Sam Leith

Sam Leith is the literary editor of The Spectator, a columnist for the Evening Standard and author of You Talkin’ to Me?

J K Rowling and the magic of her writing ‘shed’

Authors have traditionally been seen as 'gardeners' or 'architects' but J K Rowling puts forward a new metaphor for the writing process

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Being rich makes TV characters easy targets, argues Sam Leith. But why do the wealthy remain fair game?

May 17, 2023

Does sci-fi thriller Severance depict a corporate dystopia? It’s a matter of perspective, says Sam Leith ‘Why should I…

September 5, 2022

The era of Netflix and online gaming has breathed new life into the works of some long-dead authors –…

May 7, 2022

The past and the future are often interwoven more than one thinks, writes Sam Leith. So is it possible…

December 9, 2021

Standard Life Aberdeen’s recent rebrand begs a question: what is it with corporate branding departments and the abuse of…

September 6, 2021

You don’t need deckle edge books on your shelves to be glad that they exist. I fancy that Spear’s…

May 18, 2021

Now music – and, perhaps, poetry too – is just everywhere and always. Everything is the sound of now…

November 16, 2020

Telly used to be a sort of cultural texture. Certain shows defined a generation because – even if they…

October 8, 2020