Marketing
Meeting the masses
With scant audiences and paltry remuneration, author’s tours can be far from glamorous
Disturbed by blurbs
On the ethics of literary marketing
Underselling Ulster
Northern Ireland should be bolder in promoting itself
Crowdfunding in an empty street
Not everyone can succeed at the art of asking
The BBC has a “poor people” problem
The broadcaster is obsessed with trying to reach an audience it doesn’t understand
The panhandlerati
What are the ethics of asking for money?
Match made in heaven
Once a habit that cut across class, smoking is now masochistic comfort for the dispossessed
Beyond unthrilled by all the hype
When a new major title by a big cheese arrives, expect a tidal wave of rolled logs
Choosing enemies wisely
China manifestly wishes to avenge her past humiliation at Western hands
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
The DUP aren’t tough negotiators
The party that claimed to stand up for unionists capitulated at every turn
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
Defend the bishops’ bench
Removing the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords would be constitutional vandalism
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
The problem with EDI
Equality, diversity and inclusion policies are constraining free thought and dividing people
Don’t patronise female students
It’s insulting to think that women have to be treated with kid gloves
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
Justin Welby should resign
If sin means anything, how can the Church of England hierarchy be maintained?
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
