Hate watch: Poirot
Which episode of Poirot fails to please BEN THOMAS’s little grey cells?
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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
Depraved and corrupt
It’s 160 years this month since the first Obscene Publications Act was passed and, says ALWYN TURNER, we’ve hardly moved on. Continue reading
Morgan of the Month: BBC
Memo to Auntie: enough about yourself, already. Continue reading
Diana and the hacks
ALWYN TURNER remembers how the death of Princess Diana was covered in the media. Continue reading
Isn’t the gig economy brilliant? (Or not)
DAN ATKINSON on the mixed messages of the Taylor review. Continue reading
Morgan of the Month: Jones
Which is better, a cheerleader or a candid friend? There’s only one way to find out. Continue reading
Street fighting men?
Is the Left still hankering after 1968 and all that, asks ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Phone-in’s finest hour
ALWYN TURNER on Tommy Boyd, James O’Brien and the reporting of disasters. Continue reading
