LOSE YOURSELF IN 1995

CLELAND WINS BTCC

The British Touring Car Championship was one of the most popular forms of motorsport in the UK, discounting Formula One.

Grandstand’s exciting coverage of racing that featured as much biff and bash as it did duck and weave had turned it into an internationally adored series and switching to the Super Touring, 2.0-litre naturally-aspirated rules in 1991 had provided tight grids, packed grandstands and great racing. The drivers had largely been British at the start of the decade, but by 1995 big-league manufacturers, international drivers and ex-F1 drivers had made the switch. 1995 was the first year that aerodynamic packages became legal for everyone, and it was one of the most tightly fought, with budgets swelling massively. The cream of British engineering talent – TWR, Prodrive, Williams – all got involved, but in the end it was fan favourite John Cleland, behind the wheel of a Vauxhall Cavalier, who took the title.

SE7EN AT THE CINEMA

David Fincher’s neonoir masterpiece invited moviegoers to enter the dank, dark and disturbing world of a rain-soaked Los Angeles. The world-weary but wise Detective Somerset (Morgan Freeman) leads the cocky fresh-on-the-beat

Detective Mills (Brad Pitt) on a chase to find a seven deadly sins-inspired serial killer. Despite a plethora of difficult-to-stomach scenes and violent images, it was the seventh highest-grossing film of the year and a critical hit. And if you’ve never seen it, the ending is truly shocking…

EXIT PLANET DUST

The Chemical Brothers’ first album was a big moment for British culture. Big Beat, led by The Chemical Brothers (along with the likes of The Prodigy and Fatboy Slim) used fused elements of techno, rock and hip-hop to create radiofriendly music that dominated the airwaves for a time. The Chemical Brothers’ first album, Exit Planet Dust, exemplified the formula by bringing in The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess for

Life Is Sweet, which hit number 25 in the UK singles charts.