ALWYN TURNER on Kipling’s classic tales of schoolboys and soldiers. Continue reading
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Author Archives: Alwyn Turner
Pick of the Pops: ‘Wait a Minute’
An Edwardian song by Tom Woottwell, resuscitated for Hallowe’en. Continue reading
‘Stroking kills’ – a poor porn report
ALWYN TURNER objects to a report on pornography by the Women & Equalities Committee of the House of Commons. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Alf’s Button
ALWYN TURNER reads a 1919 comedy about the Genie of the Lamp in the trenches of WW1. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Scarlet Pimpernel
ALWYN TURNER on a classic adventure romance from 1905. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Riddle of the Sands
ALWYN TURNER on the 1903 foundation-stone of the thriller genre. Continue reading
‘It’s your blood’
ALWYN TURNER on docusoaps, makeovers, video diaries & the democratization of culture in the 1990s. Continue reading
