Publishing
Tom’s ghostly debut
X.Trapnel on the latest publishing politics
Confessions of the new Grub Street
The money is bad, the hours long and the white wine copious and cheap
Booker prize chumps
The inside line on the book world
Inadequately in office
Are there any Tories in the Tory party?
The Thirty Years War
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the Thirty Years War in the German lands
Nostalgia is what it used to be
Would getting Britons to close their storybook really solve Britain’s problems?
Lamar’s lament
Good art doesn’t have to be politically correct
The poacher’s gun
A time when countrymen had to steal or starve
Don’t buffer the truth about censorship zones
This is an attack on freedom and choice
Canterbury Tales redux
Pilgrimage still serves to bring people together
Why the Church fails to get answers from above
The Anglican hierarchy is obsessed with management structures over the real issues of morality, theology and falling congregations
The original, best and shortest English opera
John Blow, Venus and Adonis; Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas (HGO)
A “speak out champion” who won’t speak for all
Politics and prosecution make for a dangerous combination, and women are most likely to lose out
Losing our religion
This DFE equality assessment gives a fascinating insight into the Government’s attitude to religion