13th January 2026
John Wyver writes: Taking a break from posts about Magic Rays of Light, I am delighted to highlight another article of mine that has just been published in the latest edition of VIEW: Journal of European Television and Culture.
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7th December 2025
John Wyver writes: More politics than usual, perhaps, among things that have engaged my attention in the past seven days. There are several very good film reads too, and modern and contemporary music, along with a recommended podcast interview. The
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17th March 2024
John Wyver writes: a little late this week, and I'm completing the choice on a train to Stratford-upon-Avon for a final RSC "goodbye" to Greg Doran - as usual, here are a dozen articles and audio elements that I found
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12th December 2021
John Wyver writes: this week's selections begin with an exceptional profile from The New Yorker; see also the Guardian longread below the break, which is as good as anything the fabled US magazine publishes.
• On Succession,
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9th June 2021
John Wyver writes: I know that posting comments to blog posts is so late noughties, and as a consequence no-one does it anymore, but I did want to try this as an experiment - and I'm very grateful to those
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1st June 2021
John Wyver writes: Having yesterday introduced our new film Coventry Cathedral: Building for a New Britain and promised a series of posts about the project, today I begin with a detailed discussion of just one section
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