My cultural year 2022
A complete list of all the culture I consumed in 2022.

Films
Mum's List (Niall Johnson, 2016)
Tulip Fever (Justin Chadwick, 2017)
The Hunt (Craig Zobel, 2020)
The Tinder Swindler (Felicity Morris, 2022)
Escape from Pretoria (Francis Annan, 2020)
A Violent Man (Steve McCall, 2022)
Boiling Point (Philip Barantini, 2021)
Villain (Philip Barantini, 2020)
The Adam Project (Shawn Levy, 2022)
Senior Year (Alex Hardcastle, 2022)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (J. A. Bayona, 2018)
X (Ti West, 2022)
Johnny English (Peter Howitt, 2023)
The Little Mermaid (John Musker & Ron Clements, 1989)
Johnny English Reborn (Oliver Parker, 2011)
Jurassic World Dominion (Colin Trevorrow, 2022)
The Italian Job (F. Gary Gray, 2003)
No time to die (Cary Joji Fukunaga, 2021)
I came by (Babak Anvari, 2022)
Django unchained (Quentin Tarantino, 2012)
Elvis (Baz Luhrmann, 2022)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones, 1975)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Gore Verbinski, 2003)
King of Thieves (James Marsh, 2018)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Gore Verbinski, 2006)
Enola Holmes 2 (Harry Bradbeer, 2022)
Wrong Turn (Mike P. Nelson, 2021)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Gore Verbinski, 2007)
Erin Brockovich (Steven Soderbergh, 2000)
Paddington (Paul King, 2014)
Paddington 2 (Paul King, 2017)
Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988)
Die Hard 2: Die Harder (Renny Harlin, 1992)
Die Hard with a vengeance (John McTiernan, 1995)
Die Hard 4.0 (Len Wiseman, 2007)
The Adsams Family (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1991)
Avatar: The Way of Water (James Cameron, 2022)
Touching the void (Kevin Macdonald, 2003)
Everything Everywhere All At Once (Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, 2022)
Everest (Baltasar Kormákur, 2015)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Rian Johnson, 2022)
Raiders of the lost ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Steven Spielberg, 1984)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg, 1989)
Encanto (Jared Bush & Byron Howard, 2021)
The Whole Nine Yards (Jonathan Lynn, 2000)
Hugo (Martin Scorsese, 2011)
My Spy (Peter Segal, 2020)
John Wick (Chad Stahelski, 2014)
John Wick: Chapter 2 (Chad Stahelski, 2017)

TV Series The Grand tour S4
The Beatles: Get Back
After life S3
Peaky Blinders S1-6
Torchwood S2-4
Severance
Derry Girls
Stranger things S4
Early Doors S1-2
Wednesday
The Boys S1
The Crown S5
The Traitors

Books Billy Summers (Stephen King>
Pirate latitudes (Michael Crichton)
"Shake my hand and I'll show you the ropes": A biography of George Pipe (John Loveless)
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
I wanna be yours (John Cooper Clarke)
Gwendy's Magic Feather(Richard Chizmar)

Exhibitions, Installations and Live Acts The Wallace Collection
Fascinating Aida, Alban Arena
Liam Gallagher, Knebworth
Stewart Lee - Tornado / Snowflake, Royal Festival Hall, London
Chipstead Players - The 39 steps, Courtyard Theatre, Chipstead
Shit faced Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet, Leicester Square Theatre, London
Stokesay Castle
Queen's House
Downsview Players - The Little Mermaid

My cultural year 2021
A complete list of all the culture I consumed in 2021.

