Jon Ronson

Looking for a male role model? Check out the silverback gorilla

27 May 2023 9:00 am

One so often hears about famous people who are horrible when they think no one important is looking – barking…

The astonishing stories behind today’s culture wars: Radio 4’s Things Fell Apart reviewed

20 November 2021 9:00 am

Martin McNamara, the writer of Mosley Must Fall, a play on Radio 4 this week, must have had a jolt…

How does Elizabeth Day get so much out of her interviewees? Flattery

27 July 2019 9:00 am

Every so often an idea for a show will come along that is perfect, and therefore should never be made.…

Why do authors have to be ‘moral’? Because their publishing contracts tell them so

19 January 2019 9:00 am

Suppose you’re a writer with a self-destructive proclivity for sticking your neck out. Would you sign a book contract that…

How to avoid being taken for a ride

30 January 2016 9:00 am

This book, the blurb warns us, was written by ‘an established voice in popular psychology, with a regular column on…

The most dangerous word in the digital world is 'send'

14 November 2015 9:00 am

Those who forget the pasta are condemned to reheat it, tweeted Jon Ronson, a man I’d never heard of until…

Scoot McNairy and Maggie Gyllenhaal

‘Sometimes audiences applauded Frank; sometimes they threw stuff at him’

10 May 2014 9:00 am

Frank is a music biopic, but only of sorts, as it is not at all like your average music biopic.…