ALWYN TURNER on the FA Carling Premiership, Fever Pitch and the realisation that everything had gone wrong. Continue reading
Author Archives: Alwyn Turner
Howezat
Tories resigning from cabinet in protest at the PM? ALWYN TURNER on the events of November 1990. Continue reading
‘The real Britain’
ALWYN TURNER on John Betjeman, Annie Walker and the Silver Jubilee. Continue reading
The death of Lymeswold
ALWYN TURNER remembers the late unlamented cheese, 30 years on from its passing. Continue reading
‘Some impertinent Argentinians’
40 years on from the invasion of the Falkland Islands… Continue reading
‘The wrong kind of woman’: A press portrait of Liz Truss (pt 1)
ALWYN TURNER on Liz Truss’s early days, featuring Cameron’s Cuties, the Turnip Taliban and Greenham Common. Continue reading
Halloween hits: Brahn Boots
A Stanley Holloway classic, resuscitated for Hallowe’en. Continue reading
Seven-year itch
ALWYN TURNER attempts to identify social trends via the medium of online pornography. Continue reading
‘Are they all Lefties?’
ALWYN TURNER remembers anti-American feeling in Britain in the aftermath of 9/11. Continue reading
‘Get your game on’
ALWYN TURNER remembers the riots that engulfed England in August 2011. Continue reading
‘Your horse is gay’: The Noughties in quotes
The story of a decade, in the words of Eddie Izzard, Dizzee Rascal, Stella Rimington and many more – selected by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
‘Batty, bananas or bonkers’
ALWYN TURNER on celebrities and mental illness in the Noughties. Continue reading
Lion & Unicorn 