This week sees the release of David Cameron’s memoir For the Record, the former UK Prime Minister’s account of his political life, including the events leading up to and directly following the… Read more »

Be honest. Following the Brexit vote, did you feel a tiny bit bad for David Cameron? I did! The erstwhile British prime minister’s career ended after he made a bad… Read more »

In “a satirical gesture, just to let off some impotent steam,” author Michel Faber has sent a gratis copy of his latest (and, he says, his final) novel, The Book… Read more »

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Literary Review has announced the finalists for the best literary prize around: the Bad Sex Awards. The Bad Sex Awards have taken… Read more »

Friday was a dark day for Britain. Yesterday, David Cameron revealed the extent of his bad new government by naming his new cabinet. John Whittingdale replaced Sajid Javid (who never… Read more »

Yesterday Britain marked one hundred years since the outbreak of the First World War, and at 11am a two minute silence was held in honour of Remembrance Day. Poppies, which… Read more »

So Amazon is moving to Shoreditch. Not just moving, but expanding into the area, almost “trebling its head office workforce to 5,000”, the Bookseller reports. We reported in May last… Read more »

Forty protesters from Amazon Anonymous have sent off a 55,000 signature petition that demands fair wages and better conditions for Amazon employees in the UK. They also want the corporation… Read more »

Two British booksellers — Frances and Keith Smith — have announced they’ve nearly got the necessary amount of signatures to present a petition to Prime Minister David Cameron calling upon… Read more »

Oh, gleeful gleeful. What could possibly make the Murdoch comeuppance even sweeter? Cakes, I say, cakes! Miss Cakehead at Eat Your Heart Out, purveyors of deliciously bad-taste cakes, furnishes us… Read more »