Here you can find a record of almost all my publications – from scholarly journal articles to newspaper articles – listed with the most recent first. In most cases there is either a downloadable pdf or a link to the publication itself. You can search by publication type (academic, non-academic, book reviews etc), by theme and by keyword. Enjoy!
Annexing the West Bank punctures useful delusions about Israel and Zionism which have, until now, kept together otherwise fractious Diaspora Jewish communities – and their proudly 'big tent' organizations
Publication Date: May 20, 2020
Theme: Community, Israel/Palestine, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
The UK government’s approach to the pandemic has been poor, but the bridgehead has not yet been built to the destructive mania of Trumpian conservativism
Publication Date: May 6, 2020
Theme: Denial, Ignorance and Stupidity, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
What an offhand celebrity comment can tell us about the legacy of empire
Publication Date: May 4, 2020
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Culture, Denial, Ignorance and Stupidity
Category: Journalism and essays
Publication Date: May 1, 2020
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, Miscellaneous, Personal/Memoire
Category: Journalism and essays
Submission subsequently quoted extensively in final report of the inquiry, published in April 2021
Publication Date: April 29, 2020
Theme: Culture, Religion
Category: Reports and policy papers
Publication Date: April 24, 2020
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Interviews
Publication Date: April 22, 2020
Theme: Language
Category: Journalism and essays
Publication Date: April 20, 2020
Theme: Language
Category: Journalism and essays
On the wistful pleasure of turning a chance encounter into a minor obsession
Publication Date: April 15, 2020
Theme: Miscellaneous, Personal/Memoire
Category: Journalism and essays
Publication Date: April 14, 2020
Theme: Miscellaneous, Small worlds
Category: Journalism and essays
Whether you’re a jihadi or a heavy metal fan, a fringe subculture offers dark temptations [Essay review of Julia Ebner’s 'Going Dark']
Publication Date: April 2, 2020
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate
Category: Book reviews, Journalism and essays
Publication Date: April 1, 2020
Theme: Community, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
Five ways in which they might rescue the wider political project from the jaws of defeat.
Publication Date: March 16, 2020
Theme: Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
More than just guitar power chords ... a weighty discussion of metal, for both passionate fans and neophytes
Publication Date: March 11, 2020
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Book reviews
Publication Date: March 11, 2020
Theme: Community, Miscellaneous
Category: Journalism and essays
A coronavirus-fuelled attempt at understanding the self-destructiveness of the privileged
Publication Date: March 6, 2020
Theme: Denial, Ignorance and Stupidity, Miscellaneous, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
The human need for transgression is key to the backlash. Liberals must allow room for this without it harming others
Publication Date: March 2, 2020
Theme: Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
An addendum to my Guardian article ‘If everyone was a little bit shameless, it might deflate the ‘anti-woke’ right’
Or: Why choose Richard Burgon when you could have Mark Francois?
Publication Date: March 2, 2020
Theme: Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
