ALWYN TURNER reads some interwar detective novels by Agatha Christie and Margery Allingham. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Sherlock Holmes
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
Imperial fiction: Brigadier Gerard
ALWYN TURNER on Conan Doyle’s Napoleonic hero: ‘all spurs and moustaches’. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Beetle
ALWYN TURNER reads a Victorian tale of gender-fluid horror. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: John Silence
ALWYN TURNER has an appointment with Algernon Blackwood’s psychic doctor to discuss a case of reefer madness. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Madonna of the Barricades
Karl Marx, Madame Tussaud & Paris in 1848? It must be a novel by the editor of the Spectator, says ALWYN TURNER.
The Best of Lion & Unicorn
Our 20 most popular posts: from Diane to Diana and Healey to Holmes, plus Owens Smith & Jones. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: Jim Maitland
ALWYN TURNER goes back to 1923 to read about Sapper’s other great hero. Continue reading
Imperial fiction: The Four Feathers
ALWYN TURNER on AEW Mason’s classic adventure novel from 1902. Continue reading
You’re obsolete, my baby
Inspector Alleyn in the Swinging Sixties? It’s not right, says ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
The pernicious problem of Preachy TV
DAN ATKINSON is unimpressed by propaganda masquerading as drama. Continue reading
