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Nicholas Cohen is a British journalist, author and political commentator. He is a columnist for The Observer, a blogger for The Spectator and TV critic for Standpoint magazine. He has written for the London Evening Standard and the New Statesman.

Born in Stockport and raised in Manchester, Cohen studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University before entering journalism. He has written five books: Cruel Britannia: Reports on the Sinister and the Preposterous , a collection of his journalism; Pretty Straight Guys , a highly critical account of the New Labour project; What's Left? , which he describes as the story of how the liberal left of the 20th century came to support the far-right of the 21st; and Waiting for the Etonians: Reports from the Sickbed of Liberal England . His most recent book, You Can't Read this Book, was published by HarperCollins in 2012 and deals with censorship. The Orwell Prize for political writing shortlisted What's Left? in 2008.

✵ 1961   •   Other names نيك كوهن
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Nick Cohen Quotes

“Former lefties can make a good living in the media by attacking their ex-comrades - I'd do it myself if the price was right.”

in "The Rebels who changed their tune to be pundits", New Statesman, August 12, 2002

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