Arty Types
Miriam Spector
Sad to relate, there are celebrity ghostwriters who despise their clients
Abigail Lamb Festival Fodder
Disaster strikes at the literary festival
On Linden Green
The reverential nature writer
Arnold Leverett: Veteran Playwright
If the theatres staging his work are getting smaller, the list of his celebrity admirers is still extensive
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
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A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
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