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
Will the green agenda be killed off by the pandemic?
‘Will the green agenda be killed off by the longer-term coronavirus recovery? Or might the closure of so much business, and the cleaner air that results from planes not flying and factories not working, give us extra years to gain control of our environment?’
Why T.S. Eliot still matters
His contemporaries’ reputations have diminished. But Eliot’s has grown: he is the poet who shows us what can be saved from the ruins
Music’s in the house
Rappers have found a role in lockdown: chronicling coronavirus with topical tunes. Most people, though, are rushing to the safety of the past