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C.J Schuler is a freelance writer and journalist specialising in literature, travel and the arts. He has written regularly for The Independent, and has contributed to numerous other publications including the Financial Times, The Tablet and the New Statesman. He is currently Chairman of the Authors' Club.

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Goodbye, Cruel World

Public revulsion over the NoW smacks of the rage of Caliban on seeing his reflection. No one was forced to read the paper. It was the public’s craving for sordid detail that fuelled this crisis.

By C J Schuler | Eagle Eye - Breaking views from commentators - | Tuesday, 12 July 2011 at 3:07 pm

Play it again, Johann, Notebook - A selection of Independent views -

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Play it again, Johann

Quotes that Johann Hari ascribes to interviewees can be found elsewhere. Plagiarism? Hardly. Anyone who interviews regularly knows that people repeat themselves – often word for word.

By C J Schuler | Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Tuesday, 28 June 2011 at 2:16 pm

The toxic myth that cripples US democracy, Eagle Eye - Breaking views from commentators -

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The toxic myth that cripples US democracy

The Tea Party’s idea of liberty is that of the spoilt adolescent. They want government to keep out of their lives and not tell them what to do – until they’re in trouble and need Mom and Pop to rescue them.

By C J Schuler | Eagle Eye - Breaking views from commentators - | Friday, 5 November 2010 at 2:52 pm

Airport security? Just get rid of it, Arts - News, notes and quotes on the Arts world -

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Airport security? Just get rid of it

Airport security checks are a waste of time and money. Let’s get rid of them completely.

By C J Schuler | Arts - News, notes and quotes on the Arts world -, Eagle Eye - Breaking views from commentators - | Thursday, 28 October 2010 at 1:00 am

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European Literature Days 3

Surrealist art, walnuts, an Icelandic epic from Bjork’s lyricist and an expletive-fuelled tirade from Moldova – a feast of European writing in a pretty village on the Danube. Shame about the translation machine …

By C J Schuler | Arts - News, notes and quotes on the Arts world - | Sunday, 3 October 2010 at 9:22 pm

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European Literature Days 2

Do translators really need 1m euro in EU subsidies – and is the future digital?

By C J Schuler | Arts - News, notes and quotes on the Arts world - | Saturday, 25 September 2010 at 12:38 pm

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European Literature Days

In castle high above the Danube, writers from all over Europe discover that “Only by meeting another culture can you recognise your own.”

By C J Schuler | Arts - News, notes and quotes on the Arts world - | Friday, 24 September 2010 at 9:13 am

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Tony’s progress

Blair’s abuse of the prestige of his office to fill his pockets is not a sideshow to the tragedy of New Labour but the very heart of it

By C J Schuler | Arts - News, notes and quotes on the Arts world -, Eagle Eye - Breaking views from commentators - | Wednesday, 11 August 2010 at 4:15 pm

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Picture the past

The picture library created by Mary Evans, who died this week, remains a beacon of civilised scholarship in an increasingly philistine world. Long may it continue.

By C J Schuler | Arts - News, notes and quotes on the Arts world - | Saturday, 17 July 2010 at 5:37 pm

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Under the volcano

As the dust settles – literally – on the 2010 London International Book Fair, agents and publishers are weighing up the damage in terms of cancelled meetings and lost opportunities as flight restrictions prevented many foreign visitors from reaching Earls Court. Normally the major publishing event of the year, at which deals are done, international [...]

By C J Schuler | Arts - News, notes and quotes on the Arts world - | Friday, 23 April 2010 at 7:29 pm

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