Department of Culture
The following cultural works have been reviewed, assessed and formally approved by the Office of the Prime Minister. Citizens are encouraged to consume this selection. Deviation from this list is encouraged. The Prime Minster is happy to receive recommendations.
Cultural Filings
All | Film | TV | Music | Gig | Book
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2001: A Space Odyssey
FILM
- Creator
- Stanley Kubrick
- Released
- 1968
- Rating
- ★★★★★ (5/5)
- Date added
- 31 December 2025
Rear Window
FILM
- Creator
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Released
- 1954
- Rating
- ★★★★ (4/5)
- Date added
- 30 December 2025
Apocalypse Now
FILM
- Creator
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Released
- 1979
- Rating
- ★★★★★ (5/5)
- Date added
- 29 December 2025
Wake Up Dead Man
FILM
- Creator
- Rian Johnson
- Released
- 2025
- Rating
- ★★★★ (4/5)
- Date added
- 29 December 2025
Oracular Spectacular
VINYL
- Creator
- MGMT
- Format
- Vinyl, LP, Album
- Released
- 2007
- Date added
- 26 December 2025
The Bends
VINYL
- Creator
- Radiohead
- Format
- Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
- Released
- 1995
- Date added
- 26 December 2025
Paddington
FILM
- Creator
- Paul King
- Released
- 2014
- Rating
- ★★★½ (3.5/5)
- Date added
- 24 December 2025
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
FILM
- Creator
- John Hughes
- Released
- 1987
- Rating
- ★★★ (3/5)
- Date added
- 22 December 2025
Heretics
BOOK
- Creator
- G.K. Chesterton
- Published
- 1905
- Rating
- ★★★★ (4/5)
- Date added
- 14 December 2025
The Matrix Reloaded
FILM
- Creator
- Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
- Released
- 2003
- Rating
- ★★★ (3/5)
- Date added
- 13 December 2025
A House of Dynamite
FILM
- Creator
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Released
- 2025
- Rating
- ★★★★ (4/5)
- Date added
- 7 December 2025
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
FILM
- Creator
- Matt Shakman
- Released
- 2025
- Rating
- ★★½ (2.5/5)
- Date added
- 30 November 2025
The Manual (How to Have a Number One the Easy Way)
BOOK
- Creator
- Bill Drummond
- Published
- 1988
- Rating
- ★★★ (3/5)
- Date added
- 15 November 2025
The Pilgrim's Progress
BOOK
- Creator
- John Bunyan
- Published
- 1678
- Rating
- ★★★ (3/5)
- Date added
- 8 November 2025
HAIM
GIG- Venue
- Co-op Live
- Location
- Manchester — I quit tour tour
- Date added
- 30 October 2025
Antony Szmierek
GIG- Venue
- Depot Mayfield
- Location
- Manchester
- Date added
- 24 October 2025
Confidence Man
GIG- Venue
- Depot Mayfield
- Location
- Manchester
- Date added
- 24 October 2025
Interstellar
FILM
- Creator
- Christopher Nolan
- Released
- 2014
- Rating
- ★★★★★ (5/5)
- Date added
- 13 October 2025
One Battle After Another
FILM
- Creator
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Released
- 2025
- Rating
- ★★★★★ (5/5)
- Date added
- 7 October 2025
La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust, #1)
BOOK
- Creator
- Philip Pullman
- Published
- 2017
- Rating
- ★★★★ (4/5)
- Date added
- 25 September 2025
Pulp
GIG- Venue
- Budweiser Stage
- Location
- Toronto — Here Comes More: Live 2025 tour
- Date added
- 16 September 2025
The Little Hours
FILM
- Creator
- Jeff Baena
- Released
- 2017
- Rating
- ★★★★ (4/5)
- Date added
- 13 September 2025
The Long Goodbye
FILM
- Creator
- Robert Altman
- Released
- 1973
- Rating
- ★★★★★ (5/5)
- Date added
- 12 September 2025
A Complete Unknown
FILM
- Creator
- James Mangold
- Released
- 2024
- Rating
- ★★★½ (3.5/5)
- Date added
- 5 September 2025
A Real Pain
FILM
- Creator
- Jesse Eisenberg
- Released
- 2024
- Rating
- ★★★★ (4/5)
- Date added
- 5 September 2025
The Great Muppet Caper
FILM
- Creator
- Jim Henson
- Released
- 1981
- Rating
- ★★★★★ (5/5)
- Date added
- 5 September 2025
Punch-Drunk Love
FILM
- Creator
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Released
- 2002
- Rating
- ★★★★ (4/5)
- Date added
- 31 August 2025
When Harry Met Sally...
