Bleeding love

LEGO House Managing Director Kathrine Kirk Muff talks about realising Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen’s vision and leading the LEGO Group’s social responsibility agenda while building an exclusive set with Blocks Editor Graham E. Hancock

FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS, IT’S BEEN THE ACTION FRANCHISE TO END ALL ACTION FRANCHISES. AS TOM CRUISE AND THE TEAM OUTDO THEMSELVES ONCE MORE, IS MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE —THE F INAL R ECKONING THE END OF ETHAN HUNT?

To celebrate our 30th anniversary we asked some of the biggest names in sci-fi and fantasy (including writers, directors and producers of your favourite series): what TV show stood out for you in the last three decades? Some of the results may shock you! But they’re all subjective and definitely alphabetical…

For SMALL FACES , 1968 was a year of extremes, from hit singles and a career-defining album to a final, onstage bust-up. But while the bonds between them were strained by internal tensions and external dramas, the music they made in their last months together pointed tantalisingly in bold new directions. As an expanded version of their posthumous The Autumn Stone set reveals fresh treasures, Rob Hughes discovers what really transpired during the band’s final, tumultuous 12 months. “We were splitting up,” says Kenney Jones. “But we sounded so great.”

Oakland-born director Ryan Coogler is always conscious of his roots. With a filmography in which each work threads the needle between franchise legacy and personal struggle, his characters are usually

Radiohead singer and electronic producer collaborate to spin bleak yarns for the modern age.