ALWYN TURNER on New Labour’s battles with elitism. Continue reading
Author Archives: Alwyn Turner
Imperial fiction: The Power-House
ALWYN TURNER on John Buchan’s first classic, the book that introduced Edward Leithen in 1913. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Mr Clutterbuck’s Election
Hilaire Belloc’s political satire from 1908 still works, says ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Half-Hearted
ALWYN TURNER reads John Buchan’s first thriller from 1900. Continue reading
A brief history of fly-posting
From Napoleon III to the Sex Pistols – an extract from ‘Pin-Ups’ by ROGER CRIMLIS and ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Penny Plain
ALWYN TURNER on a 1920 novel by Anna Buchan, aka O. Douglas. Continue reading
‘Mad, literally mad’
ALWYN TURNER on the extraordinary figure of Enoch Powell. Continue reading
William Hague vs the Liberal Elite
ALWYN TURNER on the farmer, the burglar, the Conservatives – and Max Clifford. Continue reading
‘Racists, spivs and fraudsters’
Is Brexit bringing out the worst in James O’Brien? ALWYN TURNER listens and worries. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Jim Maitland
ALWYN TURNER goes back to 1923 to read about Sapper’s other great hero. Continue reading
Labourites in the vineyard
ALWYN TURNER remembers complaints in the 1980s about Tony Benn and ‘the elitism of activists’. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Sanders of the River
ALWYN TURNER on Edgar Wallace’s cynical tales of colonial administration from 1911. Continue reading
