Endeavouring to learn

So what do we learn of British history from watching the period detective show Endeavour? wonders ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading →

Final cut: The Blockhouse (1973)

SIMON MATTHEWS on Peter Sellers’s 1973 excursion into art-house movies. Continue reading →

2022 Politician of the Year (dead)

He worried that he looked like a ghost, but the former 14th Earl could be a model for his slick successor Rishi Sunak. Continue reading →

2022 Politician of the Year (living)

In times of emergency, the cry goes up: Send for Hunt! Continue reading →

Final cut: Juggernaut (1974)

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

Remembering Chirgwin

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

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

‘Alarmist reporting’

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

Halloween hits: I’m the Man that Buried Flanagan

Exhumed from the vaults for Halloween, here’s a 1911 song by Billy Williams. Continue reading →

Liz Truss: an obituary

ALWYN TURNER says farewell to this week’s prime minister. Iron Lady Mk III or Ed Miliband in a frock? Continue reading →

There’s a Starmer waiting in the sky

The second live conference speech by Sir Keir Starmer – how was it for you? Continue reading →

‘A sinister, if gifted buffoon’

SIMON MATTHEWS on Aleister Crowley – magician, poet and 73rd Greatest Briton. Continue reading →