This was a regular feature in the New Musical Express back in the ‘80s and I thought I’d revive it.
SONGS
The Beatles – “Penny Lane”
The Undertones – “Teenage Kicks”
Buddy Holly – “That’ll Be The Day”
TELEVISON
The Wire
Billions
Only Fools and Horses
BOOKS
John Steinbeck – “The Grapes of Wrath”
Cathi Unsworth – “Weirdo”
Mark Lewisohn – “All These Years: Tune In”
FILMS
Get Carter
Back To The Future 2
Reservoir Dogs
PLACES
The East Coast of Yorkshire
New York
Amsterdam
OTHER STUFF
Coffee
Mint chocolate
Atom beer
Bio: Nick Quantrill was born and raised in Hull, an isolated industrial city in East Yorkshire. His trilogy of Private Investigator novels featuring Joe Geraghty are published by Fahrenheit Press and he’s hard at work on a fourth. A prolific short story writer, his work has appeared in various volumes of “The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime”. Nick is also the co-founder of the Hull Noir festival.