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Tag Archives: Boer War

Imperial fiction: Mr Clutterbuck’s Election

Culture

Imperial fiction: Mr Clutterbuck’s Election

Posted on 6 May 2018 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

Hilaire Belloc’s political satire from 1908 still works, says ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Penny Plain

Culture

Imperial fiction: Penny Plain

Posted on 15 April 2018 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER on a 1920 novel by Anna Buchan, aka O. Douglas. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Sanders of the River

Culture

Imperial fiction: Sanders of the River

Posted on 9 March 2018 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER on Edgar Wallace’s cynical tales of colonial administration from 1911. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Lower than Vermin

Culture

Imperial fiction: Lower than Vermin

Posted on 10 February 2018 by Alwyn Turner • 5 Comments

ALWYN TURNER on Dornford Yates (beloved of both Michael Gove and Mark Gatiss) and his 1950 novel of lost England. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Boy

Culture

Imperial fiction: Boy

Posted on 16 December 2017 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER reads Marie Corelli’s forgotten Boer War fable from 1900. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: The Four Feathers

Culture

Imperial fiction: The Four Feathers

Posted on 25 November 2017 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER on AEW Mason’s classic adventure novel from 1902. Continue reading →

The greatest living Englishmen

History

The greatest living Englishmen

Posted on 2 December 2016 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

From Wilkie Collins to Cecil Rhodes, the votes are in from our Victorian juries. Continue reading →

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