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Alec Marsh

Manningtree

Writer at Freelance

Journalist & author of historical thrillers incl. Drabble & Harris books and CUT AND RUN Writes @Spectator @TheFieldmag @Telegraph @SpearsMagazine

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Articles

  • The overlooked brilliance of BBC’s The Hour

    3 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Alec Marsh

    With reluctance – but enticed by its surprisingly starry cast and the fact that it had landed, ironically enough, on Netflix – I recently tuned in to The Hour, the BBC’s 2011 political drama series. It’s about a BBC TV news programme being launched in 1956, against the backdrop of the Suez Crisis. And, goodness me, isn’t it good?

  • The sorry state of our public conveniences

    3 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Alec Marsh

    Britain’s public loos are a national embarrassment. If you are in any doubt, head to Liverpool Street Station and spend a penny. It’s unquestionably the most odious and unpleasant public lavatory anywhere in the supposedly civilised world. It has to be experienced to be believed, but suffice it to say that the level of cleanliness on display would make a Medicine Sans Frontier doctor fresh from West Africa recoil in fear and reach for their PPE.

  • Rise of 'alternative banking platforms' poses challenge for established incumbents

    1 month ago | spearswms.com | Alec Marsh

    Established international and UK private banks are under pressure from the emergence of tech-enabled challenger banking services providers like never before, the Spear's 500 Live 2025 conference was told.

  • 'Crazy' luxury tax is disaster for Britain, warns the King's tailor

    1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Alec Marsh

    Her father, Tiny Rowland, the buccaneering Lonrho tycoon and one-time owner of The Observer who died in 1998, was an Anderson & Sheppard customer and acquired a controlling 80pc share in the business in the 1970s after being approached by cutters seeking a buyout partner.

  • Save the Red Arrows!

    2 months ago | spectator.co.uk | Alec Marsh

    You will be aware that we face a national emergency. I’m not referring to the fact that our closest ally has seemingly taken leave of its senses or the astonishing news that apparently one in four Britons is now disabled – nor that more than nine million of us of working age are economically inactive. I’m not even talking about the parlous state of the NHS. The national emergency I’m referring to is one that trumps even Trump, so brace yourselves. Soon we are going to run out of Red Arrows.

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Alec Marsh, author and journalist
Alec Marsh, author and journalist @AlecMarsh
28 May 25

And just because, why not?, here’s the view the other way… https://t.co/ZD8Dlv9H3O

Alec Marsh, author and journalist
Alec Marsh, author and journalist @AlecMarsh
28 May 25

Snapped on an early jog around central #Florence this morning - the Uffizi with the tower of the Palazzo Vecchio in the background. The Uffizi makes the Treasure and Foreign Office make more sense … a little anyway https://t.co/yFUjhpQoB9

Alec Marsh, author and journalist
Alec Marsh, author and journalist @AlecMarsh
25 May 25

Ah… and I might have landed in heaven #halftermjoy https://t.co/MMOT1u7QLB