A Computer called LEO
There have been enough documentaries covering Station X, Alan Turing and the Enigma code for most people to make a decent stab at some of the details of the birth of the digital computer. But aside from the urgent need to get on[…]

Do you fancy prison food?
Here’s a little something to keep those days in clink a little more nourishing, a great little article from a very good site for all things culinary.[…]

Nick Crowe – Getting On
It’s about slow-acting guilt. We wander along as part of a Sunday afternoon pub – gallery stroll and decide to drop in at the Chisenhale because Steve was taught by Nick Crowe. It had been billed as “a[…]

It is too hot. The British temperament does not deal well with extremes of weather, and at the moment if I’m at home I’m generally reduced to a sluggish sack by about 2 at the latest. Time, then, for the PS2. So hot has it been lately tho[…]

This should be a welcome post for Do You See? explaining all the wonderful things that this all new offshoot of Freaky Trigger will be giving you in the field of TV, film and the like. Instead it already degenerates in to me backing up the half remem[…]

Survivors – Grim Reality TV
No not Survivor the rubbish reality TV show that went down well US of stateside, I mean Survivors. Created by Terry Nation in the 70s and assigned to that dumpbin of all things telly: the “cult classic”. […]

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Cherie Tipped For Pop Success: oh they so wish! If my search referrals are anything to go to this dubiously factual record might well be big in Switzerland though. Still, you never know – hard-hitting political tracks vs novelty disco records &[…]

Two common complaints about the singles charts: one, the turnover of hits nowadays is stupidly high; two, the charts are full of ‘manufactured pop’. What doesn’t get mentioned is that these trends neutralize one another to a degree.[…]

Club Freaky Trigger is on Wednesday (see FT front page for details). Here is an opportunity to affect the playlist – which of these tracks do you think I should play? Vote for as many as you like – winner will definitely get an airing.

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