February 11, 2016

There is too much web content devoted to Martin Shkreli (aka “Pete Campbell’s awful grandson”). The hedge-fund-enfant-terrible turned pharma-oligarch, who became a household name after nakedly pursuing profits in a most unappealing fashion, somehow… Read more »

Arts & Culture

Salman Rushdie, Ian Rankin and Joanne Harris amongst those recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list — Nikki Griffiths
Lost Charlotte Brontë manuscript sold for $1.25 million — Nikki Griffiths
Waterstones appeal aims to raise £1m for Ukraine disaster fund — Tom Clayton
The Big Jubilee Read: 70 books are selected to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 70 year reign — Nikki Griffiths

Money-pinching House of Lords scraps the vellum

Chad Felix

According to the Telegraph, the House of Lords just saved the United Kingdom £80,000 (~$116,000) a year. But how, you ask? By deciding that, starting this April, government legislation will… Read more »

Why did Gerry Adams collect “I love Shrek” and his other tweets in a new book?

Julia Fleischaker

The announcement that Gerry Adams, Irish politician and leader of Sinn Féin, had published a book of collected tweets was met with some delight, some confusion, and some questions. I gotta… Read more »

Mario Vargas Llosa wins literary prize, causes kerfuffle

Taylor Sperry

Protests have broken out in the Dominican Republic, where Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa was awarded the Pedro Henríquez Ureña Literary Prize. As Sibylla Brodzinsky reports for The Guardian, the backlash… Read more »

Melville House Books

Martin Shkreli sued for copyright infringement over Wu-Tang book

Liam O’Brien