So what do we learn of British history from watching the period cop show Endeavour? ALWYN TURNER is our guide. Continue reading
Category Archives: History
2022 Politician of the Year (dead)
He worried that he looked like a ghost, but the former 14th Earl could be a model for his slick successor Rishi Sunak. Continue reading
‘Alarmist reporting’
Has the rhetoric worsened over immigration? A reminder of where we were 25 years ago. Continue reading
Elizabeth II: ‘The original girl boss’
70 tweets for 70 years – Twitter pays tribute to the late Queen. Continue reading
Howezat
ALWYN TURNER on Geoffrey Howe’s resignation from Margaret Thatcher’s government. Continue reading
‘The real Britain’
ALWYN TURNER on John Betjeman, Annie Walker and the Silver Jubilee. Continue reading
Jelly, ice-cream and tins of Harp
DAN ATKINSON remembers the Silver Jubilee of 1977. Continue reading
‘Some impertinent Argentinians’
40 years on from the invasion of the Falkland Islands… Continue reading
More than snooker
SIMON MATTHEWS on the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, built when levelling up included experimental drama. Continue reading
2021 Politician of the Year (reincarnate)
If Ed Davey wants to continue to exorcise the ghost of one Jo from the Liberal Democrats he needs to keep channelling another. Continue reading
2021 Politician of the Year (dead)
It’s a return to boom and bust with the Demon Barber of Downing Street. Continue reading
‘A rippling mood of rebellion’
SIMON MATTHEWS reads Sheila Rowbotham’s memoir of the 1970s, featuring socialism, feminism and Barry White. Continue reading
