Hate watch: Poirot
Which episode of Poirot fails to please BEN THOMAS’s little grey cells?
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Yesterday’s papers: Harry & Class War
‘This bullshit has no bearing on our lives.’ How anarchist paper Class War greeted the birth of Prince Harry in 1984. Continue reading
Final Cut: Beau Brummell (1954)
SIMON MATTHEWS revisits a fictional account of the greatest dandy of them all. Continue reading
‘Read this and get angry’
ALWYN TURNER chronicles the press coverage of immigration 20 years ago, in January 2003. Continue reading
History cops: Endeavour
So what do we learn of British history from watching the period cop show Endeavour? ALWYN TURNER is our guide. Continue reading
Final Cut: The Blockhouse (1973)
SIMON MATTHEWS on Peter Sellers’s 1973 excursion into art-house movies. Continue reading
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
2022 Politician of the Year (living)
He was once voted Britain’s most fanciable MP, and in times of emergency, the cry goes up: Send for Hunt! Continue reading
Final cut: Juggernaut (1974)
SIMON MATTHEWS on a state-of-the-nation movie for a nation that wasn’t watching. Continue reading
Remembering Chirgwin
ALWYN TURNER on one of the greatest stars of the British music hall. Did he really influence Alice Cooper? Continue reading
Calling all cliches: The most right-wing government
Which of the previous five PMs has led the most right-wing government since the war? Continue reading
‘Alarmist reporting’
Has the rhetoric worsened over immigration? A reminder of where we were 25 years ago. Continue reading
Halloween hits: I’m the Man that Buried Flanagan
Exhumed from the vaults for Halloween, here’s a 1911 song by Billy Williams. Continue reading
