Has written about comics for Q Magazine, The Bluffer's Guide, NewStatesman.com, Sequart, Comic Book Resources, Forbidden Planet and others too. Politics graduate who served an 18 year sentence as a teacher. @Colin_TBTAMC
It really did matter once, Marvel or DC? But that was decades ago, when the differences between the two publishers' comics were obvious and consequential. When editor/writer Stan Lee and p... Читать далее
Exec Producer on US daytime drama The Young And The Restless. Formerly producer on Brookside (C4), BBC Controller of Drama Series (1997-2004) overseeing Eastenders, Casualty, Holby City, Waking The Dead and the return of Doctor Who. @malyoung
Why are American soaps so different from UK soaps?
The US TV industry is based on the movie business – stars, brands, concepts, the logline, the poster. UK TV is based on the theatre and literature – the author’s voice, Dickens and Shakesp... Читать далее
There is one very interesting nuance: basically, gays are popular in the art itself and it does not matter in which art sector.
Pay attention - basically, all the world famous and... Читать далее
I don't know if outliers like her really change the way it is for everybody else. She earned her artistic freedom. It wasn't a given. She came in to EMI with a certain amount of privilege... Читать далее
Rector at St Mary’s Collegiate Church, Warwick. Co-author of 'Personal Jesus: How Popular Music Shapes Our Souls' and contributor to the Bloomsbury Handbook to Religion & Popular Music. @VaughanSRoberts
Is there a place for popular music in religion and religious practices?
This is a fascinating question because it opens up a discussion about precisely what we are exploring with these terms. What is ‘popular’ music? What is ‘religion’? And then how do they in... Читать далее
Overall, the records that get the most airplay in the year and, therefore, the most revenue from PPL year in and year out are the current hits. They have 12 months of airplay and are on... Читать далее
Journalist, film-maker, author of ‘1966: The Year the Decade Exploded’, ‘Teenage: The Creation of Youth 1975-1945’ and ‘England’s Dreaming: Sex Pistols and Punk Rock. @JonSavage1966
Were the Swinging Sixties really as important as we're always told?
There’s been an enormous amount of retrospective theorising going on about the 1960s of late, and it’s become very fashionable to say that what happened to youth culture in Britain in the... Читать далее
At the heart of feminism is a push for the liberation of women. There are obviously people who disagree on the best way to achieve that but the one thing we all agree on is that women are... Читать далее
At PPL we collate the top 20 most-played songs of the year.
What we found is if you look at sales, the Official Chart and the Top 20 at Christmas doesn’t really reflect airplay or... Читать далее
For still existing planets, I think Naboo would be wonderful to live on. The climate is favorable, the scenery is beautiful, and the people are nice. You can have the city life in Thebes... Читать далее