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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Pick of the pops: ‘Panama’
A song to which you can read the Panama Papers. Continue reading
The Gouldfather
ALWYN TURNER reflects on the 1992 Labour leadership election, when the party chose the wrong man. Continue reading
The Regina monologues
Her Majesty’s a pretty nice girl, but PAUL SAFFER thinks she ought to have a bit more to say. Continue reading
Ronnie Corbett and the Chicago School
PAUL SAFFER remembers when Ronnie Corbett tackled the scourge of inflation through the medium of novelty pop. Continue reading
Beg, steel or borrow?
Given the history of the British Steel Corporation, DAN ATKINSON hesitates to say ‘ta-ta’ to Port Talbot. Continue reading
Reasons to be leaving: Part 3 – Culture
Does leaving the EU mean the UK will be kicked out of Eurovision? ALWYN TURNER explains. Continue reading
National anthem plus
From 1857, a long-lost verse for the British national anthem. Continue reading
Old King Log: The rise of James Callaghan
ALWYN TURNER remembers the Labour Party’s leadership election in 1976. Continue reading
Pick of the Pops: ‘All In It Together’
The Pirates rage against political sloganeering. (‘Don’t it make you wanna puke?’) Continue reading
Reasons to be leaving: Part 2 – Democracy
SAM HARRISON ponders whether the EU really does ‘hate’ democracy, and ends up agreeing with Boris. Continue reading
‘Close to tears’: Tories and disability
ALWYN TURNER remembers a Tory government in conflict with disabled people in the 1990s. Continue reading
Proud to be British: Colonel Carne
Colonel James Carnes stands strong against his communist captors. Continue reading
