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Yesterday’s papers: Harry & Class War
History

Yesterday’s papers: Harry & Class War

Posted on 30 January 2023 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

‘This bullshit has no bearing on our lives.’ How anarchist paper Class War greeted the birth of Prince Harry in 1984. Continue reading →

2022 Politician of the Year (dead)
History / Politics

2022 Politician of the Year (dead)

Posted on 28 December 2022 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

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 →

‘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 →

Elizabeth II: ‘The original girl boss’
History

Elizabeth II: ‘The original girl boss’

Posted on 16 September 2022 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

70 tweets for 70 years – Twitter pays tribute to the late Queen. Continue reading →

Howezat
History / Politics

Howezat

Posted on 5 July 2022 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

Tories resigning from cabinet in protest at the PM? ALWYN TURNER on the events of November 1990. 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 →

‘Some impertinent Argentinians’
History

‘Some impertinent Argentinians’

Posted on 2 April 2022 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

40 years on from the invasion of the Falkland Islands… Continue reading →

More than snooker
Culture / History

More than snooker

Posted on 19 February 2022 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

SIMON MATTHEWS on the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, built when levelling up included experimental drama. Continue reading →

2021 Politician of the Year (reincarnate)
History / Politics

2021 Politician of the Year (reincarnate)

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

If Ed Davey wants to continue to exorcise the ghost of one Jo from the Liberal Democrats he needs to keep channelling another. Continue reading →

2021 Politician of the Year (dead)
History / Politics

2021 Politician of the Year (dead)

Posted on 29 December 2021 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

It’s a return to boom and bust with the Demon Barber of Downing Street. Continue reading →

‘A rippling mood of rebellion’
History

‘A rippling mood of rebellion’

Posted on 22 December 2021 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

SIMON MATTHEWS reads Sheila Rowbotham’s memoir of the 1970s, featuring socialism, feminism and Barry White. Continue reading →

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    Imperial fiction: The Lair of the White Worm
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    Morgan of the Month: Cooper
  • Imperial fiction: Black Beauty
    Imperial fiction: Black Beauty
  • Hazlitt: On the Ignorance of the Learned
    Hazlitt: On the Ignorance of the Learned
  • Bits of Britpop: Part 2
    Bits of Britpop: Part 2
  • Imperial fiction: The Scarlet Pimpernel
    Imperial fiction: The Scarlet Pimpernel
  • Me and baby brother
    Me and baby brother
  • Imperial fiction: The Beetle
    Imperial fiction: The Beetle
  • 'Danger to democracy': A press portrait of Diane Abbott (pt 1)
    'Danger to democracy': A press portrait of Diane Abbott (pt 1)
  • 1997: The loser
    1997: The loser

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  • Final Cut: Ships with Wings (1941)
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  • Final cut: The Blockhouse
  • 2022 Politician of the Year (dead)

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