Pop Culture Politics JOE – 2025 Year in Review with Ian Hislop 19 Dec 202519 Dec 2025 Alongside the usual Spotify playlists and Reddit stats, one of the sharpest annual roundups comes from PoliticsJOE. Each December, they sit down with Private Eye editor Ian Hislop to pick…
Pop Culture Private Eye – The Year In Review 2025 17 Dec 2025 December always brings a blizzard of “year in review” content. Spotify tells you what you’ve been looping, Reddit reminds you of your strangest obsessions, and YouTube floods you with “best…
Books… Book Review: Six Steps to Salvation by P.J. Murphy 14 Sep 202531 Aug 2025 Six Steps to Salvation is a satirical novel by P.J. Murphy. It was first published in April 2025. This review is intended to be free of spoilers, but none of…
Books… Radio/Audiobook Review: Absolute Power 4 Feb 2025 Absolute Power is a radio comedy show created by Mark Tavener. It starred John Bird and Stephen Fry. It was originall aired on BBC Radio 2, but has been re-released…
Pop Culture Private Eye – The Year In Review 2024 (Plus JOE) 15 Dec 202414 Dec 2024 Something I love about this year is the annual roundups in various places. You get your Spotify summary, your Reddit one (apparently my three top subjects are board games, Europe,…
Books… Book Review: 2040: A Silicon Valley Satire by Pedro Domingos 3 Aug 20246 Aug 2024 2040 is a science/speculative fiction and political satire novel by Pedro Domingos. It is due to be published on the 20th of August 2024 by BookBaby. A review copy of…