The best of all school stories? ALWYN TURNER thinks it might be. Continue reading
Tag Archives: imperial fiction
Imperial fiction: The Lair of the White Worm
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
ALWYN TURNER on Charles Mansford’s ‘most unpleasant’ school story, published in 1896. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Secret of the League
ALWYN TURNER on ‘a fabulous book, sometimes thriller, sometimes satire’ from 1909. Continue reading
Imperial nonfiction: Boys’ Heroes
ALWYN TURNER reads the books that inspired his granddad. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Golden Age detection 3
ALWYN TURNER reads some detective novels from the 1930s. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Golden Age detection 2
ALWYN TURNER reads some stories about Lord Peter Wimsey. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Golden Age detection 1
ALWYN TURNER reads some interwar detective novels by Agatha Christie and Margery Allingham. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: A Prince of Swindlers
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
From 1886, it’s the greatest ever horror story, re-read by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Dr Nikola
ALWYN TURNER encounters Guy Boothby’s evil mastermind from the 1890s. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Prof. Challenger
Conan Doyle’s great science-fiction adventurer is celebrated by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
