Buddy Holly: the British album
Twelve British cover versions of Buddy Holly songs, selected by ALWYN TURNER.
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Bits of Britpop: Part 4
ALWYN TURNER on some neglected nuggets from Britpop by Catwalk, Engine Alley, Drugstore and Linoleum. Continue reading
Stuck in the middle and blue
The quick blue Fox jumps over the Labour dog. PAUL SAFFER on the marginal Midlands. Continue reading
All cricket on the Western Front
ALWYN TURNER celebrates the work of novelist and failed Liberal candidate AG Macdonell. Continue reading
No strings attached: The Osborne legacy
What should we make of the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, wonders DAN ATKINSON. Continue reading
‘No heavy lifting’: A press portrait of Diane Abbott (pt 2)
ALWYN TURNER on the parliamentary career of the ‘High Priestess of Dogma’. Continue reading
The Apple i-Punt
DAN ATKINSON on currency, tax and identity in the Republic of Ireland. Continue reading
Owen Smith: The end is Nye
DAN ATKINSON isn’t convinced by the Pontypridd hero of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional. Continue reading
‘Danger to democracy’: A press portrait of Diane Abbott (pt 1)
ALWYN TURNER on the woman who ‘got the Labour establishment on the run’. Continue reading
I knew Owen Smith. Owen Smith was a friend of mine
ROGER HERMISTON wishes he had one fruity anecdote about the would-be Labour leader, but he doesn’t. Continue reading
Trump v. Corbyn: The quiz
PAUL SAFFER sorts the wheat from the chaff, the sheep from the goats, and the Trump from the Corbyn. Continue reading
Bits of Britpop: Part 3
PAUL SAFFER celebrates music by Sleeper, The Other Two, Helen Love and Kenickie. Continue reading
Proud to be British
What was the proper response to seeing naked Mormons in 19th-century Derbyshire? Continue reading
