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With entertainment options limited at the moment, many people are turning to video games to keep their brains ticking over during lockdown. According to a recent report, vintage games are proving especially popular as people seek to rekindle old favourites from simpler times. Here are my top 15 London retro games from the 1980s. They…
As the Coronavirus lockdown continues, many of you are no doubt turning to streaming services in an attempt to stave off the boredom. However, there’s plenty to watch free online too, and here is my London films and documentaries box set selection! Current crisis aside, we are fortunate to live in a world where access to…
Update – please note that this exhibition at the National Archives has now finished. However, continue with my post below to see my personal highlights from it. In addition, my further Cold War posts include: * London’s Cold War Spy Locations * London True Crime: The Umbrella Assassination * London’s Cold War Bunkers *Bloomsbury: Where the…
Following on from my recent review of Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition at the London Design Museum, here are 31 of my favourite items which I found on display. This selection reflects my own particular interests- and a very small percentage of the exhibition’s total artefacts. If you’re keen to see more, I would highly recommend…
Update – this exhibition has now closed but you can still see my 31 top picks and personal favourites of the items on display. Despite the cannon of work he created between the 1950s and 1990s being relatively small, it goes without saying that Stanley Kubrick was one of the 20th century’s greatest film directors….
