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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A Harold for all seasons
DAN ATKINSON celebrates the 1970s incarnation of Harold Wilson. Continue reading
Harold be thy name
A selection of quotes by and about Harold Wilson. Continue reading
A Sunday kind of love
Remembering the government’s defeat over Sunday trading in 1986. Continue reading
Calling EU cliches: Three million
How many British jobs depend on the EU? And will the number ever change? Continue reading
Abducted: A restoration mystery
ALWYN TURNER explores a seventeenth century X-file. Continue reading
Reasons to be leaving: Part 1 – Trade
Who will speak for Britain’s silent mercantilists? DAN ATKINSON, that’s who. Continue reading
Reg Presley and the Zulus from Mars
The Troggs singer shares his thoughts on crop circles, UFOs and millions of gallons of missing water. Continue reading
Might as well face it, they’re addicted to ads
Wasn’t the government going to slash its advertising budget? ALWYN TURNER bemoans the return of the Whitehall nag. Continue reading
We Rule: Part 3
ALWYN TURNER finally gets to the end of his round-up of female vocal duos in British pop. Continue reading
We Rule: Part 2
ALWYN TURNER continues a trek through female vocal duos, reaching the 1980s. Continue reading
Kneller Hall: The trumpets still sound (just)
As the Royal Military School of Music faces closure, ALWYN TURNER remembers a previous attempt to sell it off. Continue reading
Calling all cliches: Hallmarks
How to tell one terrorist organisation from another. Or not. Continue reading
