ALWYN TURNER on the long-running, if now largely forgotten, thriller hero Blackshirt. Continue reading
Author Archives: Alwyn Turner
Before It Went Rotten
ALWYN TURNER reads about the pub rock of the 1970s. Continue reading
Brown envelopes
ALWYN TURNER on Mohamed al-Fayed, cash-for-questions and ‘sleazy and disreputable’ Tories. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
ALWYN TURNER on a 1940 Poirot novel that worries about the abuse of political power. Continue reading
Desperately seeking…
Some personal ads from porn mags of the 1970s and ’80s. lovingly selected by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Settin’ the Woods on Fire
ALWYN TURNER celebrates his first-ever (and perhaps only-ever) award. Continue reading
Is Brexit working yet?
ALWYN TURNER looks back to May 1976, when Britain was a proud member of the European Communities. Continue reading
Time takes a cigarette
ALWYN TURNER on the style and stupidity of the cigarettes that shaped his smoking life. Continue reading
The censoring of Sexton Blake
ALWYN TURNER wonders why he’s being protected from the prejudices of Edwardian pulp fiction. Continue reading
Diaries of Somebodies
What are the best political diaries of the last 50 years? ALWYN TURNER knows. Continue reading
‘Disreputable men’
ALWYN TURNER on reports of Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list. Continue reading
‘Read this and get angry’
ALWYN TURNER chronicles the press coverage of immigration 20 years ago, in January 2003. Continue reading
