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Articles by Ken Shinn

‘Taste and Decency: The Swizzlewick Story’ reviewed

2 June 2024 Ken Shinn 0

❉ This is as complete a history as we are ever likely to get of a series that did things that no other show had done before it.

An Appreciation Of ‘The Owl Service’ (1969)

30 July 2023 Ken Shinn 0

❉ Ken Shinn on the cult series that ushered in a cycle of ITV-broadcast Junior Folk Horror in the ’70s and ’80s.

An eerie tale to tell: ‘Tam Lin’ (1971)

28 May 2023 Ken Shinn 0

❉ An appreciation of Roddy McDowall’s hallucinatory, sensual Folk Horror.

‘Frankenstein: The True Story’ (1973)

10 April 2023 Ken Shinn 0

❉ Come up to the lab as Ken Shinn sees what’s on the slab… 

Leaving It All Behind… ‘Julie Driscoll: 1969’

23 December 2022 Ken Shinn 0

❉ Recently reissued by Esoteric, this is an album that can be called positively transformative, writes Ken Shinn.

‘Jaunt: A Viewer’s Guide to The Tomorrow People’

6 November 2022 Ken Shinn 1

❉ Andy Davidson’s extensive guide to the 1970s sci-fi teen series breaks out in a newly revised and updated form.  

Secrets And Truths: ‘The Wallscrawler and Other Stories’ reviewed

10 September 2022 Ken Shinn 0

❉ ‘Wyatt tells the Truth about the Wallscrawler. About Pex, Kangs, Rezzies, Caretakers. So many others. So many lives. So many secrets.’

The Vapors: ‘Waiting For The Weekend’

8 September 2021 Ken Shinn 0

❉ This comes recommended to any fans of intelligent, lovingly crafted pop music, writes Ken Shinn.

Welcome To The Human Race: Howard Jones – ‘In The Running’

21 May 2021 Ken Shinn 0

❉ Cherry Red have once again pulled out all of the stops for the ‘forgotten man’ of 1980s pop, writes Ken Shinn.

Oh, What A Circus: ‘The Spy Who Came In From The Cold’

17 May 2021 Ken Shinn 0

❉ Agent Ken Shinn re-evaluates John le Carre’s creation, immortalised by Richard Burton.

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