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Revisiting Peter’s Cushing’s agreeably grubby exploitation flick, Corruption Peter Cushing brought a certain dignity to all of his roles, and a commitment to performance that marks him out as one of Britain’s greatest ever actors. In his career prime throughout the fifties, sixties and seventies, Cushing became inextricably linked with the horror boom that followed…
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There’s a theory around comedy and why we seek out funny things and find things funny being about the evolutionary need for play. Broadly, to enter into a state of being that puts you in a position to experience laughter, to play, to feel. The boundary between comedy and horror is a thin one, both…
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It’s that time you’ve all been waiting for, a round-up of Stuff I Have Enjoyed this year, across film, television, books and, very occasionally, music. Some of it might have even been made this century! Although, almost certainly not. This isn’t everything for the year, instead a selection of (mostly) new-to-me highlights. 2025 has been…
Writing by Jamie Evans 