Streetwalking with Howard Jacobson

WHY BEING 'THE CHOSEN' IS NO FUN

“I know, I know.

Nov 16 • 

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CALIBAN IN GAZA

‘Our revels now are ended.’ Prospero’s famous last words and we like to think Shakespeare’s too.

Nov 8 • 

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October 2025

September 2025

HOW TO MUG THE JEWS AND HIJACK THE HOLOCAUST

After decades of querying the numbers of dead Jews and the manner in which they went to their death, Holocaust sceptics of all stripes have made common…

Sep 29

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LAWN TENNIS, OR THE FINE ART OF SELF-ABUSE

Decency laws prevent my showing the victim of Daniil Medvedev’s furious assault at the US Open the other day.

Sep 3 • 

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IT ISN'T THE POOR WHO ENVY THE RICH, IT'S THE RICH WHO ENVY EVERYBODY

Here’s the saddest story.

Sep 1 • 

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July 2025

PEARLYGATES@%*!25ŽoUch

‘Wrong password, my son.’

Jul 29 • 

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REMEMBER THE DAYS WHEN WAITERS DIDN'T LEAVE YOUR FOOD TO GO COLD ON THE BAR?

Yes, it was a hot day.

Jul 21

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WHEN ONE BAGEL SHOULD BE ENOUGH

As a matter of course and before waiting to see how generous the servings were going to be in any restaurant we went to, my father ordered two of…

Jul 16 • 

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SUMMER OF HATE

I relish a summer garden party as much as the next man –golden fields baking in the heat, the smell of simmering sausages and sun cream, the young in…

Jul 7 • 

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May 2025

Of Jews, rats and Gary Lineker

Whereof one knows nothing, thereof one must remain silent

May 17 • 

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HARVARD: BARBARIANS AT THE GATES, IGNORAMUSES ON THE LAWN

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May 5

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