From the Adders, Bograt and Caliban’s Claw to Zeno and the Walking Dead, it’s ALWYN TURNER’s guide to rock stars and TV detectives. Continue reading
Author Archives: Alwyn Turner
‘Fearful of the future’
Spam fritters, Vera Lynn & a grumpy Polly Toynbee – ALWYN TURNER remembers the 50th anniversary of VE Day. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Golden Age detection 3
ALWYN TURNER reads some detective novels from the 1930s. Continue reading
Revive 45: April 1975
Running foxes, dogs that need loving, gibbons with funk… ALWYN TURNER finds the top 10 from 45 years ago teeming with wildlife. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Golden Age detection 2
ALWYN TURNER reads some stories about Lord Peter Wimsey. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Golden Age detection 1
ALWYN TURNER reads some interwar detective novels by Agatha Christie and Margery Allingham. Continue reading
Revive 45: March 1975
Who was in the charts 45 years ago? wonders ALWYN TURNER. Well, there was Fox, the Rollers, Guys ‘n’ Dolls… Continue reading
Journal of a Plague Year
A killer plague wiping out most of humanity? ALWYN TURNER remembers Terry Nation’s Survivors. Continue reading
Revive 45: February 1975
Pilot, the Glitter Band, Johnny Wakelin… It must be the top ten from 45 years ago, concludes ALWYN TURNER Continue reading
Imperial fiction: A Prince of Swindlers
Private detective? Secret identity? Take two cliches into the shower? ALWYN TURNER on Guy Boothby’s character Simon Crane. Continue reading
‘A poor choice of costume’
Prince Harry, Holocaust Memorial Day and Labour antisemitism – ALWYN TURNER remembers January 2005. Continue reading
Revive 45: January 1975
The Bump, the Quo and ALWYN TURNER’s second favourite guitar solo. Continue reading
