Some challenging questions on British society from the headlines of the 1950s and ’60s. Continue reading
Author Archives: Lion & Unicorn
Caling all cliches: Last taboos
Six months of breaking taboos in the newspapers. Continue reading
2015 Politician of the Year (dead)
The unexpected return of a lost Labour hero. Continue reading
‘Morale could not be lower’
There’s a crisis in education and teachers’ morale has never been lower. Or has it? Continue reading
Proud to be British: Hugh Grant
How an Englishman responds to stories of stars consorting with hookers. Continue reading
Proud to be British
We salute the Daily Express’s doughty campaign against freeloading immigrants – in 1958. Continue reading
Peter Oborne and the kiss of death
Is Oborne’s approval the beginning of the end for a party leader? Continue reading
‘It was not a happy period’
Is it really deja vu all over again? Some quotes from the Labour Party in the early 1980s. Continue reading
This week we have been mostly…
A selection of the writing, wittering and viewing that has caught our attention over the past week. Continue reading
Calling all cliches: Binary questions
And today’s word is ‘binary’. That’s ‘binary’. Continue reading
Proud to be British
Jack Straw tries to save the left from itself. Continue reading
This week we have been mostly…
A selection of the writing, wittering and viewing that has caught our attention over the past week. Continue reading
