A Pulitzer Prize winner, Stephen Greenblatt, argues that Shakespeare understood how those unfit for political office gain and hold on to power
Best-of-2010 lists have been filling the entertainment pages of my recent morning papers (yes, I still read the paper on paper, preferably newsprint manufactured with a large proportion of long-fibred northern spruce pulp, which renders it less susceptible to tearing) and, I figure, why not play along? So: