Hate watch: Poirot
Which episode of Poirot fails to please BEN THOMAS’s little grey cells?
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A brief history of fly-posting
From Napoleon III to the Sex Pistols – an extract from ‘Pin-Ups’ by ROGER CRIMLIS and ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Penny Plain
ALWYN TURNER on a 1920 novel by Anna Buchan, aka O. Douglas. Continue reading
‘Mad, literally mad’
ALWYN TURNER on the extraordinary figure of Enoch Powell. Continue reading
‘A caring individual’ – Chris Williamson
Chris Williamson MP: a career in 44 quotes. Continue reading
William Hague vs the Liberal Elite
ALWYN TURNER on the farmer, the burglar, the Conservatives – and Max Clifford. Continue reading
‘A moderate socialist’ – Christine Shawcroft
Christine Shawcroft: a career in 28 quotes. Continue reading
‘Racists, spivs and fraudsters’
Is Brexit bringing out the worst in James O’Brien? ALWYN TURNER listens and worries. Continue reading
‘The new chosen one’ – Laura Pidcock
Laura Pidcock MP: a career in 41 quotes. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Jim Maitland
ALWYN TURNER goes back to 1923 to read about Sapper’s other great hero. Continue reading
‘A disciplined comrade’ – Richard Burgon
Richard Burgon MP: a career in 40 quotes. Continue reading
Labourites in the vineyard
ALWYN TURNER remembers complaints in the 1980s about Tony Benn and ‘the elitism of activists’. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Sanders of the River
ALWYN TURNER on Edgar Wallace’s cynical tales of colonial administration from 1911. Continue reading
