ALWYN TURNER celebrates the mid-1970s solo work of ex-Animal Alan Price. Continue reading
Author Archives: Alwyn Turner
Bill Oddie
ALWYN TURNER on Bill Oddie and the making of ‘The Funky Gibbon’. Continue reading
Sutch is life
ALWYN TURNER confesses to having written the Official Monster Raving Loony Party manifesto for Screaming Lord Sutch. Continue reading
Keir Starmer: an obituary
As another prime minister bites the dust, ALWYN TURNER bids a less than fond farewell. Continue reading
‘I could whip you’: the Falklands War
ALWYN TURNER on the political and cultural fall-out from the Falklands War, from Alan Bennett to Del-Boy. Continue reading
‘Hard as nails’: Ann Widdecombe
An extract from ALWYN TURNER’s book ‘A Classless Society’, on Ann Widdecombe in the 1990s. Continue reading
Referendum: Ten years after
Was it all about imperialism? ALWYN TURNER on the Brexit referendum, a decade after the fact. Continue reading
Andy Burnham: a football man
Andy Burnham, as seen by ALWYN TURNER in 2015. Continue reading
History cops: Cribb
ALWYN TURNER watches a 1980s take on sex and class in the 1880s. Continue reading
‘Shot any dogs lately?’
It’s 50 years since the trial of Andrew Newton triggered Jeremy Thorpe’s fall from grace. ALWYN TURNER tells the story. Continue reading
Fun? and other 1990s album titles
Praise the Lard – it’s ALWYN TURNER’s ninety British album titles of the 1990s. Continue reading
God, and other 1980s album titles
Friends of Hell and the Mona Lisa’s Sister – ALWYN TURNER’s favourite album titles of the 1980s. Continue reading
