2023: 50 reasons I was cheerful

31st December 2023

John Wyver writes: Two years ago I compiled a list of stuff - books, films, journalism, television, exhibitions, online elements - that I had enjoyed, appreciated, learned from and generally been cheered by over the previous twelve months. Herewith, more

The Sunday dozen

16th December 2023

John Wyver writes: taking this one week at a time, but nonetheless I'm pleased to offer a second selection of articles, podcasts and broadcasts that engaged or informed or challenged me during the past week. There is some hard-edged politics more

Sunday links at 100, part 1

1st November 2020

John Wyver writes: this is the one hundredth set of Sunday links since we over-hauled our website back in 2014. The feature took a number of forms before that, including 'Links for the weekend', and there was a long period more

Sunday links

19th July 2020

John Wyver writes: another group of links to articles, occasional videos and Twitter threads that have engaged and on occasion challenged me over the past week - thanks, as ever, are due to those on my Twitter feed that so more

Sunday links

22nd September 2019

John Wyver writes: I seem to be getting back to weekly postings of links to stuff that has engaged and intrigued me over the past week - and here's this week's list. In particular, I have been reading reviews of more

Television links

2nd March 2019

Following yesterday's list of recent links to interesting articles about photography, here's another pull-together, this time of pointers to pieces about the medium formerly known as television. The wonderful image of the early television studio at Alexandra Palace was more

Sunday links

27th October 2018

Links to articles that attracted my attention in the three weeks (apologies!) since the last of these columns, plus the occasional video. There are some especially strong film-related articles this week. Many thanks to those who recommended many of these more

Sunday links

30th September 2018

Today's links to interesting stuff that has attracted my attention over the past week or so, with thanks to Twitter recommenders. You will doubtless be delighted to see that I have once again worked out how to embed videos. • They more

Sunday links

2nd September 2018

Summer's over and - yes - I've delivered the first draft manuscript of my book. (It's about film and television adaptations of RSC stage productions.) So let's see if I can return to my weekly list of links to things more

Sunday links

19th March 2017

As usual (or given recent experience, on occasions), a list of links to articles and videos that have engaged me over the past week. Many thanks to those who alerted me to a number of them. • Senses of Cinema more