Articles written by Julian Gough

As good as Heaney Julian Gough It's easy to be blinded by the dazzle of Clive James's many talents. Yet his most enduring claim to greatness is not his novels, satire or journalism, but his exquisite essays and poems January 2009	Sarah Palin for poet laureate Julian Gough She's not to everyone's political taste, but she's a mean poet December 2008
The rest is silence Julian Gough America's universities sheltered David Foster Wallace—and almost ruined his writing October 2008	Summer books Ian Rankin Chris Cleave Gideon Rachman Nicci Gerrard Philip Ball Jonathan Rée Dominic Sandbrook Julian Gough James Harkin Oliver Morton Which books should you pack for your summer holiday and which should you leave behind? Prospect’s expert panel of readers, writers and thinkers offer their advice August 2008
The sacred mystery of capital Julian Gough We have a need for a mysterious power greater than us. That need was once met by religion—but now it is supplied by “Incredible Hulk” financial capitalism July 2008	Letter from Berlin Julian Gough The world's artists have moved to Berlin. It has cheap studios, cheap flats and cheap beer. It's poor but sexy. And you can pick up a free trampoline on your way to work August 2007
Divine comedy Julian Gough The Greeks understood that comedy (the gods' view of life) is superior to tragedy (the merely human). But since the middle ages, western culture has overvalued the tragic and undervalued the comic. This is why fiction today is so full of anxiety and suffering. It's time writers got back to the serious business of making us laugh May 2007	In the jar Julian Gough Adrift at sea, submerged in olive oil, all my bodily needs are satisfied, and I can dream November 2006
The orphan and the mob Julian Gough Were it not for the need to pee, Jude might discover the secret of his birth March 2006