Christopher Hitchens and the Christian conversion that wasn’t | Matthew d’Ancona

A new book suggesting that the author of God is not Great was halfway to Christianity follows a long tradition of appropriationAs fans of David Bowie, Prince and Lemmy can attest, death is not the end in contemporary culture. Those who achieve true fame are waved through the pearly gates of marketing heaven, immortalised as a product, a brand – and, on occasion, a spectral arbiter in the battles of the terrestrial plane.In 2016, the ultimate celebrity endorsement is posthumous. The remain