DAN ATKINSON celebrates the last night of the Circus. Continue reading
Category Archives: Culture
‘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
Morgan of the Month: BBC
Memo to Auntie: enough about yourself, already. Continue reading
Phone-in’s finest hour
ALWYN TURNER on Tommy Boyd, James O’Brien and the reporting of disasters. Continue reading
What Katie did (badly)
ALWYN TURNER bids a fondless farewell to Katie Hopkins as she departs LBC. Continue reading
You’re obsolete, my baby
Inspector Alleyn in the Swinging Sixties? It’s not right, says ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Pick of the pops: Salvation Army
Some pop music from the bands of the Salvation Army. And why not? Continue reading
Pick of the pops: ‘A Song for Europe’
Leaving the EU, with Roxy Music and ‘a shell full of memories…’ Continue reading
Pick of the pops: ‘The Yip Song’
Robyn Hitchcock sings about Vera Lynn. Continue reading
