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Monthly Archives: June 2022

Calling all cliches: Summers of discontent

Miscellaneous

Calling all cliches: Summers of discontent

Posted on 13 June 2022 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

Are we facing a Summer of Discontent? Of course we are. We’re always facing a Summer of Discontent. Continue reading →

‘The real Britain’

History

‘The real Britain’

Posted on 4 June 2022 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER on John Betjeman, Annie Walker and the Silver Jubilee. Continue reading →

Jelly, ice-cream and tins of Harp

History

Jelly, ice-cream and tins of Harp

Posted on 2 June 2022 by Dan Atkinson • Leave a comment

DAN ATKINSON remembers the Silver Jubilee of 1977. Continue reading →

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‘As if to take the piss...'
Calling all cliches: Wielding the knife
Hazlitt: On the Ignorance of the Learned
‘A bodice-ripping period drama’
‘The wrong kind of woman’: A press portrait of Liz Truss (pt 1)
Rear-view review: London Dossier
Austin Mitchell: The MP for Lost Causes
‘Originality without eccentricity’: Barry Pain
The anonymised mutineer: Are generals gunning for Corbyn?
Halloween hits: Wait a Minute

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‘As if to take the piss…’
Howezat
Calling all cliches: Summers of discontent
‘The real Britain’
Jelly, ice-cream and tins of Harp
‘An accident’ – Wes Streeting
The death of Lymeswold
‘Some impertinent Argentinians’
Rear-view review: London Dossier
More than snooker

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