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WE'RE NOT JEWS
Yet he couldn’t make out what it was with him that made people say such things, or why, after so many contented hours at home with his mother, such…
Jul 5
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Hanif Kureishi
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June 2025
CHATTER AND CATASTROPHE: ON NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND
This trip into the centre of a perverse psyche is well worth the time
Jun 28
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Hanif Kureishi
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CHATTER AND CATASTROPHE: ON NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND
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... & HOW I LOVED YOU
A carousel of the past, a gift of reminiscence
Jun 21
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Hanif Kureishi
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FULL OF SCORPIONS IS MY MIND
The day might be beautiful, but the night is ugly—a new terror, inhabited by evil spirits, phantoms, corpses, the worst of man’s imaginings.
Jun 7
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Hanif Kureishi
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FULL OF SCORPIONS IS MY MIND
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May 2025
SPRING WRITING COMPETITION - WINNERS
Dear Readers,
May 31
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Hanif Kureishi
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A PIECE OF PAPER FROM CITY HALL
For me, marriage is what religion is to other people: something you believe in because it makes no sense.
May 24
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Hanif Kureishi
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MUSN'T GRUMBLE
Britain is a septic island of complaint, a rancid, rotting, pathologised husk of whinging and griping.
May 17
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Hanif Kureishi
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THERE IS NO REAL LIFE WITH HIM
A lot of people dislike sex, with good reason; it can be an awkward, even repulsive business if you ask me.
May 10
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Hanif Kureishi
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THERE IS NO REAL LIFE WITH HIM
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THIS CHURN OF HELPERS
It has become clear that taking care of yourself is an act of selflessness, or even altruism.
May 3
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Hanif Kureishi
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April 2025
WHY I WRITE
It's intangible and it's magic really.
Apr 26
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Hanif Kureishi
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WHY I WRITE
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THE FUCK-IT MANIFESTO
Remember, success is fleeting, while failure is perennial; our enduring, constant companion.
Apr 19
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Hanif Kureishi
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THE SHOCK OF LIFE
We reach for distraction when we’re anxious, afraid of our thoughts, and what they might tell us about death, sex or our own violence.
Apr 12
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Hanif Kureishi
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