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Back to mine

Paul Routledge — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:19:24 GMT

From Yorkshire to Somerset, the coal industry once employed a million men and was the lifeblood of hundreds of communities. A new season of films preserve the memory of a lost era

The unforgiven

Paul Routledge — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:23:52 GMT

It is impossible to convey to outsiders or the young why Margaret Thatcher is loathed, to this day, writes Paul Routledge. Her regime began and ended in violence, and during her 11 years in power she obliterated entire communities

Embrace of strangers

Paul Routledge — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:37:35 GMT

Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of "The Great Railway Bazaar" Paul Theroux Hamish Hamilton, 496pp, �20

A year in politics

Paul Routledge — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:00:00 GMT

As Blair's revolution limps into its final stage, writers are asking where it all went wrong

Lost voice of the shop floor

Paul Routledge — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Paul Routledge on the quiet in Westminster

Rogues' gallery

Paul Routledge — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Mug Shots Martin Rowson Politico's, 144pp, �25 ISBN 1842750658

Nye Bevan's sensational secret

Paul Routledge — Mon, 30 May 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Observations on revelations

Our man in Blackburn

Paul Routledge — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Paul Routledge meets the ex-ambassador who wants to bring down the Foreign Secretary

NS Profile - Alan Johnson

Paul Routledge — Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:00:00 GMT

He was orphaned in childhood and doesn't have an O-level to his name. Could this former union baron become the next PM? Alan Johnson is profiled

Behind the times

Paul Routledge — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 12:00:00 GMT

Gordon Brown Tom Bower HarperCollins, 492pp, �20 ISBN 000717540X Off Whitehall Derek Scott I B Tauris, 272pp, �18.95