Buddy Holly: the British album
Twelve British cover versions of Buddy Holly songs, selected by ALWYN TURNER.
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Christmas quiz: Part 2
In part 2 of our festive quiz, some politics questions. Answers on a postcard to the usual address, please. Continue reading
Uncle Bill and his sticky buns
ALWYN TURNER remembers the man who told stories to Army children in the 1970s Continue reading
An Xmas poem for the Queen
Labour leader’s wife pays tribute to Her Majesty shock. Continue reading
Christmas quiz: Part 1
Some challenging questions on British society from the headlines of the 1950s and ’60s. Continue reading
Caling all cliches: Last taboos
Six months of breaking taboos in the newspapers. Continue reading
Not finished on a double
PAUL SAFFER explains why there are two separate world championships in the only sport that celebrates hedonism and arithmetic: darts. Continue reading
2015 Politician of the Year (dead)
The unexpected return of a lost Labour hero. Continue reading
Hill’s striking heyday
PAUL SAFFER looks back at the 1961 memoir of union firebrand and bearded sporting hipster Jimmy Hill. Continue reading
‘Morale could not be lower’
There’s a crisis in education and teachers’ morale has never been lower. Or has it? Continue reading
The curious case of the kidnapped communist
ALWYN TURNER explores the curious incident that befell Harry Pollitt in 1925. Continue reading
Proud to be British: Hugh Grant
How an Englishman responds to stories of stars consorting with hookers. Continue reading
Proud to be British
We salute the Daily Express’s doughty campaign against freeloading immigrants – in 1958. Continue reading
