Cultural Chaos and Forgotten Stories
Our YouTube channel posts featuring a selection of rare books, records and movies from the Desperate Living archives.
Shelfie Spectacular: Digging Into The Desperate Living Archives Read More
Jan Švankmajer mixes Poe and De Sade, live-action and animation in a shamefully little-known study of madness, obsession and perversity.
The Overlooked: Jan Švankmajer’s Lunacy Read More
A horror comedy western that proves to unexpectedly be more than the sum of its parts and might just be a lost classic.
Hurry On Sundown: An Unexpected 1980s Vampire Treat Read More
Looking back at Smallfilms and Gordon Murray’s gentle, relaxing stop-motion children’s TV of the 1960s and 1970s.
A Bit Loose At The Seams: The Gentle Pleasures Of Classic British Children’s TV Read More
More British cult film trailers from the golden age of UK horror, science fiction, arthouse and exploitation cinema.
Britsploitation Trailers: The Final Conflict Read More
The Cat Girl was a British comic strip feline superhero long before The Leopard of Lime Street, but is little-known today.
The Cat Girl: Britain’s Forgotten Super Hero Read More
The 1970s sitcom is not one of the lost classic British comedy shows of the era.
Pensioners Behaving Badly: The Aged Pleasures Of You’re Only Young Twice Read More
The Pair of Jess Franco films adapted in the 1960s from the work of the Marquis De Sade are examined alongside the books that inspired them.
Jess Franco Meets The Marquis De Sade Read More
The alt-glamour performers filmed live at the 2004 festival.
The Suicide Girls Burlesque Show At The Download Festival Read More
The Ghost Wolves create a garage-punk flavoured, fuzz-drenched and sleazy noise on their 2015 LP that is hard to resist.
Classic Albums Revisited: The Ghost Wolves – Man, Woman, Beast Read More
The idea of resurrecting dead rock stars like Steve Marriott through AI is beyond the pale – let them rest in peace.
We Don’t Need AI Versions Of Dead Rock Stars Read More
Apple’s iPad commercial is a dystopian nightmare where brutal, unfeeling machines crush centuries of art and creativity.
Apple: We Will Crush Art And Creativity Read More