The top 10 from the summer of 1974, lovingly chronicled by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Category Archives: Culture
Revive 45: bonus trax
Bandy Legs, Slack Alice, the Monks… ALWYN TURNER plays some flop singles from the summer of 1974. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
DAN ATKINSON revisits ‘the most brilliant spy novel of our time’. Continue reading
Revive 45: June 1974
ALWYN TURNER revisits the top ten from the summer of 45 years ago. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Prof. Challenger
Conan Doyle’s great science-fiction adventurer is celebrated by ALWYN TURNER. 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
Revive 45: May 1974
The top 10 singles from 45 years ago, annotated by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Imperial Fiction: The index
ALWYN TURNER’s reviews of books from the late 19th century and the early 20th. Continue reading
Final cut: Red Joan (2018)
SIMON MATTHEWS on Judi Dench as Red Joan – and other suburban spies. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Brigadier Gerard
ALWYN TURNER on Conan Doyle’s Napoleonic hero: ‘all spurs and moustaches’. Continue reading
Revive 45: April 1974
ALWYN TURNER listens to the top 10 from 45 years ago. Continue reading
Our Singapore
SIMON MATTHEWS on the Empire Trilogy of JG Farrell, and what it tells us about Brexit. Continue reading
