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Monthly Archives: March 2020

Ancient liberties placed in pawn

History / Politics

Ancient liberties placed in pawn

Posted on 30 March 2020 by hermir10 • Leave a comment

Have we been here before? asks ROGER HERMISTON. For 2020, read 1940… Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Golden Age detection 1

Culture

Imperial fiction: Golden Age detection 1

Posted on 28 March 2020 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER reads some interwar detective novels by Agatha Christie and Margery Allingham. Continue reading →

Revive 45: March 1975

Culture

Revive 45: March 1975

Posted on 18 March 2020 by Alwyn Turner • 2 Comments

Who was in the charts 45 years ago? wonders ALWYN TURNER. Well, there was Fox, the Rollers, Guys ‘n’ Dolls… Continue reading →

Journal of a Plague Year

Culture

Journal of a Plague Year

Posted on 11 March 2020 by Alwyn Turner • 1 Comment

A killer plague wiping out most of humanity? ALWYN TURNER remembers Terry Nation’s Survivors. Continue reading →

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A good night for Corbyn
Boris Johnson: An obituary
Time takes a cigarette
Final Cut: Children of Men (2006)
Remembering Chirgwin
'Disreputable men'
Hold your hands out, naughty boys
Final Cut: Everybody Loves Sunshine (1999)
Imperial fiction: The Secret Adversary
First lines: 1970s - part 1

The tags

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The Twitter

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Final Cut: Everybody Loves Sunshine (1999)
Time takes a cigarette
Calling all cliches: Lurching to the Right
Final Cut: Now Barabbas Was a Robber (1949)
The censoring of Sexton Blake
Final Cut: Children of Men (2006)
Privatising the NHS
Diane Abbott: a tribute in tweets
Final Cut: The Tunnel (1935)
Calling all (historical) cliches: Winters of Discontent

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