A Very Amerrycan Christmas

Rita gives Christmas in America both barrels... Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the land Fear and loathing were stalking, “Merry Christmas” was banned By those secular fiends the Politically Correct, They hate America, what do you expect? Assault weapons were stowed by the chimney with care Stockings stuffed with ammunition to spare, The children ... Read More...

Go Set An Editor

What does the Harper Lee firestorm say about American attitudes to literature and its own history, wonders Rita... This summer two publishing events with remarkably similar backstories splashed across American media with the waves of adulation usually reserved for pop culture icons. Both stories featured the discovery of long lost manuscripts ... Read More...