Howard Jacobson

Howard Jacobson: What secrets of womanhood are revealed when you buy a giant flat-screen television

Published: 07 October 2006

If ever there was an argument for ignorance of the times we live in, Trinny and Susannah are it

Howard Jacobson: It would do our political system no harm to import a little of Latham's louche demotic

Published: 30 September 2006

The health of the nation would have been better served had Brown and Blair long ago called each other toss-bag

Howard Jacobson: Whatever the faith, someone somewhere has felt the cold edge of its contempt teachers should have been put on a sex offenders list?

Published: 23 September 2006

It's like watching two schoolyard bullies, suddenly forgetting you are there and belting each other

Howard Jacobson: Note to disaffected youth... Pick up a table tennis bat and strike a blow for world peace

Published: 16 September 2006

Name one synchronised swimmer who has plotted to blow up an aircraft or fly into a tower block If being obsessed with yourself because you are good at ping pong is the worst you do, is that so terrible?

Howard Jacobson: If a certain culture is scrutinised and found wanting, then don't shoot the messenger

Published: 02 September 2006

Offence is not the issue here. Racism is the play's subject, the thing it is about, not the thing it evinces

Howard Jacobson: You would never think that Mick Jagger and Rab Butler had anything in common

Published: 26 August 2006

Forget all you've read about wild old rockers. Forget the weed, the waywardness, the sexual excesses

Howard Jacobson: If you want to know the source of anti-western propaganda, look no further than ourselves

Published: 19 August 2006

There is hysteria abroad. It now looks normal to talk of Bush and Blair as if they were Stalin and Pol Pot

Howard Jacobson: If Richard Ingrams wants us to declare our ethnic identity, I'm very happy to oblige

Published: 12 August 2006

Is there a reader so gullible that he cannot assess the worth of an argument on its own merits?

Howard Jacobson: It's a strange sensation, but 'Big Brother' contestants bring out my avuncular side

Published: 05 August 2006

I feel a sympathy for them as victims - as the lost souls of our foolish world and as the dupes of Channel 4

Howard Jacobson: Life without certainties is good for your health - but don't take my word for it

Published: 29 July 2006

I would be interested to know if cardiologists have more to do when war flares in the Middle East

Howard Jacobson: There is nothing like a good arts festival in a small market town to replenish the soul

Published: 22 July 2006

The sun shone, and people skipped about from a recital to an opera without an apparent care

Howard Jacobson: My revolutionary idea for fair play in sport: say one word on the pitch and you're off

Published: 15 July 2006

If you can't use your arms in football, why should you be allowed to use your mouth?

Howard Jacobson: Life under the threat of destruction

Published: 08 July 2006

This week has been uncannily reminiscent of last year. The bombs exploded into just this summer idyll

Howard Jacobson: If Sven had seen a Pinter play, he would know what to do with the England squad

Published: 01 July 2006

You want to know why players who perform with such adroitness for their clubs fail to stay on their feet - rhythm!

Howard Jacobson: Take a leaf from the Yiddish book to keep you sane during these annoying days

Published: 24 June 2006

You wouldn't say Hitler gave you the platz - the word is not big enough to go on a Hitler errand

Howard Jacobson: Kafka would have felt at home in this modern world of the demonised Muslim

Published: 17 June 2006

There is political capital to be made, these days, by exploiting the potential for Muslim grievance

Howard Jacobson: For the youth of Rockdale, Barry Manilow firmly belongs in the tenth circle of hell

Published: 10 June 2006

It's not the first time Australians have resorted to easy listening to curb delinquency. Beats an Asbo any day

Howard Jacobson: In the world of complementary medicine, trust an acupuncturist to get to the point

Published: 27 May 2006

Funny how knowing what you are can make you feel better. A great weight had fallen from my shoulders

Howard Jacobson: To hell with grumpy old men... if you're angry, start a war, or go off and become a hermit

Published: 20 May 2006

Where are the towering malcontents and misanthropes, the Swifts, the Popes, the Juvenals?

Howard Jacobson: Never underestimate the joy an enormous, mechanical elephant can bring to people

Published: 13 May 2006

There he'd be, marvellous in his grave impassivity, as though the spoils of Empire had returned

Howard Jacobson: Prescott, his mistress, and the world snooker champion - this week I feel sorry for everyone

Published: 06 May 2006

It isn't easy being a bloke, and it isn't easy not being a bloke either

Howard Jacobson: The timeless allure of a disillusioned, unhappy woman in a raincoat

Published: 29 April 2006

Women are unable to look that way now. You cannot be disillusioned and unhappy in a rah-rah skirt

Howard Jacobson: The only good life is an interesting one - and it doesn't come with 'happiness studies'

Published: 22 April 2006

Call no man happy until he is beyond the reach of Positive Psychology

Howard Jacobson: It's hard to judge plagiarism when the stolen property is not even worth stealing

Published: 08 April 2006

There are some things you should be pleased to see another person get the plaudits for

Howard Jacobson: Thanks to our abhorrence of grammar, we have raised a generation of blithering idiots

Published: 01 April 2006

Cultural vandalism denies access to the best of everything to those who have the worst of nothing

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