ALWYN TURNER remembers the trumpeters who played at Winston Churchill’s funeral, 60 years ago. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Winston Churchill
Final Cut: The Exception (2016)
SIMON MATTHEWS is impressed by a movie with Christopher Plummer as the Kaiser and Eddie Marsan as Himmler. Continue reading
No more Portillos
PAUL SAFFER remembers the great Portillo Moments and warns that there won’t be any in this general election. Continue reading
Final Cut: Ships with Wings (1941)
‘Get up, you filthy Hun!’ SIMON MATTHEWS watches a 1941 classic war movie. Continue reading
2020 Politician of the Year (dead)
Boris Johnson has chosen the wrong lodestar. He should look to an earlier wartime premier. Continue reading
A whisper to the wise
Prime ministers’ sidekicks – do they always have to cause so much trouble? asks PAUL SAFFER Continue reading
‘Fearful of the future’
Spam fritters, Vera Lynn & a grumpy Polly Toynbee – ALWYN TURNER remembers the 50th anniversary of VE Day. Continue reading
‘This is no time for football’
Football has been criticised for its response to COVID-19 but PAUL SAFFER finds an echo from a global crisis a century ago. Continue reading
‘We broke all the rules’
A Minister for Testing? There is a precedent, says ROGER HERMISTON. Continue reading
Ancient liberties placed in pawn
Have we been here before? asks ROGER HERMISTON. For 2020, read 1940… Continue reading
PMX bandits
How will Theresa May shape up as an ex-prime minister, wonders PAUL SAFFER. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Prof. Challenger
Conan Doyle’s great science-fiction adventurer is celebrated by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
