Sir Harold Evans Sneers at a Book He Has Not Read

Sir Harold Evans. Note the salient absence from his bookshelves.

I’ve decided I don’t agree with Lord Henry’s quip (in The Picture of Dorian Gray) that “there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”

One thing that is worse than not being talked about, at least for an academic, is being shamefully misquoted by someone who thinks he should cite your work but can’t be bothered to read any of it. Sir Harold Evans, former editor of The Times ...