Everything in Moderation

Written by Daniel Finkelstein

Narrated by Daniel Finkelstein

'I've never met Danny Finkelstein but I think I'm in love with him. His book is such good company – sane, intelligent and witty. He deals with serious subjects in an immensely readable way … If I'm asked to nominate my book of the year, this will be it'
Wendy Cope

Writing on everything from a defence of suburban life and moderate politics to big ideas and pop culture, Daniel Finkelstein is one of the UK’s most entertaining and widely read columnists.

This collection brings together Finkelstein’s greatest writings from The Times, ranging from the personal – with his articles on growing up Jewish in Hendon Central and on the deaths of both of his parents – to the political, with columns on how to predict elections, the way political science showed us Ed Miliband was on his way to defeat, and why the base rate of coups meant Jeremy Corbyn wouldn’t be ousted before an election.

Wry, informed and often brilliantly funny, these pieces zip between Walt Disney, Hilary Clinton, David Bowie, Margaret Thatcher, Clement Attlee and Muhammed Ali. They make arguments about football, assisted dying, the art of becoming Prime Minister and the musical Hamilton. Cutting through the chatter to get to the centre of politics and culture, this varied and stimulating book gives an eclectic insight into the biggest conversations of the modern day. Everything is here. In moderation of course.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Release date: Aug 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9780008356637

Daniel Finkelstein

Daniel Finkelstein is a British journalist and opinion writer. A former executive editor of The Times, he continues to write for the paper. He has been Political Columnist of the Year four times and recently joined the board of Chelsea Football Club. He was appointed to the House of Lords in 2013.

Reviews for Everything in Moderation

[eglinton_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

It still shocks a bit that Danny Finkelstein couldn’t pick out a work of literary fiction when a guest on Radio 4’s “A Good Read”. But this compilation of his Times columns does show him to be a wise and above all decent observer. Sensible, humorous, and concise, his writing ranges across politics and culture, with touching glimpses of his family’s surviving the European maelstrom of the generation before ours. Finkelstein looks for evidence and interesting examples to back up his insights rather than merely opining. Which makes this an entertaining and well-informed package. It’s clear indeed that my onetime LSE near-classmate does after all read widely and well.