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Experiments In Drinking: Trappist Achel
Bidding a fond farewell to one of the great beers of the devil-may-care Trappist tradition.
Would You Wish Your Servant To Read This? The Elitism Of Moral Panics
The class war raging behind every call for ‘something to be done’ about the dubious pleasures of the great unwashed.
Naked Witches And Sexy Satanists: The Erotic Occult Magazine Explosion
The boom in lecherous, kinky and erotic occult magazines at the height of the Satanic Sixties and Seventies.
The Purple Cloud – A Classic Of Existential Nihilism Explored
M.P.Shiel’s delirious study of apocalypse, madness and insanity revisited.
Gestapo’s Last Orgy Is Still Too Outrageous For Britain’s Censors
The British film censors are still confusing offensiveness for dangerousness as they ban yet another former Video Nasty.
The Reprobate Top(less) Tens Of 2020
What was hot on The Reprobate in 2020? You can probably guess.
The Seasonal Pleasures And Life Lessons Of The Dismal Winter Wonderland
The annual tradition of the sub-standard Christmas attraction is something to be celebrated.
Classic Albums Revisited: Toyah’s Sheep Farming In Barnet
Toyah’s debut album remains as startling, experimental and unsettling now as it was on its original release.
Closing The Green Door
The O’Farrell Theatre, San Francisco landmark and ground zero of the adult entertainment revolution, has closed.
Naked Vinyl: The Golden Age Of The Gratuitously Sexy LP Cover
Shameless sexploitation used to sell decidedly unsexy music to wannabe swingers.
In The Shadow It Waits: A Live Zoom Horror Film
A horror film performed live via video conferencing that has more ambition than scares.