Fun? and other 1990s album titles
Praise the Lard – it’s ALWYN TURNER’s ninety British album titles of the 1990s.
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Final Cut: Passport to Pimlico (1949)
Is it time to remake the Ealing classic Passport to Pimlico, wonders SIMON MATTHEWS. Continue reading
‘Dig deep for the miners’
ALWYN TURNER remembers the miners’ strike of 1984-85. Continue reading
Alwyn Turner: Chronicler of Modern Britain
ALWYN TURNER reviews an AI-generated biography of, er, himself. Continue reading
Final Cut: Eastern Promises (2007)
SIMON MATTHEWS on David Cronenberg’s thriller about the Russian mafia in London. Continue reading
Edwardian Tales: The Hooded MP
Who was the Hooded MP? Was he involved in the murder of an Eastbourne policeman? We may never know, finds ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Edwardian Tales: The Queen of Hatchetations
ALWYN TURNER on militant teetotaller Carrie Nation, who came to Britain in 1908 and was horrified by what she found. Continue reading
Edwardian Tales: The Man with the Red Beard
ALWYN TURNER tells the tale of the man who killed himself for love of a music-hall star. Continue reading
Now That’s What I Call Music Hall
ALWYN TURNER likes Victorian and Edwardian music-hall songs. These are his favourite lyrics. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Blue Talisman
ALWYN TURNER reads an absurd but entertaining tale of Nigeria, London and, er, Atlantis. Continue reading
Final Cut: The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939)
SIMON MATTHEWS investigates a murder amidst the ‘prima donna preciousness’ of professional football. Continue reading
Advent of the Daleks
ALWYN TURNER on the first appearance of the Daleks in 1963. Continue reading
Final Cut: Age of Heroes (2011)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Sean Bean and Danny Dyer tough it out in a WW2 movie. Continue reading
