Tag Archives: Barry Pain

Culture

Imperial fiction: Bindle

Posted on 22 July 2018 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER on a home-front comedy from the Great War. Continue reading →

Culture

Imperial fiction: Penny Plain

Posted on 15 April 2018 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER on a 1920 novel by Anna Buchan, aka O. Douglas. Continue reading →

Culture

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 →

Culture

F. Anstey and the original Dorian Gray

Posted on 25 December 2016 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER on the Victorian humourist who inspired Oscar Wilde. Continue reading →

Culture

‘Originality without eccentricity’: Barry Pain

Posted on 9 October 2016 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER celebrates the work of novelist and humorist Barry Pain. Continue reading →

Culture

All cricket on the Western Front

Posted on 10 September 2016 by Alwyn Turner • 2 Comments

ALWYN TURNER celebrates the work of novelist and failed Liberal candidate AG Macdonell. Continue reading →