Buddy Holly: the British album
Twelve British cover versions of Buddy Holly songs, selected by ALWYN TURNER.
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Imperial fiction: John Silence
ALWYN TURNER has an appointment with Algernon Blackwood’s psychic doctor to discuss a case of reefer madness. Continue reading
Hazlitt: On the Ignorance of the Learned
William Hazlitt explains why learning is no substitute for life. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Red Crystal
DAN ATKINSON on Clare Francis’s fictionalized version of the Angry Brigade. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Stalky & Co.
ALWYN TURNER on Kipling’s classic tales of schoolboys and soldiers. Continue reading
Halloween hits: Wait a Minute
An Edwardian song by Tom Woottwell, resuscitated for Hallowe’en. Continue reading
‘Stroking kills’: A poor porn report
ALWYN TURNER objects to a report on pornography by the Women & Equalities Committee of the House of Commons. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Moonraker
DAN ATKINSON revisits the James Bond of the mid-1950s. Continue reading
Denis Compton’s English magic
PAUL SAFFER delves into a 1950s book for boys & finds more grit than glamour. And some imperialist football. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Sir, You Bastard
Some coppers are bent – but they still investigate burglaries. It can only be the 1970s, says DAN ATKINSON. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Alf’s Button
ALWYN TURNER reads a 1919 comedy about the Genie of the Lamp in the trenches of WW1. Continue reading
Rear-view review: The Crying Game
DAN ATKINSON reads John Braine’s vision of a future Britain, written 50 years ago. Continue reading
What’s that about the workers?
DAN ATKINSON on the practice and theory of Labour’s proposals for ‘workplace democracy’. Continue reading
