Will Self

Will Self

Will Self is the author of seven novels, six collections of stories and five collections of non-fiction. His most recent novel is The Butt. He writes the Madness of Crowds column for the New Statesman as well as the Real Meals column.

Articles by Will Self

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We’re all with the brand

  • 19 November 2009

What is it with brands - why do we invest these shopworn icons with such reverence?

A double-shot of sanctimony

  • 12 November 2009
  • 3 comments

Starbucks coffee is so bad I'll happily walk several blocks just to avoid drinking the stuff

Where the Wilde things are

  • 05 November 2009
  • 1 comment

The desecration of Oscar Wilde's grave by his "fans" is criminally vulgar

Tikka chance on ghee

  • 29 October 2009
  • 2 comments

Your call is not important to us

  • 22 October 2009
  • 3 comments

The inconsiderate use of mobile phones is a form of collective madness

More cluck for your buck

  • 15 October 2009
  • 2 comments

A visit to KFC: how can anything that tastes this awful be quite so popular?

To be honest, it’s totally random

  • 08 October 2009
  • 5 comments

The lexicon that grips the masses

I'm leavin' it

  • 01 October 2009
  • 2 comments

Walking into the McDonald's on Oxford Street made me feel like Rip Van Winkle

The psychopath is in the detail

  • 24 September 2009
  • 4 comments

British architects have been gripped by wood mania

My bath mat's campaign for the presidency

  • 10 April 2008
  • 1 comment

I revealed the intimacy of my relationship with Dr Moo, a half-man, half-cow chimera created following the new embryology bill

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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