Howard Jacobson
Celebrated novelist Howard Jacobson’s most recent book, The Act Of Love, was published to wide acclaim in 2008. 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: How a leader can come along who seems to speak for a nation's hurt
This is not a good time to imagine mourning a single politician, let alone a cadre of them
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Howard Jacobson: Pupil power has left us with uneducated children and humiliated teachers
Saturday, 10 April 2010
Teaching has been turned upside down. Ignorance is the arbiter of knowledge
Howard Jacobson: Peace becomes possible now that Israel is being treated like a grown-up
Saturday, 3 April 2010
Anti-Zionism of the sort that peppers letters pages has much to answer for
Howard Jacobson: One by one, the so-called pillars of our civilisation tumble shamefully
Saturday, 27 March 2010
Money was always a temptation for New Labour. What else did the ‘New’ stand for?
Howard Jacobson: The salty tale of 'Andsome 'Oward and the Cornish fishermen
Saturday, 20 March 2010
Boscastle needed three pubs for its 800 souls, and there was singing in every one
Howard Jacobson: We could learn a thing or two about television from the Americans – really
Saturday, 13 March 2010
It seemed dire at first. I would channel hop and get only ads, interminable ads
Howard Jacobson: Come to an American university and be instantly promoted to professor
Saturday, 6 March 2010
Their courteousness can get in the way of your knowing what they think
Howard Jacobson: What a civilised and courteous place Washington is – and how lifeless
Saturday, 27 February 2010
This city is given over in spirit to the tedium of archiving and administration
Howard Jacobson: Proof that free enterprise doesn't work is on the snowy streets of Washington
Saturday, 20 February 2010
Individualism is a fine ideal; it’s only a shame individuals suck
Howard Jacobson: Stranded in snowy Washington, where they're panic-buying bread and shovels
Saturday, 13 February 2010
The queues stretch out into the street. It’s not just us who go to pieces in extremity
Howard Jacobson: Blair may have shown spectacularly bad judgement, but it doesn't make him a liar
Saturday, 6 February 2010
It is possible to have a superficial mind and to employ it with sincerity
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