Mr Straight and Mr Good

Paul Foot died in July 2004. He wrote 60 pieces for the LRB – on subjects including Leon Britain, the Birmingham Six, MI5, Tiny Rowland, Neil Hamilton, Gordon Brown and (often) Shelley.

Other articles by this contributor:

Medes and Persians · The Government’s Favourite Accountants

Prince and Pimp · the fall of Jonathan Aitken

Paul Foot returns to the charge · the Labour Party’s vacillation over rail privatisation