PinnedPatrick McKemeySven, England and football’s sweetest bad love affairDuring its coverage of England’s internationals, ITV used to have an animated title sequence of a white-washed trench run through the…Aug 27Aug 27
PinnedPatrick McKemeyOff the PissAt a time when the literal masonry of the UK appears to be crumbling, have we lost faith in our millenia-old national hard hat — the sauce?Nov 18, 2023Nov 18, 2023
Patrick McKemeyThe Bids aren’t AlrightAs queasy Qatar World Cup fever hits like buyer’s remorse from an overpriced Bud Zero, it might be time to step into a parallel universe of…Nov 26, 2022Nov 26, 2022
Patrick McKemeyI created my own fake celebrity news channel using AiAn experiment already providing some amusing results: we created an Ai Celebrity news channel that parodies internet entertainment news.Sep 19, 2022Sep 19, 2022
Patrick McKemeyA Certain Romance: How we put ourselves in history to deal with todayNext month Sky releases its new mini series This England, a near real-time historicisation of Boris Johnson’s covid tenure. It’s not yet…Aug 26, 2022Aug 26, 2022
Patrick McKemeyA History of Digital Media in 17 Artifacts: Part 1You may stop to wonder as you recline from an intense bout of post-Zoom disassociation, how we arrived at this fever dream of inter-screen…Aug 19, 20221Aug 19, 20221
Patrick McKemey6 new video games set for 2022With post-lockdown gaming now bigger than Hollywood and the music industry combined, here are six pretend titles that look to smash even…Aug 5, 2022Aug 5, 2022
Patrick McKemey6 British box sets that are a hit with AmericansSince streaming services have opened up American audiences to a wider range of UK content, here are six fictional homegrown hits that know…Jul 29, 20223Jul 29, 20223
Patrick McKemey6 New Theme Pubs Opening in the UKAfter subversively rude waiting staff followed Blockbusters and Alcotraz onto Manchester’s fantasy bar scene, here are six more that…Jul 23, 20221Jul 23, 20221
Patrick McKemeyMonetising Memories: How we finally lost World War TwoᵀᴹBranded history and chronicalized real estate have radically changed what it means to be British. But a different future is still possible…Jul 1, 2022Jul 1, 2022