Journalism
Where were you when you read John Hersey’s ‘Hiroshima’?
Of how many magazine articles can you recall where you were and what you felt when you read them? If…
Why would anyone in their right mind choose to be profiled by Janet Malcolm?
God, I wish I was Janet Malcolm. Fifty or more years as a staff writer on the New Yorker, reviews…
My ringside seat on the Mary Quant revolution
Veteran fashion editor Brigid Keenan remembers Mary Quant’s key role in the youthquake that shook 1960s England
Slow-moving tale with a strong echo of Brideshead: Alys, Always at the Bridge reviewed
Nicholas Hytner’s new show, Alys, Always, is based on a Harriet Lane novel that carries a strong echo of Brideshead.…
David Cairns explains how we learned to love Berlioz
For a century the visionary composer was seen as a freak, but finally, 150 years after his death, his time has come
The film makes you ashamed to call yourself a journalist: A Private War reviewed
A Private War is a biopic of the celebrated Sunday Times war correspondent Marie Colvin who was, judging from this,…
The day I woke up... to hear that only Tracey Thorn loved me
It’s unusual for musicians to become writers. The trajectory of yearning is meant to be the other way around. When…
Auberon Waugh — a demon on the page, an angel off it
Auberon Waugh was happy to admit that most journalism is merely tomorrow’s chip paper but, of all the journalists of…
Investigative journalists: new crime fiction reviewed
Despite being well-travelled as the BBC’s world affairs editor, John Simpson doesn’t roam far from home in his spy thriller,…
Critical injuries: the perils of book reviews
The perils of book reviews
Bad news for fans of good TV drama – there’s three more corkers to keep up with
This week was bad news for fans of good television drama series — mainly because there’s now three more of…
What will Katie Hopkins do next?
In her memoir Rude, the former Mail Online columnist Katie Hopkins reveals her true self. She does this by accident,…
Adam Gopnik: 30 years of New Yorker life
When Adam Gopnik arrived in Manhattan in late 1980 he was an art history postgrad so poor that he and…
How internet paywalls are making us all dumber
Thanks to meteoric advances in computational power, it is now possible to take abundant data from a wide range of…
Almeida’s new play about the Sun is exactly as I remember it, says Kelvin MacKenzie
It was most odd. Four decades after I’d walked into the Sun to start my first shift as a news…
Arundhati Roy’s new big cause: the conflict in Kashmir
Arundhati Roy has published only one previous novel, but that one, The God of Small Things, won the Booker Prize.…
Journalists have a lot to answer for
At a chic dinner party last week, a Trump insider gossiped about an American president having had an affair with…
You’re an editor now George Osborne... it’s time you made some enemies
Dear George Osborne, I thought it worth passing along some advice about your new job. I’ve never edited a news-paper,…
Liberal lefties should relish hating the Daily Mail while they can
According to Private Eye, executives at the Daily Mail were alarmed by the impending publication of Adrian Addison’s new history…
David Tennant is magical: Don Juan in Soho reviewed
Don Juan in Soho rehashes an old Spanish yarn about a sexual glutton ruined by his appetite. Setting the story…
Why I’m falling in love with Sean Spicer
At last, someone is taking on the pompous White House hacks
The brutality and barbarism of everyday life in Raqqa
In my work as a reviewer, a small, steady proportion of all the books publishers send me concern the Holocaust.…
How Alexander Chancellor restored The Spectator's greatness
As he left the editorship of The Spectator in March 1984, Alexander Chancellor wrote in this space: ‘When I joined…
Piers Morgan is a shameless brown-noser but maybe he’s on the right track
A few weeks ago I was having an argument with Piers Morgan on Twitter. Oh God, is that really how…
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How do you snare a journalist? Offer an “award”!
Nick Cohen 3 November 2018 9:00 am
Hacks love winning awards – and lobbyists know it