Category Archives: Journalism

Revenge!

Posted on April 19, 2008 by acb

There is a quite fantastic article by Jared Diamond in the current New Yorker about revenge, which concludes with the touching story of how his father-in-law’s life was poisoned because he never shot a fascist whom he had at his … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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At the Indie

Posted on April 11, 2008 by acb

The fucking editors come and go, talking about that c— Michaelangelo. Roger Alton, the new editor, has the distinction of being even more foul mouthed than Simon Kelner, th old one, was as a deputy sports editor, when he had … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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fifteen minutes

Posted on March 20, 2008 by acb

till my radio programme goes out. Continue reading →

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Articles of Note

Posted on March 16, 2008 by acb

Neal Ascherson was the only man I know who saw from the very beginning that the Iraq war would be the end of the American empire. I don’t think anyone else completely discounted the possibility that the US might in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Why no posting

Posted on March 12, 2008 by acb

I’m sorry to have neglected this blog; there is a backlog of interesting stuff to post later, but for the moment I have been working too hard on a radio programme. That’s all over bar the recording tomorrow and, though … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Small self plug

Posted on February 20, 2008 by acb

I am going to deliver one of the Oxford Amnesty Lectures tomorrow, or at least participate in a sort of debate that replaces one of the lectures. This is one of the most honouring things I have ever been asked … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Monday Press blogging

Posted on February 11, 2008 by acb

Let the record1 show that Ruth Gledhill had the only news this morning, and that her analysis piece actually moved forward our understanding of the story. She is the only person who has actually explained how the catastrophe happened — … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Emergency press blogging

Posted on February 10, 2008 by acb

There is so much going on in the Rowan story that most will be forgotten by Tuesday, when I come to write a proper press column, so I thought I would put some disorganised notes on the Sunday papers here. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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I bet they kill this par

Posted on February 8, 2008 by acb

But when you open tomorrow’s Guardian there ought to be an analysis on the news pages that starts like this: The Archbishop of Canterbury, a man whose prose is as luxuriant as his beard, might not have anything in common … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Tony Judt interview, as requested

Posted on February 4, 2008 by acb

This was written for the Guardian, which for some reason never used it; the only other one of my profiles to suffer that fate was Benny Morris. I suspect that fear of endless I/P thrashes played a role in both … Continue reading →

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