So what do we learn of British history from watching the period cop-show Foyle’s War? ALWYN TURNER is our guide. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Second World War
Decade: Lockdown (2020)
Do you remember the covid lockdowns? asks FINLAY McLAREN. Of course you do. So why have we chosen to forget? Continue reading
What did you do in the war?
From vets and cooks to padres and pay-clerks, ALWYN TURNER salutes the less-celebrated WW2 units of the British Army. Continue reading
Sporting comebacks II
PAUL SAFFER on how sport came back with renewed purpose after its suspension in WW2. 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
Proud to be British
A 16-year-old charged with taking and flying away? Makes you proud. Continue reading
No more heroes anymore?
ROGER HERMISTON wonders why the Lib Dems are so reluctant to draw on their rich heritage, and celebrates the career of Archibald Sinclair. Continue reading
Obscure Olympians 6: Hugh Edwards and Lewis Clive
From the Bullingdon Club to the International Brigade – PAUL SAFFER on a coxless pair. Continue reading
Left behind by academia
Are academic prejudices clouding analysis of the referendum result, asks ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Off the shelf: The Spy With 29 Names
DAN ATKINSON on our romantic attachment to the small-is-beautiful view of Britain’s war effort. Continue reading
‘No longer two nations but one’
In an exclusive extract from his new book, ROGER HERMISTON tells the story of the astonishing Franco-British Union plan of 1940. Continue reading
‘The most degrading and bestial business in the world’
Remembrance hasn’t always been a pageant of national unity. ALWYN TURNER reveals how the British state once feared its veterans. Continue reading
