Desperate Living

A pictorial guide to the British origins of Bob Guccione’s glamour magazine.

Germany takes the industrial metal route to hopeful Eurovision success in 2023.

The short-lived but better than you might expect TV series of the 1970s.

The British censors allow wealthy streaming giants to self-certify at a reduced cost, while still bleeding physical media distributors dry.

The ghost of Edgar Allan Poe is set to haunt the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest.

British politicians and professional censors join forces with American fundamentalists to demand a ban on porn.

Don’t say we didn’t warn you. This is our final word on this – at least for a decade.

A Swedish science fiction movie that was reconstructed into a rather different American monster movie.

A deliciously ghoulish album from the golden age of trading cards and sticker collections.

The strange desire to interpret coincidence, accidents and shameful negligence on film sets as the work of supernatural forces.

The return of Angel reminds us again of the biting Frank Zappa satire of the 1970s.

The nightmarishly complex world of music rights and home video releases.