Noise alloys: The gory story of Lou Reed’s ‘Metal Machine Music’
❉ “As a statement it’s great, as a giant FUCK YOU it shows integrity.” Forty-one years of Lou Reed’s ‘Metal Machine Music’.
Articles by Candy (Jay) Gent
We Are Cult’s Top 20 Sitcoms of the 21st Century
❉ We Are Cult count down our pick of the best sitcoms of the 21st century so far.
Torch Theatre Company presents ‘The Woman In Black’
❉ The Woman in Black stalks the stage of the Torch Theatre in a formidable production.
Fear and Loathing in Walton on Thames: ‘Psychomania’
❉ Hell’s angels, frogs and Beryl Reid! A gang of bikers come back from the dead, and proceed to wreak havoc in suburban supermarkets.
It’s always fair weather: The musicals of Arthur Freed
❉ We look back on the work of Arthur Freed, producer of the most outstanding musicals of MGM.
Playlist: ‘Marc Bolan Deep Cuts’
❉ We celebrate what would have been Marc Bolan’s 69th birthday with a special playlist of album tracks, B sides and outtakes.
Men behaving sadly: Meet the ‘Anoraks’
❉ ‘Anoraks’, a web-based sitcom “from fans, to fans” launches its Kickstarter campaign.
Terry Jones to be honoured with special BAFTA award
❉ The BAFTA Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film and Television will be presented to Terry Jones.
Details of upcoming British comedy, ‘Burn Burn Burn’
❉ Featuring Laura Carmichael, Joe Dempsie, Jack Farthing, Alison Steadman, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Sally Phillips and Nigel Planer.
A room of one’s own: Carla Lane’s ‘Solo’
❉ We revisit ‘Solo’, Carla Lane’s feminist sitcom starring Felicity Kendal.