With a tycoon in the White House, ROGER HERMISTON revisits a time when another businessman helped save Britain. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Daily Express
Reasons to be leaving: Part 3 – Culture
Does leaving the EU mean the UK will be kicked out of Eurovision? ALWYN TURNER explains. Continue reading
Christmas quiz: Part 2
In part 2 of our festive quiz, some politics questions. Answers on a postcard to the usual address, please. Continue reading
Christmas quiz: Part 1
Some challenging questions on British society from the headlines of the 1950s and ’60s. Continue reading
2015 Politician of the Year (dead)
The unexpected return of a lost Labour hero. Continue reading
The curious case of the kidnapped communist
ALWYN TURNER explores the curious incident that befell Harry Pollitt in 1925. Continue reading
Proud to be British
We salute the Daily Express’s doughty campaign against freeloading immigrants – in 1958. Continue reading
Peter Oborne and the kiss of death
Is Oborne’s approval the beginning of the end for a party leader? Continue reading
Tears of autumn: Big Bang and beyond
They went big, then they went bang. DAN ATKINSON considers the dubious reforms that made Britain’s banks what they are today. Continue reading
Proud to be British
What made Tony Benn say, ‘I have never been so proud to be British’? Continue reading
‘Lashing out like a dying crocodile’: A press portrait of John McDonnell
ALWYN TURNER profiles Jeremy Corbyn’s chief ally, the shadow chancellor. Continue reading
Lion & Unicorn 