Mice, lice, moths…and prehistoric-looking ‘weta’ grasshoppers. We are in the grips of a pest control moral panic. Could the humble hedgehog be the solution to the bedbug APOCALYPSE that newspapers keep telling us is wracking London?
From Ancient Greek prayers for worms to eat someone else's crops, to lousy experiences of the Spanish Civil War, and ‘squander bugs’ that undermine the wartime economy, pests have always plagued civilisation. So why is everyone obsessed with them right now? It’s a creepy, crawly episode of Cursed Objects, featuring Bill Spikes, a lil' cuddly hedgehog toy from the Charles Dickens Museum.
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Theme music and production: Mr Beatnick
Artwork: Archie Bashford
*PREVIEW* - The Walter Benjamin Escape Town
Bulldog Power Energy Drink
*PREVIEW* Summer of strikes / when the lights go out
A Jubilee Catastrophe
*PREVIEW* - The secular church of the NHS
*PREVIEW* - Magna Carta dart board aka Mythic Albion
Gay Flags and Lavender Scares ft. Huw Lemmey
Alien Eggs, UFOs and Conspiracy Theories for the End of History
Canary Wharf, grime and the docks
Manly Gifts for the Man In Your Life
Brand Collabs (Travis Scott x McDonalds x Peppa Pig x Colgate x BAE Systems exclusive)
Abigail’s Aspic Asparagus Steamer (and other 70s dinner parties)
Van Gogh ”Earaser” - ft. Alice Procter
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