Films
JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)
TAG (Jeff Tomsic, 2018)
Game night (John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein, 2018)
Songbird (Adam Mason, 2020)
Knives out (Rian Johnson, 2019)
Samurai Cop (Amir Shervan, 1991)
Samurai Cop 2 (Gregory Hatanaka, 2015)
Space Sweepers (Jo Sung-hee, 2021)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (Stephen Hopkins, 1989)
Captain Marvel (Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, 2019)
Paul (Greg Mottola, 2011)
Avengers Endgame (Anthony Russo & Joe Russo, 2019)
Love and Monsters (Michael Matthews, 2020)
Freddy's dead: the final nightmare (Rachel Talalay, 1991)
Mississippi burning (Alan Parker, 1998)
The Father (Florian Zeller, 2020)
Nomadland (Chloé Zhao, 2020)
A Quiet Place 2 (John Krasinski, 2020)
Suicide Squad (David Ayer, 2016)
Spiderman: Far from home (Jon Watts, 2019)
Rain Man (Barry Levinson, 1988)
Somers Town (Shane Meadows, 2008)
Knebworth 1996 (Jake Scott, 2021)
The Many Saints of Newark (Alan Taylor, 2021)
Cry Macho (Clint Eastwood, 2021)
Don't breathe 2 (Rodo Sayagues, 2021)
Army of the Dead (Zack Snyder, 2021)
Crash (David Cronenberg, 1996)
Red Notice (Rawson Marshall Thurber, 2021)
Gorillas in the mist (Michael Apted, 1988)
The Marksman (Robert Lorenz, 2021)
Wrath of Man (Guy Ritchie, 2021)
Hue and Cry (Charles Crichton, 1947)
Army of thieves (Matthias Schweighöfer, 2021)
Coriolanus (Ralph Fiennes, 2011)
Conan the barbarian (John Milius, 1982)
Conan the destroyer (Richard Fleischer, 1984)
Red Sonya (Richard Fleischer, 1985)
Great Expectations (David Lean, 1946)
24 hour party people (Michael Winterbottom, 2002)
The lady in the van (Nicholas Hytner, 2015)
Office Christmas Party (Will Speck & Josh Gordon, 2016)
Wonder (Stephen Chbosky, 2017)
Eaten by lions (Jason Wingard, 2019)
Don't look up (Adam McKay, 2021)
Dolittle (Stephen Gaghan, 2020)
Doctor Sleep (Mike Flanagan, 2019)
Frozen (Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee, 2013)
Plan 9 from outer space (Ed Wood, 1957)
Platoon (Oliver Stone, 1986)

Books
State of Fear (Michael Crichton)
The Institute (Stephen King)
The Nine Taylors (Dorothy L Sayers)
The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking) (Katie Mack)
If it bleeds (Stephen King)
Churchill (Roy Jenkins)
Later (Stephen King)

TV Series
Industry
It's a sin
Your Honour
Line of Duty S1-6
Friends: The Reunion
Mare of Easttown
Star Trek TOS - S3
Time
Black Summer S2
Clarkson's Farm
Limetown S1
Succession S1-3
Ghosts S1-3
Money Heist S5
Squid Game
Dr Who (original series 7-9)
Dr Who (revived era series 13)

Others:
Sissinghurst Castle Garden

My cultural year 2020
A complete list of all the culture I consumed in 2020.

Films
Once upon a time in Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino, 2019)
Zombieland: Doubletap (Ruben Fleischer, 2019)
1917 (Sam Mendes, 2019)
Doctor Strange (Scott Derrickson, 2016)
Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992)
Martyrs (Kevin Goetz & Michael Goetz, 2015)
Rise of the Footsoldier 4: Marbella (Andrew Loveday, 2019)
Shame (Steve McQueen, 2011)
Hellraiser: Revelations (Víctor García, 2011)
Terminator: Dark Fate (Tim Miller, 2019)
Hellraiser: Judgement (Gary J. Tunnicliffe, 2018)
The Bone Collector (Phillip Noyce, 1999)
Green Book (Peter Farrelly, 2018)
Once upon a time in London (Simon Rumley, 2019)
The Gentlemen (Guy Ritchie, 2019)
Knocked Up (Judd Apatow, 2007)
A Quiet Place (John Krasinski, 2018)
Spiderman: Homecoming (Jon Watts, 2017)
Thor: Ragnarok (Taika Waititi, 2017)
This is 40 (Judd Apatow, 2012)
Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
Ford Vs Farrari (James Mangold, 2019)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (Samuel Bayer, 2010)
The Imposter (Bart Layton, 2012)
Stan & Ollie (Jon S. Baird, 2018)
Rocketman (Dexter Fletcher, 2019)
Anaconda (Luis Llosa, 1997)
Redd Inc. (Daniel Krige, 2012)
Cemetary Junction (Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant, 2010)
Parasite (Bong Joon-ho, 2019)
Lincoln (Steven Spielberg, 2012)
Black Panther (Ryan Coogler, 2018)
State of Emergency (Turner Clay, 2011)
Repo Man (Alex Cox, 1984)
The Business (Nick Love, 2005)
Enola Holmes (Harry Bradbeer, 2020)
The Last Emperor (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987)
The Football Factory (Nick Love, 2004)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Jason Woliner, 2020)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984)
Avengers Infinity War (Anthony Russo & Joe Russo, 2018)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (Jack Sholder, 1985)
Ant Man and the Wasp (Peyton Reed, 2018)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Aaron Sorkin, 2020)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (Chuck Russell, 1987)
Rampage (Brad Peyton, 2018)
First Man (Damien Chazelle, 2018)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (Renny Harlin, 1988)
Shaun the Sheep Movie (Mark Burton & Richard Starzak, 2015)
The Dark Tower (Nikolaj Arcel, 2017)

