Opinion: lice in the locks of literature?Thursday, 29th January 2009
Publishing folk have for years been lamenting what they see as the declining quality of newspapers book reviews: reviewers no longer review, they pr cis; literary editors...
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Opinion: it is a recession - apologies for being an optimistFriday, 2nd January 2009
It's official. We are all going to hell in a handcart. The Daily Mail says so, BBC News says so, and - most important - Robert Peston says so. From Tiverton to Tobermory,...
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Opinion: brunch, lunch or a sandwich in the office?Thursday, 11th December 2008
I was much taken with Robert McCrum's recent Observer piece lamenting the demise of the publisher's lunch. Mr McCrum suggested that the heart and soul of any publishing...
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