UPDATE: Sam Leith has just been named literary editor of The Spectator. Mark Amory, the literary editor of The Spectator magazine, has announced his retirement. In a farewell letter printed in the paper… Read more »

Like most of us, Martin Amis bears his father’s last name, but unlike most of us, it’s brought him countless literary advantages, subsequent fortune—and grief. In a recent Radio 4… Read more »

Many of us have spent more time reading about Kingsely Amis’ reputation as a high-minded philandering boozehound than we have reading his books. Of his estimable output, this reader must… Read more »