Fun? and other 1990s album titles
Praise the Lard – it’s ALWYN TURNER’s ninety British album titles of the 1990s.
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Top 10: Getting it together in the country
Fleetwood Mac, Gong, Paul Weller… they’re all in BEN FINLAY’s guide to getting it together in the country. Continue reading
Final cut: Bank Holiday (1938)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches a movie about Britain on the brink of WW2. Continue reading
Top 10: The golden age of British jazz
Ronnie Scott, Stan Tracey, Phil Collins… BEN FINLAY introduces the ten best British jazz albums of the 1960s and 70s. Continue reading
What did you do in the war?
From vets and cooks to padres and pay-clerks, ALWYN TURNER salutes the less-celebrated WW2 units of the British Army. Continue reading
Final cut: The Duellists (1977)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Ridley Scott’s Napoleonic debut movie. Continue reading
Final Cut: Number One (1985)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Bob Geldof, Alfred Molina, Ray Winstone & Mel Smith in a dark movie about snooker. Continue reading
Kilroy vs UKIP
ALWYN TURNER remembers the clash of egos between Nigel Farage and Robert Kilroy-Silk. Continue reading
When the News of the World took flight
PAUL SAFFER on how darts moved from public bar to sporting arena, thanks to a now defunct newspaper. Continue reading
Final Cut: In Search of Gregory (1969)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Julie Christie and John Hurt In Search of Gregory. Continue reading
‘A dark cloud’
ALWYN TURNER on the murder of two-year-old James Bulger in 1993. Continue reading
‘Grief exultant’
ALWYN TURNER remembers the trumpeters who played at Winston Churchill’s funeral, 60 years ago. Continue reading
Final cut: No Room at the Inn (1948)
JONATHAN CALDER on a 1945 child-abuse case and the play and movie that it inspired. Continue reading
