Archive - Streetwalking with Howard Jacobson

What with the frenzy of Jew-hatred that has erupted since more than a thousand Israelis were massacred last October - their deaths exciting an obscene…

Jul 15

IN YOUR OWN TIME, JOE

Remember Kamala Harris laughing throatily on the phone to Biden after they’d dumped Trump in 2020? ‘We did it, Joe. We did it. You’re gonna be the next…

Jul 11 •

Howard Jacobson

June 2024

DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO THINK

First the lunatics took over the asylum, now the children have taken over the playground.

Jun 18 •

Howard Jacobson

May 2024

I recall a children’s fairy-story about a little boy who didn’t want to see anything that was threatening to him and so put a box over his head.

May 25 •

Howard Jacobson

FREE SPEECH IS TOO PRECIOUS TO SQUANDER ON BANALITIES AND LIES

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May 13 •

Howard Jacobson

Whooping seems to be back. Shouting ‘whoo!’ as a way of expressing your enthusiasm. Either that, or it never went away and I have grown inured to it…

May 2 •

Howard Jacobson

April 2024

LAMENT FOR THE PLEAT

The above is not a photograph of me, even as I was in my hey-day. But those are my trousers.

Apr 17 •

Howard Jacobson

I’m not sure why I’ve written these thoughts on chaos. I think what’s prompted it is an exchange in that supremely intelligent film The Anatomy of a…

Apr 12 •

Howard Jacobson

RE- POST LEAVE ME ALONE

apologies for errors in first post

Apr 3 •

Howard Jacobson

NO! A brief ejaculation of irritation, for free…

Apr 3 •

Howard Jacobson

March 2024

THE ZONE OF SHAME

Here is a piece I wrote for the New Statesman recently. It is self-explanatory.

Mar 23

HOW THINGS TURN OUT

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Mar 21 •

Howard Jacobson

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