No generation is safe from the nostalgia industry – just look at the disappointing Malcolm in the Middle reboot

The revival of the hit 2000s sitcom has none of the political subversiveness of the original. But should we be surprised? One day in the near future, millennials like myself will be shuffling off into care homes. Once inside, what will we do to pass the time? Narrative podcasts from the 2010s will probably be piped into our bedrooms as the evenings approach, with early albums by Arctic Monkeys and the Strokes available on request. Paperback thrillers about the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami and the ...

By Yohann Koshy