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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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Imperial fiction: Brigadier Gerard

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Imperial fiction: Brigadier Gerard

Posted on 19 April 2019 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER on Conan Doyle’s Napoleonic hero: ‘all spurs and moustaches’. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Dickson McCunn & Co.

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Imperial fiction: Dickson McCunn & Co.

Posted on 12 March 2019 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER on the continuing adventures of John Buchan’s heroes from the Gorbals. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Black Beauty

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Imperial fiction: Black Beauty

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

ALWYN TURNER on Anna Sewell’s 1877 novel of good horses and bad masters. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: The Beetle

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Imperial fiction: The Beetle

Posted on 26 January 2019 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER reads a Victorian tale of gender-fluid horror. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: John Silence

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Imperial fiction: John Silence

Posted on 1 December 2018 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER has an appointment with Algernon Blackwood’s psychic doctor to discuss a case of reefer madness. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Alf’s Button

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Imperial fiction: Alf’s Button

Posted on 11 October 2018 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER reads a 1919 comedy about the Genie of the Lamp in the trenches of WW1. Continue reading →

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