Final cut: Mr Jones (2019)
A film about George Orwell, Lloyd George, Maxim Litivinov and the Ukraine famine? SIMON MATTHEWS has a look.
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The roots of Blake’s 7
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Imperial fiction: Boy
ALWYN TURNER reads Marie Corelli’s forgotten Boer War fable from 1900. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Beau Geste
ALWYN TURNER on PC Wren’s 1924 tale of the French Foreign Legion. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Four Feathers
ALWYN TURNER on AEW Mason’s classic adventure novel from 1902. Continue reading
The Great Silence
ALWYN TURNER tells the story of the first commemoration of Armistice Day in 1919. Continue reading
Halloween hits: Our House Is Haunted
An early George Formby classic, resuscitated for Hallowe’en. Continue reading
No lessons from history
After the conferences, what’s the state of political play, asks ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Off the shelf: A Legacy of Spies
DAN ATKINSON celebrates the last night of the Circus. Continue reading
‘The first pop intellectual’
ALWYN TURNER on the early television shows of the great Jack Good. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Maggie Muggins
DAN ATKINSON renews his acquaintance with Keith Waterhouse’s great London novel Maggie Muggins. Continue reading
Morgans of the Month: Statue smashers
We need more erections, not fewer. Continue reading
