Howard Jacobson
Howard Jacobson is a novelist and essayist. His latest novel Live A Little was published in paperback by Vintage last month. He is currently writing a memoir
No place for idealists
A highly informative history of ideas let down by a drumbeat of liberal bias
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
Ozi the Orangutan is no Winnie-the-Pooh
A misguided attack on palm oil production is enough to make you facepalm
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
The case for duelling
A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?
Keir’s junk politics
Keir Starmer is trying to reform the public, not the NHS
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
The Bar should say “bye” to EDI
Barristers should not have to follow ever more extensive equality standards
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion
The second life of Tracey Emin
A brush with death has revitalised her work
The perversity of the Oasis reunion
The cultural optimism of the nineties has been lost
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world