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The Freaky Trigger Top 100 Tracks Of All Time No. 44. The Selecter – On My Radio
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The edition of Top of the Pops on the 8th November 1979 featured The Specials (A Message To You, Rudy), Madness (One Step Beyond), and The Selecter (On My Radio). UK pop buyers officially loved the “2 Tone” label. The distinctive checkere[…]

Comics: A Beginner’s Guide: War Comics
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War is not among my favourite genres, but it has been the subject matter for some great comics over the years. It’s also been the genre for probably the most successful British comics over the years, the apparently endless Commando series, whic[…]

Len Deighton’s “Action Cookbook”
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The cover shows Deighton stirring a pot of spaghetti while a woman runs her hands suggestively through his hair. He’s got a gun hanging loosely by his side and is looking out at the reader with the kind of knowing glance that’s usually accompanie[…]

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  1. Count me as one of the people oddly affected by issue 300. Although... The thing I most remember about this…

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