Publishing
The golden age of criticism?
There are good reasons why serious writers no longer review in the national press
Izzy Hardcastle
Ornament of the book-world
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
The mean queens of the book world
A rare case of a “progressive” employee facing consequences will not change the publishing industry
Let publishers publish
The protracted corporate decision-making process is stifling the books industry
Cecilia Featherstonehaugh
Posh publisher
Harriet Pester: Bookworld PR
Alas, not everything is plain sailing in the world of book-trade PR
New life for a dying trade
The book world is on its last legs. So how we can bring it back from the dead?
Putting a gloss on big ideas
On the outsize influence of small magazines
Mirabel Chevenix
Grande dame
You were warned
Badenoch’s election means bad news for the Tories
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
The esoterica trap
We should not pollute good causes with unreliable information
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
The coming of age
On the anxieties and ambiguities of adulthood
Who Should Be The Next Archbishop of Canterbury?
With the shock resignation of Justin Welby, who will the Great British Public select to lead the Church of England?
The future that never came
Post-war London was saved from a modernist masterplan
Developing nations will be forced to choose
Sitting on the fence between China and the USA is unsustainable
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
Killing democracy to save it?
The annulling of the first round of the Romanian presidential elections should concern us all
