Two high-profile British trials in 2012 attempted to draw a line in the sand over what was acceptable sexual behaviour between consensual adults.
Halloween Hammer: Demons Of The Mind
Continuing our Hammer Horror season with a look at one of their more esoteric and delirious studies of gothic insanity.
The Mask As Sexual Liberation In The Work Of Paul Soso
The late fetish photographer’s work is celebrated in a timely new exhibition.
Halloween Hammer: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula
Continuing our Hammer retrospective with a look at what might be the studio’s most underrated film, one hamstrung by tradition and expectation.
Shudder Originals And The Great Reset In How We Consume Movies
Examining a collection of Shudder Originals while pondering how the streaming revolution feels more like a return to the norm than a giant leap forward.
Halloween Hammer: The Evil of Frankenstein
Continuing our look back at Hammer Horror with the company’s clumsy attempt to blend their style with the Universal Monster movie.
British TV Advertising’s Brief Flirtation With The Female Nipple
1994 saw British television advertising step forward into the brave new world of European openness – and then quickly step back again.
Halloween Hammer: Hammer House Of Horror
Our Hammer Horror retrospective continues with a look at their 1980 TV series.
Vienna Strips On OnlyFans
Blanket social media censorship of nudity is forcing arts organisations to think outside the box.
Halloween Hammer: The Plague Of The Zombies
Continuing our Hammer Horror retrospective with a look at their impressive reinvention of a moribund genre.
The Things You Think Are Precious I Can’t Understand: Cover Versions That Miss The Point
In which introspective, personal studies of human frailty and despair are turned into vacuously bouncy dancefloor bangers, metal misfires and saccharine pop show tunes.
Halloween Hammer: Dracula – Prince Of Darkness
Continuing our Hammer Horror retrospective with a look at the second film in the iconic Dracula series.