Isaac Goodwin, Author at Cherwell

Milestones: Prohibition

Isaac Goodwin explores the lasting effects of America's successful temperance movement

Review: Pitcairn

Isaac Goodwin finds these mutineers to be lacking in originality and excitement

Human beauty: Maybe it’s all about the numbers

Isaac Goodwin explores the ideals of physical perfection and mathemical proportions

Butt-plugs aren’t as edgy as they were

Isaac Goodwin hates Paul McCarthy and his provocative artworks

Milestones: Sin

Isaac Goodwin looks at the origins of our concept of sin

Interview: Esarhaddon

Isaac Goodwin talks to director Lucy Wood about the new Assyrian play, on at the Simpkins Lee theatre on Wednesday 29th October

The contrary states of the human condition

Isaac Goodwin explores the themes of conflict and cohesion in the works of William Blake

Milestones: The Bohemian Myth

Isaac Goodwin looks at the rise of the ramshackle artist

Failed Novelists: the epitome of unselfconscious cool

Isaac Goodwin and Joel Nelson talk anthologies and collaborations with the Failed Novelists President

Loading the Canon: Flashman

Cherwell's weekly call for new additions to the literary establishment highlights George MacDonald Frazer's loveable rogue

Killing the Mockingbird

Isaac Goodwin looks beyond the media sensationalism surrounding Michael Gove's English syllabus changes

Loading the Canon: Rabbi Sacks

Cherwell's weekly call for new additions to the literary establishment highlights the ex-Chief Rabbi's remarkable work

Interview: Ben Macintyre

Isaac Goodwin discusses the intricacies of espionage with author, historian and columnist Ben Macintyre

Loading the Canon: Eccentric Lives and Peculiar Notions

Cherwell's weekly call for new additions to the literary establishment highlights John Mitchell's collection of stories

A case for the EDI training I forgot about

The Oxford Union: How to break the rules

Are ‘woke’ universities a thing of the past?

The Breakfast Club: Bringing the mid to midday

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