Final cut: Mr Jones (2019)
A film about George Orwell, Lloyd George, Maxim Litivinov and the Ukraine famine? SIMON MATTHEWS has a look.
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Final cut: Hammerhead (1968)
SIMON MATTHEWS on the one movie excursion of Charles Hood, a wannabe James Bond. Continue reading
Rishi Sunak: an obituary
So farewell, then, Rishi Sunak. ALWYN TURNER on yet another departing prime minister. Continue reading
Calling all cliches: Election elephants
There’s a whole herd of elephants in the room in this general election. Continue reading
No more Portillos
PAUL SAFFER remembers the great Portillo Moments and warns that there won’t be any in this general election. Continue reading
Polls apart
How seriously should we take opinion polls, wonders DAN ATKINSON. Continue reading
Final cut: Yellowbeard (1983)
Ahoy, shipmates! SIMON MATTHEWS has things to say about Graham Chapman’s pirate movie, Yellowbeard. Continue reading
Final Cut: Manuela (1957)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches a prime piece of colonial fiction from just before the Winds of Change. Continue reading
The Man Who Would Be Blobby
He wanted to be Mr Blobby and to be Conservative leader. ALWYN TURNER remembers John Redwood in 1995. Continue reading
‘They will rue this day’
ALWYN TURNER salutes the indefatigable George Galloway. Continue reading
Final Cut: Velvet Goldmine (1998)
SIMON MATTHEWS re-watches a glam-rock revival movie. Continue reading
St George: a tribute in tweets
Twitter wishes Sir Keir Starmer a vey happy St George’s Day. Continue reading
Nice ‘n’ sleazy
ALWYN TURNER remembers Alan Clarke, David Ashby, Stephen Milligan and other subjects of Tory scandals in the 1990s. Continue reading
