Well, it did produce the Specials and the Selecter. On the other hand, it also produced the Enemy. Let's nuke the fucker.

Sheffield certainly has a tradition of left-wing politics, although I don't know if that's been beaten out of it somewhat by its transformation from a working-class industrial city into 'that place just outside Meadowhall'. Leicester's V for Vendetta obsession probably comes from the fact that it has two large…

Sheffield certainly has a tradition of left-wing politics, although I don't know if that's been beaten out of it somewhat by its transformation from a working-class industrial city into 'that place just outside Meadowhall'. Leicester's V for Vendetta obsession probably comes from the fact that it has two large…

I've only ever been to Dorset twice, on family holidays as a child, but I remember it being quite pleasant. I could be looking back with rose-tinted glasses though, since a friend from Bournemouth insists it's pretty rough there (in Bournemouth, at least). Manchester is pretty nice these days, or at least has a nice…

I've only ever been to Dorset twice, on family holidays as a child, but I remember it being quite pleasant. I could be looking back with rose-tinted glasses though, since a friend from Bournemouth insists it's pretty rough there (in Bournemouth, at least). Manchester is pretty nice these days, or at least has a nice…

Have you ever been to Fleetwood? It's the only place that's made me grateful to be from the East Midlands. We're the second worst of what England has to offer.

Have you ever been to Fleetwood? It's the only place that's made me grateful to be from the East Midlands. We're the second worst of what England has to offer.

There's no such thing as a 'gratuitous pub scene'.

There's no such thing as a 'gratuitous pub scene'.

"First of all, I personally enjoy his voice, but it's not a "good" voice. He's trying to make it sound slightly deeper but he ends up sounding like he's trying to do the voice of a cartoon moose."
- Mark Prindle

"First of all, I personally enjoy his voice, but it's not a "good" voice. He's trying to make it sound slightly deeper but he ends up sounding like he's trying to do the voice of a cartoon moose."
- Mark Prindle

And instead I trojan horsed my whining about poorly used British slang in TV and films in an offensive term. Balls.

And instead I trojan horsed my whining about poorly used British slang in TV and films in an offensive term. Balls.

Yeah, it's the sort of thing people do as an act of minor rebellion - 'This place is so stuffy, I'm going to show what I think of their rules! I'll dress myself ineptly!' Someone in the costuming department deserves… not a raise. But some sort of 'well done'.

Yeah, it's the sort of thing people do as an act of minor rebellion - 'This place is so stuffy, I'm going to show what I think of their rules! I'll dress myself ineptly!' Someone in the costuming department deserves… not a raise. But some sort of 'well done'.

Flagged out of jealousy that the AV Club sent my comment on the 'roadblocks to story' inventory to a moderator (where it remains to this day) because I used the British slang for cigarette.

Flagged out of jealousy that the AV Club sent my comment on the 'roadblocks to story' inventory to a moderator (where it remains to this day) because I used the British slang for cigarette.

He spent nearly ten years staring at Phil Manzanera's tightly-packaged junk. It's hard to find photos where he doesn't look like he's about to vomit.

He spent nearly ten years staring at Phil Manzanera's tightly-packaged junk. It's hard to find photos where he doesn't look like he's about to vomit.

Ditto. And to think, this is sponsored by a non-American beer - Grolsch, shameful collaborators.