Gerald Jacobs
Piecing it together
Although Howard Jacobson’s latest novel is vastly unlike his previous comic works, it just may be his masterpiece
Kicking the Football Habit
With the community-based bond between football clubs and their fans having long since disintegrated, why do the fans of hopeless teams remain addicted?
Operatic Passions
High Court Judges may not like it but The Jeremy Kyle show has a consistent underlying morality
Carrying water for freedom
Hong Kong’s protestors are brave and, so far, successful. The Chinese Communist Party leadership must be kicking itself
Discussions with a stone wall
Britain’s main gay rights organisation is risking its own future by adopting gender self-ID as its new cause
In the heartlands of white-flag academia
When I tried to find out why my pro-Brexit article was turned down I was rebuffed — showing the intellectual conformism of universities