Money, Lawyers, and (Non-Existent) Sex Abuse: Battle Over Malcolm Arnold’s Estate

The English composer, known for his symphonies and film scores (Bridge on the River Kwai), left much of his estate to his caregiver of 22 years. Arnold’s two children (who abandoned him when he hit an alcoholic bottom) are battling to get that inheritance, and they’ve gone to eyebrow-raising lengths in the process.

Troubled Virginia Quarterly Review Gets New Publisher, Deputy Editor

Having gathered plaudits, subscribes and National Magazine Awards over the previous seven years, VQR was sent reeling in 2010 by the suicide of a longtime deputy editor and the resignation of two staffers following accusations of bullying by the top editor. Now the University of Virginia has hired two new officers to help stabilize the journal.