Conan Doyle’s great science-fiction adventurer is celebrated by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Winston Churchill
A day for action, not words
ROGER HERMISTON on the day when Labour’s NEC removed a Tory PM. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Riddle of the Sands
ALWYN TURNER on the 1903 foundation-stone of the thriller genre. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Secret Adversary
ALWYN TURNER enjoys Agatha Christie’s anti-communist action thriller. Continue reading
Darkest Hour: The kindness of history
After watching Darkest Hour, ROGER HERMISTON reflects that one man’s dramatic licence may be another’s historical distortion. Continue reading
Kicking sport into politics
Ex-footballer George Weah has just been elected president of Liberia – but where are Britain’s sporting politicos? PAUL SAFFER finds a few, but has to dig deep. Continue reading
No lessons from history
After the conferences, what’s the state of political play, asks ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Morgans of the Month: Statue smashers
We need more erections, not fewer. Continue reading
‘Barmy but brilliant’: Visions of Thatcher
Everyone had a view on Margaret Thatcher, from Adrian Mole to Ian Wright. Continue reading
Morgan of the Month: Carswell
To rat is human. To re-rat is Tory. Continue reading
Trumping the Beaver
With a tycoon in the White House, ROGER HERMISTON revisits a time when another businessman helped save Britain. Continue reading
Hooligan anarchists and the fine arts
PAUL SAFFER on the lessons today’s Lib Dems can learn from their forebears. Continue reading
