Imperial fiction: Golden Age detection 1

ALWYN TURNER reads some interwar detective novels by Agatha Christie and Margery Allingham. Continue reading →

Revive 45: March 1975

Who was in the charts 45 years ago? wonders ALWYN TURNER. Well, there was Fox, the Rollers, Guys ‘n’ Dolls… Continue reading →

Journal of a Plague Year

A killer plague wiping out most of humanity? ALWYN TURNER remembers Terry Nation’s Survivors. Continue reading →

Unlovely Jubbly

Keith Waterhouse’s second novel is creepy and sleazy. But is it still comic? wonders SIMON MATTHEWS Continue reading →

Revive 45: February 1975

Pilot, the Glitter Band, Johnny Wakelin… It must be the top ten from 45 years ago, concludes ALWYN TURNER Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: A Prince of Swindlers

Private detective? Secret identity? Take two cliches into the shower? ALWYN TURNER on Guy Boothby’s character Simon Crane. Continue reading →

Calling all cliches: Making Britain great again

How long have we been promising ourselves that we can make Britain great again? Continue reading →