ALWYN TURNER predicts the outcome of the vote. Look away now, if you don’t want to know the result. Continue reading
Author Archives: Alwyn Turner
Missing voices and opportunities
ALWYN TURNER on Angela Eagle on the EU referendum. Continue reading
‘May the Lord bless you real good’
Billy Graham’s 1954 London Crusade (the ‘Salvation Army plus sex’), remembered by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
‘The right to triviality’
The best years of British television relied on diversity of funding, thinks ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Michael Gove: ‘a young Scotsman on the make’
The hack years of Michael Gove, columnist and actor, celebrated by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
The London effect: Livingstone’s legacy
Thirty years on, the warnings about the image of London Labour still ring true, says ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
‘Pay your taxes, you scum’
ALWYN TURNER on the Queen’s annus horribilis, including Windsor Castle on fire and Prince Philip on deconstruction theory. Continue reading
Two wrongs don’t make a writer
A child murder, a pulp novelist and an obscenity trial. ALWYN TURNER remembers Hank Janson. Continue reading
Pick of the pops: ‘Panama’
A song to which you can read the Panama Papers. Continue reading
The Gouldfather
ALWYN TURNER reflects on the 1992 Labour leadership election, when the party chose the wrong man. Continue reading
Reasons to be leaving: Part 3 – Culture
Does leaving the EU mean the UK will be kicked out of Eurovision? ALWYN TURNER explains. Continue reading
Old King Log: The rise of James Callaghan
ALWYN TURNER remembers the Labour Party’s leadership election in 1976. Continue reading
