The following articles represent
a selection of essays and reviews
written by Julian Barnes from 1986 -- present. This list is not complete.
"Books
of the Year.” Times Literary Supplement, 28 November
2007.
"Christmas
books past, present and future: Part one." The Guardian,
24 November 2007.
"Better
with their clothes on." The Guardian, 3 November 2007
[On Swiss artist Félix Vallotton]; Also published in Die
Weltwoche, n. 42, 18 October 2007: 52-57.
"Behind
the Gas Lamp." London Review of Books 29.19 (4 October
2007) [Novels in Three Lines by Félix Fénéon, translated by Luc Sante].
"An
Inspector Calls." The Guardian, 7 July 2006 [On Prosper
Mérimée].
"The
Past Conditional."The New Yorker, 25 December 2006
-- 1 January 2007: 56+ [Barnes writes about family, death, and religion].
"Blood
and Nerves."The Guardian, 25 November 2006 [Barnes
on Émile Zola's Thérèse Raquin].
"The
Rebuke."The Guardian, 30 September 2006 [Catching
up with Emma -- after Madame Bovary].
"Sherlock
Holmes and the Case of the Property Developers." The Guardian,
8 July 2006.
"'What
a stinking game is soccer'." The Guardian, 10 June
2006: 3 [Julian Barnes on The
Rules of Association Football 1863: The First FA Rule Book,
The Bodleian Press, £5.99; with an introduction by Melvyn Bragg].
"After
the Ball." Times Literary Supplement 5366 (3 February
2006): 3-4.
"Always
There." London Review of Books 27.24 (15 December
2005) [On George Braque].
"Soul
Brothers." The Guardian, 5 November 2005: [Julian
Barnes writes about Rudyard Kipling].
"The
Road Not Taken." The Guardian, 8 October 2005: [Julian
Barnes writes about the Guardian book club interview and his
ability to remember his own books].
"Tales
from the Confessional." The Guardian, 2 July 2005:
[Julian Barnes writes about Frank O'Connor].
"When
Flaubert Took Wing." The Guardian, 5 March 2005: 30
[Julian Barnes writes about the creation of Flaubert's Parrot].
"Here's
Johnny." Observer, 30 November 2003: 28 [Julian Barnes
on England's victory in the Rugby World Cup].
"Lost for Words." Guardian, 8 November
2003: 37 [Also published in Mortification: Writers' Stories of
Their Public Shame, edited by Robin Robertson and published by
4th Estate].
"Flashes
of Wisdom in an Age of Chaos." Guardian, 4 October
2003: 34.
"When
Eriqui Hit Parati." The Guardian, 16 August 2003.
"Hate and Hedonism." New Yorker,
7 July 2003 [Available
in .pdf format from the Houellebecq Website].
"Worlds
within Words." Guardian, 28 June 2003.
"Puritan
Pies and Decadent Dinners." Guardian, 14 June 2003.
"Bottom
Drawer." Guardian, 7 June 2003.
"Love
One." Guardian, 31 May 2003.
"How
Beetroot Got Itself Out of a Pickle." Guardian (London),
24 May 2003.
"Keep
It Simple." Guardian, 17 May 2003.
"Now
They Tell Me!." Guardian, 10 May 2003.
"When
Once Is Enough." Guardian, 3 May 2003: 36.
"Are
You Being Served?." Guardian, 26 April 2003.
"Take
a Green Leaf from These Books." Guardian, 19 April
2003: 36.
"Union Blues." The New Yorker,
79(9), 21-28 April 2003: 145.
"Picture
Perfect." Guardian, 12 April 2003: 36.
"This
War Was Not Worth a Child's Finger." Guardian, 11
April 2003: 2-4 [Available in
Italian].
"Holy Hysteria." New York Review of
Books 50(6) (10 April 2003): 32-34 [Review of The Anti-Semitic
Moment: A Tour of France in 1898 by Pierre Birnbaum].
"Mrs
Beeton to the Rescue." Guardian, 5 April 2003: 37.
"The
Seeds of Rebellion." Guardian, 29 March 2003: 37.
"Secrets
of the 10-Minute Maestro." Guardian, 22 March 2003:
37.
"Size
Counts." Guardian, 15 March 2003: 37.
"Recipe
for Success." Guardian, 8 March 2003: 37.
"The
Virtues of Precision." Guardian, 1 March 2003: 37.
"Sentimental Journeys." Guardian
(London), 11 January 2003: 2.
"The
Art of Suffering." Guardian (London), 11 May 2002.
"French Farce." Guardian (3 May
2002): 2 [Barnes reports from Paris on Jean-Marie Le Pen's surprise
success in the first round of France's presidential election].
"Pronoun Overboard" The
New Yorker (8 April 2002): 32-33 [Barnes comments on pronouns
and ships in a "Talk of the Town" piece for the magazine].
"Scene dans un jardin anglais: Mon Journal de la
Semaine." Liberation (30 March 2002) [Julian Barnes discusses
various events from a week of his life].
"The
Worst Reported War Since the Crimean." The Guardian (25
February 2002) [Julian Barnes discusses the Falklands war twenty years
later].
"Life
Support." The Observer (24 February 2002) [Julian Barnes
and chef Simon Hopkinson discuss their friendship and love of wine].
"The
Woman Who Liberated the Kitchen." The Independent (9
February 2002) [Barnes's essay on Elizabeth David is reprinted from
his latest collection of essays Something to Declare].
"Wine and War." New Yorker (16
July 2001): 83+.
"Influences: Single-Handed." New Yorker
(25 December 2000): 114.
"The Hardest Test: Drugs and the Tour de France."
