Lion & Unicorn

Search

Menu

Skip to content

Home
The authors

Menu

Skip to content

Politics
Culture
History
Economics
Sport

Tag Archives: Halloween hits

Halloween hits: In the Waxworks Late Last Night

Culture

Halloween hits: In the Waxworks Late Last Night

Posted on 30 October 2020 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

A neglected 1930 song by Charlie Higgins, exhumed for Hallowe’en by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading →

Halloween hits: Bang Went the Chance of a Lifetime

Culture

Halloween hits: Bang Went the Chance of a Lifetime

Posted on 31 October 2019 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

An early George Robey/Sax Rohmer song, resuscitated for Hallowe’en by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading →

Halloween hits: Wait a Minute

Culture

Halloween hits: Wait a Minute

Posted on 30 October 2018 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

An Edwardian song by Tom Woottwell, resuscitated for Hallowe’en. Continue reading →

Halloween hits: Our House Is Haunted

Culture

Halloween hits: Our House Is Haunted

Posted on 31 October 2017 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

An early George Formby classic, resuscitated for Hallowe’en. Continue reading →

Halloween hits: With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm

Culture

Halloween hits: With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm

Posted on 29 October 2016 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

Cyril Smith’s 1934 song resuscitated for Hallowe’en. Continue reading →

Halloween hits: Ain’t It Grand to Be Bloomin’ Well Dead

Culture

Halloween hits: Ain’t It Grand to Be Bloomin’ Well Dead

Posted on 31 October 2015 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

Leslie Sarony’s 1932 song resuscitated for Hallowe’en. Continue reading →

Post navigation

The trends

Uncle Bill and his sticky buns
Imperial fiction: Richard Hannay
The Best of Lion & Unicorn
Seven-year itch
'The best pupil ever' - Emily Thornberry
'Mad, literally mad'
Obscure Olympians 6: Hugh Edwards and Lewis Clive
Denis the menace
Morgan of the Month: Jones
Those were the days, comrades

The tags

BBC Boris Johnson Brexit calling all cliches Chris Mullin Chuka Umunna Clement Attlee Conservative Party Daily Express David Cameron David Lloyd George David Miliband Denis Healey Diane Abbott Donald Trump Ed Miliband Edward Heath Enoch Powell Ernest Bevin European Union First World War George Galloway George Osborne Gordon Brown Harold Macmillan Harold Wilson Hilary Benn Iain Duncan Smith imperial fiction Jack Straw James Callaghan Jeremy Corbyn John Buchan John Major John McDonnell John Smith Keir Starmer Ken Livingstone Kenneth Clarke Labour Party LBC Liberal Democrats Maastricht Treaty Margaret Thatcher Michael Foot Michael Gove Michael Howard Michael Portillo music hall Neil Kinnock Nick Clegg Nick Cohen Nigel Farage Olympic Games Owen Jones Peter Mandelson Pick of the pops Proud to be British Rear-view review referendum Revive 45 Robin Day Roy Jenkins SDP Sherlock Holmes SNP Theresa May Tim Farron Tom Watson Tony Benn Tony Blair UKIP William Hague Winston Churchill Yvette Cooper

The Twitter

The Latest

Seven-year itch
‘We will go forward’: Starmer speaks!
Those were the days, comrades
‘Are they all Lefties?’
Maggie’s little golden boy
Austin Mitchell: The MP for Lost Causes
‘Get your game on’
‘Your horse is gay’: The Noughties in quotes
‘Batty, bananas or bonkers’
‘A bodice-ripping period drama’

THE ARCHIVE

Follow Lion & Unicorn on WordPress.com

Blog at WordPress.com.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Our Cookie Policy