DAN ATKINSON reads John Braine’s vision of a future Britain, written 50 years ago. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2018
What’s that about the workers?
DAN ATKINSON on the practice and theory of Labour’s proposals for ‘workplace democracy’. Continue reading
A day for action, not words
ROGER HERMISTON on the day when Labour’s NEC removed a Tory PM. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Scarlet Pimpernel
ALWYN TURNER on a classic adventure romance from 1905. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Mid-Century Men
Arthur Hopcraft’s fictionalized version of T Dan Smith, read by DAN ATKINSON. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Riddle of the Sands
ALWYN TURNER on the 1903 foundation-stone of the thriller genre. Continue reading
‘It’s your blood’
ALWYN TURNER on docusoaps, makeovers, video diaries & the democratization of culture in the 1990s. Continue reading
This Is (not) Tomorrow
SIMON MATTHEWS on a new book by Martin Gayford – and how politics killed British art. Continue reading
Lion & Unicorn 