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Monthly Archives: November 2022

Final cut: Juggernaut (1974)

Culture

Final cut: Juggernaut (1974)

Posted on 27 November 2022 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

SIMON MATTHEWS on a state-of-the-nation movie for a nation that wasn’t watching. Continue reading →

Remembering Chirgwin

Culture

Remembering Chirgwin

Posted on 13 November 2022 by Alwyn Turner • 1 Comment

ALWYN TURNER on one of the greatest stars of the British music hall. Did he really influence Alice Cooper? Continue reading →

Calling all cliches: The most right-wing government

Politics

Calling all cliches: The most right-wing government

Posted on 5 November 2022 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

Which of the previous five PMs has led the most right-wing government since the war? Continue reading →

‘Alarmist reporting’

History / Politics

‘Alarmist reporting’

Posted on 1 November 2022 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

Has the rhetoric worsened over immigration? A reminder of where we were 25 years ago. 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

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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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