Terence Blacker
The writer and broadcaster Terence Blacker contributes a twice-weekly column on a wide range of social, cultural and environmental issues. He is the author of four novels, of prize-winning fiction for children, and has written a highly praised biography of the brilliant reprobate Willie Donaldson.
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Samuel L. Jackson is right about bad Hollywood endings, but then real life isn't much better
03 January 2013 06:30 PM
At work, in love and in life, no one has worked out the third act
The New Year Dishonours list: Recognition for those who did their worst
27 December 2012 06:14 PM
There has been no shortage this year of nauseating figures in public life
We aren’t proper friends – so do I really owe you a Christmas card?
17 December 2012 05:50 PM
Sending rushed missives to distant acquaintances says nothing about friendship
Square eyes, warped souls: In every sense screens are playing a bigger part in British lives
13 December 2012 06:29 PM
No other country buys as much online, but does our digital dependency comes at the price of everyday fulfilment?
Terence Blacker: The day my power supplier gave me a £5,914 electric shock
10 December 2012 07:29 PM
The Independent’s columnist is mystified by the arrival of a 20-page utility bill from E.ON Energy
‘Play safe and always avoid risk’ is a sad lesson to teach our children
06 December 2012 05:40 PM
Kids these days have an exaggerated faith in formal qualifications over practical experience. What's wrong with them?
From the Pope's new Twitter account: Anyone know if it’s a mortal sin to end a tweet with OMG?
03 December 2012 07:03 PM
Through a quirk of predictive text, our writer is able to anticipate the pope's first batch of holy tweets
The greenbelt has untold social and, yes, economic benefits. We shouldn't need reminding
29 November 2012 06:43 PM
The think-of-the-kids banner always heralds some unwise and unpopular Government policy, proposals to build on the greenbelt are no exception
The downfall of UBS trader Kweku Adoboli is another morality tale from the City. But have we learnt anything from the Great Crash?
26 November 2012 06:17 PM
We ought to have spurned the grabby ethic of the City - but did the opposite
Civility breaks out on a rail journey to hell
22 November 2012 05:15 PM
It seems that some of the Olympic good humour lingers on, even for commuters
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What, let gays get married? We must be bonkers
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Rocky Horror star Tim Curry 'suffers major stroke'
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Exclusive: How MI5 blackmails British Muslims
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EDL marches on Newcastle as attacks on Muslims increase tenfold in the wake of Woolwich machete attack which killed Drummer Lee Rigby
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Farewell, Shameless. Your heirs have work to do
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