Liz Hyder is a teller of tall tales
Award-winning author Liz Hyder’s new book, The Teller of Tall Tales, is aimed at young adults but a total delight for grown-ups, too. Becaus...
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Rated or Dated: This Is England (2006)
Brace yourself for a tension bellyache as Shane Meadows’ violence-smeared, working-class coming-of-age drama gets Rated or Dated. This Is En...
Anything to add, Penelope?
Amelia Bullmore is about to star in Margaret Atwood's stage adaptation of her book The Penelopiad. So Hannah grabbed the chance to chat to t...
Tully Kearney and Melanie Woods are variously excellent
Paralympic athletes Tully Kearney and Melanie Woods are used to be recognised for their performance in the pool and on the track. And now th...
Standard Issue Birthday Podcast (PREVIEW)
It's 12 years since Standard Issue was founded by the boss, Sarah Millican. To celebrate, and just for the ears of our Patreon supporters, w...
The Bush Telegraph: She said, they said
This week Mickey takes a look at the case of the Cornell Seven, as well as what this year's PM, Andy Burnham, has planned for a better Brita...
Rated or Dated: Sid and Nancy (1986)
Alex Cox’s biopic of punk-rock’s "ill-fated lovers" Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen, starring Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb, was met with critica...
Laleh Khadivi explores Female Life on Planet Earth
Iranian-American author Laleh Khadivi’s latest novel, Female Life on Planet Earth, centres on a mid-life woman, Heti, who comes up against s...
Grace Harper Brighouse on Dependence
In 2013 director Grace Harper Brighouse began work on a film about her dad Richard’s dying dog, in a bid to heal their fractured relationshi...
Outside The Box September 2026
In this month's Outside The Box, Jen and Hannah have been busying themselves watching Slow Horses, Youth, The Blame and Vigil, plus they loo...
Rated or Dated: The Fisher King (1991)
A romance/fantasy/drama/comedy, there's a lot going on in Terry Gilliam's New York-set classic. But does the story of grief, guilt and forgi...
Diane Page on whether the rainbow is enuf
A hugely important work when it first ran on Broadway, it’s taken 50 years for Ntozake Shange’s seminal choreopoem For Colored Girls Who Hav...
A deeper look at Beryl Cook
Painter Beryl Cook divided the art world when she burst into the public consciousness in 1976. This year, she would have celebrated her 100t...
The Bush Telegraph: Influence and effluence
This week, Hannah and Jen are talking about a Hyrox horror, Carers UK's new report, unrest in the countryside, a drug hoping to stave off Al...
Flicking #77: Weapons
2025 was a big year for horror, with the genre not only having some big releases, but also taking home some big awards. Including an Oscar f...
Dr Siggie Cohen on being the parent
Many parents are moving away from the more authoritarian ideas of previous generations. But is it possible so-called “gentle parenting” has...
Jane Hill has spunk in her eyes
September is Gynecological Cancers Awareness Month, so Hannah took the chance to catch up with our friend Jane Hill, a writer and comedian w...
The Bush Telegraph: News hullabalooboohoos
Spider bites, violent pensioners, a Bill about dying that refuses to die, some appalling headline writing, and bonnes nouvelles de France –...
Alessia Camoirano uncovers Britain’s Forgotten Girls
Across Britain, young girls from all demographics are being groomed, trafficked and sexually exploited by drug gangs. Authorities have been...
Rated or Dated: Bandidas (2006)
Salma Hayek and Penélope Cruz star in Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg’s "Western" "action" “comedy”, but what will the script by *eyeroll...