Going drinking in Shoreditch is rarely a straightforward process. Our original chosen pub being closed for a family funeral, we found ourselves in The Barley Mow, a small and noisy boozer which initially seemed to offer a common-sensical safe option.[…]

I have recently been informed that a sallow faced group of youths have fallen into what can only be called The Cult of Knitler. Seeking a method to pluck the fevered dream of N4zi knitting techniques from the ethereal to the corporeal, they face the […]

KAISER CHIEFS – “Ruby” – Score: 4.10 (13th) – Controversy: 2.56 (15th)
(Females: 6th. Males: 18th. Under 30s: 15th. Over 30s: 9th)
Most like: Take That. Most unlike: MIA. (more…)[…]

MAXIMO PARK – “Our Velocity” – Score: 3.90 (14th) – Controversy: 2.39 (19th)
(Females: 14th. Males: 15th. Under 30s: 17th. Over 30s: 15th)
Most like: The Gossip. Most unlike: JoJo. (more…)[…]

Plenty of words have been written about the seminal Sex Pistols’ seminal gig at the seminal Manchester Free Trade Hall in 1976. There has even been a whole book about it! Everyone knows that the gig was really very important indeed and that eve[…]

ALEX GAUDINO ft CRYSTAL WATERS – “Destination Calabria” – Score: 3.90 (15th) – Controversy: 2.46 (16th)
(Females: 18th. Males: 11th. Under 30s: 13th. Over 30s: 16th)
Most like: Avril Lavigne. Most unlike: Mika. (more&hel[…]

No. Its not. No more than the society that spawns it. Which would actually make it homophobic, so less so than the society which spawned it. Indeed the fundamental idea behind the film is only funny in a homophobic society. A society which allows a s[…]

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Comments found on the BBC “Have Your Say” site are funny and yet immensely saddening at the same time. Metro’s letter pages… “on acid”.[…]

Life On Mars – Co.Ro. ft. Lyen (Gene Hunt’s Smoke And Listen Mix)
Earth Intruders – Bjork (Mark Stent Extended Edit)
Touch Your Toes – Armand Van Helden ft. Fat Joe and Bl
(Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime) I Need Your […]

I have just had an enlightening conversation with FT’s own Sarah C during which I made the astonishing – to me and me only – discovery that you’re allowed to change your tiles over in Scrabble if your rack is rub. Sarah’[…]