Arty Types
Max Grubb
Resentful Academic
Izzy Hardcastle
Ornament of the book-world
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
Cecilia Featherstonehaugh
Posh publisher
Graham Topman: festival organiser
Roll up, roll up, it’s time for another festival of arts, ideas and Graham (mostly Graham)
Harriet Pester: Bookworld PR
Alas, not everything is plain sailing in the world of book-trade PR
Gregory Snaith: Little Magazine Editor
Only Gregory seemed prepared to upset the applecart
Mirabel Chevenix
Grande dame
Grizelda Buncome
Peripatetic creative writing tutor
Jamie Tradescant: highbrow sports journalist
Jamie’s articles are not simply a riot of historical and philosophical allusions — no, they are all about style
Tough women take on the bad guys
When it comes to spy dramas and domestic angst, less is very definitely more
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
Life amid the ruins
Any captured, destroyed city, offers the same problems for the new owners
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
Mental illness is more complex than we think
There are no easy answers when it comes to mental health
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
Butterfield’s glorious vindication
Received opinion was wrong about William Butterfield’s powerful architecture
Can Macron survive?
France appears to be becoming ungovernable
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
