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The Children's BBC comedy Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde, which starred a young Olivia Hallinan as a schoolgirl who involuntarily transforms into a monster after her chemistry project goes wrong, but was otherwise very very loosely based on Robert Louis Stevenson's original novella, ran for three series between 1995 and 1998. It manages to get the word "booze" into its first episode, as part of an admirable commitment to pushing …

"I see you brought some honkies with you, Jelly Roll," said the huge Negro man."Yes, I have, John Henry," said Jelly Roll, "but I assure you they're cool, daddy-o.""The lady looks cool," said the man."Why, thank you, kind sir," said Miss Blackbourne, "for the delightful compliment.""You can come in," said the big man. "May I ask your name?""Blackbourne is the name, Margaret Blackbourne," said Miss Blackbourne, "but, please, call me …

Here are the questions I covered in this YouTube Q&A video about London walks: walk series that takes in locations that were used for album covers time travel and be able to witness any year in London’s history how about “Market London”? favourite beers buildings I’d remove collab with Joolz? Tweedy? Geoff Marshall etc? if Russell Brand got back in touch with you favourite pub in Walthamstow Nick Papadimitriou how …

Agents of Fluid Predictions forms an inquiry into the ever-changing landscape of foresight. Prediction is shown to be ephemeral, certainty dissolves into speculation, truth shifts like sand, past and future are fluid. The post ARE YOU FOR REAL Phase 2: Agents of Fluid Predictions appeared first on Digicult | Digital Art, Design and Culture.

Looks like I chose the wrong week to quit weeknoting. 14 years ago Martha Lane Fox wrote a paper about which I wrote a blog post off the back of which Tom bought me a pizza. Which led to 8 blissful years at GDS doing the best work of my life with the best people, in the best (not perfect but definitely best) company culture I’ve ever worked in. This …

We, the Jury, duly impaneled and sworn, upon our oaths, do find the defendant, of her own free will, as to Count One, guilty of First-degree Murder. Four jurors find the Act premeditated. Zero jurors find the Act a felony murder. Eight jurors find the Act both premeditated and a felony murder. Signed by Jury Foreperson, Juror Number 12. Remaining members of the Jury, I’m now going to ask you …

Four weeks at number one from 20th February 1982Following Vince Clarke’s departure from Depeche Mode, a hard, callous cynicism set in among most quarters of the music press. Announcements that Martin Gore would pick up the songwriting duties were not received with the confidence Daniel Miller and the group had hoped for, and in some cases resulted in total derision.Music journalists are often quick to judge the commercial prospects of …

You know, around this time in October each year, I like to do something a little special spooky to celebrate the coming of All Hallow’s Eve, Halloween, or Samhain for those of us of the Wiccan faith. To keep up with my tribute to those memorable Scream Queens, I’m now up to the 1970s. In … Continue reading It’s October at The Last Drive In! 🎃 The post It’s October …

First record we have is circa 1815, William Haddon was the victular. John Briggs, circa 1827 – 1846. The Bulls Head was up for auction in 1842, whilst John Briggs was in occupation. Thomas Sarson, circa 1846 – 1867, Susanna Sarson, Thomas’ wife would die there aged 63 in 1863. Thomas Wade circa, 1867 – 1869. Amos Wall circa 1869 -1874. George Lawrence, 1874 -1877. Anne Bent in 1977. The …

I wrote a few years ago about Sword of Sodan, a western-developed barbarian game that's infamous as being one of the worst on the Mega Drive. Blades of Vengeance is also a western-developed Barbarian game, but it's thankfully a lot better, and in pretty much every way! Though to be fair, it was also made specifically for the Mega Drive, and also came out a few years after Sword of …

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A fascinating Derek Jarman talk and film at London's Farsight Gallery last month, featuring a 1984 LWT (London Weekend TV) documentary from the series 'South of Watford' about Jarman's life in London. It includes lots of great footage including Jarman on a boat going down the Thames pointing out the site of the warehouses he lived and worked in during the 1970s, including on the South Bank at Upper Ground, …

There must be households that possess automobiles over many decades without encountering collisions and requiring auto-body repairs. We are not one. Over about 35 years as a household, we have had four trips to a body shop for repairs.It was after the most recent visit, to Imperial Auto Body in northwest Washington, DC, that it occurred to me that our work has been parceled out between that establishment and Royal …

A Stephen King town is always damned long before the vampires, werewolves, ghosts or cursed cars reveal themselves. King — a survivor of small town life — always understood the beating heart of little villages to be cruelty, racism and generational abuse. In his stories these problems exist alongside the few poor souls trying to be righteous in the land of the wicked. However, King had pages and pages and …