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Armatrading for Mayor

Antonia Quirke salutes whoever persuaded Joan to do radio

By Antonia Quirke

Collision

Collision

This intricately plotted drama is far from car-crash TV

Into the Storm/Wonderland

Unlike Blair or Brown, Churchill had a conscience

The Thick of It

This once-biting political satire now feels strangely dated

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The End of the Line

Despite the glitz, this is a shocking documentary

Smashing the lens

Smashing the lens

The Force

The banality of evil is laid bare in Hampshire

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In Treatment

In Treatment

Shot from the therapist’s couch, this drama has issues

5 comments

Electric Dreams

Why do we buy so much? Because we're greedy

Subaquatic homesick blues

Subaquatic homesick blues

Is Melville’s Moby-Dick the ultimate American novel? Even today, it haunts a nation’s thoughts and dreams

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The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show

Melvyn may be a grinning ninny, but I'll miss him

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Composer of the Week

When it comes to Erik Satie, Radio 3 is stumped

The Day the Wall Came Down

Life is a constant puzzle to the genial presenter

Performance review

How to stay cheery in the face of management-speak

The people's champion

Listeners have a passionate supporter in Eddie Mair

Bizet's a ball ache

Bizet's a ball ache

Paul McKenna talks himself into the zone

Morn in the USA

New Jersey has, like, totally whatever you’re into

Hit by a love bomb

Hit by a love bomb

Here was a conductor who knew how to impress

Weird science

Is "stuff we don't know about" a technical term?

Good mourning with Peter and Wealands

A pair of sulky churchmen give John Humphrys a run for his money

Mover and shaker

Mover and shaker

Forget Russell Brand – the real rebel on Radio 2 is the man who championed skiffle.

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Film

Stephen Poliakoff

Dawn of the dead

Radio

Joan Armatrading

Armatrading for Mayor

Berlin

East Side Gallery

Cold war modern

Books

Condition of England

The Condition of England

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

Biography

John Cheever

Cheever: a Life

Books

Roy Hattersley

In Search of England

Theatre

Pains of Youth

Pains of Youth / Days of Significance

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