Will Self
Celebrated author of novels, short stories and non-fiction, Will Self contributes to many publications and regularly appears on radio and television. Fifty of his PsychoGeograpghy columns from The Independent have recently been collected in a new publication featuring art by Ralph Steadman.
Will Self: Joy Division and a Vesta curry
When I was 20 I tried to spend Christmas alone. It was a protest – of sorts – and also an actualisation of a deep and twisted disappointment in family, love, cosiness and cheer – all of which I held to be, in this the climactic period of my protracted adolescence, Yuletide lies and festering festive spirits.
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1 Howard Jacobson: When they said Finkler's name, it felt like a final blessing from Uncle Gerry
2 Robert Fisk: Israel comes face to face with the man who would wipe it off the map
3 Christina Patterson: Why our children should reach for the stars (and the violins)
4 Robert Fisk: What I learned the day I took tea with Ian Blair
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9 Leading article: Some cause for optimism amid the pessimism of spending cuts
10 Richard Ingrams: Blair could save us a lot of money by moving to the US
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• Andrew Grice: The Coalition - frugal and fair? We shall see...
Nick Clegg was at it again yesterday, announcing a morsel of good news.
• Howard Jacobson: My Booker week
I owed it to Uncle Gerry to rejoice in the thing itself. And hope for nothing further.
• Christina Patterson: Our kids should reach for the stars
I didn't know that a bunch of South Americans could make me cry so much.
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