ALWYN TURNER remembers Alan Clarke, David Ashby, Stephen Milligan and other subjects of Tory scandals in the 1990s. Continue reading
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Diaries of Somebodies
What are the best political diaries of the last 50 years? ALWYN TURNER knows. Continue reading
Howezat
Tories resigning from cabinet in protest at the PM? ALWYN TURNER on the events of November 1990. Continue reading
‘Some impertinent Argentinians’
40 years on from the invasion of the Falkland Islands… Continue reading
‘It was everything I feared’
From Morrissey and Bowie to Major and Blair, the Union Jack was everywhere in the 1990s, as ALWYN TURNER remembers. Continue reading
‘Stupid boy’: Hague as leader
A weak leader, an ageing party, bitter divisions over Europe – ALWYN TURNER remembers William Hague’s Tories. Continue reading
A lesson in canvassing
It’s 1997 and Alan Clark is out on the knocker. Continue reading
‘Barmy but brilliant’: Visions of Thatcher
Everyone had a view on Margaret Thatcher, from Adrian Mole to Ian Wright. Continue reading
‘Not a public-school boy’: A press portrait of David Davis
ALWYN TURNER on the life and career of the man who Tony Benn said was too left-wing for New Labour. Continue reading
Hack for good?
Should journalists stray into politics, wonders PAUL SAFFER. Continue reading
Michael Gove: ‘a young Scotsman on the make’
The hack years of Michael Gove, columnist and actor, celebrated by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading