Has competition had its day? asks DAN ATKINSON. Continue reading
Author Archives: Dan Atkinson
The dawning of a new era?
Will the COVID-19 crisis see the start of a new economic order? asks DAN ATKINSON. Continue reading
How I shall be voting
DAN ATKINSON considers where to put his cross. Continue reading
Rear-view review: The Ipcress File
DAN ATKINSON revisits Len Deighton’s first novel from 1962. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Jill
How angry is Philip Larkin’s Oxford novel from 1946, asks DAN ATKINSON. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
DAN ATKINSON revisits ‘the most brilliant spy novel of our time’. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Life in the West
Melvyn Bragg meets Max Hastings in a 1980 novel, as DAN ATKINSON looks on. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Second Spring
DAN ATKINSON on a novel haunted by memories of the war. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Red Crystal
DAN ATKINSON on Clare Francis’s fictionalized version of the Angry Brigade. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Moonraker
DAN ATKINSON revisits the James Bond of the mid-1950s. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Sir, You Bastard
Some coppers are bent – but they still investigate burglaries. It can only be the 1970s, says DAN ATKINSON. Continue reading
Rear-view review: The Crying Game
DAN ATKINSON reads John Braine’s vision of a future Britain, written 50 years ago. Continue reading
