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Tag Archives: First World War

Imperial fiction: Bindle

Culture

Imperial fiction: Bindle

Posted on 22 July 2018 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER on a home-front comedy from the Great War. 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: Huntingtower

Culture

Imperial fiction: Huntingtower

Posted on 25 February 2018 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

Is this 1922 novel John Buchan’s best thriller? ALWYN TURNER thinks so. 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 →

The Great Silence

History

The Great Silence

Posted on 6 November 2017 by Alwyn Turner • 1 Comment

ALWYN TURNER tells the story of the first commemoration of Armistice Day in 1919. Continue reading →

‘Plainly nuts’: A press portrait of Paul Nuttall

Politics

‘Plainly nuts’: A press portrait of Paul Nuttall

Posted on 12 November 2016 by Alwyn Turner • 1 Comment

ALWYN TURNER looks at the career of Nigel Farage’s successor as UKIP leader. Continue reading →

‘A wreath of poppies’

History

‘A wreath of poppies’

Posted on 7 November 2016 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER on the early days of the British Legion’s Poppy. Continue reading →

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