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3 January 2017updated 12 Oct 2023 10:56am

SRSLY #75: Pop Culture in 2017 / Sherlock / The Shore

On the pop culture podcast this week: we pick our TV and film highlights for the coming year, review the first episode of series 4 of Sherlock, and enjoy Sara Taylor’s short story collection The Shore.

By Caroline Crampton

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Pop culture in 2017

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We are excited for, in no particular order: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Motherhood, La La Land, The Worst Witch, Moonlight and much, much more.

Sherlock

Jonn Elledge’s piece on it.

The Shore by Sara Taylor

The book.

The anthology with the A S Byatt introduction.

For next week

Anna is watching Box of Delights.

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PS If you missed #74, check it out here.

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