Imperial fiction: Dickson McCunn & Co.

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

Imperial fiction: The Riddle of the Sands

ALWYN TURNER on the 1903 foundation-stone of the thriller genre. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: The Secret Adversary

ALWYN TURNER enjoys Agatha Christie’s anti-communist action thriller. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Richard Hannay

ALWYN TURNER celebrates John Buchan’s most famous character. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: The Power-House

ALWYN TURNER on John Buchan’s first classic, the book that introduced Edward Leithen in 1913. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: The Half-Hearted

ALWYN TURNER reads John Buchan’s first thriller from 1900. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Penny Plain

ALWYN TURNER on a 1920 novel by Anna Buchan, aka O. Douglas. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Jim Maitland

ALWYN TURNER goes back to 1923 to read about Sapper’s other great hero. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Huntingtower

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

Imperial fiction: Lower than Vermin

ALWYN TURNER on Dornford Yates (beloved of both Michael Gove and Mark Gatiss) and his 1950 novel of lost England. Continue reading →

‘As hearty as roast beef’: William Haggard

ALWYN TURNER celebrates the work of Cold War thriller writer William Haggard. Continue reading →

All cricket on the Western Front

ALWYN TURNER celebrates the work of novelist and failed Liberal candidate AG Macdonell. Continue reading →