Books
Man walks into a pub (Pete Brown)
Letter to a young contrarian (Christopher Hitchens)
The Outsider (Stephen King)
The Joy of Less (Francine Jay)
The 4-hour work week (Timothy Ferriss)
Replay (Ken Grimwood)
Lost connections (Johann Hari)
The Ancestors tale (Richard Dawkins)
Case Against Christ (John Young)
Elevation (Stephen King)
The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
The Drawing of the Three (Stephen King)
The Wastelands (Stephen King)
Wizard and Glass (Stephen King)
The Wind Through the Keyhole (Stephen King)
Wolves of the Calla (Stephen King)
Song of Susannah (Stephen King)
The Dark Tower (Stephen King)
The Inexorable Progression (Zack Davies)
The Last Lecture (Randy Pausch)

TV Series
Gavin and Stacey (S1-3 + specials)
The Grand Tour S4e01
Lipstick on your collar
The Stranger
This Country S1-3
Hunters
Tiger King
Friday Night Dinner S1-6
Devs
Gangs of London
Quiz
Afterlife S2
Money Heist S1-4
Horizon: "What's the Matter with Tony Slattery?"
Killing Eve S3
I am not ok with this
Normal People
Community S1-6
The Queen's Gambit
The Crown S4
The last man on earth
Des
Sharp Objects
Year of the rabbit
Living with yourself
8 days
Black Narcissus
The Grand Tour S4e02
Death to 2020

My Cultural Year 2019
A complete list of all the culture I consumed in 2019.

Films
Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995)
Grimsby (Louis Leterrier, 2016)
Mud (Jeff Nichols, 2012)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Bryan Singer, 2018)
Captain America: Civil War (Anthony Russo & Joe Russo, 2016)
The Inbetweeners 2 (Damon Beesley & Iain Morris, 2014)
Three billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (Martin McDonagh, 2017)
The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2018)
Don't breathe (Fede Álvarez, 2016)
Lucy (Luc Besson, 2014)
Hellraiser V: Inferno (Scott Derrickson, 2000)
Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018)
Compliance (Craig Zobel, 2012)
The Hateful Eight (Quentin Tarantino, 2015)
Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter, 1999)
As It Was (Charlie Lightening & Gavin Fitzgerald, 2019)
The English Patient (Anthony Minghella, 1996)
Four Lions (Chris Morris, 2010)
Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
It Chapter two (Andy Muschietti, 2019)
A million ways to die in the west (Seth MacFarlane, 2014)
Braveheart (Mel Gibson, 1995)
Kevin and Perry go large (Ed Bye, 2000)
The Jungle Book (Wolfgang Reitherman, 1967)
Hellraiser: Hellseeker (Rick Bota, 2002)
Joker (Todd Phillips, 2019)
The Irishman (Martin Scorsese, 2019)
Yesterday (Danny Boyle, 2019)
Hellraiser: Deader (Rick Bota, 2005)
Hellraiser: Hellworld (Rick Bota, 2005)
Kaboom (Gregg Araki, 2010)
All the money in the world (Ridley Scott, 2017)

Books
Blaze (Stephen King)
The Shadow Cabinet (Zack Davies)
Cherry Pie (Hollie McNish)
A Universe from nothing (Lawrence Krauss)
Doctor sleep (Stephen King)
Whiskies Galore (Ian Buxton)
Mr Mercedes (Stephen King)
Revival (Stephen King)
Finders Keepers (Stephen King)
End of watch (Stephen King)
Gwendy's Button Box (Stephen King)
Dragon teeth (Michael Crichton)
Demimeditations (Zack Davies)
How to (Randall Munroe)
Sleeping Beauties (Stephen King)
Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy (Serhii Plokhy)
The bricks that built the houses (Kate Tempest)

