Stanley Schtinter's 450-minute edit of the British TV soap opera EastEnders is a magical and strange thing that confines us, for over seven hours, inside a fake pub in the year 1999. Time, culture, nostalgia and alcohol are just four of the major themes of this unique odyssey, which Calum explores at length in a solo essay.

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