Notebook October 2012
The book of Enoch
A look back at the controversial and influential Enoch Powell.
Department: “Notebook”
Notebook September 2012
Gore Vidal, 1925–2012
On the passing of the writer.
Notebook June 2012
The mendacity of Walter Duranty
On an unearned Pulitzer and some of history’s most deceitful reporting.
Notebook April 2012
Teaching modern poetry
On the pedagogical trials and tribulations of poetry.
Notebook March 2012
Ha Jin’s China
On Nanjing Requiem by Ha Jin.
Notebook February 2012
A cack-handed genius
I.M Ronald Searle, 1920–2011.
Notebook November 2011
Objects 101
On Neil MacGregoor’s A History of the World in 100 Objects.
Notebook October 2011
Tigers in the wood
On poetic form.
Notebook September 2011
The last of a magical breed
I.M. Patrick Leigh Fermor, 1915–2011.
Notebook June 2011
Connoting without denoting
On a disheartening trip to the Whitworth Gallery of Art, Manchester.