ALEX SARLL remembers some gems from Kingmaker, Telstarr, Elcka and Echobelly. Continue reading
Category Archives: Culture
Bits of Britpop: Part 1
PAUL SAFFER on some lesser-known nuggets of 1990s Britpop from Cud, Denim, Menswear and the Zuno Men. Continue reading
Off the shelf: The Spy With 29 Names
DAN ATKINSON on our romantic attachment to the small-is-beautiful view of Britain’s war effort. Continue reading
Mrs Merton vs Ken Livingstone
Caroline Aherne’s analysis of Labour’s identity crisis. Continue reading
Bloater paste and brown ale
ALWYN TURNER on Tony Hancock’s forgotten 1963 TV series. Continue reading
‘The right to triviality’
The best years of British television relied on diversity of funding, thinks ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
First notices: Part 3
Newspaper reviews of Jekyll & Hyde, 1984, Lord of the Flies, Clockwork Orange and others. Continue reading
First notices: Part 2
Newspaper reviews of Wind in the Willows, Brave New World, Brighton Rock and others. Continue reading
Two wrongs don’t make a writer
A child murder, a pulp novelist and an obscenity trial. ALWYN TURNER remembers Hank Janson. Continue reading
First notices: Part 1
Early newspaper reviews of Dracula, Jeeves, Rebecca, Flashman and others. Continue reading
Pick of the pops: ‘Panama’
A song to which you can read the Panama Papers. Continue reading
Ronnie Corbett and the Chicago School
PAUL SAFFER remembers when Ronnie Corbett tackled the scourge of inflation through the medium of novelty pop. Continue reading
