Jason Cowley
Articles by jason cowley
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Ideas
The underground men
- 12 January 2004
Some find true freedom when they are confined; others, like Saddam Hussein, meet their nemesis. From Dickens through Dostoevsky to Beckett, the hole in literature has become a metaphor for isolation, a place of safety or danger, a sanctuary or a prison
Sport
Sport - Jason Cowley applauds Steve Waugh
- 12 January 2004
Waugh is over: in praise of the man who transformed Test cricket
Society
Official! It really is a mad, mad, mad world
- 05 January 2004
Dark thoughts about humanity's future don't usually get to the top of the Christmas singles charts.Jason Cowley finds cause for optimism and wintry celebration in a success that defied and bewildered the British pop music industry
Society
NS Man of the year - William Shawcross
- 15 December 2003
Once a model progressive, he is now the royal choice to write the Queen Mother's life and an apologist for war in Iraq. William Shawcross profiled
Arts & Culture
Mad about the boy
- 08 December 2003
Pop - Jason Cowley remembers the voice of a generation of alienated young men
North America
American fiction
- 17 November 2003
Jason Cowley suggests a reading list to help George Bush better understand his country
Society
NS Profile - The white South African novelist
- 13 October 2003
Despite a Booker nomination and a Nobel Prize, these writers, unheard in their own land, feel oppressed by emptiness. The white South African novelist profiled by Jason Cowley
Sport
The professor
- 29 September 2003
Wenger: the making of a legend
Jasper Rees Short Books, 226pp, £14.99
ISBN 1904095542
Books
Prophet of doom. Ideal for the MTV generation, Douglas Coupland's fiction is becoming increasingly dark, writes Jason Cowley
- 08 September 2003
Hey Nostradamus!
Flamingo, 244pp, £15.99
ISBN 0007162502
Books
The great game
- 25 August 2003
Throughout its 35-year history, the Booker Prize has never failed to generate controversy, gossip and scandal - and that is precisely its purpose. Jason Cowley on what remains the publishing event of the year
