Friday Reading S14E12

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

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

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

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…

One-line spoiler-free movie reviews for March

One-line spoiler-free movie reviews for March

This is a bumper month – I saw a lot of cinema – featuring: a brilliant silent film built entirely from archive train footage, a promising AI nightmare that spectacularly lost its way, giant fuck off radioactive ants and a…

Friday Reading S14E10

Friday Reading S14E10

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…

Thoughts on … Trains (2024) – Maciej Drygas

Thoughts on … Trains (2024) – Maciej Drygas

How archive footage of trains tells the story of a continent – and a century One of my favourite things I’ve watched in recent years is From the Sea to the Land Beyond, directed by Penny Woolcock and with a…

Friday Reading S14E09

Friday Reading S14E09

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 S14E08

Friday Reading S14E08

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 I’ve read that caught my eye – regardless of what the algorithms were…

Friday Reading S14E07

Friday Reading S14E07

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 I’ve read that caught my eye – regardless of what the algorithms were…