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Monthly Archives: October 2016

Pick of the Pops: ‘With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm’
Culture

Pick of the Pops: ‘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 • 7 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 →

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    'A randy union chief' - Len McCluskey
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    ‘Turning out the lights’: The 1992 election - Part 2
  • 'The new chosen one' - Laura Pidcock
    'The new chosen one' - Laura Pidcock
  • Brexit and the beautiful game
    Brexit and the beautiful game
  • ‘Lashing out like a dying crocodile’: A press portrait of John McDonnell
    ‘Lashing out like a dying crocodile’: A press portrait of John McDonnell
  • We Rule: Part 2
    We Rule: Part 2
  • A brief history of fly-posting
    A brief history of fly-posting
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    'The best pupil ever' - Emily Thornberry
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    All cricket on the Western Front
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    Crisis? What crisis?

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