NB by J.C. : A walk through the Times Literary Supplement by James Campbell the week It reverberates to the sound

It reverberates to the sound of alarm and protest

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NB by J.C. : A walk through the Times Literary Supplement by James Campbell the week It reverberates to the soundThe NB column in the Times Literary Supplement, signed at the foot by J. C., occupied the back page of the paper for thirteen years. For a decade before that, it was in the middle pages. That's roughly 60,000 words a year for twenty three years. The purpose of the initials was not to disguise the author, but to offer complete freedom to the persona. J. C. was irreverent and whimsical. The column punctured pomposity, hypocrisy and cant in the literary