The last good cinema in town
A 1930s picture house, a projectionist of forty years and the seats nobody wants to replace.
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Nov 5, 202647 minBrass bands and the Saturday sound
Why every village once had one, and why Hugh still cannot read a score.
- 46No. 46
Oct 29, 202658 minA crate of strangers
Nasreen buys ten records unheard from a shop that is closing. Hugh listens to all of them.
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Oct 22, 202644 minThe pier at the end of the line
Arcades, bulbs and a very long walk in the rain along one seaside pier.
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Oct 15, 202650 minQuiet, please
The great reading rooms of England and the people who still turn up at nine.
- 43No. 43
Oct 8, 202649 minOne chair, one light
A small theatre, a bare stage and what a rehearsal room sounds like at ten at night.
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