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I wrote for The TLS about Roland Allen’s The Notebook, an enjoyable history that’s philosophical by stealth. the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-n…

Time’s Person of the Year in 1988 was The Endangered Earth.

Another interesting suit on eBay. One for John le Carré fans who take a UK 46.

I wrote for The TLS about Chip Colwell’s Stuff, an engaging and ultimately alarming account of humans’ relationship with objects. the-tls.co.uk/articles/stuff…

I wrote for The TLS about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, whose biographer Roger Lewis “seems to have located and examined every available source, only to eschew end-noted dutifulness in favour of an approach that is speculative, intuitive and dreamy” the-tls.co.uk/articles/eroti…

Such an enjoyable piece.

I wrote for The TLS about Joseph Hone’s The Book Forger, which examines the career of predatory bibliophile Thomas James Wise. One of those to unmask him was Graham Pollard, who’s said to have introduced corduroy trousers to polite society. the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-b…

This new site, put together by Peter Gilliver @petermgilliver.bsky.social, promises to be a goldmine for anyone interested in the creation of the The OED themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com

Ripeness is all.

I wrote for The TLS about Adam Smyth’s The Book-Makers, an engaging history of the book which takes a keen interest in “the spontaneous and the scrappy, the residual and the recycled” the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-b…

For @wsjbooks I wrote about Eli Burnstein’s Dictionary of Fine Distinctions, which looks like a bathroom book but manages to be more than that. Not often I get to refer to spliffs, Sigmund Freud, Samuel Johnson, screwdrivers and Scotch in one place. wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

I wrote for The TLS about Ross Perlin’s Language City, an ardent and revelatory journey through New York’s linguistic diversity. It’s the best book I’ve read this year. the-tls.co.uk/articles/langu…

Enjoyed being a guest on this fun crossword-themed podcast, which exposed that I own more than one pair of slippers and don’t know how to pronounce “coelacanth”.

I wrote for The TLS about Andrew Smith’s rewarding Devil in the Stack, a journey into the “haunting alien logic” of computer code. the-tls.co.uk/science-techno…

For the avoidance of doubt: it’s SRB who has these fond memories!

I wrote for the Spectator about Masayoshi Son, who according to his biographer Lionel Barber is ‘probably the most powerful mogul of the 21st century who is not a household name’. archive.ph/CTCXl

I wrote for WSJ Books Section about Rachel Syme’s fun, giftable guide to the art of letter-writing. wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

I wrote for The TLS about a brisk history of automotive design, which prompted me to spend a lot of time looking at pictures of cars built before I was born. the-tls.co.uk/politics-socie…

'The utopian promise of a decentralized money system is a magnet for hucksters.' Henry Hitchings (Henry Hitchings): The hunt for the elusive architect of crypto-currrency the-tls.co.uk/politics-socie…

I wrote for The TLS about Peter K Andersson’s informative, engaging and at times surprising history of dandyism. the-tls.com/culture/fashio…