John Baker’s Blog

When the Swedish Academy met in 1902 to decide who was to take the second Nobel Prize in Literature, there were, basically, two names on the short-list. Some members, of course, were keen to award the prize to Leo Tolstoy, but a majority in the Academy could not bring themselves to accept the Russian’s radical [...]

Thirteen reasons why you should read Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys.
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Neocons on a cruise. Johann Hari, in The Independent, sets sail with America’s swashbuckling neocons:
From time to time, National Review – the bible of American conservatism – organises a cruise for its readers. I paid $1,200 to join them. The rules I imposed on [...]