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In the name of the father: revisiting “Contact” 27 years later
What in the name of Nicolas Winding Refn is going on with the ending to this film.
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The unwearable nonbinaryness of being
I wondered how I could express my identity through clothes. Then I thought about it a bit and wondered how I could express it through words.
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Why lampposts are better than LinkedIn for dating
Imagine using LinkedIn as a dating app. Imagine using LinkedIn, full stop…
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“What’s your favourite dinosaur?” and other questions about sex, periods and reproduction
It’s no wonder my generation grew up in ignorance when the only periods we learned about at school were the Jurassic, Triassic and Pre-Cambrian.
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On dancing as self-care
I’m imagining a zombie/musical crossover called ’28 Bars Later’ with the soundtrack provided by The Walking Deadmau5.
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On Cats and Lines
To have a Cat is to navigate a world of unspoken rules. One minute you’re petting them; the next, you’re a pile of dismembered limbs.
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There are no clocks or calendars here
An soldier injured on a mission in Afghanistan wakes up in a remote village. There, a mysterious boy offers to send him back in time…
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The Human League – ‘Louise’ (bar by bar review)
The video for “Louise” involves a canal boat, a car crash, and some grammatically-inept notes, which seem to have nothing to do with the song.
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Kate Bush – ‘Experiment IV’ (bar by bar review)
Florence Nightingale, Dawn French off the telly, a singing ghost and a mysterious music shop. Even for Kate Bush, this one’s a bit nuts.
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Neneh Cherry – ‘Heart’ (bar by bar review)
Did you know that that David Fincher directed this video? Did you know it was even a single? Well, there are reasons why you didn’t…
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Earth Wind and Fire – ‘Magnetic’ (bar by bar review)
This video is so 1980s it hurts (in a neon-dystopia kind of way).
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Line breaks
It’s a poem about pretentious poems that are just badly written, badly punctuated prose with unnecessary line breaks.
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Steps – ‘Story of a Heart’ (bar by bar review)
Who’s stupid enough to review music videos in the same way as football and cricket matches? Well, me, apparently.
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An outbreak of Christmas Spirit
A bacteriologist is abducted by Amazon Service Representatives after she stumbles on the hidden meaning of Christmas.
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On the perils of being a cat owner whilst working from home for extended periods
I don’t need to see the Cat misbehaving to know that the Cat is misbehaving.
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Elves, dwarves and trolls
Being a comment on the reaction in certain quarters to Amazon Prime Video’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”.
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The Bug Squad
In the midst of a post-Brexit civil war, a sniper from the Remainer armies comes face to face with an enemy beyond comprehension.
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