Here are some things I am watching, reading or listening to at the moment that I think are very good. You may agree, disagree or not care. All of those are fine.
Comics
The Uncanny X-men: The Dave Cockrum, John Byrne and Chris Claremont run of the second team, kicking off with Giant Size X-men No.1, is still excellent stuff third or fourth time round. The storytelling may be a bit crude at times, but it is still a rollicking ride all the way up to the Dark Phoenix saga and Days of Future Past.
Films
Captain Marvel: The latest offering from the Marvel Comics Universe sees Brie Larson as inter-galactic warrior Carol Danvers taking on alien bad guys. Or are they bad guys? Retro fun aplenty.
The Guilty: Superior small-budget Danish thriller following a police officer working the switchboard during a night shift who becomes embroiled in the kidnapping of a young mother. Directed by Gustav Moller and starring Jakob Cedergren.
Music
Slow Readers Club: Manchester band who are like a more tuneful, less mournful and pop-based version of Editors. The album, Cavalcade, is well worth a listen.
Tom Petty: The back catalogue is so rich and it has so much to offer that I am still finding gems I hadn't heard after three months of immersion. You and I Will Meet Again still breaks my heart every time.
TV
Coronation Street: Back on its game following a big set-piece storyline after the collapse of the factory roof and the death of Rana Habeeb. So many things to enjoy, including a touching Muslim funeral, dimwit builder Gary Windass falling foul of loan shark and a guilty Carla Connor going into meltdown.
Fleabag: Series two of the biting, touching, bleak and wonderful comedy written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge. I want another series, but the ending was so beautiful I'm not sure there should be one.
The Office: US sitcom inspired by the Ricky Gervais original, which becomes its own gloriously surreal and quite moving entity over nine series.
Vikings: The latest season sees the sons of Ragnor Lothbrook up to all manner of shenanigans in both the UK and Scandinavia. Elsewhere, Floki endures more trials in his remote and barren new settlement.
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