Buddy Holly: the British album
Twelve British cover versions of Buddy Holly songs, selected by ALWYN TURNER.
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2016 Politician of the Year (decomposing)
A newly instituted award for the politician who threw it all away. Continue reading
2016: Odds and sods
Some leftover highlights and lowlights of the last 12 months. Continue reading
2016 Politician of the Year (undead)
He’s meant to be politically dead and buried, but he’s still shaping policy. Continue reading
2016 Politician of the Year (dead)
The man we should all have been talking about in 2016. Continue reading
‘Elephantinely elfish’: Monsieur Hanuad
ALWYN TURNER on A.E.W. Mason’s detective, the inspiration for Hercule Poirot. Continue reading
The greatest living Englishmen
From Wilkie Collins to Cecil Rhodes, the votes are in from our Victorian juries. Continue reading
‘As hearty as roast beef’: William Haggard
ALWYN TURNER celebrates the work of Cold War thriller writer William Haggard. Continue reading
The Englishman who took his minstrels to America
ALWYN TURNER remembers Sam Hague, 19th-century Yorkshire clog-dancer turned minstrel impresario. Continue reading
The phantom shadow cabinet
ALWYN TURNER remembers Yvette Cooper’s shadow cabinet from a parallel universe. Continue reading
‘Plainly nuts’: A press portrait of Paul Nuttall
ALWYN TURNER looks at the career of Nigel Farage’s successor as UKIP leader. Continue reading
Europe (still) isn’t working
In the wake of the referendum, DAN ATKINSON asks whether the failure of the euro will destroy the EU. Continue reading
‘A wreath of poppies’
ALWYN TURNER on the early days of the British Legion’s Poppy. Continue reading
