Henry Hitchings

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’. https://t.co/yQwteYlJ2O

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

Literary Review @Lit_Review

‘I have fond memories of discussing Lorca and the state of Andalusian theatre with Antonio Banderas as Lauren Bacall sat on the dressing-­room couch.’ @henryhitchings on Simon Russell Beale. https://t.co/1VnNXsccQh

I wrote for @TheTLS about Andrew Smith’s rewarding Devil in the Stack, a journey into the “haunting alien logic” of computer code. https://t.co/RgL0TGE8QO

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 @TheTLS 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. https://t.co/SiCaebWEQQ

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. https://t.co/3eQnhFQPlE

I wrote for @TheTLS 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” https://t.co/c3PSGiNEb0

Ripeness is all. https://t.co/A5KjLsInnc

This new site, put together by @PeterMGilliver, promises to be a goldmine for anyone interested in the creation of the @OED https://t.co/7sm8puU5SV

I wrote for @TheTLS 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. https://t.co/NpzofJieXp

Such an enjoyable piece.

James Scudamore @jamesscudamore

My piece for @GrantaMag about attempting to ghostwrite the memoirs of James Joyce’s grandson is out today, and paywall-less for a limited period here: https://t.co/waMFFzSC3z

I wrote for @TheTLS 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” https://t.co/D4zD5nAuRc

I wrote for @TheTLS about Chip Colwell’s Stuff, an engaging and ultimately alarming account of humans’ relationship with objects. https://t.co/2qqry5VU4K

Another interesting suit on eBay. One for John le Carré fans who take a UK 46. https://t.co/3oFXY3jtg6

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

I wrote for @TheTLS about Roland Allen’s The Notebook, an enjoyable history that’s philosophical by stealth. https://t.co/dVl9MMnxSZ

The climax of Les Misérables occurs during the Paris Uprising of 1832, not the French Revolution!