ALWYN TURNER on the top ten from 45 years ago, featuring Slade, Leo Sayer and Sweet Sensation. Continue reading
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Rear-view review: Jill
How angry is Philip Larkin’s Oxford novel from 1946, asks DAN ATKINSON. Continue reading
Revive 45: September 1974
ALWYN TURNER on the top pop hits from the month that gave us Ceefax and Kung Fu Fighting. Continue reading
The Sca-la days are over
SIMON MATTHEWS remembers the Scala, London’s coolest cinema. Continue reading
Revive 45: August 1974
The top 10 from the summer of 1974, lovingly chronicled by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Revive 45: bonus trax
Bandy Legs, Slack Alice, the Monks… ALWYN TURNER plays some flop singles from the summer of 1974. Continue reading
PMX bandits
How will Theresa May shape up as an ex-prime minister, wonders PAUL SAFFER. Continue reading
‘I like my shoes’: The wit & wisdom of Theresa May
The life and career of the former prime minister, in her own words. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
DAN ATKINSON revisits ‘the most brilliant spy novel of our time’. Continue reading
Tom Paine’s bones
ALWYN TURNER tells an odd tale of radicalism and grave-robbing from 1819. Continue reading
Revive 45: June 1974
ALWYN TURNER revisits the top ten from the summer of 45 years ago. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Prof. Challenger
Conan Doyle’s great science-fiction adventurer is celebrated by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
