Hate watch: Jonathan Creek
Who broke Jonathan Creek? BEN THOMAS revisits the scene of the crime.
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Keir Starmer: an obituary
As another prime minister bites the dust, ALWYN TURNER bids a less than fond farewell. Continue reading
‘I could whip you’: the Falklands War
ALWYN TURNER on the political and cultural fall-out from the Falklands War, from Alan Bennett to Del-Boy. Continue reading
Have you heard… Family
BEN FINLAY offers an introduction to the music of prog-rock band Family. Continue reading
‘Hard as nails’: Ann Widdecombe
An extract from ALWYN TURNER’s book ‘A Classless Society’, on Ann Widdecombe in the 1990s. Continue reading
Final cut: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
SIMON MATTHEWS celebrates a big-screen adaptation of Alan Moore’s steam-punk pastiche. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Who’s Really Who
DAN ATKINSON revisits a compendium of people who really mattered in 1980s Britain. Continue reading
Referendum: Ten years after
Was it all about the Empire? ALWYN TURNER on the Brexit referendum, a decade after the fact. Continue reading
Last night on YouTube: Yesterday’s Men
FINLAY McLAREN watches Harold Wilson, James Callaghan and Denis Healey in a controversial 1971 programme. Continue reading
Summer: the album
Some mellow selections for balmy days, chosen by BEN FINLAY. Continue reading
Decade: Line of Duty (2021)
In which FINLAY McLAREN begs Britain not to switch off the box in the corner. Continue reading
Final cut: Odd Man Out (1947)
SIMON MATTHEWS on James Mason as an IRA gunman in Carol’s Reed’s classic movie. Continue reading
For whom the bells toll: Emily and X
How the people of X responded to Emily Thornberry ringing bells for Pride month. Continue reading
