I’ve been writing for as long as I can remember, and this is a collection of my published columns in the Jewish Quarterly together with a random selection of things that so enraged/excited me that I had to put pen to paper. Finger to keyboard. You know.

The Jewish Quarterly

My regular JQ Column - in the words of Will Self, I'm only Jewish quarterly.

Black and Blue All Over (Spring 2004) Is She Or Isn't She? (Summer 2004) Days of Awe (Autumn 2004) Tis the Season (Winter 2004) What Gives? (Spring 2005) Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow (Summer 2005) New Year, New Community? (Autumn 2005)

Jews and the Property Question (Winter 2005) Family Matters (Spring 2006) Do We Have a Dragon to Slay? (Summer 2006) Desperately Seeking Cheadle (Autumn 2006) Bubbe Meises (Winter 2006) Pretty in Pink? (Spring 2007)

I've Got Nothing on Cosmo

Girls, girls, girls. Not the porn kind. The stuff that makes us tick; men, clothes, shoes…

Not-exactly the Jewish Chronicle

People say write from experience, and this is a collection that looks at the nature of Jewish identity, collective patterns of behaviour, and the ultimate chicken soup recipe. And you'll notice a theme, emerging…

Technology/business stuff

Hard to believe, but I've spent a lot of time immersed in technology - as a headhunter, on the commercial side of an internet magazine, as a conference programme developer -

TV Reviews

You know. Everyone thinks it's easy money. You watch TV. You have a view. You're a reviewer. Me too, honey.

On Language and The World In General

Bill Safire is my lingusitic hero; I am but a pale imitation... and other thoughts

Book Extracts