New Yorker (21 & 28 August 2000): 94, 96-100, 102-103.
"'One
Famous Writer brought him a piece and was told it might serve as cat
litter'." The Guardian. (17 April 1999) [This essay was
also published under the title "Bitter Lemon Days" as part of Another
Round At The Pillars: Essays, Poems & Reflections on Ian Hamilton,
to mark Hamilton's 60th birthday].
"A London View." Granta, Issue 65, London:
The Lives of the City. 1999.
"No One Suffers as Much." Times Literary Supplement.
no. 4994. (18 December 1998): 3-5 [Barnes reviews Gustave Flaubert's
Correspondance. Volume Four: 1869-1875. Edited by Jean Bruneau.
Paris: Gallimard, 1998].
"A
Love Affair with Color." New York Times Book Review.
(29 November 1998): 6.
"The Wise Woman." New York Review of Books.
(22 October 1998).
"Shrink
Wrapped." Sunday Times (19 July 1998): 1-2 [Barnes's
review of Anthony Clare's In the Psychiatrist's Chair III].
"How
Was It for You? Time (International) 152(3), (20 July
1998) [Barnes's take on the 1998 World Cup].
"A Timeless Correspondence." Harper's 296(1775),
(April 1998): p. 29-31 [Barnes replies to a letter written by Flaubert
to Turgenev. Originally published in the January 29th issue of Le
Nouvel Observateur].
"Cher Gustave. . ." Le Nouvel Observateur,
19 Janvier-4 Février 1998, pp. 52-60 [Seven authors reply to
letters written by Flaubert. The authors are: Phillippe Sollers, Julian
Barnes, Noëlle Châtelet, Jacques Weber, Dominique Fernandez,
Jacques Drillon, and Guy Scarpetta. The article is in French].
"Kitty Zipper." The New Yorker (29 September
1997): 78-82 [Review of Kitty Kelley's The Royals].
"Dept. of Dreams: European Solutions to Travel."
The New Yorker 73(10) (5 May 1997): 90, 92-93, 96-97, 109.
"Out of Place." Architectural Digest 54(5)
(April 1997): 36, 38.
"Paris
in the Twentieth Century." The New York Review of Books
(27 January 1997): 4.
"'O Unforgetting Elephant'." The New York Review
of Books 44(1) (9 January 1997): 23-27 [Review of Ford Maddox
Ford: A Dual Life].
"Grand Illusions." The New York Times Book Review
(28 January 1996): 9 [Review of John Updike's In the Beauty of
the Lilies].
"The Modernizer." The New Yorker 70(26)
(22-29 August 1994): 66-71.
"Chunnel vision." The New Yorker 70(16)
(6 June 1994): 38-45 [Later published in Letters from London
as "Froggy! Froggy! Froggy!"].
"Romancing Flaubert." The New York Review of
Books 41, (26 May 1994): 12-16 [Review of Rage and fire:
a life of Louise Colet, pioneer feminist, literary star, Flaubert's
muse by Francine du Plessix Gray].
"Staying Alive." The New Yorker 70(1) (21
February 1994): 98-105 [Later published in Letters from London
as "Five Years of the Fatwa"].
"The Maggie Years." The New Yorker 69(38)
(15 November 1993): 82-89 [Later published in Letters from London
as "Mrs. Thatcher Remembers"].
"The Deficit Millionaires." The New Yorker
69(30) (20 September 1993): 74-78, 80-88, 90-93 [Later published in
Letters from London].
"Unlikely Friendship." The New York Review of
Books 40(11) (10 June 1993): 5-6, 8, 10, 12 [Review of Francis
Steegmuller and Barbara Bray's Flaubert-Sand: the correspondence].
"Real Britannia." The New Yorker 69(8) (12
April 1993): 36-42 [Later published in Letters from London
as "Britannia's New Bra Size." Discusses British stamps and coins].
"Over the Limit." The New Yorker 68(45/46)
(28 December 1992 -- 4 January 1993): 94-100, 105 [Later published
in Letters from London as "The Chancellor of the Exchequer
Buys Some Claret." Discusses Chancellor of the Exchequer N. Lamont
and royal family taxation].
"Letter from London." The New Yorker 68(22)
(20 July 1992): 69-73 [Later published in Letters from London
as "Traffic Jam at Buckingham Palace"].
"Letter from London." The New Yorker 68(11)
(4 May 1992): 78-84, 86-92 [Later published in Letters from London
as "Vote Glenda!"].
"Letter from London." The New Yorker 67(46) (6 January
1992): 69-74 [Later published in Letters from London as "John
Major Makes a Joke"].
"Letter from London." The New Yorker 67(32)
(30 September 1991): 74, 76-81 [Later published in Letters from
London as "Year of the Maze." Labyrinths in Great-Britain].
"Letter from London." The New Yorker 66(47)
(7 January 1991): 57-69 [Later published in Letters from London
as "Mrs. Thatcher Discovers It's a Funny Old World"].
"Letter from London." The New Yorker 66(17)
(11 June 1990): 89-99 [Later published in Letters from London
as "Fake!" Discusses the art of deception at the British Museum].
"Letter from London." The New Yorker. 66(3)
(5 March 1990): 91-100 [Later published in Letters from London
as "MPTV." Discusses TV coverage of British House of Commons].
"Life in the Slow Lane." The New York Times Book Review 92, (4 October
1987):13-14 [Review of The day of judgement].
"Once in Love with Emma." The New York Times Book Review 91 (21
December 1986): 10 [Review of Llosa Mario Vargas's The perpetual
orgy: Flaubert and Madame Bovary].
