Ian Jack edited the Independent on Sunday from 1991 to 1995 and Granta magazine between 1995 and 2007
October 2022
The BBC marks scenes from my life, as it must do for millions – aren’t we lucky to have it?
Ian Jack
Listening to music with my mother, doing my homework, reporting from India: it has always been there, says Guardian columnist Ian Jack
September 2022
It was a very modern pilgrimage – a people’s quest that led to this historic day
Ian Jack
They say the Queen was crowned in a different country. But some things in Britain never change
Ian Jack
June 2022
Why Britain desperately needs a new story about ‘glorious weather’
Ian Jack
I remember chilly trips to the beach in Fife, and my first visit to the Mediterranean. The association of heat with pleasure is hard to shake, says Guardian columnist Ian Jack
May 2022
Ambivalence about the Queen seems modern – but it’s actually a Victorian feeling
Ian Jack
As we reach Elizabeth’s platinum jubilee, my mind is drawn to another ageing monarch’s pomp and ceremony, says Guardian columnist Ian Jack
April 2022
Who rules the waves? In my part of Scotland that’s far from clear
Ian Jack
The sale of a Clyde estate might once have been seen as making a positive case for globalisation. But it’s no longer so simple, says journalist Ian Jack
March 2022
P&O was a bastion of British pride. How quaint that seems now
Ian Jack
So much has changed since 1938, but not the very British way of coping with crisis
Ian Jack
January 2022
Rees-Mogg’s roots tell a true Conservative tale – just not the one he wants us to hear
Ian Jack
The MP’s grandfather worked as a dairyman and lorry driver, but this does not fit his carefully cultivated public image, says Guardian columnist Ian Jack
December 2021
The Repair Shop: the idyllic show that brings me to tears
Ian Jack
In the BBC TV series, treasured objects are restored to their former glory. It’s a vision of how life ought to be, says Guardian columnist Ian Jack
November 2021
The London to Edinburgh train ride was once a thing of wonder. Can it be again?
Ian Jack
Brochures used to tell passengers what they could see through the window. Now we sit and stare at our screens, says Guardian columnist Ian Jack
October 2021
The Saudis may own Newcastle United, but it will always be an odd relationship
Ian Jack
The takeover of the football club has energised its fans. Yet the city of coal may find it hard to adjust to life with oil billionaires, says Guardian columnist Ian Jack
September 2021
The climate crisis has made the idea of a better future impossible to imagine
Ian Jack
Despite all the analogies for this possibly terminal emergency, it is unlike anything that has come before, says Guardian columnist Ian Jack
August 2021
There are two sides to Glasgow. Cop26 will show only one of them
Ian Jack
The glossy optimism of the location is a sleight of hand. Old Glasgow has been left to decay, says Guardian columnist Ian Jack
July 2021
From modernist myopia to civic weakness, our historic buildings have paid the price
Ian Jack
Janet Malcolm obituary
June 2021
Rothesay’s decline as a seaside resort is not unique, but its beauty most certainly is
Ian Jack
Perhaps the visitors who crush into Skye might turn left at Glasgow next time, towards this lost resort, says Guardian columnist Ian Jack
May 2021
Oliver Gillie obituary
From Edward VIII to James Dyson: the yacht that tells a tale of British wealth
Ian Jack
April 2021
An independent Scotland could turn to Denmark for inspiration
Ian Jack
Instead of looking south, campaigners are looking north, to the egalitarian models of small Nordic nations, says Guardian columnist Ian Jack