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Monthly Archives: October 2016

Halloween hits: With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm
Culture

Halloween hits: With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm

Posted on 29 October 2016 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

Cyril Smith’s 1934 song resuscitated for Hallowe’en. Continue reading →

Post #200: The liberty of the press
History / Politics

Post #200: The liberty of the press

Posted on 26 October 2016 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

A robust defence of free speech from 200 years ago. Continue reading →

Hold your hands out, naughty boys
Culture

Hold your hands out, naughty boys

Posted on 22 October 2016 by Alwyn Turner • 2 Comments

ALWYN TURNER listens to the stars of the 1960s – from Dusty to the Bonzos – sing songs from the music halls. Continue reading →

Aberfan: ‘It had fallen…’
Culture / History

Aberfan: ‘It had fallen…’

Posted on 21 October 2016 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

Remembering the Aberfan disaster in 1966, an extract from JOHN SUMMERS’s novel The Disaster. Continue reading →

‘Seagrove will run’: The Oympian I knew
History / Sport

‘Seagrove will run’: The Oympian I knew

Posted on 17 October 2016 by Alwyn Turner • 14 Comments

He won Olympic medals, helped create the Commonwealth Games and, er, taught ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading →

The arrest of Oscar Wilde
Culture / History

The arrest of Oscar Wilde

Posted on 16 October 2016 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

A contemporary newspaper account of Oscar being seized in 1895. Continue reading →

Hastings remembered
History

Hastings remembered

Posted on 14 October 2016 by Lion & Unicorn • 1 Comment

‘The Norman had run riot on our fair South Saxon soil’: 950 years since Hastings. Continue reading →

Saving democracy: The popular front against Fascism
Culture / History / Politics

Saving democracy: The popular front against Fascism

Posted on 12 October 2016 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

Stephen Spender in 1936 on the political responsibilities of intellectuals. Continue reading →

80 years ago: The future of Labour
History / Politics

80 years ago: The future of Labour

Posted on 11 October 2016 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

From the News Chronicle in October 1936: Will there ever be a Labour government again? Continue reading →

‘Originality without eccentricity’: Barry Pain
Culture

‘Originality without eccentricity’: Barry Pain

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

ALWYN TURNER celebrates the work of novelist and humorist Barry Pain. Continue reading →

The quiet revolutionary Mark I
History / Politics

The quiet revolutionary Mark I

Posted on 8 October 2016 by Lion & Unicorn • 1 Comment

Theresa May isn’t the first Tory prime minister to promise a quiet revolution. Continue reading →

Calling all cliches: Naming and shaming
Miscellaneous / Politics

Calling all cliches: Naming and shaming

Posted on 6 October 2016 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

Amber Rudd is the latest home secretary to pledge to name and shame. But who was the first? Continue reading →

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    Darkest Hour: The kindness of history
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    Hazlitt: On the Ignorance of the Learned
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    Imperial fiction: Lower than Vermin
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    Proud to be British: Hugh Grant
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    First lines: 1970s - part 1
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    'As hearty as roast beef': William Haggard
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  • Rear-view review: London Dossier
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  • ‘The wrong kind of woman’: A press portrait of Liz Truss (pt 1)
  • 2021 Politician of the Year (reincarnate)

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