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About Jim McCue

About Jim McCue

Jim McCue was joint editor with Christopher Ricks of the annotated edition of The Poems of T. S. Eliot (which was Book of the Year in the Times Literary Supplement). He works as a freelance editor and gives writing seminars for sixth formers.

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Books as investments

Books as investments

by | Aug 28, 2022

This article was first published in May 2018. Investing is usually a matter of judgment as well as calculation. What will do well, and what will do best over the period you...

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Golden Oldie

On commission

On commission

by | May 19, 2021

This article was originally published in October 2018. The returns on most investments are purely financial. But some investments have other rewards. Buying art, for instance,...

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