Remembering the government’s defeat over Sunday trading in 1986. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Margaret Thatcher
We Rule: Part 2
ALWYN TURNER continues a trek through female vocal duos, reaching the 1980s. Continue reading
Kneller Hall: The trumpets still sound (just)
As the Royal Military School of Music faces closure, ALWYN TURNER remembers a previous attempt to sell it off. Continue reading
‘Politics is not like shopping’: A press portrait of Hilary Benn
ALWYN TURNER looks at the career of the man once tipped to be Labour’s next leader. Continue reading
This week we have been mostly…
A selection of the writing, wittering and viewing that has caught our attention over the past week. Continue reading
This week we have been mostly…
A selection of the writing, wittering and viewing that has caught our attention over the past week. Continue reading
This week we have been mostly…
A selection of the writing, wittering and viewing that has caught our attention over the past week. Continue reading
Denis the menace
He was a political bruiser and hated by the left. But Denis Healey’s great achievement, argues DAN ATKINSON, was to cut without harming. Continue reading
‘Banal in the extreme’: A press portrait of Theresa May
ALWYN TURNER sums up the pre-premiership career of a difficult woman. Continue reading
Style matters
PAUL SAFFER suspects the slickness of this year’s Conservative Party conference will speak louder than any words actually uttered there. Continue reading
This week we have been mostly…
A selection of the writing, wittering and viewing that has caught our attention over the past week. Continue reading
‘Lashing out like a dying crocodile’: A press portrait of John McDonnell
ALWYN TURNER profiles Jeremy Corbyn’s chief ally, the shadow chancellor. Continue reading
