Legendary rock photographer Dick Slaughter asked me to write something about why I love the band BOB VYLAN. This is currently an exclusive article over at In Spite Magazine. If you want to know more about Bob Vylan, check ’em out on Bandcamp below.
Author Archives: Didymus Holmes
Doctor Who: The First 60 Years – Reviewed & Ranked
In November 2023, Doctor Who, the BBC’s flagship science fiction series, turned 60. To celebrate this milestone, over the course of 100 days leading up to the anniversary, I sped my way through the series on my fledgling BlueSky account, charting the course of the show from that first ever episode through to the finalContinue reading “Doctor Who: The First 60 Years – Reviewed & Ranked”
Smashed Prawns in a Milky Basket
In the summer of 2020, I was invited onto hit podcast Smashed Prawns in a Milky Basket to discuss cult sketch show Psychobitches with host Sophie Davies. I’ve known Sophie for years and her knowledge and enthusiasm for British comedy possibly outshines my own, so it was a joy to chat to her again. MyContinue reading “Smashed Prawns in a Milky Basket”
Review: Mike Batt – The Penultimate Collection
SOURCE: We Are Cult A carefully-crafted collection celebrating a prestigious career spanning more than five decades. Many artists receive both warm praise and damning dismissal during their illustrious careers. Few seem to have unintentionally been on the receiving end of both quite like Mike Batt, who is credited with writing some of the most well-regardedContinue reading “Review: Mike Batt – The Penultimate Collection”
Review: Toyah Solo
SOURCE: We Are Cult “I’m too qualified, to give up lie down and die. This is my unsentimental education.” Toyah Willcox has been a household name since her eponymous band burst onto the UK pop charts in the early 1980s. Juggling her musical career with high profile work as an actress on stage and screen,Continue reading “Review: Toyah Solo”
Review: Space: The Anthology
SOURCE: We Are Cult It’s 1996, and the United Kingdom is celebrating what will quite probably be its final hurrah as the epicentre of pop culture. Cool Britannia is in full swing, with Britpop, Trainspotting and the Spice Girls making enormous waves all over the world. The Tory government, led by an increasingly disheartened JohnContinue reading “Review: Space: The Anthology”
Jumpers for Goalposts: The Fast Show at 25
SOURCE: We Are Cult “And then, the BBC2 sketch series The Fast Show turned 25, giving a whole generation of comedy lovers a chance to reflect on the enormous impact the series, and its cast, have had on British culture ever since. Which was nice.” It began, confusingly, with an American newsreader telling the audienceContinue reading “Jumpers for Goalposts: The Fast Show at 25”
Review: The Fight
SOURCE: We Are Cult The very notion of Jessica Hynes writing and directing her own feature film feels long overdue. To paraphrase an old script of hers, every time the actress has written for television, the results have been a slice of fried gold. And yet the announcement of The Fight felt rather subdued. It’sContinue reading “Review: The Fight”
Preview: The League of Gentlemen Specials
SOURCE: The Velvet Onion The League of Gentlemen return with three anniversary specials next week, and TVO has been lucky enough to take a sneaky peek at the first two instalments. Fifteen years after the third series, and twelve since their movie spin-off and final UK tour together – is it worth the wait andContinue reading “Preview: The League of Gentlemen Specials”
An Austentatious Q&A
Hang on to your bonnets as we ask one question of each member of the Austentatious team.
Tony Beckton on Simon Day’s UK Tour
As Simon Day allegedly heads out on a UK tour, we speak to one of the four men actually performing in the show…
Preview: This is Going to Hurt
SOURCE: The Velvet Onion This week sees the release Adam Kay’s medical memoir, This is Going to Hurt, in which the former Mongrels and Crims writer and musical satirist revisits his seven years as a practicing Doctor. TVO took a sneak peek at the results, to find out if you should buy a copy yourselves. As journalist, author and full-time punkContinue reading “Preview: This is Going to Hurt”
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