James Jackson 
James Jackson is the author of acclaimed historical thrillers, including Blood Rock, Pilgrim
, and Realm. As a postgraduate, he specialized in analyzing future terrorist trends and later wrote The Counter-terrorist Handbook
. He worked for many years as a political-risk consultant, was called to the Bar, and is a member of the Inner Temple. He is based in London. For more information, please visit www.jamesjacksonbooks.com.
Britain
Rotten From the Top DownAlthough the phrase is often misattributed to Antonio Gramsci, it was the Marxist creep |
Britain
The Trouble With Blacks“I’m not a racist, but…” It is how most conversations with a Londoner start |
Trash
Conspiracy or Cock-Up?In a scene frighteningly reminiscent of the Mel Gibson movie Conspiracy Theory, I |
Britain
A Whiff of ProtestEgo olere ergo sum. (I stink, therefore I am.) Such could be the motto of the |
Terror!
Snuffed Like a Candle in the WindLike a candle in the wind/ Never knowing where to run to/ When the raid came |
Cultural Caviar
Loyal to the RoyalsYou would have to possess a heart of granite not to have been moved or delighted by the |
Britain
Fuck the Public SectorIf one were to—hypothetically—shoot every other public-sector worker in the back of |
Vile Bodies
Mold Age: The Curse of Modern Medicine“I’m ninety-one years old, you know?” Bravo. Now have your diuretics and your |
Britain
The UK: Woefully Unprepared for WarSo action finally replaced inertia, the White House’s dithering gave way to resolve, |
Kids Today
British Students Need a Good Bollocking“What do we want?” Um…. “When do we want it?” Er…. Well, knock me down |
Relationships
Fortysomethings (and Why I Hate Them)Divorced, decapitated, dead—King Henry VIII’s wives had it simple. For 21st-century |
Religion
Viva Christianity!Albert Einstein’s damning-if-quirky verdict on Marie Curie’s character was that she |
Islam
Banish the BurqaFrom Pakistan to Turkey, from the Mediterranean to the Gulf, the insidious and |
International Affairs
Oh! What a Lovely Afghan WarA more useless and unnecessary thing than an expedition into this country could not be |
High Society
Toff LuckI was as polite to him as his breath would allow… Thus wrote Jane Austen in a letter |
British Politics
The Hell Gordon Brown WraughtA thousand years hence, when they come with sieves and brushes to dig up the past, |
All About Me
A Writer’s Life‘Never heard of you…’. What generosity of spirit. Some thirteen years ago now, |
The Stupid Party
Overlooking Defense Spending Won’t Just Hurt Gordon Brown, It’ll Hurt Britain TooWith all the finesse of natural born fraudsters, British politicians of whatever party |
Politics
Wanted: One Competent British Leader“You have the charisma of a damp rag and the appearance of a low-grade bank |
Kids Today
Edukation, Edducation, Educcation“Is Stoppard’s play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead simply glib and |
Low Life
Curse The iPhone‘Live for the here…’ That was the unsolicited advice proffered by an aged Beat |
All About Me
Missing: British Identity“This is our country, our land, and our lifestyle. If you are not happy—then |
All About Me
All You Need Is… A Slap“Make a child smile—kill a counselor.” A passable joke and an admirable |
Heart of Darkness
Death to Terrorists‘He is plainly some crazed moral retard’. That stuck it to him. Or not. Yet on |
Anthropology
History Ain’t BunkAs a boy I once climbed the Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza in Egypt, sitting on its |
Beau Monde
Embrace PrejudiceI do not much care for the obese. Worse, they make me feel nauseous. I dislike their |
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