Howard Jacobson
Celebrated novelist Howard Jacobson's most recent novel is 'The Finkler Question', published to great acclaim in 2010. An acerbic critic and broadcaster with a passion for literature and art, he is known for his ebullient wit. Recent television programmes such as Jesus the Jew and Creation have also been widely admired.
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Howard Jacobson: Asking for pornography that's life-affirming is like asking for tragedy with a happy ending
25 May 2012 08:00 PM
Porn that’s good to us, enhancing rather than degrading, by definition ceases to be porn
Howard Jacobson: Nothing is beyond a man who will take his wife on a date to a restaurant like Oslo Court
18 May 2012 08:00 PM
Maybe our old view of the PM as out of touch is no longer safe. I am seeing him in a new light
Howard Jacobson: Thrillers always sell you a pup. As with sex, the delivery never lives up to the promise
11 May 2012 08:00 PM
Homeland: so well-made, well-acted, but in the end, at the mercy of the unsubtlety of its form
Howard Jacobson: Men – once you run out of fingers to count your sexual conquests, it's time to stop
04 May 2012 08:00 PM
What happens in the dark is not for gossiping or bragging about in the light
Howard Jacobson: A man's face, like a book's cover, can be enough
27 April 2012 08:00 PM
Was it John Terry’s reputation that caused him to be sent off? My suspicion is that it was his expression
Howard Jacobson: Old age is coming, but where are my carers?
21 April 2012 12:00 AM
Howard Jacobson: I've played only once, but I'm a lifelong cricketer
14 April 2012 12:00 AM
Howard Jacobson: Don't get too close to your enemy's enemy
07 April 2012 12:00 AM
Howard Jacobson: When did we stop seeing modesty as a virtue?
31 March 2012 12:00 AM
If there’s one thing a parvenu has to do – otherwise what’s he risen from nowhere to somewhere for? – it’s boast
Howard Jacobson: Tolerance shouldn't stop us challenging hatred
03 March 2012 12:00 AM
Baroness Tonge’s sympathy for the Palestinian cause is considered to cancel out the sin of antipathy to others
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