Tag Archives: AJ Raffles

Culture

Imperial fiction: Blackshirt

Posted on 16 September 2023 by Alwyn Turner • 1 Comment

ALWYN TURNER on the long-running, if now largely forgotten, thriller hero Blackshirt. Continue reading →

Culture

Time takes a cigarette

Posted on 3 June 2023 by Alwyn Turner • 4 Comments

ALWYN TURNER on the style and stupidity of the cigarettes that shaped his smoking life. Continue reading →

Culture

Imperial fiction: A Prince of Swindlers

Posted on 9 February 2020 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

Private detective? Secret identity? Take two cliches into the shower? ALWYN TURNER on Guy Boothby’s character Simon Crane. Continue reading →

Culture

Imperial fiction: Prof. Challenger

Posted on 18 June 2019 by Alwyn Turner • 1 Comment

Conan Doyle’s great science-fiction adventurer is celebrated by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading →

Culture

Imperial fiction: The Beetle

Posted on 26 January 2019 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER reads a Victorian tale of gender-fluid horror. Continue reading →

Culture

Imperial fiction: The Scarlet Pimpernel

Posted on 23 September 2018 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER on a classic adventure romance from 1905. Continue reading →

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Imperial fiction: Jim Maitland

Posted on 21 March 2018 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER goes back to 1923 to read about Sapper’s other great hero. Continue reading →