Publishing
The Greatest Man I Ever Knew?
The rich, varied, and absorbing life, and careers, of John Freeman
The Politics Of The Bottle
The political implications of prosecco versus a pint
Left Foot Forward
A plethora of new Left-leaning French magazines show that in France the intellectuals remain socialist
Victorian Values
A “Metaphysical” dining society sets an example for today’s academics
The Writer
A new short story
Drawing A Line
How did a cartoonist who regularly draws Mohammed feel on hearing about the events in Paris?
Write On
In today’s publishing world, independent authors are at a huge advantage
Poetic Injustice
The Arts Council is no longer subsidising poetry publishers but giving direct grants to poets instead. The result: the death of the enriching working relationship between editor and poet
Kindle a Passion
I have no doubt my new ebook, Islamophilia, would have scared any conventional publisher to death
Publisher Be Damned
The feud at Germany’s most respected publishing house reads like a passage from Vanity Fair written by Thomas Mann
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal