David Herman

David Herman

David Herman is the JC’s chief fiction reviewer

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Isaiah Berlin: A Life review - A fine account intellectual's Jewishness and Englishness

This is a fine account of one of Britain’s greatest Jewish intellectuals of the 20th century

By David Herman

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Philosopher and historian of ideas, Sir Isaiah Berlin (1909 - 1997, standing) chairing a 'musical discussion' at the Bath International Music Festival, 4th June 1959. On the panel are (left to right) violinist, Yehudi Menuhin (1916 - 1999), composer and writer, Nicolas Nabokov (1903 - 1978), Berlin, and music critic and BBC Controller of Music, William Glock (1908 - 2000). The event was organised by Menuhin in his first year as the festival's director. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The Cameraman review: Suspense in short supply in evocation of the Thirties

The Cameraman review: Suspense in short supply in evocation of the Thirties

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The very Jewish legacy of the non-Jewish Martin Amis

The very Jewish legacy of the non-Jewish Martin Amis

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Book review: August Blue - A musical mystery stuck in a minor key

Book review: August Blue - A musical mystery stuck in a minor key

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