Book Review: Handsworth Riots 1985

Richard Lutz on a new book about the riots that rocked Birmingham 35 years ago.

The Big Con: Neck-deep in chicanery

Richard Lutz on seven days of shambolic politics.

Brexit: “An exercise in British self harm”

Richard Lutz reads a new book on the dramatic effects of leaving the EU. 

Covid chronicles: Sharp practices

Richard Lutz finds a pensioner willing to tool up during lockdown.

Irish stew

Richard Lutz scurries over and round the Irish border.

Setting of the sweet sun

Richard Lutz bids farewell to a friend.

Dial M for Murdoch

Richard Lutz sails through the flotsam of another lost week.

The Dickhead Tapes: Secret Trump election vow

Sir Howie Elston, our White House snoop, reports on the unedited audio feed straight from the West Wing.

Covid Chronicles: the last hurrah

Richard Lutz grabs a handful of meadowsweet and delivers his last food parcel. 

From Brum to Balti-land

Richard Lutz travelled to Mirpur to find the home of the balti.

The Dickhead Tapes: What Boris really thinks

Sir Howard Elston rifles through secret recordings of the latest Cabinet meeting.

Into a technicolour night

Richard Lutz reviews images looking west each evening .

Covid chronicles: The case of the kilted chickens

Richard Lutz wanders through the dying embers of Lockdown Land.

Seven days: Bolton’s book, big business bonanza, Boris bungling

Richard Lutz survives another week that was…

The divided states of America

Richard  Lutz reports on a nation riven in two.

Covid Chronicles: North of Somewhere Else

Richard Lutz roams through another week of lockdown.

Covid chronicles: Magnum force and a dark anger

Richard Lutz wanders through the Lands of Lockdown. 

Hate speech in a small town

Richard Lutz reports on how mob rule terror can invade a small town.

Bees, bikes and battleship greys

Richard Lutz wanders through the Land of Lockdown.

Desert Island Gigs

In a twist on the usual, Richard Lutz picks the live music he’ll never forget.

Survey gauges audiences when Covid crisis ends

Richard Lutz looks at a study that reveals how audiences are reacting to lockdown and beyond.

Covid chronicles: Across the blue water

Richard Lutz continues his route through Lockdown Land.

Bojo and the bunglers

Richard Lutz is repulsed by the government’s incompetency and deceit over Covid-19.

Covid chronicles: Coconut magic

Richard Lutz reports on life in lockdown.

Covid chronicles: Four deliveries and a virtual funeral

Richard Lutz wanders though another lockdown week.

Life in the time of Corona: Of farming and those facemasks

Richard Lutz, in isolation, watches the world go by. 

Life in the time of Corona

Richard Lutz, keeping his social distance, in a world called Lockdown.

Mike Wakelam, 1955-2020

Richard Lutz remembers Mike Wakelam, a major force in medical research who died suddenly of a suspected Covid-19 infection.

Boiled Coins

Richard Lutz looks back at a weird old week.

Living in a viral world

Richard Lutz re-adjusts to a life that has changed.