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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.

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Senseless evil
08 January 2007

Hannibal Rising

Thomas Harris William Heinemann, 336pp, £17.99

ISBN 97

Books
Stop making sense
30 October 2006

Dr Clock's Handbook

edited by Mel Gooding and Julian Rothenstein Redstone Pre

Lifestyle
Beware the fork-wielding terrorist
10 July 2006

I mused on how history is rewritten by the victors. Even during the IRA bombing, we teenagers still

UK Politics
Now is the time for a new CND
27 March 2006

Will Self calls for a broad coalition to mobilise once again, and expel foreign warmongers fro

Books
The first literary celebrity . Portrayed by Boswell as an idle pensioner, Samuel Johnson in fact spent most of his life working furiously as a hack. It was the 18th century's burgeoning print culture that made him famous - and which created the need for h
16 May 2005

Dr Johnson's Dictionary: the extraordinary story of the book that defined the world

Henry Hitching

Books
Hostile climate
31 May 2004

High Tide: news from a warming world

Mark Lynas Flamingo, 341pp, £16.99

ISBN 086319009

Diary - Will Self
05 January 2004

In Argyle Street on Boxing Day, I find teeming crowds. Clearly the masses can withstand only a few s

Books
How the left always loses. In being so right about so much that has gone wrong, Nick Cohen shows exactly why new Labour has thrown itself in the dustbin of history. But he's not quite negative enough, writes Will Self
22 September 2003

Pretty Straight Guys

Nick Cohen Faber & Faber, 296pp, £14.99

ISBN 0571220037

Ideas
Special report 3 - The city that forever resists the rational
07 July 2003

Since it burst its stone banks in medieval times, London has defied central planners. Only Margaret

Books
The drowned world. When Sir Joseph Bazalgette built the Victoria Embankment, he "placed chains upon the river". But, warns Will Self, London's resurgent waters will have the final revenge
16 June 2003

Liquid History: the Thames through time

Stephen Croad Batsford, 208pp, £15.99

ISBN 0713

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