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“In history class, in seventh grade (or as we like to say in...”
— Our True North, Malcolm...

“You drink instant coffee. The food arrives. Fried eggs,...”
— The London Review of...

Gratuitous picture of me and my sister, who is down from...

Best neighbour Jude sweetly baked me a birthday cake. After...

…and then the next night, he brought the remaining...

Women 'happiest at 28'

“Every person of fairly good education and of restless mind...”
— “The March 25, 1893 Newark...

On an unpleasant man I met at a party

“No offence,” said the man at the party who’d just asked how long I’d lived...

“Like Orpheus, Jackson was destroyed by his fans, whose...”
— ‘Like Orpheus, Michael...

Things I have done so you don't have to...

A high ropes obstacle course after sleeping only between the hours of 5 and 7 am. The feeling that I...

On the King of Pop

I can’t get on board with the hysteria; I mean, it’s sad that he died, but I have always...

Faro, Portugal, 20.06.2009

“And then toast your friends and dance a bit foolishly and...”
— Himglish and Femalese: Single...

On unwanted beauty treatments

First, the creepy pedicure. Killing time on Monday afternoon at the hotel where I was staying,...

“There’s no way crabs should stand in your way to...”
— Sebastian, in reaction to me...

Howlingly...

Check out my sister’s excellent linguistics blog, iloveadverbs: A friend sent me an...

Jean: Look! There's an article about me in the Jewish News!
Ben: What for?
Jean: My book. Obviously.
Ben: Oh...
Jean: They don't just write an article about everyone who is Jewish.
Ben: Well, how should I know?!

On The Ivy

I went there tonight for the first time, and the most striking thing of all was the way that all of...

JHE Solves Your Relationship Problems:...

himglishandfemalese: Now, imagine you asked him on a date and he said something like, ‘Hi, of...

Why You Should Help Sell Your Book

“When holidaymakers were asked to sit at the back of the...”
— Terrified tourists boycott...

Jean: I've noticed that when I wear my fluorescent cycling vest I get far fewer catcalls from builders. I think it because they see it and think, 'ah, she's one of us'.
Brie: Keep thinking that if it makes you feel better, Jean.

“It is true, I think, that some women find it harder to write...”
— Can women write about Sex?...

Himglish and Femalese: now in Canada!

On expenses

Combing through MPs’ expenses is at once fascinating and disturbing, and not just because...

“I always say that I am like Carrie Bradshaw in cheap shoes!”
— Quite. ...

GAIA PHOTOS » Iraq: Local Police Taking Over Sebastian...

“Many young people see drinking alcohol as a rite of passage...”
— Girls now as bad as boys for...

JHE Solves Your Relationship Problems:...

himglishandfemalese: If you’re honest, you know that you pretty much know when someone likes you,...

“I can’t WAIT to meet Mr Jean Hannah Edelstein - he is...”
— Jude is enthusiastic about my...

Random House Australia - Book Details -...

“…if you are considering inviting someone to the...”
— Himglish and Femalese (yes,...

On the family reading my book

Mumelstein: I'm on page 153!
Jean: Oh. Do you still love me?
Mumelstein: What kind of a question is that?
Jean: Well, you know, people get disowned over these things.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of...

Actually exists, I’ve just learned. I imagine that it involves a bunch of people sitting...

Face for radio! And, in particular, radio-appropriate hair.

On safety

Of the many ways that my older brother ruined my life when I was growing up (and I say that with...

I brought a copy of my book, in case I forgot what I’d...

My debut as a bicycle commuter this...

…reminded me of two things: 1. High school gym class, when we had to run in endless loops...

“Hi. My name is Jean, and I’m a bookaholic.”
— Should we be promoting...

Despite all odds, kindness abounds

noraleah: Caught without an umbrella on the streets of NYC? There’s hope… From the NYT’s...

I spoke too soon

The pre-strike Tube was pretty unpleasant, and for one dejected moment I considered the merits of a...

On advertising, on the Underground

It is, we observed tonight, often for things like infertility clinics and plastic surgeons. ...

Oh, Gordon. Look at us, there, in that room with very fancy...

“What you need is a man to smack you around and then make...”
— From my book-in-progress*,...

“Even a few years ago the word “blog” inspired that peculiar...”
— David Sarno on Twitter, Los...

On love, and writers

Oh, and how we are up in arms here in England (by ‘we’ I am naturally referring to...

“Basically, I’m going to write a novel just for the...”
— Anon, on the peculiar and...

“Don’t turn it off, I’m playing my theremin!”
— Ben objects to someone...

“Es que, pese a los años que llevan comunicándose hombres y...”
— por Macarena Peña y Lillo ...

“I’ve come to appreciate the artistry of The Great...”
— A Spoonful O’ ISMS Ah,...