Simon Jenkins
Simon Jenkins
Sir Simon David Jenkins FSA FRSLis an English newspaper columnist, editor and author...
jobs powerful media
The job of the media is not to protect the powerful from embarrassment.
children lying reality
Why do Britons keep stabbing each other in August? Why do seaside hotels burn down in August? Why do children disappear in August, examinations get easier and Heathrow become the world's worst airport? The answer lies not in reality but in appearance. News editors abhor a vacuum. Half an hour of airtime and 10 pages of news must be filled each day, whatever the weather.
stars cat students
All students of disaster movies know that nothing survives these natural onslaughts except cats and the highest paid film stars.
america car castles
An Englishman's car is his castle on wheels.