ALWYN TURNER chooses some of his favourite quotes from the fiction of Britain between the wars. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Sapper
Sausages: an anthology
ALWYN TURNER selects some passages from British literature that concern sausages. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Golden Age detection 1
ALWYN TURNER reads some interwar detective novels by Agatha Christie and Margery Allingham. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Dr Nikola
ALWYN TURNER encounters Guy Boothby’s evil mastermind from the 1890s. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Secret Adversary
ALWYN TURNER enjoys Agatha Christie’s anti-communist action thriller. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Jim Maitland
ALWYN TURNER goes back to 1923 to read about Sapper’s other great hero. 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
All cricket on the Western Front
ALWYN TURNER celebrates the work of novelist and failed Liberal candidate AG Macdonell. Continue reading
