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A UK based cultural podcast with Melly Mac
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Elizabeth and Sam join me for this somewhat chaotic Christmas/2025 in review penultimate nowthen episode 🪅 🗓️
I did something I've wanted to do for years, I went on The Perfume Nationalist. Jack and I immersed ourselves in the world of Hollywood Wives – The book by Jackie Collins (1983) and the subsequent miniseries by Robert Day (1985), and of course Giorgio by Giorgio Beverly Hills (1981) 💄 🦅 🇺🇸
Leman Walters returns for another Halloween special, this time on The Wicker Man (1973) and the 2006 "reimagining" starring Nicholas Cage 🗿🍂
Autumn diary on how to survive the British state/algo for inner peace, impulsive buys, inspiration, having a new era, art mistakes, creativity vs politics, ADHD (real or fake?), autumn to winter wardrobe, peating, Halloween, Bonfire Night, seasonal vibes.
🇬🇧 Yeerk and I went on Matthew Sini's New Mythologies podcast delving into what the hell is going on here alongside some other (more lighthearted) things in this epic 2 hours and 15 minutes long guest episode 🇦🇺https://newmythologies.substack.com/
Bovril comes on the pod to talk about the songs that make up The Late Summer/Autumn of Bovril. 'Tis the season. Spotify playlist incoming 🇬🇧🍸
Join Samuel Wild and I as we discuss two of the artist Derek Jarman's films; The Last of England (1987) and The Garden (1990). We also talk about the artist himself and the condition of being an artist in the 80's/90's vs now, post-punk, Britpop, Morrissey, Catholicism and of course, sexuality.
On her podcast PIED-NOIR, Alexandra Lavenski and I chatted about the inimitable Vivienne Westwood, her ethos, career and the 2018 documentary Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🪡🪡🪡🧷🧷🧷
Solo episode arts update on current things like Bob Moran's art show, Julie Bullard by Nadia Lee Cohen and Martin Parr, Jim E Brown and The Code by Eugene Kotlyarenko. Also featuring From Manchester with Love by Peter M Boothroyd from the album Pure Country 2: Valley of Strangers.
My favourite co-host Angharad and I talk about pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, potty training, elimination communication (EC), Freud's stages of development and mumsnet. We also discuss Russell Brand's sexual abuse trial which happened this week.
Religious Sailor Moon comes on to chat about his health journey, upcoming nuptials, Aussie life, making Catholicism great again and more.
Nani and Anglodjdst join me to talk about the new Netflix moral panic-porn series Adolescence. Soundbite cameo by Aimee 💯
I'm joined by Maven Politic to discuss Rupert Lowe's suspension from Reform UK, Farage vs Lowe, Britain's sweetheart Thomas Skinner, liberation of the UK music scene and... cats with mental disorders
My second appearance on Bistro Californium, this time on Dead Man's Shoes by Shane Meadows (2004) and Neil Marshall's Dog Soldiers (2002) from Halloween 2024.
I had the pleasure of talking to niche-twitter and podcasting veteran Brendan of Tales From The Mall fame, we talked about a little bit of everything and he made me wanna go to the mall in Phoenix, Arizona. (Original episode description below)"Melly and I talk about Twitter relationships, Withnail & I, Rules of the Game, Manchester Arndale, the IRA & every single topic that our shared language - the Queen's English - enables us to discuss. Many thanks to Melly!"
I was invited on the Vegas based Heavy Bored podcast hosted by the lovely Andrew Wittstadt to discuss Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic novel The Scarlet Letter. "Topics include: Puritans–Witch Trials–Cowardice–Atheism vs Religion–Vatican II–Faith and Belief–Sex and the City–Friday Night lights–Hester Prynne’s Beauty–Spiritual Fullfillment–Pearl’s Wisdom–Masculine vs Feminine–and more!" 🪡❣️🕯️
Lets start this off with my favourite guest appearance to date talking about two of my favourite ever films, Bruce Robinson's Withnail and I (1987) and How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) on the hodological discussion podcast BISTRO CALIFORNIUM – with my singular one of a kind friend Yeerk whose presence, quite frankly, is a sharp prism of glass cutting through culture across multidimensional energetic planes spanning time, glinting in the sunlight. Suffice to say you should listen to his podcast.
Penelope joins me to talk about the divas of the last week: Trump, Kanye, Onijah Robinson, Anna Howland, and we also discuss mental health, acting and the new Buffy reboot.
Here is my review of 2024, with listener questions answered at the end. A very merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Thankyou for listening 💝
Kirby and Zara join me to talk about fertility, pregnancy, thyroid and all things girlhealth 🦪 and answer listener health and wellness questions 🩹 🩺
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