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Friday, 31 July 2026

July Round-Up

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The tragic thing about the new album by The Strokes is that it could have been something else. Like, really good. Even great. Instead, Juli...
Tuesday, 21 July 2026

Sam Neill's best performance

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It is never right to reduce an actor to a single role, but for me Sam Neill (who died last week) will always be about one little known film ...
Tuesday, 30 June 2026

June Round-Up

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It probably says something about this particular June (hot, sticky, infuriating) when the best album is Graham Coxon 's archival release...
Saturday, 20 June 2026

Book review: WHAT WE CAN KNOW by Ian McEwan

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It just keeps happening. Each time that I finish another book by Ian McEwan, there is a thought I cannot get rid of: this might be his best ...
Saturday, 13 June 2026

Baxter Dury in Warsaw, 10.06

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"I want to fucking kiss you on your Polish forehead!" There is a point at every Baxter Dury concert when all subtlety is gone, the...
Sunday, 31 May 2026

May Round-Up

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I've still not been able to detect the 'genius' in Aldous Harding 's songwriting. Her latest, Train On The Island is genera...
Thursday, 14 May 2026

Psyop, Geese, etc.

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If there is anything that the psyop situation with Geese has proven to me, it is that the narrative culture has gone too far. I love a good ...
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