Lynsey Hanley
Articles by Lynsey Hanley
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Books
The Asbo effect
- 17 April 2006
Yob Nation: the truth about Britain's yob culture Francis Gilbert Portrait, 292pp, £10.99 ISBN 074995101X
Culture
Monkeymania
- 30 January 2006
Pop - Lynsey Hanley wonders if the "biggest band since Oasis" aren't just a bunch of overhyped teenagers
Books
The word on the street. The English language is continually evolving, as two new slang dictionaries prove. But the best place to learn the meaning of words such as "sketty", "yatty" and "baphead" is on any London bus at 8.30 in the morning
- 19 December 2005
The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English Edited by Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor Routledge, 2189pp, £99 (to March 2006) ISBN 0415212588 Cassell's Dictionary of Slang Edited by Jonathon Green Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1565pp, £30 2005 Blogged: despatches from the blogosphere Edited by Tim Worstall The Friday Project, 272pp, £8.99
Books
Posh rock
- 07 November 2005
The Dark Side of the Moon: the making of the Pink Floyd masterpiece John Harris Fourth Estate, 186pp, £10 ISBN 0007190247
Books
Fiction - Role reversal
- 10 October 2005
My Cleaner Maggie Gee Saqi Books, 318pp, £12.99 ISBN 0863565441
Politics
Your eyesore is my home
- 18 March 2002
Could council tower blocks that wobble in the wind and smell bad become chic?
