Howard Jacobson
Celebrated novelist Howard Jacobson's most recent novel is The Finkler Question, published to great acclaim in 2010. An acerbic critic and broadcaster with a passion for literature and art, he is known for his ebullient wit. Recent television programmes such as Jesus the Jew and Creation have also been widely admired.
Howard Jacobson: People want retribution, not rehabilitation
We no sooner let offenders out than they offend again. I propose a simple solution: keep them in
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Howard Jacobson: Choose life. Choose a job. Choose the future
Saturday, 10 July 2010
You descend into unfulfilled old age wondering what your life might have been
Howard Jacobson: The Fawlty Towers experience lives on
Saturday, 26 June 2010
'Sea or sheep?" my wife wanted to know. "Sheep," I said. "No, sea. No, sheep." This proved her point. I was overworked and tired, I couldn't make a decision, I needed a weekend away looking at something that wasn't a manuscript or a computer. But what did I need to look at – sea or sheep? I was too tired to know.
Howard Jacobson: Austerity doesn't hurt when the sun is out
Saturday, 29 May 2010
If you have to tell people the party’s over, you don’t want to be doing it in the dead of winter
Howard Jacobson: Some human rights are plain wrong
Saturday, 22 May 2010
The culture of the inviolability of the individual has found a congenial resting place in our schools
Howard Jacobson: Here's why the 'elite' are in charge
Saturday, 15 May 2010
Clegg and Cameron have power because there aren’t enough people educationally equipped to seize it from them
Howard Jacobson: Three days of sorrow and joy – of a sort
Saturday, 8 May 2010
I cast my vote. Not to put A in but to keep B out. Was it to secure this privilege that men risked their lives?
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