D.J. Taylor

D. J. Taylor’s Lost Girls: Love, War and Literature 1939-1951 and On Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Biography were both published in the autumn. He tweets at @djtaylorwriter

Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake

The BBC has caved to cowardice over culture

Roll up, roll up, it’s time for another festival of arts, ideas and Graham (mostly Graham)

Alas, not everything is plain sailing in the world of book-trade PR

Only Gregory seemed prepared to upset the applecart

Peripatetic creative writing tutor

Jamie’s articles are not simply a riot of historical and philosophical allusions — no, they are all about style

What arouses such fascination in this obscure literary figure?