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Jack Mendel
Dec 24, 20246 min read
The hardest year
Beautiful Pembrokshire for a wedding in late December. This year has been difficult for many people, and personally, it’s been marred by...
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Jack Mendel
Mar 24, 20243 min read
The Smile: A night at the Palace
What started as a side project from Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, could turn Radiohead into a side project, or end it...
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Jack Mendel
Nov 27, 20222 min read
Voting with your tweet can hold Musk to account
As a serial tweeter, deactivating my account was a reluctant but necessary move, because it’s the only thing that can really stick to...
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Jack Mendel
Mar 2, 20223 min read
Time to tackle racism, not just the bad PR associated with it
If the community wants to eradicate racism from its midst, it has to address the substance of the issue and not just the aesthetics. Last...
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Jack Mendel
Feb 23, 20224 min read
The war Boris Johnson is worried about is a Tory one
The UK's decision to sanction Russians linked to Vladimir Putin's regime is just another instalment of the Conservative Party's...
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Jack Mendel
Jan 13, 20226 min read
Stop Twitter, I want to get off Twitter
(Photo by Akshar Dave 🪁 on Unsplash) I have been tweeting for a long time, and it has been a place to vent, a place to find news and to...
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Jack Mendel
Nov 22, 20213 min read
Compared to the usual non-apologies, Azeem Rafiq’s was sincere
Originally published don Jewish News From Jeremy Corbyn’s go-to ‘and all other forms of racism’ to the classic ‘sorry if you were...
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Jack Mendel
Oct 20, 20213 min read
The Markaz row was never about parking
*Originally published on Jewish News. The predictable disparity in outrage between a Muslim and Christian centre taking over the Golders...
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Jack Mendel
Oct 14, 20213 min read
Gal Gadot – too white, but not white enough
Originally published on Jewish News The outrage over the casting of Gal Gadot as Cleopatra is a firm reminder, that Jews can never be...
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Jack Mendel
Jul 30, 20213 min read
The Hundred's rock-and-a-hard-place: Match-day experience versus quality of cricket
I wasn't in the ECB's brainstorming meeting when they were plotting The Hundred, but I bet it started something like this: "How do you...
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Jack Mendel
Jun 21, 20203 min read
Metallica at Twickenham **** - Vast display of power and intimacy
*Originally published on 21 June 2019 When my friend bailed on me - and I was left seeing Metallica on my own - I was apprehensive as...
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Jack Mendel
Feb 4, 20193 min read
Sorry ambassador, Hungary should be judged on what it does not what it says
This story was originally published on Jewish News As a journalist, I try to stick to writing the news, not being news. But this week to...
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Jack Mendel
Jun 18, 20172 min read
The day my flip-flops were more important to the police than terrorist flags
*This article was originally published on Jewish News I stood on a public street in my flip-flops, taking a video of Hezbollah flags...
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