A fabulous review in the TLS! “She has written a racy, spirited, vernacular book based on shrewd research… Senior has a sure ear for nuance, a fair mind and bundles of good sense.”
No. I can confirm that @tompeck and I are not newly elected councillors for Reform in Havering. Also, I am not Tom’s agent although he looks like a Nashville rockstar.
Lonely hearts columns! Calvinism! Class! Cocksocks! I was lucky enough to interview Douglas Stuart about his new novel, John of John. He's a remarkable fellow. Link in reply below
Oh bless, just like old times. I’d reply to Owen directly but the brave little warrior blocked me years ago. Here’s a link to my “disgusting” @thetimes column which oddly he doesn’t provide 🤔
https://t.co/qsgofyiyuV
Slipped a bit! But chuffed that Talking Classics is still in best sellers. A bit of vanity, yes. But more important: it’s a sign that the subject still matters when people want to read about it, debate it & pay good money for it! (As with @holland_tom recent Suetonius. )
Amendment: "Globalize the Intifada" means "It's too difficult and dangerous to kill Jews powerfully protected by Israel's defense forces, so let's try kill them instead where they are half-heartedly protected by unsympathetic governments and weak police."
I am, like most British Jews, growing really frustrated with this vague talk about “division and unity and hate.”
We have a very specific problem here. An IRGC cut out is recruiting disaffected Islamist-radicalised men, many long known to the police and negligently left ambling about, to a conduct a targeted intifada against the London Jewish community. And both our counter intelligence and counter terror forces are failing to intercept them.
I don’t need a mass London rally of well wishers or cultural luminaires to post their wishes — nice as that is — I need an actual security strategy to clamp down on this so my community can go about our lives in peace as is our absolute minimum right. And I need politicians to call the problem for what it is — not good vibes.
Just a small shout-out to each and every one of my fellow Jews out there who now find themselves working really hard not to spend their entire evening telling people on the internet to fuck off.
And for the books section I picked my favourite non-fiction books of this century, including ones by @SalmanRushdie and @HJoyceGender
The 25 best non-fiction books of the 21st century
https://t.co/5bapieaqug
I interviewed Patricia Cornwell about her strange, sad but defiant memoir for @thetimes. She told why she owed Demi Moore an apology & how to kill an Uber driver if he abducts you.