In praise of Christmas
Deadlocks and bottle-necks
Svengali
The Trotsky Affair
On falsifying history
Shakespeare's England
From "Notes on Nationalism"
Publishing in Peace and War
The Position of the Artist Revisited
"Your task is to entertain"
My Country Left or Right
Snarling and full of fight
The Position of the Artist
Surplus emotion
Confessions of a Book Reviewer
Politics and the English Language
The Oxford Book of English Verse
The Prevention of Literature