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Hot Chocolate Bomb

Letter from America, part 17: Hot chocolate bombs

30 Dec 2020 Ben Diamond

Just as this dumb-ass year comes to a close, my Stateside brothers and sisters have thrown up one last reminder of American ingenuity and the great promise we represent to the world.

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Paris Gargoyle by Nick Stafford

Letter from America, part 16: Waiting for water to boil

22 Dec 2020 Ben Diamond

Food for thought from Ben Diamond at the end of an unsavory year. In verse.

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Modern Media Review Xmas TV ads Robin Gibson Sean Gollogly

MMR #52: Sad, mad, bad – the Xmas TV ads

21 Dec 2020 Robin Gibson

Podcast: Elephants on the court, Lego slippers, crying Matt Hancock Tiny Tiers dolls – time is running out for 2020 but we’ll always have the Xmas TV ads. Robin and Sean sit down for it.

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Modern Media Review Hibernate Robin Gibson Sean Gollogly

MMR #51: Keep warm this winter – make trouble! Or hibernate

27 Nov 2020 Sean Gollogly

Why settle for a partially festive season when you could be out for the count? We need a top tier with opiates and Nytol plus a quality mattress. Sean and Robin expose a missed opportunity for Sunak and Hancock.

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Modern Media Review Breaking The Law Robin Gibson Sean Gollogly

MMR #49: Breaking the law!

18 Sep 2020 Sean Gollogly

Podcast: Britain’s obsessed with crime and everyone’s at it – Boris Johnson, Dennis Nilsen, Judas Priest, you name it (some offences are historic). Sean and Robin jump on the bandwagon.

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Get back to work! Get back to school! Modern Media Review 48

MMR #48: Get back to work! Get back to school!

31 Aug 2020 Robin Gibson

Podcast: Now Johnson and his mob want citizens back in harness – it’s a moral obligation! Robin and Sean unpeel the latest edicts, despite danger of death.

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MMR #47: Check your change, wash and go! Brexit’s back

5 Aug 2020 Sean Gollogly

Podcast: You can #CoverYourFace, but you can’t hide from Brexit – even if you’re gov.uk. So it’s Check, Change, Go! Sean and Robin unpack the new public service announcements.

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Shoe cake

Letter from America, part 15: This shoe is a cake

22 Jul 2020 Ben Diamond

We are shuttered inside due to a worldwide pandemic and our response is … “What if that couch was really a cake?”

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