NOOKS AND CRANNIESDoes anyone know how to finish the following: "He who knows and knows he knows, is wise - follow him. He who knows not and knows not he knows not, is a fool - shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not, is a ??? - teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows, is a ??? - ????????????" He knows not and knows that he knows not is humble, teach him.
TV and radio blogMad MenMad Men, series two, episode 12: The Mountain KingOur episode by episode reviews of Mad Men's second season continue, with revelations about Don's past and a nasty shock for JoanSpoiler warning: Don't read on if you haven't seen any of the first series of Mad Men, or the first 11 episodes of series two. Watch The Mountain King on iPlayer. Welcome to the penultimate instalment of NFTBR.
The ObserverAnna Nicole SmithNicole Smith's breast surgery video bannedA US judge has banned a doctor's wife from releasing a 1994 videotape showing a breast implant operation being carried out on former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith, who died earlier this year. Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff's preliminary injunction against Alana Johnson on Friday is similar to one he issued last month against her husband Gerald, from Texas, who performed the surgery.
OpinionAntisemitism This article is more than 2 months oldOf course the Holocaust is relevant to Israel nowThis article is more than 2 months oldKaren PollockJews will inevitably connect the trauma of Hamas’s 7 October attack with the trauma of Nazi massacres Karen Pollock is chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust“People love dead Jews.” Dara Horn used that title for her 2021 book, noting that while remembering the Holocaust was generally accepted as the right thing to do, acknowledging, let alone confronting, modern-day antisemitism was not considered especially relevant or important.
Observer book of the weekAutobiography and memoirReviewA mother’s frank and heartfelt tale of trying to free her son – labelled ‘Jihadi Jack’ by the press – from a Kurdish jail is the stuff of nightmares It is nearly a decade since Sally Lane received the phone call that changed her life for ever. It came from her elder son, Jack Letts, then 18, who had been travelling in Jordan on a gap-year trip from their home in Oxford.