There was loose talk of Enron management practices and reminders of a scandal at the University of Toronto, when a big donor corporation, Eli Lilly, was said to have vetoed the appointment of an academic who doubted the effectiveness of Prozac. Justin Cartwright academicappointmentbig share on social
Weimar lasted 14 years, the Third Reich only 12. Yet Weimar is always seen as a prelude to the Third Reich, which appears to have been created by Weimar's failures. Justin Cartwright appearcreatefailure Change image and share on social
I was lucky to get to Oxford. I am now an honorary fellow of my old college, which is nice, particularly for a colonial like me. Justin Cartwright collegecolonialfellow Change image and share on social
'Point Omega' starts in an art gallery, where an unnamed man is watching, day after day, a 24-hour version of 'Psycho,' an installation that was created by the Scottish artist, Douglas Gordon. In it, the events and the minutiae of Hitchcock's film are painfully slowly reproduced; the watcher is obsessed with the detail revealed. Justin Cartwright artartistcreate share on social
'Powers of Persuasion: The Story of British Advertising' by Winston Fletcher - the impression you get from reading this book, which covers post-war advertising until the present, is of a chaotic, self-serving, occasionally brilliant but ultimately shallow business. Justin Cartwright advertisebookbrilliant share on social
Historians and journalists always have agendas, but if I want to find out what's going on in South Africa, I read Nadine Gordimer or John Coetzee because they offer novelistic truth. Justin Cartwright africaagendacoetzee Change image and share on social
There's this idea of bankers retiring and painting watercolours. You can't dabble in art - it's a life. Being a writer, an artist... is a whole life. Justin Cartwright artartistbanker Change image and share on social
The successful advertising agent is the one who can convince the clients that he knows something they don't. Justin Cartwright advertiseagentclient Change image and share on social
I always assumed I could never make a living out of literary fiction, and I was right. When I did try, it took four years before being published. Justin Cartwright assumefictionliterary Change image and share on social
My own interest in Kafka's letter came about when I was writing an article on Peter Ginz, the boy novelist held in Terezin, not far from Prague, and exterminated in Auschwitz by the Nazis. The Ginz family were from more or less the same milieu as the Kafkas. Justin Cartwright articleauschwitzboy share on social