Toby Young(@toadmeister):Why didn't anyone involved in the sale or purchase or editing or ghostwriting of this book Google the title? Would have taken 10 seconds to discover Arday had nicked it from an episode of Spartacus -- and at that point the whole ball of wool would have begun to unravel.

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Toby Young@toadmeister

2026.08.10 14:18

Why didn't anyone involved in the sale or purchase or editing or ghostwriting of this book Google the title? Would have taken 10 seconds to discover Arday had nicked it from an episode of Spartacus -- and at that point the whole ball of wool would have begun to unravel.

Benjamin Ryan@benryanwriter

2026.08.09 19:57

This is astonishing: the parallels between Jason Arday’s purported origin story and the 2010 TV show Spartacus. This from the Daily Telegraph comment section: