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Sunday, October 8, 2017

Time for papers to review dying art of the critic by Peter Preston

Celebrity bloggers and "star" reviewers may have the kerching factor but they haven't got the civilising touch and reader rapport of professional journalistsIt's 7.30pm last Saturday evening…

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Sunday, July 16, 2017

Who knew sex and celebs sell papers? The Sun's Larry Lamb worked it out by Peter Preston

When the new Sun editor pushed circulation above the Mirror's in the early 1970s, it was not by dragging the press into the mud but by responding to readers' hopes and interestsHow do you re…

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Saturday, December 27, 2014

15 things to look forward to in 2015 by Robin McKie, Alice Fisher, Rowan Moore, Kitty Empire, Tristram Hunt, Andrew Brown, Susannah Clapp, Emma Graham-Harrison, Robert McCrum, Eddie Butler, Ryan Gilbey, Ben Preston, Stuart Dredge and Peter Preston

Benedict Cumberbatch's Hamlet, smartwatches, the return of the Large Hadron Collider, the rugby World Cup in Britain, a flood of classic drama on TV and a critical climate summit " some of n…

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Saturday, September 21, 2013

Libby Purves is hauled offstage " to the surprise of the audience by Peter Preston

New editors need to shift the scenery " but shouldn't the Times keep on a reviewer who is on the same wavelength as readers?Three years ago, after Libby Purves came out of the blue to succee…

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Monday, May 23, 2011

Mocking the Mormons | Peter Preston by Peter Preston

A musical deriding Latter Day Saints " sweetly or sourly " pulls every religion down with itAll around me, people are on their feet, cheering and clapping. They are young, rather than old, s…

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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Harry Houdini: the sum of all amazements by Peter Preston

As Google celebrates Houdini's 137th birthday, we explain why the great escapologist remains an enduring symbol of wonderHappy birthday, Harry Houdini: you'd have been 137 today (if you hadn…

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