‘Disreputable men’

ALWYN TURNER on reports of Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list. Continue reading →

Final Cut: Murder, She Said (1961)

SIMON MATTHEWS on Miss Marple, The Mousetrap and Margaret Rutherford. Continue reading →

McDonnell: a tribute in tweets

All mouth and no trousers, or a neo-con shill? Twitter has its say on John McDonnell. Continue reading →

Yesterday’s papers: Harry & Class War

‘This bullshit has no bearing on our lives.’ How anarchist paper Class War greeted the birth of Prince Harry in 1984. Continue reading →

Final cut: Beau Brummell

SIMON MATTHEWS revisits a fictional account of the greatest dandy of them all. Continue reading →

‘Read this and get angry’

ALWYN TURNER chronicles the press coverage of immigration 20 years ago, in January 2003. Continue reading →

Endeavouring to learn

So what do we learn of British history from watching the period cop show Endeavour? ALWYN TURNER is our guide. Continue reading →

Final cut: The Blockhouse

SIMON MATTHEWS on Peter Sellers’s 1973 excursion into art-house movies. Continue reading →

2022 Politician of the Year (dead)

He worried that he looked like a ghost, but the former 14th Earl could be a model for his slick successor Rishi Sunak. Continue reading →

2022 Politician of the Year (living)

In times of emergency, the cry goes up: Send for Hunt! Continue reading →

Final cut: Juggernaut

SIMON MATTHEWS on a state-of-the-nation movie for a nation that wasn’t watching. Continue reading →

Remembering Chirgwin

ALWYN TURNER on one of the greatest stars of the British music hall. Did he really influence Alice Cooper? Continue reading →