Already we’ve announced @cooraysmith.bsky.social @cairdiul.bsky.social @wringham.bsky.social @janehamilton.bsky.social @jonnelledge.bsky.social @nicolalove.bsky.social and Dana Miller for the issue… and we’ve so much more to come. Get on board - details below ⬇️

Shall we announce some more writers? Why not! So joining is for issue four are: @cooraysmith.bsky.social on David Lynch… New contributor Dana Miller talking about the legendary songwriter Allee Willis… And award winning journalist @janehamilton.bsky.social on the ongoing true crime obsession

One more try…

We’ve got less than a month to hit our goal - and we’re just under half way there. Six quid gets you the digital edition. Twelve of your Earth pounds will get you the beautiful shiny print version. Fifteen and you can have both. Brilliant writing on the past, present and future of popular culture.

We might just make this the front cover of issue four… #iykyk

You see Zoroastrians in the Great Game? That’s you that is.

HWFG #totp

Alexia. What happens when you put posh spice in a hot wash. #totp

Absolutely shitting it that Stuart is going to get round to UP2U eventually and then I’ll need to go into hiding. Although thankfully it was too dull to have any highlights beyond Turner being exploded.

Crackerjack's legacy of gunge, games, and absurd variety acts was carried into the 90s by Hangar 17, and my new video picks apart its archive, stumbling on an incredible lost artifact of British culture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1wS...

I want this.

The woman responsible for more people hiding behind sofas in the early days of BBC science fiction is to be celebrated later this year at the Barbican. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/pio...

Halloween (1978) Halloween (2007) Halloween (2018)

Known as the what now?

So we're almost at the half-way mark for the campaign for Issue Four... and we're about half-way funded. Which means, at current progress, we might make it, but it'll be tight. Help secure the future of independent pop culture journalism - and your own copy of Issue Four - by buying your copy now.

You can back the campaign to make Issue Four happen, and find out more about the magazine, via our Indiegogo page. We're already 40% of the way there - help us make it over the line!

It's a huge welcome back to @cairdiul.bsky.social, who's marking 30 years of This Life! A huge welcome aboard to @nicolalove.bsky.social al, tackling the literal bus wreck that was Dream Team! And another huge welcome back to @wringham.bsky.social, our Maine man as he delves into the King...

And secondly, shall we reveal some of the writers who'll be in Issue Four if we make it? Okay then!

A couple of announcements! Firstly, because we know the international postage charges are ludicrous (sorry! you know who to blame...), even though we think FTS is best enjoyed as a glossy print product, we're now offering a digital download only option for those of you keen to read Issue Four.

I'm not sure if it's just editing, interviewee reluctance or (and I suspect) completely indifferent research and interviewing by the journo in question, but doing an interview with Stefan Dennis that ignores the single, and condenses his entire UK tv and theatre career to a single par is just bad.

Office view is giving real Taggart vibes today…

Every time the MOTD commentator mentions Kevin Schade, all I can hear is Tom Baker doing his schtick from the VHS release. “SHAAAADAAAAA!”

The Corridor Crew breakdown of the War of the Worlds ‘25 footage is fascinating and if they’re right about what happened, that film deserves a negative RT score and its producers never to work again. Not just in film, but ever.

Make a band singular: Bi.

Backed this, it looks ace. If it’s your thing, back it too!

The SPFL should legitimately do this rather than the tedious Hamilton racecourse sprint. Kingsley dropkicking Baxter the Bridie over the top rope is money.

Star Fleet Academy casualwear.

The lads assemble! Very much my LTG pick… Kudos to the insanely talented @heykidsshop.bsky.social

Just one easy, normal day please.

Well, obviously…

Misread this originally as Grado and boy, that’s a whole different film…

AI slop coming for the podcast industry is magnificent news. It'll hopefully wipe out the tiresome and cynically ad/sponsor driven celeb ones and leave us with the real enthusiasts, hobbiests and folk who take their audience seriously rather than see it as a quick buck between actual jobs.

- and for those of you who prefer writing not about Doctor Who and which you don't have to pay for, I've done a guest column over at the legendary and long running twinpeaksblog. twinpeaksblog.com/2025/09/08/r...

For subscribers only, but with a taste and two links to free pieces contained within it, it's turn and face the Genesis of the Daleks, over at Psychic Paper. buttondown.com/cooray_smith...

🥚🥚🥚 please go ahead and back @fromthesublime.bsky.social I have a lot to say about This Life

A couple of announcements! Firstly, because we know the international postage charges are ludicrous (sorry! you know who to blame...), even though we think FTS is best enjoyed as a glossy print product, we're now offering a digital download only option for those of you keen to read Issue Four.

Please support us. If you like horror, if you like the scary seventies, this is the book for you. If it's not the book for you, but you know someone who may enjoy it, spread the word and let them know about us.

How can BBC Scotland be so fucked that they couldn’t show an episode of Scotch And Wry on Hogmanay when the Rikki Fulton doc debuted… but they can tonight at 10pm to accompany a random repeat?

Clock is ticking, the board is filling up... Deadline for pitches is 12 Sept: bsky.app/profile/from... Deadline for Indiegogo pre-orders is mid-October: www.indiegogo.com/projects/fro...

In RTD fashion, without giving anything away, some keywords for the next issue: Maria, Fletch, Egg, Cape and Coop.

Another couple of weeks to go until we close the door on pitches. We’re open to actual PAID articles on a variety of subjects - it’s not just TV that Matters….

OK - put me down for one.

Guarantee your issue - and the future of independent pop culture journalism. £12 to secure your copy and help get us over the line.

Because a couple of people have asked and either not read or not understood the details in the graphic... We don't have rates, as such. Once the basic production costs are covered for the issue, all the proceeds are distributed equally among the other contributors (excluding me).

Doors are open, details are in the graphic. We’d love to hear from you if you fancy flexing your writing or illustrating muscles!

Featuring all your favourite contributors, and some brand new faces, writing on everything under the popular culture sun. We've been away a year, and there's a lot to say... Get on board now. www.indiegogo.com/projects/fro...