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In anticipation of his upcoming book, PURE: The Sexual Revolutions of Marilyn Chambers, Jared Stearns tells us what led him to write about this icon of the 1970s.
Pompeii is unique, an ancient arena, buzzing with a lost metropolis, and yet here is Pink Floyd in the middle of it, skinny men where gladiators once were.
The Kingsley Amis novel, The Green Man, adapted by the BBC in 1990, is a ghost story that revolves around a pub. One for the road?
King Penda and composer Edward Elgar visit a teenage boy in this archive BBC production that made little sense to director Alan Clarke.
In these extracts from his forthcoming Pure: The Sexual Revolutions of Marilyn Chambers, Jared Stearns details how the star landed her two most important roles.
Helloa! Below there! A look at The Signalman, part of the BBC’s festive A Ghost Story For Christmas thread, originally aired in 1976.
As the year draws to a close many pop performers get seasonal, knocking off potentially lucrative stocking filler B-sides. Have a favourite?
There is often the question of whether a recording is actually ‘psychedelic’ or just rock music with some improvisation thrown in. Mark Goodall listens closely.
From Joy Division to “Gordon is a moron”, Graham Fellows talks in the vernacular about his broken-hearted punk rock incarnation, Jilted John.
All good things in life are sweet, many of them come from Vienna, and so does Pez. Revisiting the collectable candy in light of a ban.
August 19, 2023. Forbidden Planet New York was host to a signing event on the publication of Aesthetic Deviations. Author Vincent Albarano was there.
Review of two books: RedBlackInfinite a vision of dystopian horror alongside the homely sci-fi of Zenna Henderson.
Power Snatched artwork by L Jamal Walton
Power Snatched artwork by L Jamal Walton
