Nick Scott

For my money, 28 Years Later is one of the best movies in years. Fun in execution but rich in meaning and subtext.

What seems to be getting less attention is how much of a love letter to Northumberland it is. From the Holy Island setting, the Viking invaders, the Blaydon Races, the sense of coalmining community, Sycamore Gap & the Angel of the North, it's marinated in love for my small part of the world.

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Jun 29, 2025 at 7:53amTusky
Show threadNick ScottJun 29, 2025

...and for all the fuss about The Jimmy's being a reference to Savile...they are also surely named for their Scottishness ("och aye jimmy").

Both the Northumbrian and the Highlands group of survivors seem lost in nostalgia for a world gone by. But the Northumbrians have taken the more noble parts of our history, while the Highlands group seems to be obsessed with some of the worst.