Will Self
@wself
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Joined September 2010
'In 1988, during the final days of their mother’s life, Will Self and his half brother were at her apartment in North London when they discovered a trove of boxes under her bed.' Read the story behind @wself's new novel, ELAINE:
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In “Elaine,” Will Self conjures a 1950s housewife who bears a striking resemblance to the woman who raised him.
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Multicultural Man: On allotments
thenewworld.co.uk
When I was a kid, allotments were a kind of cliche: strictly for old-mannish types to potter around in. Not any more
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Multicultural Man: On heritage
thenewworld.co.uk
Will greater and digitised access to our history result in a more enriched cultural future?
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Multicultural Man: On Jehovah’s Witnesses
thenewworld.co.uk
Why our columnist has taken to de-evangelising evangelists
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Multicultural Man: On fake cops
thenewworld.co.uk
The filming of a police drama provokes thoughts on significance
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Will Self @wself interviews Simone de Beauvoir in issue two of @InqueMagazine, a charged, complicated and impossible dialogue from the outer reaches of fiction. In print only! Buy the issue here: https://t.co/2nB5UiiDBK
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Join us on Zoom on 12 Oct to hear the one and only Will Self (@wself) discuss the impact of the internet, social media and mobile phones on the practice of reading in the 21st century. It promises to be a fascinating hour! Book your tickets now: https://t.co/FAMPZl9QqQ
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Why Read In a Digital Age?
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Multicultural Man: On Hokusai
thenewworld.co.uk
Putting up pictures in a new home leads to considerable pondering
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Multicultural Man: On tenants
thenewworld.co.uk
A viewing brings some shocking home truths about the state of the rental property market
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Multicultural Man: On Suella Braverman
thenewworld.co.uk
The home secretary seems intent on some sort of grotesque pogrom-as-payback
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Multicultural Man: On Gregg Wallace
thenewworld.co.uk
There is only one solution to the plethora of cookery programmes cluttering up the TV schedules, and that’s to eat Gregg Wallace
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Multicultural Man: On skirts
thenewworld.co.uk
There are two very good reasons why men should embrace skirt-wearing
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Multicultural Man: On Barbie
thenewworld.co.uk
Aqua were right: we’re all Barbie girls and we’re all living in a Barbie world
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Multicultural Man: On the Russian soul
thenewworld.co.uk
The likes of Osip Mandelstam, Marina Tsvetaeva, Anna Akhmatova and Joseph Brodsky were regarded by their contemporary readers with the awe now reserved for rock stars
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Multicultural Man: On Paris
thenewworld.co.uk
Riots in the capital stem from France's inability to deal with the long aftermath of the Algerian War
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