Slate, one of the original internet-only magazines, has laid off four journalists, including someone whose words I often quote in this column, press critic Jack Shafer.

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Other Barker pseudonyms include Jonathan Cobbald and Jack Goetz, but critic Mark Lawson thinks there was significance in him choosing Wiley.

BBC: The Two Ronnies script

Art critic Brian Sewell and former Labour cabinet minister Jack Straw will also appear at the festival.

BBC: Oxford Literary Festival 2013 begins

Actor Rupert Everett, art critic Brian Sewell and former Labour cabinet minister Jack Straw will also appear at this year's festival, which runs from 16 to 24 March.

BBC: Hilary Mantel and the Duchess of Cambridge

For years I have been an unrelenting critic of General Motors and the management team of Jack Smith (now chairman of the board) and Rick Wagoner Jr.

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