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War-like Smurfs

  • 14 April 2008

Apparently many Olympic traditions date back to the Nazis...

What happened to the Famous Five?

  • 31 March 2008
  • 1 comment

The truth about Enid Blyton's most famous characters plus some tips for Lord Saville...

Talk of Britishness is so unbritish

  • 18 March 2008

Swearing allegiance, a collapsing mine and how a bootleg liquor stall ran into rocky ground

Chained to Nicholas Ridley

  • 04 March 2008

Ah the anti-road protests of the 1990s! Life became a heady cocktail of Just William and The Colditz Story, and I camped out all summer

Disappointing Virgin

  • 18 February 2008
  • 1 comment

The Northern Rock nationalisation, teasing Woy Jenkins and the happy story of the goose that loves Lucy

Remember the 1960s?

  • 04 February 2008
  • 4 comments

In his new fortnightly column, Liberal England's Jonathan Calder looks back on a lifetime of reading the New Statesman from the vantage point of the Stiperstones

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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