Hate watch: Poirot
Which episode of Poirot fails to please BEN THOMAS’s little grey cells?
Latest Entries
What’s that about the workers?
DAN ATKINSON on the practice and theory of Labour’s proposals for ‘workplace democracy’. Continue reading
A day for action, not words
ROGER HERMISTON on the day when Labour’s NEC removed a Tory PM. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Scarlet Pimpernel
ALWYN TURNER on a classic adventure romance from 1905. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Mid-Century Men
Arthur Hopcraft’s fictionalized version of T Dan Smith, read by DAN ATKINSON. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Riddle of the Sands
ALWYN TURNER on the 1903 foundation-stone of the thriller genre. Continue reading
‘It’s your blood’
ALWYN TURNER on docusoaps, makeovers, video diaries & the democratization of culture in the 1990s. Continue reading
This Is (not) Tomorrow
SIMON MATTHEWS on a new book by Martin Gayford – and how politics killed British art. Continue reading
Frank Field: a square peg
ALWYN TURNER on the man who thought the unthinkable – and lost his job as a result. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Secret Adversary
ALWYN TURNER enjoys Agatha Christie’s anti-communist action thriller. Continue reading
‘Occasionally toxic’
Who’s responsible for media stories of Labour and antisemitism? Continue reading
‘The best pupil ever’ – Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry MP: a career in 59 quotes. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Bindle
ALWYN TURNER on a home-front comedy from the Great War. Continue reading
