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Andrew Cusack

Andrew Cusack is deputy editor of The Catholic Herald, and is a co-founder and former chairman of Catholics in the Conservative Party.

The Death of the Pocket Paperback

As the distributors retire the pocket paperback, we are reminded of what we lose when the printed page goes too.

April 10, 2026

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