The world destroyed by madness: Howl, by Howard Jacobson, reviewed Submitted by daniel on Thu, 12/03/2026 - 12:53 Picture Image Rarely has such a short title worked harder than Howl, which Howard Jacobson takes from Allen Ginsberg’s incantatory 1955 poem. ‘I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness,’ Ginsberg wrote, a line that both prefaces Jacobson’s novel and sums up the author’s own angry anguish at the current madness in the corner of the Middle East that both Israelis and Palestinians call home. Read more about The world destroyed by madness: Howl, by Howard Jacobson, reviewedAdd new comment
Farmers won’t be quick to forgive Labour Submitted by daniel on Wed, 20/11/2024 - 07:16 Picture Image Thousands of farmers descended on Westminster today to protest the government’s plans to raise inheritance tax. Hundreds of men, women and children in flat caps, tweed jackets and Wellington boots poured into Whitehall at lunchtime for a rally outside Downing Street. A series of speeches by the likes of Kemi Badenoch and Ed Davey culminated in an appearance by Top Gear star Jeremy Clarkson, before the farmers headed en masse to Parliament Square. Already a subscriber? Log in Black Friday sale Subscribe today and get 10 weeks of The Spectator Australia for just $1 Read more about Farmers won’t be quick to forgive LabourAdd new comment