Alexander Waugh

Reza Aslan: personable, charismatic and a keen self-publicist. He could be wearing togas and flying around in a private jet in five years’ time

Reza Aslan doesn’t fear God. But should he fear his fellow Muslims?

4 November 2017 9:00 am

Eating human brains, burying one’s face in dead people’s ashes and publicly deriding the president of the United States as…

Shakespeare with or without the waffle

5 December 2015 9:00 am

30-Second Shakespeare: 50 key aspects of his works, life and legacy, each explained in half a minute sounds trivial, but…

Alexander Waugh's diary: Shakespeare was a nom de plume — get over it

2 November 2013 9:00 am

Researching a new book on Shakespeare’s sonnets, I stumbled upon an astonishing piece of hitherto unnoticed evidence in a 16th-century…

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‘Stuff the backstop – we need a book stop.’
‘Stuff the backstop – we need a book stop.’
Rewilding initiative.
‘If you could just give me a moment to check my internet history…’
‘Of course, this is all great for us in the satire business.’
‘Boris will regret this when he reads my memoirs.’
‘Boris will regret this when he reads my memoirs.’
‘I’ve left my copy of Cameron’s memoirs in the pub.’
‘We’re gonna need a bigger wall.’
‘We’re gonna need a bigger wall.’
‘We need to blow up parliament before it self destructs.’