Chris Pilcher: An inspirational teacher
Sometimes you encounter, however fleetingly, someone who leaves a deep impression
July 28 2022 / The New Statesman
Who Are We Now? Stories of Modern England by Jason Cowley
Jason Cowley talks about his book Who Are We Now? Stories of Modern England, which explores the turbulent politics of the last 25 years, from Tony Blair to the pandemic
June 28 2022 / Politics Live
Who Are We Now? Stories of Modern England by Jason Cowley
In this compelling and essential book, Jason Cowley examines contemporary England through a handful of the key news stories of recent times to reveal what they tell us about the state of the nation and to answer the question Who Are We Now?
March 31 2022 / Picador - Pan Macmillan
Matthew Syed: review of Who Are We Now? By Jason Cowley
Jason Cowley’s wonderfully written, magisterial dive into the modern history of English politics and identity
March 27 2022 / The Sunday Times
Observer Book of the week: Who Are We Now? Jason Cowley
Julian Coman on a subtle, sophisticated book about the condition of England
March 2022 / The Observer
The Last Game: Love, Death and Football - A memoir by Jason Cowley
Why 1989 was the hinge year in English football’s modernisation
May 2 2019 / New Statesman/Spear's Magazine
Tiger Woods's Late Style
Why I backed Woods to win another Major
February 5 2019 / Spear's Magazine
Ernest Hecht: The death of a publisher, the end of an era
As a young child he escaped the Nazis on one of the Kindertransport trains and was perhaps the last great emigre publisher in London
February 22 2018 / New Statesman
Books of the Year
Collected New Statesman articles 1999-2007.
December 2007 / New Statesman
Golf Dreams: But I know I can never be good ...
Jason Cowley gave up his golfing ambitions 20 years ago. Now he’s back on the course, but finds his biggest challenge is not in the lie of the ball - it’s in the lies he told himself about his game
July 1 2007 / The Observer
Letter From Western Australia: the hipster winelands of the Margaret River
How a former hippy hangout in a remote outpost transformed wine-making in Australia
April 15 2007 / The Observer
Letter from Saint Lucia: Paradise postponed
As the ragga music blared and the tills rang at the open-air bars in Rodney Bay, Jason Cowley bumped into New Zealand and England cricketers intent on a good night out. Then the World Cup darkened into tragedy
April 1 2007 / The Observer
Letter from Germany: epic drama of pride, passion and then tears
After the match, his final defeat as England manager, Sven-Goran Eriksson seemed somehow reduced and much smaller as he prepared to take questions from his tormentors in the press.
July 2 2006 / The Observer
Letter from Germany: Lonesome Riquelme is Argentina's go-to man
The playmaker sometimes seems to be playing a game beyond his peers
June 18 2006 / The Observer
Arsene Wenger: the French revolutionary
Last weekend, Arsenal played their final league match at Highbury, an occasion that was at once a celebration and a long goodbye. No one seemed to be living more intensely through those last moments at the venerable stadium in north London than Arsène Wenger.
May 14 2006 / The Observer
London Notebook: The 2012 Olympic Games, smaller, greater, braver
While Beijing looks set to be gigantic, the UK capital should offer a vision that is true to the modesty and spirit of the original Games.
July 10 2005 / The Observer
Patrick Vieira: Under pressure
The Arsenal captain’s on-off move to Real Madrid last summer led to a season of frustration and lost form. What does he want now as he approaches the end of his time in London?
May 8 2005 / The Observer
David Sylvian: in conversation with Jason Cowley
In March 2005, Jason Cowley travelled to New York to meet David Sylvian for an article published in the Observer on 10 April. Their conversation continued over email.
March 2005 / An interview with David Sylvian
Racism in South Africa
Apartheid, not the ruling regime, brought race into South African cricket
February 7 2005 / New Statesman
Vijay Singh: Swing of confidence
How the mysterious Fijian became the world’s best golfer
November 28 2004 / The Observer
Letter from Athens: the crying Games
It was a fortnight of tears in Athens, writes Jason Cowley. Matthew Pinsent wept with joy; Hicham El Guerrouj collapsed in tears after breaking his Olympic hoodoo in the 1,500m; and, of course, there was Paula Radcliffe, her hopes dashed on the road from Marathon.
September 5 2004 / The Observer
Andrew Flintoff: the boy of summer
Jason Cowley celebrates the exuberant and irresistible England all-rounder
September 5 2004 / The Observer
Sebastian Coe: Olympic dreams
After a stellar career on the track - and an equally speedy rise in politics - Sebastian Coe now heads London’s bid for the 2012 Olympics. But with his team lying third on the last lap, can he once again kick to the finish?
August 8 2004 / The Observer
Letter from Harare: The death of cricket in Zimbabwe
Cricket in Zimbabwe has no future because it is almost wholly a white game, writes Jason Cowley.
May 17 2004 / New Statesman
Steve Waugh: the will to greatness
Waugh is over: in praise of the Australian captain who transformed Test cricket
January 12 2004 / New Statesman
Phil Tufnell: Out of the Jungle
Cast out by the cricket establishment, cursed by failed relationships and traumatised by the death of his mother - how the former England cricketer became the nation’s favourite Jack-the-lad
June 7 2003 / The Observer
Robert Bailey: an honourable cricketer
He spent his final days in the second XI. Yet Robert Bailey was a hero. By Jason Cowley.
August 12 2002 / New Statesman
Footballers' lives
Football has become rich and cosmopolitan and at the heart of our entertainment culture. But what about the footballers themselves?
June 2002 / Prospect, Issue 75
The Long Shadow of Bobby Moore: haunted by the ghosts of '66
That World Cup win and that swinging summer created a benchmark against which we will always be measured, and always found wanting.