Autumn 18 Issue

It was a tribute to the power of Spider-Man that his “co-creator” Steve Ditko received far more attention when he died recently than he ever had while he was alive. It marked the…
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What was Edith Tudor-Hart really like? What are my ties to her besides that we are relatives? She was 17 when she first left her parents’ house to take a course with Maria…
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Going Into Town; A Love Letter to New York, by Roz Chast, multi-award-winning New Yorker cartoonist, was born of an attempt to explain the geography of Manhattan to her…
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Just when you think the UK food scene is full to bursting with Middle Eastern-themed writers and chefs, bakers and recipe-makers, that’s when you notice the enduring presence of a…
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In December 1944 Jean-Paul Sartre wrote, “Never were we freer than under the German Occupation. We had lost all our rights, and first of all our right to speak. They insulted us to…
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It’s 8:47am on a brisk March morning earlier this year. I’m in the Houses of Parliament. I’m told it’s the first time anyone has been invited in to perform a one-person show there…
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In the stark opening moments of Disobedience , the film adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s 2006 debut novel, a weighty question is posed: What does it mean to have free will?. In an…
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Has any subject ever been better a fit for the parable of the blind men and the elephant than the Israel-Palestine conflict? You know the one. Several blind men inspect an…
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What makes a film Jewish? Does it need a Jewish mother? It’s easy to find a Jewish person involved at some stage in the production of a great many Hollywood films – and certainly…
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