Anthony (Humpty) Hitchens

Salman Rushdie and Martin Amis among those at Cooper Union to celebrate life and work of ‘pioneer at the frontier’ “Little Keith” called him a suffering auto-contrarian and likened him to Houdini; Graydon Carter said he was a “bit of a scallywag” but an editor’s dream; and the doctor who treated him for the cancer of the oesophagus that killed him said he was a “pioneer at the frontier”. Unsurprisingly, though, it was Christopher Hitchens who had the funniest and the most apposite words with...Read Full Story

Writer Christopher Hitchens has been given a posthumous nomination for this year's Orwell Prize. | bbci.co.ukRead Full Story

A file kept by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the late author and scholar Christopher Hitchens was released this week, revealing that he was, in his earlier years, the target of an FBI foreign counterintelligence investigation. The documents were released in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. They also show that Hitchens was monitored by the FBI in his youth while he toured American universities, and the nation’s top law enforcement bureau even kept notes...Read Full Story

Christopher Hitchens-critical incomparable, brilliant rhetorician, strong and courageous spirit bon vivant, died today at age 62. Hitchens was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in the spring of 2010, shortly after the publication of his memoirs, Hitch-22 READ MORE>>>Read Full Story

The British born writer Christopher Hitchens died of cancer last week. The outpouring of grief and praise for a man who can only be called a propagandist for barbaric ideologies may seem curious at first glance, but there is an ugly and logical explanation for the reaction. Mr. Hitchens was for many years known as [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.Read Full Story