FILM
- Creator
- Rob Reiner
- Released
- 1989
- Rating
- ★★★★ (4/5)
- Date added
- 24 August 2025
WALL·E
FILM
- Creator
- Andrew Stanton
- Released
- 2008
- Rating
- ★★★★★ (5/5)
- Date added
- 23 August 2025
The Maccabees
GIG- Venue
- O2 Victoria Warehouse
- Location
- Manchester — Comeback Tour tour
- Date added
- 21 August 2025
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
FILM
- Creator
- Destin Daniel Cretton
- Released
- 2021
- Rating
- ★★★ (3/5)
- Date added
- 4 August 2025
Black Widow
FILM
- Creator
- Cate Shortland
- Released
- 2021
- Rating
- ★★½ (2.5/5)
- Date added
- 3 August 2025
Warfare
FILM
- Creator
- Ray Mendoza, Alex Garland
- Released
- 2025
- Rating
- ★★★★ (4/5)
- Date added
- 19 July 2025
Call for the Dead (George Smiley, #1)
BOOK
- Creator
- John le Carré
- Published
- 1961
- Rating
- ★★★★ (4/5)
- Date added
- 9 July 2025
Only God Forgives
FILM
- Creator
- Nicolas Winding Refn
- Released
- 2013
- Rating
- ★★ (2/5)
- Date added
- 8 July 2025
- Venue
- Finsbury Park
- Location
- London
- Date added
- 5 July 2025
Blondshell
GIG- Venue
- Finsbury Park
- Location
- London — If You Asked For a Tour tour
- Date added
- 5 July 2025
Fontaines D.C.
GIG- Venue
- Finsbury Park
- Location
- London — Romance tour
- Date added
- 5 July 2025
KNEECAP
GIG- Venue
- Finsbury Park
- Location
- London
- Date added
- 5 July 2025
Adult DVD
GIG- Venue
- Worthy Farm
- Location
- Pilton
- Date added
- 29 June 2025
Cymande
GIG- Venue
- West Holts
- Location
- Pilton
- Date added
- 29 June 2025
Groove Armada
GIG- Venue
- Worthy Farm
- Location
- Pilton
- Date added
- 29 June 2025
Joy Crookes
GIG- Venue
- Other Stage
- Location
- Pilton
- Date added
- 29 June 2025
Marc Rebillet
GIG- Venue
- Worthy Farm
- Location
- Pilton
- Date added
- 29 June 2025
Snapped Ankles
GIG- Venue
- Worthy Farm
- Location
- Pilton — Hard Times Furious Dancing 2025 tour
- Date added
- 29 June 2025
St. Vincent
GIG- Venue
- Woodsies
- Location
- Pilton — All Born Screaming tour
- Date added
- 29 June 2025
The Prodigy
GIG- Venue
- Other Stage
- Location
- Pilton
- Date added
- 29 June 2025
Turnstile
GIG- Venue
- Other Stage
- Location
- Pilton — EUROPE / UNITED KINGDOM 2025 tour
- Date added
- 29 June 2025
Wolf Alice
GIG- Venue
- Other Stage
- Location
- Pilton
- Date added
- 29 June 2025
- Venue
- Other Stage
- Location
- Pilton — Cartoon Darkness World Tour tour
- Date added
- 28 June 2025
Annie Mac
GIG- Venue
- Worthy Farm
- Location
- Pilton
- Date added
- 28 June 2025
beabadoobee
GIG- Venue
- Other Stage
- Location
- Pilton
- Date added
- 28 June 2025
Four Tet
GIG- Venue
- Worthy Farm
- Location
- Pilton
- Date added
- 28 June 2025
- Venue
- Pyramid Stage
- Location
- Pilton — Love Earth World Tour tour
- Date added
- 28 June 2025
Pulp
GIG- Venue
- Worthy Farm
- Location
- Pilton
- Date added
- 28 June 2025
RAYE
GIG- Venue
- Pyramid Stage
- Location
- Pilton
- Date added
- 28 June 2025
Weezer
GIG- Venue
