Twin Peaks has just hit our streaming services, again, alongside reboots of the X-Files, Gilmore Girls, and more. But, despite our nostalgia, they’ll never revive the specific time they were born in.
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The Star Wars saga is interlinked with its merchandising success.
We need to look beyond the music industry to understand the rise of the comeback.
Nokia’s decision to revise an old mobile phone classic should appeal to a movement of people who prefer to play with the older technologies.
We all need a little trip to La La Land.
The ‘hero’ of one year can prove to be the villain of later ones.
The V&A’s current exhibition, Revolution, highlights that all is not rosy from the vantage point of 2016.
Joe Corré’s stunt to end the Punk.London celebrations by torching lots of punk stuff misunderstands the movement completely.
If our politicians are really concerned about the future, they’ve got a funny way of talking about it.
Some troops in the American Civil War were struck down by clinical nostalgia.
Breeze blocks are having a moment in the sun. Having been painfully hip in the architecture of the 1950s and 60s, they were used so extensively, in both houses and commercial buildings, that they became…
Evolutionary psychology could explain why the memories and friendships formed during these years seem more vivid, potent and meaningful than those from any other stage of life.
Eighties culture is big, from nostalgic TV dramas to tours by ageing pop stars. But it’s time for a clear-eyed assessment of the decade, which prized excess and economic rationalism along with synth pop and big hair.
How to build a movie empire that will last for generations.
Streaming on-demand services are bringing back classic TV shows in a big way. Is mining our collective nostalgia sacrilegious or just giving audiences what they want?
Films like this are really just for mavens, academics and Twilight fans who want to stare at Pattinson’s profile.
If early videogames are really that good, they’ll still hold up today – right?
As Record Store Day shows, there’s a lot more to the vinyl revival than simple nostalgia.
Keeping to the old classics – and yes, that includes the Teletubbies – is great for encouraging communication between parents and children.
People who are nostalgic about their earlier lives have more of a positive outlook towards their future. Self-esteem and…
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