Publishing
Who edits the editor?
The bright young things of publishing want to be involved in every line of every new book
AI has not killed the author
Advanced technology can enhance rather than replacing the pleasure of a good book
Not everyone has a novel in them
Literature is the only art in which, it seems, every neophyte is convinced they can succeed
Where has all the money gone?
Even Booker Prize-winning novelists struggle to make a living from writing
The bad old days
The “golden years” of publishing were characterised by booze, bullying and amateurishness
First-night nerves
Books, beaches and a beloved bullet
The death of the literary feud
When writers become fighters
Disturbed by blurbs
On the ethics of literary marketing
Publishing needs to be more diverse, but how?
Real pluralism is about ideas, not just identity
Boys need books
The gendering of publishing has gone too far
The coming of age
On the anxieties and ambiguities of adulthood
War crimes and Western double standards
How can politicians cheer the ICC pursuing Putin but not Netanyahu?
The state Will Hutton is in
Dissecting a spiteful attack on British farmers
Cometh the hour, cometh the dealmaker
Trump’s ego might be just what the world needs
The dangerous rise of egg harvesting
Women should not be encouraged to undergo a dangerous and unnecessary procedure
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
The Lost Gardens of London
The war between city and greenery is eternal; the concrete and asphalt seeks open land to engulf
How the Navy built Britain
Culmination of a magisterial work that entwines the story of the Royal Navy with the scientific, cultural and social history of our nation
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
Stories worth telling
Untold Stories (Hyperion)
A house divided
American partisan divisions are the result of social atomisation
