260 hours. Almost 11 whole days of my past 6 years have been spent watching repeats of a TV show must would baulk at the idea of watching one half hour edition of. When BBC started repeating episodes of their former flagship music show Top of the Pops as they were originally broadcast (starting with 1976 in 2011),ContinueContinue reading “I watched every episode of TOTP from the 1990s (here’s what I learnt)”
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20 years of Less Than Jake’s ‘In With The Out Crowd’
2006 was a weird time for music. It had been over half a decade since Napster brought about a major shake up of how we accessed and listened to music. The platforms that followed in Napster’s wake, with their varying levels of legality, felt a lot like sub par imitations or best guesses at theContinueContinue reading “20 years of Less Than Jake’s ‘In With The Out Crowd’”
This is the May
Ok, so ‘May the Fourth…’ was a week ago, but with The Mandalorian and Grogu just under two weeks away from heralding the return of Star Wars to cinemas (with a new film for the first time in seven years), I’m celebrating the saga all month. Over on Instagram I’ve been sharing some items from my Mandalorian focus collection. @collectusallContinueContinue reading “This is the May”
The first 24 hours
With this month’s edition of 11 tracks, the total play length of all the playlists going back to February 2023 combined has hit 24 hours. I consider the sequencing for these mixtapes meticulously each month, but if you’d like to abandon all of that and just hit shuffle on a days worth of my favourite music fromContinueContinue reading “The first 24 hours”
Time at the bar
I took a photo of this beer last Wednesday at Brewdog on Baldwin Street (one of their earliest opened pubs in 2012) as I had a feeling it might be my last visit there. Today’s news has confirmed this. Regardless of your views on Brewdog in 2026, or any of the years before now (trustContinueContinue reading “Time at the bar”
Collector Road Trip: The Wonder Works, Margate
Our fifth stop in a series of intriguing places for everyone to visit, from the curious traveller to the seasoned collector.
Collector Road Trip: Lynton Toy Museum
Our fourth stop in a series of intriguing places for everyone to visit, from the curious traveller to the seasoned collector.
Foundation year
Time is passing by fast. It’s been a year already since I became a Trustee of the Poole Museum Foundation. It’s been a fascinating experience so far, joining at a time when the museum was preparing to re-open following a £10m Lottery funded redevelopment. This gave time for our new board to settle into theContinueContinue reading “Foundation year”
The magic number
Three years ago I started compiling a monthly playlist of new and recent tracks I’d been enjoying – an 11 track ‘mixtape’. Originally these were to accompany a newsletter I was writing on LinkedIn (one has now long outlasted the other).I liked the idea that they were a modern equivalent to a magazine covermount CD and it scratched an itchContinueContinue reading “The magic number”
Collector Road Trip: Brighton Toy and Model Museum
Our second stop in a new series of intriguing places for everyone to visit, from the curious traveller to the seasoned collector.
Collector Road Trip: House of Marbles, Bovey Tracey
Our first stop in a new series of intriguing places for everyone to visit, from the curious traveller to the seasoned collector.
How collecting has changed for me across decades of the hobby
A self examination of the changes in awareness and viability, from my earliest collection to potential new ones I might start in 2026.
Liam Toms 