Counterpoints- Page 2

The long-awaited sequel to A Very British Coup

'If every writer who disliked what other contributors wrote decided to withdraw their work, there would be no papers, no magazines, perhaps no telly'

For better or worse, that City has undergone a revolution. Its old guard has been seen off, or paid off

Mathematics publishing is a soft touch. The publisher usually hasn’t a clue, so they send the manuscript to someone like me to comment on. I used to be a soft touch too

Michael Gove's plan to ban foie gras is an essentially frivolous self-advertisement

"We do so love a literary rejection, provided it isn’t our own, of course."

"Now nobody, it seems, wants to be seen as normal: not even normal people. But I do. All my life I’ve craved normality and never quite managed it"

"In Britain's universities, there is no incendiary debate on Brexit, merely a stunned lack of comprehension and the blithe assumption that all we “nice” people voted to remain"

"Beyoncé got involved in youth voter registration — you could sign up at her concerts — because apparently, without the world’s most famous pop star yelling at us, millennials cannot fill out

"The proposed sugar tax and a prospective ban on BOGOFs — supermarket buy-one, get-one-free offers — are perfect examples of how muddled thinking leads to the busybody interference of the Nanny State"

On Instagram, there's nothing cooler than corporate sponsorship — so aspiring influencers are now creating fake sponsored content

Miniature paintings suit the modern world — we live in a miniaturised world