ALWYN TURNER goes back to 1923 to read about Sapper’s other great hero. Continue reading
Category Archives: Culture
Imperial fiction: Sanders of the River
ALWYN TURNER on Edgar Wallace’s cynical tales of colonial administration from 1911. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Huntingtower
Is this 1922 novel John Buchan’s best thriller? ALWYN TURNER thinks so. Continue reading
Eddie Amoo: Man Without a Face
The late Real Thing singer in his own words. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Lower than Vermin
ALWYN TURNER on Dornford Yates (beloved of both Michael Gove and Mark Gatiss) and his 1950 novel of lost England. Continue reading
Galloping paralysis
‘Can you imagine nations trembling at the thunderings of a person called Mogg?’ Continue reading
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
