Scott Lucas
Articles by Scott Lucas
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Books
What would George do? Scott Lucas on the banality of the Orwell industry
- 02 June 2003
Orwell: the life D J Taylor Chatto & Windus, 466pp, £20 ISBN 0701169192 George Orwell Gordon Bowker Little, Brown, 512pp, £20
Culture
The porn controller
- 30 September 2002
Senator Jesse Helms, the retiring dinosaur of US racism and misogyny, hates modern art. But his followers storm on, and they are a far greater danger. By Scott Lucas
Politics
The sweet voice of reason
- 22 July 2002
Joe Klein's mission is to kick sense into Europe. By Scott Lucas and Barbara Sussex
Ideas
The dishonourable policeman of the left
- 27 May 2002
The contrarian Christopher Hitchens's support for the war on terrorism surpised many. Scott Lucas argues that he is no longer the "authentic voice of dissent"
Politics
How a free press censors itself
- 12 November 2001
Ignored, threatened with the sack, attacked in print, American journalists who dissent from the war effort risk becoming hated outcasts, reports Scott Lucas
Politics
Good cop, bad cop
- 23 April 2001
The American policeman, hero of TV and Hollywood, stands accused of trigger-happy racism in Cincinnati. Scott Lucassorts the man from the myth
Politics
Are the Founding Fathers to blame for this mess?
- 27 November 2000
In 1787, 55 men of property decided how America should be governed. They were interested in business, not democracy
Culture
Simon says
- 30 October 2000
We are desired. We are wealthy. We are civilised. We are Britain. But, asks Scott Lucas, should we trust the folksy authority of a celebrity historian?
Politics
All hail, King Daddie Poo Pants
- 02 October 2000
. . . or how a book of Ronald Reagan's letters threatens to rewrite recent American history. Scott Lucasreports on a dangerous case of amnesia
Culture
Taking history for a ride
- 04 September 2000
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A new attraction at Alton Towers is unlike any other. Scott Lucas finds that, instead of leaving you soaking or feeling queasy, it turns your whole sense of reality upside down
