ALWYN TURNER chooses some of his favourite quotes from the fiction of Britain between the wars. Continue reading
Tag Archives: John Buchan
Sausages: an anthology
ALWYN TURNER selects some passages from British literature that concern sausages. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Dickson McCunn & Co.
ALWYN TURNER on the continuing adventures of John Buchan’s heroes from the Gorbals. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Secret Adversary
ALWYN TURNER enjoys Agatha Christie’s anti-communist action thriller. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Richard Hannay
ALWYN TURNER celebrates John Buchan’s most famous character. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Power-House
ALWYN TURNER on John Buchan’s first classic, the book that introduced Edward Leithen in 1913. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Half-Hearted
ALWYN TURNER reads John Buchan’s first thriller from 1900. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Penny Plain
ALWYN TURNER on a 1920 novel by Anna Buchan, aka O. Douglas. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Jim Maitland
ALWYN TURNER goes back to 1923 to read about Sapper’s other great hero. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Huntingtower
Is this 1922 novel John Buchan’s best thriller? ALWYN TURNER thinks so. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Lower than Vermin
ALWYN TURNER on Dornford Yates (beloved of both Michael Gove and Mark Gatiss) and his 1950 novel of lost England. Continue reading
‘As hearty as roast beef’: William Haggard
ALWYN TURNER celebrates the work of Cold War thriller writer William Haggard. Continue reading
