The brilliance of ‘Peep Show’ (2003-2015)
Keith Mulopo shares his thoughts on Channel Four's cult classic 'Peep Show', praising its writers and its cast for creating such cutting edge, awkwardly British humour.
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Last Night I Watched: ‘The Truman Show’
Keith Mulopo reflects on the Truman show and why it is still well worth watching in 2020
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Is Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ still remarkable?
Nirvana's Nevermind has long been hailed as one of the greatest alt-rock albums. Thirty years on from its original recording, however, does it still deserve the prestige?
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The magic of ‘Friends’ (1994-2004)
Keith Mulopo shares his thoughts on the popular sitcom 'Friends', reflecting on the writers' excellent developments of all six characters, and the skill of the cast to create such a successful, long-running series.
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Why The Who’s ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ is one of the best political songs ever written
In such politically tumultuous times, sometimes only music can offer us the answers we need. Looking back to the British Invasion, The Who's 'Won't Get Fooled Again' poses an alternative view on the sixties demand for revolution.
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How ‘Forever Changes’ provides an alternative narrative on the ‘Summer of Love’
The sex, drugs and rock-and-roll infused social phenomenon of June-September 1967, otherwise known as the 'Summer of Love', has gone down in history as an era of peace and liberation. However, Love's third album, Forever Changes, offers a different, darker take on the period's lesser-known features.
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Radiohead’s ‘The Bends’: the resurrection of art-rock
'By 1995, Radiohead wanted to exorcise the ghost of ‘Creep’. In his review of The Bends, Keith Mulopo contests that they went even further: they resurrected art-rock and redefined its alternative relative, making a record still worth remembering a quarter of a century later.
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Mad Men: what makes this show so great?
Keith Mulopo reviews the show Mad Men, and reveals why, even five years since its final episode, it is still well worth the watch
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‘A flawed yet nostalgic haze’: revisiting The Kinks’ Village Green
Released on the same day as The Beatles’ White Album, at the apex of the Vietnam War, The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society was a commercial failure as it didn’t even chart. Nonetheless, time was on its side; this project proved inspirational in the formation of the Britpop movement during the mid-nineties, and has rightfully since garnered wider critical acclaim.
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The Rolling Stones’ Their Satanic Majesties Request – was it as bad as they said?
Fresh off releasing their first great album Between The Buttons (1967), The Rolling Stones figured they would double down their efforts with the release of Their Satanic Majesties Request in December of 1967. However, upon its release, this album was universally derided for being Sgt. Pepper lite and an attempt by The Stones to cash in on a psychedelic movement that died by the turn of the season.
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