Christmas, 1971: the BBC enters its golden age. As the new-fangled colour service opens up to an expanding television audience around the United Kingdom, ‘Auntie Beeb’ fills the schedules with a range…
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THE GOOD LIFE: SOCIALISM IN SURBITON – Robert Kenchington
This year marks the 50th anniversary since the original broadcast of one of the most beloved of British television series, The Good Life. Created and written by John Esmonde and Bob Larby,…
REVIEW: Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark by Cassandra Peterson (Hachette) – Neil Fulwood
Cassandra Peterson has had quite the life. Bullying mother. Rough diamond father. Traumatic childhood accident (pan; boiling water). Socially awkward. Suddenly voluptuous. Go-go dancer in her mid-teens. Showgirl while still a good…
The City as Anti-Hero: Freidkin’s To Live and Died in L.A. – Neil Fulwood
7th August 2025 marks the second anniversary of the death of maverick filmmaker William Friedkin. CHAINLINK publishes a series of articles on his work throughout the month. By the mid-Eighties, William Friedkin’s…
Friday the 13th -Lucy Bellingham
Whither Jason? – The Drama and Dichotomy of Friday the 13th Sean S. Cunningham’s Friday the 13th might not have been the first slasher – not by a long chalk – but…