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Teenage Wasteland

Ways in which this event is great, number 1: the choice of 'teen' films being shown through the day is im-bloody-peccable. I mean, Ten Things I Hate About You? Election? Mallrats? Frat Party? On the same day? Count me in dude. Number 2: the guest presenters. Any event that has the Guardian's Grace Dent, Emmy the Great, Joe Dunthorne and DJs from the Popjustice site all competing for your attention is going to win big, right? Number 3: the always entertaining-in-a-cringing-with-embarrassment-kinda-way Teen Confessions event, where comedians and writers relive their most gawky teenage experiences, often with the help of their diaries, which this week features the writer of this year's best new TV comedy Fresh Meat, Rose Heiney, and one-time le cool contributor (and the Times' resident expert on The Archers and gin),  Kat Brown. Number 4: it's named after the sixth best track on Scary Monsters. Unmissable. / Rob Valid