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Reading and writing satire: Mightier than the sword?
24 Oct 2021READING AND WRITING SATIRE Satire is having a big moment. We have satirical novels winning the Mann Booker Prize, satirical…
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Events, Readings and Appearances
03 May 2014Coming later this year From Hampstead to Hollywood and Back Telling tales has taken me round the world. If you’re…
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Kosher Porridge – review of Jonathan Stone’s Prison Minyan
04 Oct 2022KOSHER PORRIDGE Otisville – a New York state prison for Jews with its own kosher cuisine! What a ridiculous idea.…
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Oy veh! Jewface casting?
17 Dec 2021JEWFACE CASTING There was a massive fuss this autumn when a major Hollywood movie came out. A white actor played…
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Read Catch-22 for free
20 May 2021READ CATCH-22 FOR FREE We know that the Internet thrives on free information. As the saying goes, “Information wants to…
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Nine long years for Julian Assange
03 May 2021NINE LONG YEARS FOR JULIAN ASSANGE Watch now Eleven years ago, Julian Assange published the first of a series of…
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Why are books and movies fascinated by forgetting?
22 Jan 2021FASCINATED BY FORGETTING Is it me, or are novels and movies fascinated by forgetting? This century, amnesia is very in.…
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Interview: Sam Blake #1 bestselling author
05 Nov 2020INTERVIEW SAM BLAKE This week I’m talking to bestselling author Sam Blake. Originally from St. Albans in Hertfordshire, Sam has…