Political correctness is blamed for Rotherham, but that betrays a contempt for those of Pakistani heritagePolitical correctness used to be a joke. I have in front of me the Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook, an American bestseller of...
Published by: The Guardian
Perhaps it was my choice of holiday reading. The book that dominated my summer break was Howard Jacobson's exceptional and unsettling new novel, simply titled "J". The word "Jew" does not appear, yet that very absence is the book's haunting theme. He d...
Published by: The Jewish Chronicle
It isnt religious zeal, its the collapse of state power that makes the clash in Iraq feel like a return to the dark ages US begins air strikes against Isis targets in Iraq, Pentagon saysIn a voice pleading and in despair, the woman who had fled fo...
Published by: The Guardian
In a world saturated by violence and sensation, true escape comes in Richard Linklaters affecting film BoyhoodThe cinema has always been a place of escape. In the early days the sanctuary it offered was obvious: a chance to slip free of the humdrum ted...
Published by: The Guardian