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Imperial fiction: Goodbye, Mr Chips
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Imperial fiction: Goodbye, Mr Chips

Posted on 14 December 2020 by Alwyn Turner • 1 Comment

The best of all school stories? ALWYN TURNER thinks it might be. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: The Lair of the White Worm
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Imperial fiction: The Lair of the White Worm

Posted on 24 October 2020 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER reads Bram Stoker’s second-best-known novel – and finds there’s a steep fall-off after #1. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Bully, Fag and Hero
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Imperial fiction: Bully, Fag and Hero

Posted on 25 September 2020 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER on Charles Mansford’s ‘most unpleasant’ school story, published in 1896. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: The Secret of the League
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Imperial fiction: The Secret of the League

Posted on 22 August 2020 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER on ‘a fabulous book, sometimes thriller, sometimes satire’ from 1909. Continue reading →

Imperial nonfiction: Boys’ Heroes
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Imperial nonfiction: Boys’ Heroes

Posted on 18 July 2020 by Alwyn Turner • 1 Comment

ALWYN TURNER reads the books that inspired his granddad. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Golden Age detection 3
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Imperial fiction: Golden Age detection 3

Posted on 2 May 2020 by Alwyn Turner • 1 Comment

ALWYN TURNER reads some detective novels from the 1930s. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Golden Age detection 2
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Imperial fiction: Golden Age detection 2

Posted on 4 April 2020 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER reads some stories about Lord Peter Wimsey. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Golden Age detection 1
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Imperial fiction: Golden Age detection 1

Posted on 28 March 2020 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER reads some interwar detective novels by Agatha Christie and Margery Allingham. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: A Prince of Swindlers
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Imperial fiction: A Prince of Swindlers

Posted on 9 February 2020 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

Private detective? Secret identity? Take two cliches into the shower? ALWYN TURNER on Guy Boothby’s character Simon Crane. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
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Imperial fiction: Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

Posted on 16 November 2019 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

From 1886, it’s the greatest ever horror story, re-read by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Dr Nikola
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Imperial fiction: Dr Nikola

Posted on 3 November 2019 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER encounters Guy Boothby’s evil mastermind from the 1890s. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Prof. Challenger
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Imperial fiction: Prof. Challenger

Posted on 18 June 2019 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

Conan Doyle’s great science-fiction adventurer is celebrated by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading →

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