Jason Cowley
Articles by Jason Cowley
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UK Politics
The politics of excitement
- 14 May 2007
- 1 comment
The Blair decade began with an exuberant rush of energy and sense of possibility. How can politics recapture the ability to inspire us? Hard action and clear choices?
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Engaged and sincere
- 16 April 2007
Touchstones: essays on literature, art and politics
Mario Vargas Llosa Faber & Faber, 353pp, £25
ISBN 0571214991
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Perfect profile
- 18 September 2006
Reporting: writings from the New Yorker
David Remnick Picador, 483pp, £18.99
ISBN 0330443984
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The month of cherry blossom
- 21 August 2006
Elegiac and exquisite, the fictions of Yasunari Kawabata were among the most memorable of the 20th century. Jason Cowley on a writer who knew the value of silence
Life & Society
The rebranding of Germany
- 03 July 2006
It was hot and I was late. There was a little tussle and I was soon in the company of the German military. So not arrested exactly, but not entirely innocent, either
Politics
Heroes of our time - the top 50
- 22 May 2006
Inspirational - yet worlds apart: there was no doubt about the victor in our readers' survey to find the heroes of our time. But who could have predicted such strong support for Margaret Thatcher and the Queen? Jason Cowley on the winners and losers
Society
Heroes of our time
- 03 April 2006
- 4 comments
Where are the great men and women who are changing the world for the better? Who are they? The New Statesman invites you, the reader, to nominate your modern hero. Over the next few weeks some familiar names will give their thoughts, while Jason Cowley explains what our search is all about. Ultimately, however, it’s up to you, so get voting . . .
Arts & Culture
South-west sound
- 27 March 2006
Music - Jason Cowley traces the career of the troubled, unique collective that changed the face of British dance music
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Tainted love. For writers of colonial fiction, Africa held a dark erotic attraction, even if the message underlying their work was that Europeans have no place there. By Jason Cowley
- 30 January 2006
Tropic Moon
Georges Simenon (translated by Marc Romano) New York Review Books, 133pp, £6.99
ISBN 159017111X
