One-line gig reviews for (mostly) April

This month featuring: a wodge of 80s nostalgia, a trip to Manchester to see one of my very favourites, and a last minute chance to see one of the rarest shows in town. Princess Julia, Electric Ballroom, Camden, 7 Apr – It…

One-line spoiler-free movie reviews for April 2026

This month featuring: a dreamlike internet horror, a ragequit at the BFI, a gleefully trashy Satanic romp, and a 4K anime masterpiece (plus some truly baffling nonsense). Arco (2025), Ugo Bienvenu & Gilles Cazaux – This was quite slow-burn and…

Friday Reading S14E15

A weekly round-up of what I’ve read and enjoyed from around the web. I’m interested in journalism, media, technology, and nerdy things found down the back of the world wide web’s sofa. Most weeks I publish a handful of things…

Friday Reading S14E14

A weekly round-up of what I’ve read and enjoyed from around the web. I’m interested in journalism, media, technology, and nerdy things found down the back of the world wide web’s sofa. Most weeks I publish a handful of things…

Adieu to the Bell (for now… again)

At some point I posted a picture of where I was living in Walthamstow, and a friend replied with something like: “In other news, man spends five decades never living more than 10 minutes from the Bell.” And it’s true….

Friday Reading S14E13

A weekly round-up of what I’ve read and enjoyed from around the web. I’m interested in journalism, media, technology, and nerdy things found down the back of the world wide web’s sofa. Most weeks I publish a handful of things…

Friday Reading S14E12

A weekly round-up of what I’ve read and enjoyed from around the web. I’m interested in journalism, media, technology, and nerdy things found down the back of the world wide web’s sofa. Most weeks I publish a handful of things…

Watching Doctor Who episodes I never thought I’d see

I was on Radio 4 talking about newly rediscovered Doctor Who episodes – but the real story is what their survival says about how television history is preserved. It has been an amazing time to be a Doctor Who fan,…

Friday Reading S14E11

A weekly round-up of what I’ve read and enjoyed from around the web. I’m interested in journalism, media, technology, and nerdy things found down the back of the world wide web’s sofa. Most weeks I publish a handful of things…

One-line gig reviews for March

This month wasn’t about big-ticket gigs so much as a run of slightly odd nights out – you probably aren’t expecting gig reviews that reference accidentally going on a yoga retreat, the phrase “I fucked his sister”, being “prissy about…