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Category Archives: Culture
Darkest Hour: The kindness of history
After watching Darkest Hour, ROGER HERMISTON reflects that one man’s dramatic licence may be another’s historical distortion. Continue reading
The roots of Blake’s 7
ALWYN TURNER on how Robin Hood and the Scarlet Pimpernel shaped Terry Nation’s series. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Boy
ALWYN TURNER reads Marie Corelli’s forgotten Boer War fable from 1900. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Beau Geste
ALWYN TURNER on PC Wren’s 1924 tale of the French Foreign Legion. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Four Feathers
ALWYN TURNER on AEW Mason’s classic adventure novel from 1902. Continue reading
Halloween hits: Our House Is Haunted
An early George Formby classic, resuscitated for Hallowe’en. Continue reading
Off the shelf: A Legacy of Spies
DAN ATKINSON celebrates the last night of the Circus. Continue reading
‘The first pop intellectual’
ALWYN TURNER on the early television shows of the great Jack Good. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Maggie Muggins
DAN ATKINSON renews his acquaintance with Keith Waterhouse’s great London novel Maggie Muggins. Continue reading
Morgans of the Month: Statue smashers
We need more erections, not fewer. Continue reading
Depraved and corrupt
It’s 160 years this month since the first Obscene Publications Act was passed and, says ALWYN TURNER, we’ve hardly moved on. Continue reading
