Publishing
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
Grubbing a living
These two books show that it has always been the preserve of the unscrupulous to peddle their wares to the gullible and salacious
Sally Rooney and cultural boycotts
Rooney has now run into greater controversy than simple literary taste
God of God, Light of Light
Christmas should point us towards the eternal truths of the Nicene Creed
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
Keir-y-e-Liason
Rob tries to stay awake at the Liazzzzzzon committee
Marble run
Let’s give up the Elgin Marbles, but not to Athens
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
The case for duelling
A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?
Puss in boots
Prepare for winter with full panto footwear
The blame, again, falls on Sinn Fein
The party responded appallingly to its press officer being accused of child sex offences
Hoop dreams
Football turned out to be a poor way of shirking parental duties
Gothic staging
The Turn of the Screw, Coliseum
