The city’s iconic firm

This is an aerial shot of Perkins factory in Eastfield as it looked in 1979. The firm - Peterborough’s most iconic – moved to the site after the Second World War. There can barely be a family in Peterborough without some connection to the famous engineering business.

HOST: LIMITED EDITION Second Sight, cert 15 Blu-ray/booklet set £23.99

In this blighted year of lockdowns, faced with boredom we have taken up time-killing activities.

But, you can only try and make so many jigsaws or watch so many boxsets before you start climbing the wall. However, I wouldn’t recommend what a group of friends do in this horror film for our times…conduct a seance by Zoom, it can have scary consequences. The ‘live’ video screen format makes it feel like you’re taking part with a group of people you vaguely know, sharing jokes and then absolute terror as those unexpected consequences I spoke of, get right into your face in grisly close-up. The feeling of it happening in real time adds a new dimension to the foundfootage horror genre and it’s fast and slick, not outstaying its welcome by padding out the hour-long running time.

It begins when spiritualist Seylan (Seylan Baxter) is brought in to contact

‘the other side’ by Haley (Haley Bishop) who thinks it’ll break the monotony. But, when Jemma (Jemma Moore) makes up a story about a young lad’s death she unleashes a demonic presence and you’ll be in ‘look out it’s behind you’ mode when you see what’s happening over the shoulders of those looking into their video cams, or watching in horror as a young woman takes us along with her selfie stick as she climbs the stairs to her spooky attic. Perhaps members of the group shouldn’t have been fooling around, or perhaps evil spirits have no sense of humour. Host is no laughing matter, but extras include a booklet and art cards.

As Days Get Dark (Rock Action) Album

As Days Get Dark is the seventh album and the first for 16 years from Glasgow’s art-rock duo Arab Strap. Frontman Aidan Moffatt, with his tongue perhaps in his cheek said: “It’s about hopelessness and darkness, but in a fun way.” Across the eleven tracks, the band tap into their core sonic foundations, but also stretch it out into new terrain.

After a 10- year split (they reformed in 2016), it’s great to hear that the mix of postrock soundscapes, subtle electronics, clicking drum beats, swelling strings and Moffat’s half-sung, half-spoken vocals are all present.

But they have added blasts of woozy saxophone, disco grooves and a rich immersive production that plunges you deep into the stories for which they are rightly revered. Multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Middleton said: “We’ve had enough distance from our earlier work to reappraise and dissect the good and bad elements of what we did.”