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Monthly Archives: November 2019

Revive 45: November 1974

Culture

Revive 45: November 1974

Posted on 23 November 2019 by Alwyn Turner • 1 Comment

ALWYN TURNER wonders if it can really be 45 years since the Rollers, the Rubettes and David Essex were in the chart. Continue reading →

Poptastic politicians

Culture / Politics

Poptastic politicians

Posted on 18 November 2019 by Paul Saffer • Leave a comment

PAUL SAFFER on pop stars who’ve swapped roadies for rosettes. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

Culture

Imperial fiction: Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

Posted on 16 November 2019 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

From 1886, it’s the greatest ever horror story, re-read by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Dr Nikola

Culture

Imperial fiction: Dr Nikola

Posted on 3 November 2019 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER encounters Guy Boothby’s evil mastermind from the 1890s. Continue reading →

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The trends

Imperial fiction: Black Beauty
Imperial fiction: The Lair of the White Worm
Hazlitt: On the Ignorance of the Learned
Morgan of the Month: Cooper
Bits of Britpop: Part 2
Imperial fiction: The Scarlet Pimpernel
Me and baby brother
Imperial fiction: The Beetle
'Danger to democracy': A press portrait of Diane Abbott (pt 1)
1997: The loser

The tags

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The Twitter

The Latest

Final Cut: Ships with Wings (1941)
‘Disreputable men’
Final Cut: Murder, She Said (1961)
McDonnell: a tribute in tweets
Yesterday’s papers: Harry & Class War
Final cut: Beau Brummell
‘Read this and get angry’
Endeavouring to learn
Final cut: The Blockhouse
2022 Politician of the Year (dead)

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