Prime ministers’ sidekicks – do they always have to cause so much trouble? asks PAUL SAFFER Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2020
Revive 45: May 1975
Can it be that it was all so simple then? ALWYN TURNER looks at the charts of 45 years ago, and tries to remember. Continue reading
Rocking the detectives
From Bograt, Bad Faith and Edwin Drood to the Venerators and Zeno, ALWYN TURNER’s guide to rock stars and TV detectives. Continue reading
PS. Maxwell, the Eye & the Informer
PAUL SAFFER adds a footnote to the story of Robert Maxwell suing Private Eye – and finds himself in a parallel universe. Continue reading
The strange case of Robert Maxwell & the Evil Eye
Robert Maxwell celebrated his famous defeat of Private Eye with a commemorative book. PAUL SAFFER enjoys the irony. Continue reading
‘Fearful of the future’
Spam fritters, Vera Lynn & a grumpy Polly Toynbee – ALWYN TURNER remembers the 50th anniversary of VE Day. Continue reading
Carry on cartels
Has competition had its day? asks DAN ATKINSON. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Golden Age detection 3
ALWYN TURNER reads some detective novels from the 1930s. Continue reading
