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Filed under: Nostalgia · Pop Forever This morning, a car rolled past blasting a-ha. Inside my flat? Cheesy pop revival on repeat. Together, we accidentally created Ipswich’s first unofficial retro radio station. 📻 And honestly? That’s the thing about music: it doesn’t expire. It doesn’t matter if it came out in 1985, 2000, or last… Read more

Listen babes, let me tell you something: Mario Kart is NOT just a fun little game. Oh no. It’s a psychological warfare simulator disguised as family entertainment. And nowhere is that more obvious than on Rainbow Road. First of all — WHO signed off on this track? NASA? The Illuminati? You need astronaut training just… Read more

Before smartphones, we had Tamagotchis — tiny pixel pets that ran our entire schedules. One minute they’re happy, the next they’ve beeped through double maths because you forgot to clean up their… pixel business. We fed them, played games, paused them (sometimes), and panicked when the battery icon flashed. The heartbreak of a little gravestone… Read more

Were you even living in the late 90s/00s if your pencil case wasn’t bursting with gel pens? Metallic ones, glitter ones, scented ones (that somehow smelt like chemicals but we loved them anyway) — they were the ultimate status symbol of the classroom. Did they actually write properly? Rarely. Did they smudge all over your… Read more

If American teen movies taught us anything, it’s that prom was supposed to be the most magical night of our lives. Limos, tiaras, confetti cannons — the works. One slow dance and suddenly you’re living your own High School Musical finale. But here’s the thing: I never had a prom when I left school. At… Read more

Before there were influencers selling “mystery drops” and TikTok tarot readers, there was one true source of tween mystical wisdom: Sabrina’s Secrets Magazine. Late 90s/early 00s, Sabrina the Teenage Witch ruled after-school TV. And somehow, we were blessed with a magazine that promised her actual secrets. Woolworths checkout suddenly felt like a gateway to the… Read more

There are certain phrases that will instantly catapult you back in time. For me, one of them is: “Enhanced CD-ROM Content.” If you know, you know. It’s the early 2000s. You’ve just left Woolworths with a shiny new single — maybe S Club, maybe Busted. You get home, shove it into the family computer, and… Read more

Before Genius lyrics, before YouTube lyric videos… we had chaos. Songs came through tinny TV speakers, the radio in your mum’s car, or a burnt CD your mate swore was “official.” And whatever your ears decided they heard? That was gospel. Spoiler: our ears lied. A lot. The Legends We Swore Were Correct ✨ Eiffel… Read more

Every episode, Neil Buchanan made it look so easy.“All you need is a balloon, some PVA glue, and a bit of newspaper…” Translation: chaos incoming. The balloon trick was legendary. Blow it up, cover it in soggy newspaper strips, wait for it to dry, then POP! Instant papier-mâché head base. Except the pop was basically… Read more