Buddy Holly: the British album
Twelve British cover versions of Buddy Holly songs, selected by ALWYN TURNER.
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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
We Rule: Part 1
ALWYN TURNER celebrates female vocal duos in British pop during the 1960s and ’70s. Continue reading
Calling all cliches: Cautious welcomes
When welcoming government statements, let caution be your watchword. Continue reading
Losing our balance: The same old same old
DAN ATKINSON looks at how George Osborne’s ‘cocktail of new threats’ might affect the ‘rebalancing’ of the economy. Continue reading
Proud to be British
Remembering the days when overseas aid was a source of pride. Continue reading
‘Politics is not like shopping’: A press portrait of Hilary Benn
ALWYN TURNER looks at the career of the man once tipped to be Labour’s next leader. Continue reading
Standpipe memories: I wish it could be 1976 again
DAN ATKINSON is bracing himself for a surfeit of political nostalgia. Continue reading
2015 Politician of the Year (living)
National leader? Or piggy in the middle? Continue reading
Pick of the Pops: ‘Song for the British Working Class’
Cornelius Cardew, a British disciple of Enver Hoxha, stiffens our sinews. Continue reading
