Nick Cohen
Nick Cohen is a British journalist, author and political commentator. He is currently a columnist for The Observer, a blogger for The Spectator and TV critic for Standpoint magazine. He formerly wrote for the London Evening Standard and the New Statesman. Cohen has written five books: Cruel Britannia: Reports on the Sinister and the Preposterous (1999), a collection of his journalism; Pretty Straight Guys (2003), a highly critical account of the New Labour project; What's Left? (2007), which he describes as the story of how the liberal left of the 20th century came to support the far right of the 21st;[1] and Waiting for the Etonians: Reports from the Sickbed of Liberal England (2009). His most recent book, You Can't Read this Book, was published in 2012 and deals with censorship.
The Orwell Prize for political writing shortlisted What's Left? in 2008.[2]
In 2006, he was a leading signatory to the Euston Manifesto, which proposed "a new political alignment", in which the left opposes terrorism and anti-Americanism.
Cohen's paternal grandfather was Jewish, the son of immigrants from Tsarist Russia at the time of the pogroms, who became a Communist and married a non-Jew.
Cohen is an atheist[3][4] who grew up in Manchester.[5] He was educated at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys and Hertford College, Oxford where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE). He began his career at the Birmingham Post and Mail before joining The Independent as a reporter. He lives in Islington with his wife and their son.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ "Biography", nickcohen.net.
- ^ "Shortlist 2008", The Orwell Prize
- ^ Nick Cohen "Jesus! I’m turning into a Jew!", The Jewish Chronicle, 12 February 2009, as reproduced on Nick Cohen's website.
- ^ Nick Cohen "Hatred is turning me into a Jew", The Jewish Chronicle, 12 February 2009
- ^ Nick Cohen. Waiting for the Etonians pg. 23
- ^ 'Law without Order', New Statesman 2004, 'Waiting for the Etonians' pg.99
[edit] Bibliography
- Cohen, Nick (2000). Cruel Britannia: Reports on the Sinister and the Preposterous. Verso Books. ISBN 1-85984-288-7
- Cohen, Nick (2003). Pretty Straight Guys. paperback edition: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-22004-5
- Cohen, Nick (2007). What's Left?: How Liberals Lost Their Way. Fourth Estate. ISBN 0-007-22969-0
- Cohen, Nick (2009). Waiting for the Etonians: Reports from the Sickbed of Liberal England. Fourth Estate. ISBN 0-007-30892-2
[edit] External links
- Nick Cohen's website
- Shire Network News podcast interview Nick Cohen is interviewed by Tom Paine 3 July 2007
- Nick Cohen interview 1 Nick Cohen on Little Atoms Radio Show 20 January 2006.
- Nick Cohen interview 2 Nick Cohen on Little Atoms Radio Show 16 February 2007.
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