Will Self is the author of seven novels, six collections of stories and five collections of non-fiction. His most recent novel is The Butt. He writes the Madness of Crowds column for the New Statesman as well as the Real Meals column.

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Call me a jerk, but I can’t get enough of biltong (and all the other stiff meat that’s been hung out to dry)
18 June 2015
Real meals.
Lifestyle
To the Hoo Peninsula, where Marlow and Magwitch met – but no modern folk ever tread
11 June 2015
On Location.
Culture
What would Hardy make of his Bathsheba barrelling past on the side of a bus?
04 June 2015
Madness of crowds.
Cultural Capital
The changing fortunes of my family can be measured in our use of the humble spoon
28 May 2015
Real Meals.
Culture
You loved the BBC’s “phantom ride” up a canal. So join me on a phantom walk . . . down an alley
21 May 2015
On Location.
Lifestyle
Marathons are about solidarity, pain and reclaiming our body – and they’re truly pointless to boot
12 May 2015
Madness of crowds.
Lifestyle
Pot Noodle: Nietzsche’s snack of choice and the food of both man and superman
04 May 2015
Real meals.
Lifestyle
Orkney – where the coastguard run amok in the cathedral and the Stinking Rich are reburied outside
30 April 2015
On location.
Lifestyle
At 30,000 feet, there is no privacy. The seat-back screen is a window into the soul of the person in front
23 April 2015
Madness of Crowds.
Lifestyle
The modern chip evokes dreams of flat caps and full employment. But the best fries begin at home
16 April 2015
Daddy/chips.
Lifestyle
Will Self: Stuck in a train toilet, I see the future of urban Britain mapped out
02 April 2015
On location.
Cultural Capital
Our mob mentality is like a bad orchestra: we saw away at the same tunes and ignore the racket
26 March 2015
Madness of Crowds.
Culture
In which I suspend belief in Branson while contemplating the Virgin snack box
19 March 2015
Real Meals.
Culture
Our statues will outlast us – so let’s think twice before making any more naff public art
11 March 2015
Statue limitation.
Politics
If there’s one thing young people detect in their elders, it’s the urinous tang of hypocrisy
05 March 2015
Madness of crowds.

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