London

My son, the movie director, has flown over from LA to shoot a reboot of The Merchant of Venice, at locations in Golders Green and Kenwood. The title has been adjusted accordingly,…
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We’ve surpassed ourselves this time,” said London mayor Sadiq Khan at the unveiling of the latest sculpture for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square earlier this year. And it’s…
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An issue dedicated to social justice must begin with reference to Leon Golub, an exhibition of whose portraits can currently be found on show at the National Portrait Gallery.…
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I first interviewed Sir Nicholas 20 years ago and, looking back, he seems to me barely to have aged. Perhaps his face has just got a little craggier. Tall and slim, he was wearing…
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It’s not so easy being a movie fan and a Jewish woman. Oh sure, there are plenty of mainstream movies told from a Jewish point of view—Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Judd Apatow, yadda…
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Jo Bloom’s novel begins in 1962, with the young Vivien Epstein, a 19 year-old hairdresser from Manchester, who arrives in London following the death of her father. She has taken…
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“Jewish Book Week is really about Jewish survival. Where are Jews truly represented? In books. Their physical existence is precarious – look at Anne Frank. But books endure. And…
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Der feter iz geshtanen in di rogn Un di bobe a hendlerke in gas Eyn brider zitst in ostrogn Un di shvester tra-la-la-la-la My uncle stands on street corners My…
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