Alwyn Turner

Alwyn W. Turner is a cultural and political historian.

@AlwynTurner

Politics is killing the talk show

21 Jun 2024

Britain’s golden age of sleaze

01 Jun 2024

Britain’s forgotten Battle of the Beaches

18 May 2024

The allure of a Labour dystopia

20 Mar 2024

The Nigel Farage of Edwardian England

23 Feb 2024

The hymns not fit for children

19 Dec 2023

How Britain gave up smoking

07 Nov 2023

The impotence of the porn industry

02 Oct 2023

Blackadder and the end of history

15 Jun 2023

Alastair Campbell won’t stop spinning

11 May 2023

How Thatcher lost her culture war

13 Apr 2023

The music-hall depravity of British politics

22 Mar 2023

Kosovo and the hubris of Tony Blair

01 Mar 2023

The taming of the republicans

14 Sep 2022

Princess Diana didn’t change Britain

06 Sep 2022

How Morrissey revived the Union Jack

08 Aug 2022

The rise of Cruel Britannia

29 Apr 2022

How James O’Brien destroyed the phone-in

11 Feb 2022

The Tory conference that caused Brexit

06 Oct 2021

The brutal legacy of the Bradford riots

07 Jul 2021

Britain’s most offensive comedian

22 Jun 2021