- Other Stage
- Location
- Pilton — 2025 EU/UK Tour tour
- Date added
- 28 June 2025
- Venue
- Pyramid Stage
- Location
- Pilton
- Date added
- 27 June 2025
Biffy Clyro
GIG- Venue
- Pyramid Stage
- Location
- Pilton
- Date added
- 27 June 2025
Fat Dog
GIG- Venue
- Woodsies
- Location
- Pilton — The WOOF. tour tour
- Date added
- 27 June 2025
Franz Ferdinand
GIG- Venue
- Other Stage
- Location
- Pilton — The Human Fear tour
- Date added
- 27 June 2025
Maribou State
GIG- Venue
- West Holts
- Location
- Pilton
- Date added
- 27 June 2025
Supergrass
GIG- Venue
- Pyramid Stage
- Location
- Pilton — I Should Coco 30th Anniversary Tour tour
- Date added
- 27 June 2025
Wet Leg
GIG- Venue
- Other Stage
- Location
- Pilton
- Date added
- 27 June 2025
Dogshow
GIG- Venue
- Worthy Farm
- Location
- Pilton
- Date added
- 26 June 2025
Elvana
GIG- Venue
- Worthy Farm
- Location
- Pilton — European Tour 2025 tour
- Date added
- 26 June 2025
Gwenno
GIG- Venue
- Worthy Farm
- Location
- Pilton
- Date added
- 26 June 2025
Joshua Idehen
GIG- Venue
- Worthy Farm
- Location
- Pilton
- Date added
- 26 June 2025
Hatful Of Hollow
VINYL
- Creator
- The Smiths
- Format
- Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue (180 Gram)
- Released
- 1984
- Date added
- 20 June 2025
Total Life Forever
VINYL
- Creator
- Foals
- Format
- Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo (Blue Eco-Vinyl)
- Released
- 2010
- Date added
- 20 June 2025
Infinite Detail
BOOK
- Creator
- Tim Maughan
- Published
- 2019
- Rating
- ★★ (2/5)
- Date added
- 1 June 2025
The Stone Roses
VINYL
- Creator
- The Stone Roses
- Format
- Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue (Clear, 180 gram)
- Released
- 1989
- Date added
- 1 June 2025
Gwenno
GIG- Venue
- Peel Hall
- Location
- Salford
- Date added
- 4 May 2025
We Have Sound
VINYL
- Creator
- Tom Vek
- Format
- Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
- Released
- 2005
- Date added
- 15 April 2025
Idealism - Forever
VINYL
- Creator
- Digitalism
- Format
- Vinyl, LP, 45 RPM, Album, Etched, Limited Edition, Special Edition, Stereo (Neon Green)
- Released
- 2007
- Date added
- 19 March 2025
Pink Moon
VINYL
- Creator
- Nick Drake
- Format
- Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo (180 Gram, Gatefold)
- Released
- 1972
- Date added
- 8 March 2025
Poetry for the Many: An Anthology
BOOK
- Creator
- Jeremy Corbyn
- Published
- 2024
- Rating
- ★★★ (3/5)
- Date added
- 20 February 2025
Oh My God! It's The Church
GIG- Venue
- Band on the Wall
- Location
- Manchester
- Date added
- 13 February 2025
Patterns In Repeat
VINYL
- Creator
- Laura Marling
- Format
- Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo (Cream)
- Released
- 2024
- Date added
- 10 January 2025
Revolver
VINYL
- Creator
- The Beatles
- Format
- Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo (Remix, ½ Speed Mastered)
- Released
- 1966
- Date added
- 10 January 2025