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Monthly Archives: March 2016

Reasons to be leaving: Part 3 – Culture
Culture / Politics

Reasons to be leaving: Part 3 – Culture

Posted on 31 March 2016 by Alwyn Turner • 2 Comments

Does leaving the EU mean the UK will be kicked out of Eurovision? ALWYN TURNER explains. Continue reading →

National anthem plus
History

National anthem plus

Posted on 29 March 2016 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

From 1857, a long-lost verse for the British national anthem. Continue reading →

Old King Log: The rise of James Callaghan
History / Politics

Old King Log: The rise of James Callaghan

Posted on 25 March 2016 by Alwyn Turner • 5 Comments

ALWYN TURNER remembers the Labour Party’s leadership election in 1976. Continue reading →

Pick of the Pops: ‘All In It Together’
Culture

Pick of the Pops: ‘All In It Together’

Posted on 23 March 2016 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

The Pirates rage against political sloganeering. (‘Don’t it make you wanna puke?’) Continue reading →

Reasons to be leaving: Part 2 – Democracy
Politics

Reasons to be leaving: Part 2 – Democracy

Posted on 22 March 2016 by Sam Harrison • Leave a comment

SAM HARRISON ponders whether the EU really does ‘hate’ democracy, and ends up agreeing with Boris. Continue reading →

‘Close to tears’: Tories and disability
History / Politics

‘Close to tears’: Tories and disability

Posted on 18 March 2016 by Alwyn Turner • 2 Comments

ALWYN TURNER remembers a Tory government in conflict with disabled people in the 1990s. Continue reading →

Proud to be British: Colonel Carne
Miscellaneous

Proud to be British: Colonel Carne

Posted on 18 March 2016 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

Colonel James Carnes stands strong against his communist captors. Continue reading →

A Harold for all seasons
History / Politics

A Harold for all seasons

Posted on 12 March 2016 by Dan Atkinson • Leave a comment

DAN ATKINSON celebrates the 1970s incarnation of Harold Wilson. Continue reading →

Harold be thy name
History / Politics

Harold be thy name

Posted on 11 March 2016 by Lion & Unicorn • 1 Comment

A selection of quotes by and about Harold Wilson. Continue reading →

A Sunday kind of love
History / Politics

A Sunday kind of love

Posted on 9 March 2016 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

Remembering the government’s defeat over Sunday trading in 1986. Continue reading →

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    Imperial fiction: Goodbye, Mr Chips
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    Imperial fiction: Beau Geste
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    Imperial fiction: Lower than Vermin
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    The anonymised mutineer: Are generals gunning for Corbyn?
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