100% on-board with the London Overground being split into six different lines with individual names. It is infuriating to see there are delays on the Overground and have no clear idea of whether they might be on a…
What better time for some spooky music than Halloween week? And so today I am pleased to say the new m-orchestra mini-album A Blessing has been released for your listening delight! It features seven tracks, including the two singles that…
Fio Trethewey, one of my Doctor Who brethren – I’ve previously bought their incredible little Who-themed enamel pin badges – has a really cool new project with their partner Georgia Cook called The Holmwood Foundation. Described as “a found footage…