Publishing
The new establishment
Who will subvert today’s anti-establishment?
A farewell to Carmen
Why will there be no more Carmen Callils?
On pretending to have read books
It is an art in itself
The fame game
Why has talking about books become the preserve of know-nothing celebrities?
Good God, I can’t publish this…
The ancient art of the literary rejection
Publish and be cancelled
Unreadable and insufferable woke academics are boycotting the publishers that grudgingly print their inane work
On the chopping block
Philip Pullman’s early resignation signals a setback for free speech in publishing
Never trust a publisher
Once Twitter takes against you, they will wash their hands of you, Pontius Pilate-style
Frankie Ho: Controversialist
Frankie Ho runs into trouble in the literary world
Bring back the panjandrums
We need heavyweights to separate good from bad
Newsnight and the rapist
The BBC should be embarrassed by its careless coverage of a man who has now been convicted of rape
Great Lives — great, The Essay — awful
Radio 3 maintains its course towards self-destruction
Pen pusher
My fascination with fountain pens
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
The long and winding road
Join us on our journey down the roads of the 1800s
Saltburn and the significance of sound
Why has Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” caught the world’s attention again?
War on Nazis in Oz and in the air
LeBor reviews Our Dad the Nazi Killer and Masters of the Air
Pseudoscience exacerbates the burden of disease
Victims of ME deserve better than dopey Dragons and ear seeds
Don’t forget Nicola Sturgeon’s nodding dogs
The SNP have been enabled by uncritical British media
Shock of the new
There is a difference between innovation and a gimmick
Justin’s dilemma
Spears got slutshamed; Timberlake was the stud
