ALWYN TURNER reads the books that inspired his granddad. Continue reading
Category Archives: Culture
‘Smashing things’
Do you remember when the Left was split between generations? ALWYN TURNER does. Continue reading
Revive 45: July 1975
ALWYN TURNER revisits more of the music of his childhood: 10cc, Mud, Gary Glitter, the Top of the Pops Orchestra… Continue reading
Revive 45: bonus trax 2
Mike Batt, Paper Lace, Mr Big, the Surprise Sisters & many more. ALWYN TURNER rounds up some failed 45s from 1975. Continue reading
‘Looking for vibrations’
BEN FINLAY on Glastonbury, visions of Albion and the underground press. Continue reading
Camden and the North
David Storey’s 1960 novel, Flight Into Camden, revisited by SIMON MATTHEWS. Continue reading
Rear-view review: The Day the Queen Flew to Scotland for the Grouse Shooting
It’s 1968 and England is in a state of civil war. DAN ATKINSON investigates. Continue reading
Revive 45: May 1975
Can it be that it was all so simple then? ALWYN TURNER looks at the charts of 45 years ago, and tries to remember. Continue reading
Rockin’ the detectives
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
PS. Maxwell, the Eye & the Informer
PAUL SAFFER adds a footnote to the story of Robert Maxwell suing Private Eye – and finds himself in a parallel universe. Continue reading
The strange case of Robert Maxwell & the Evil Eye
Robert Maxwell celebrated his famous defeat of Private Eye with a commemorative book. PAUL SAFFER enjoys the irony. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Golden Age detection 3
ALWYN TURNER reads some detective novels from the 1930s. Continue reading