TV Series
Les Miserables (BBC 1)
The Wire S4-5 (HBO)
Game of Thrones S1-8 (HBO)
Afterlife (Netflix)
Fleabag S1-2 (BBC)
The Grand Tour S3 (Amazon)
Black Summer (Netflix)
Chernobyl (Sky Atlantic)
Stranger Things S3 (Netflix)
Derry Girls S1 (Channel 4)
Peaky Blinders S5 (BBC 1)
Killing Eve S2 (BBC America)
The Crown S3 (Netflix)
A Christmas Carol (BBC 1)

Exhibitions, Installations and Live Acts
I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria - British Museum, London
Conversations With Van Gogh - Rosemary Branch Theatre
Space Voyage at St Albans Cathedral - Luxmuralis
TUTANKHAMUN: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh - Saatchi Gallery

My Cultural Year 2018
Another Stewart Leeesque list of all the culture I consumed in 2018.


Films
I saw 36 films in 2018 - falling way short of the usual target of 50. I also only managed to see one "Best Picture Film" (The Shape of Water) - hoping to resume the project to work my way through them in 2019.

Dogma (Kevin Smith, 1999)
The Cloverfield Paradox (Julius Onah, 2018)
Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)
The Wizard of lies (Barry Levinson, 2017)
The Shape of Water (Guillermo del Toro, 2017)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Martin McDonagh, 2017)
Ant-Man (Peyton Reed, 2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (Joss Whedon, 2015)
The Incredible Hulk (Louis Leterrier, 2008)
Captain America (Joe Johnston, 2011)
Deadpool 2 (David Leitch, 2018)
The Pianist (Roman Polanski, 2002)
Jigsaw (The Spierig Brothers, 2017)
Where the wild things are (Spike Jonze, 2009)
The death of Stalin (Armando Iannucci, 2017)
Ready Player One (Steven Spielberg, 2018)
Iron Man 3 (Shane Black, 2013)
Twisted Nerve (Roy Boulting, 1968)
The Guard (John Michael McDonagh, 2011)
Thor: The Dark World (Alan Taylor, 2013)
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (Anthony Hickox, 1992)
Captain America - The Winter Soldier (Anthony and Joe Russo, 2014)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (J. A. Bayona, 2018)
Deliverance (John Boorman, 1972)
Hellraiser IV: Bloodline (Kevin Yagher, 1996)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (Ron Howard, 2018)
Delicatessan (Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Car, 1991)
Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
Avatar (James Cameron, 2009)
American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)
Hacksaw Ridge (Mel Gibson, 2016)
Layer Cake (Matthew Vaughn, 2004)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014)
Gerald's Game (Mike Flanagan, 2017)
The Greatest Showman (Michael Gracey, 2017)
Bird Box (Susanne Bier, 2018)


Books
I only read 12 books in 2018 - mostly because Infinite Jest took up so much of my reading time (And The Emperor's New Mind was no walk in the park).

The Shining (Stephen King)
Seven Years in Tibet (Heinrich Harrer)
Different Seasons (Stephen King)
Between a rock and a hard place (Aron Ralston)
Secret Windows (Stephen King)
The tipping point (Malcolm Gladwell)
Hearts in Atlantis (Stephen King)
Artemis (Andy Weir)
Everything's eventual (Stephen King)
The bazaar of bad dreams (Stephen King)
The Emperor's New Mind (Roger Penrose)
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)


TV Series
The Crown S2 (Netflix)
The Grand Tour S2 (Amazon)
This is England '86, '88 & '90 (Film4)
Cunk on Britain (BBC2)
Ricky Gervais - Humanity (Netflix)
Derek S1-3 (Channel4)
Extras S1-3 (BBC2)
Madmen S5-7 (AMC)
My Name is Earl S4 (NBC)
The Wire S3 (HBO)
Killing Eve (BBC America)
Bodyguard (BBC1)
The Cry (BBC1)
Dr Who S11 (BBC1)
James Acaster - Repertoire (Netflix)


Live shows
Really no better than last year for seeing anything live.

Radio 2 Biggest Weekend (Coventry, War Memorial Park)
Prom 36: Mahler, Wagner and Webern (Royal Albert Hall)
Prom 47: Elgar, Prokofiev & Venables (Royal Albert Hall)
An Evening With Brian Blessed (Alban Arena)