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Monthly Archives: May 2018

‘Making socialists want to vomit’

Culture / History / Politics

‘Making socialists want to vomit’

Posted on 30 May 2018 by undergroundculture12 • Leave a comment

BEN FINLAY on Jezza, Jagger and sleepy London Town. Continue reading →

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Rear-view review: Father Pig

Culture

Rear-view review: Father Pig

Posted on 27 May 2018 by Dan Atkinson • Leave a comment

DAN ATKINSON on a novel of generational warfare. Continue reading →

Gordon Brown and Oxford’s dirty little secret

History / Politics

Gordon Brown and Oxford’s dirty little secret

Posted on 23 May 2018 by Alwyn Turner • 2 Comments

ALWYN TURNER on New Labour’s battles with elitism. Continue reading →

Livingstone: A tribute in tweets

Politics

Livingstone: A tribute in tweets

Posted on 22 May 2018 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

How Twitter mourned the decline of Ken Livingstone. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: The Power-House

Culture

Imperial fiction: The Power-House

Posted on 21 May 2018 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER on John Buchan’s first classic, the book that introduced Edward Leithen in 1913. Continue reading →

Rear-view review: The Red House

Culture

Rear-view review: The Red House

Posted on 16 May 2018 by Dan Atkinson • Leave a comment

DAN ATKINSON on a Cold War tale of a doubting communist. Continue reading →

Rear-view review: Take the War to Washington

Culture

Rear-view review: Take the War to Washington

Posted on 10 May 2018 by Dan Atkinson • Leave a comment

DAN ATKINSON on a bonkers Vietnam-era novel by Peter van Greenaway. Continue reading →

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The donkeys
No more heroes anymore?
'Racists, spivs and fraudsters'
Lo-NRG
1997: The winner

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Revive 45: May 1974
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Revive 45: April 1974
‘Let them drink curry’
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