Howard Jacobson
Celebrated novelist Howard Jacobson’s most recent book, Kalooki Nights, was published to wide acclaim in 2006. An acerbic cultural critic with a passion for literature and art, he is known for his ebullient wit as well as his unique take on the Jewish experience in Britain.
Howard Jacobson: Careless talk costs lives, so keep your scaremongering to yourself
The spectacle of a society flagellating itself morning and night is not edifying
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Howard Jacobson: Another act of terrorism, another attempt to play the blame game
Saturday, 6 December 2008
To argue that Palestine fuelled the massacre in Mumbai is preposterous
Howard Jacobson: Thanks to Leonard Cohen, I can see the light that slips through the crack
Saturday, 29 November 2008
It’s like a reprimand to people of my temperament. Could he be singing to me?
Howard Jacobson: Read more literature and less history. That's the lesson of Hitler's deformity
Saturday, 22 November 2008
We feel safe with a monster we have the power to deflate
Howard Jacobson: John Sergeant, like Thatcher, is fully aware of the public's fickle nature
Saturday, 15 November 2008
The judges have come to a conclusion which cynics and nihilists reached years ago
Howard Jacobson: Obama's cool could become political substance
Saturday, 8 November 2008
The President-elect manages to link good citizenship to street cred
Howard Jacobson: Russell Brand winked at me once. And when he winks at you, you stay winked
Saturday, 1 November 2008
Ross has made a little go a long way. Brand has made a lot go almost nowhere
Howard Jacobson: So God 'probably' doesn't exist. Don't these atheists have any conviction?
Saturday, 25 October 2008
This is a cowardly opposition to religious sentiment
Howard Jacobson: God knows, we like a mirthster, but this smart-arsery is not funny
Saturday, 11 October 2008
Laconic cynicism sounds like comedy – we laugh in obedient recognition
Howard Jacobson: Resistance is futile when in the circle of hell known as banking
Saturday, 4 October 2008
Go on, make your fortune. Just don’t forget the materials out of which it came
Howard Jacobson: Oh, to be a working man again – if only for the full English breakfast
Saturday, 27 September 2008
We would gather in a room for drivers and tuck into our pies and puddings
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1 Leading article: A life claimed by nihilistic violence and malign neglect
2 Mark Steel: To George Bush, his critics are just lone difficult schoolboys
3 Hamish McRae: It's now back to Victorian values
4 Patrick Cockburn: Keep out... a message for foreign leaders
5 Alexa Chung: 'When did Christmas stop being exciting and start being a chore?'
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