Press clippings Page 2
The God Desire by David Baddiel, review
This sweeping, self-regarding book is not about humankind. It is about David Baddiel.
Marianne Levy, i Newspaper, 6th April 2023David Baddiel: 'Football fills a God-shaped hole'
Ahead of a new book about our need for faith, the 'militant atheist' discusses oversharing, identity - and why he's distancing himself from Richard Dawkins.
Sam Leith, The Guardian, 18th March 2023TLS Books lands David Baddiel's 'funny and incisive' take on atheism
In The God Desire, Baddiel argues that it is the very intensity of his, and everyone else's, desire for God to exist that proves his non-existence. Anything so deeply wished-for we will make real, considers Baddiel.
Lauren Brown, The Bookseller, 14th March 2023My London: David Baddiel
The writer and comedian marvels at the Rothko Room at Tate Modern, has tried the posh sushi at Endo... and still has Three Lions on his shirt.
Dipal Acharya, Evening Standard, 1st December 2022David Baddiel and the politics of the public apology
Elton John was wrong, hopelessly wrong, saying sorry is not the hardest word.
Stuart Cosgrove, The National (Scotland), 27th November 2022David Baddiel interview
Interview with David Baddiel ahead of the documentary based on his book Jews Don't Count.
Channel 4, 21st November 2022David Baddiel: 'People think Jews are powerful. I think the opposite'
The comedian and author talks about his new book Virtually Christmas, the similarities between Santa and God, and why he doesn't feel the need to comment on Israel.
Kate Maltby, i Newspaper, 18th November 2022David Baddiel apologises to Jason Lee for blackface mockery
David Baddiel has revealed that, in his new documentary Jews Don't Count, he apologises to former footballer Jason Lee for impersonating him in blackface in the Nineties.
Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 17th November 2022Lee Mack to host Royal Variety Performance 2022
Lee Mack will host the Royal Variety Performance 2022. Al Murray, Maisie Adam, Omid Djalili and Axel Blake will also perform on the show.
British Comedy Guide, 8th November 2022David Baddiel looks back
The writer and comic on how comedy let him escape a childhood beset by his parents' 'mad lives'. 'My dad was unemployed and angry, my mum was distracted by her passionate affair'.
Harriet Gibsone, The Guardian, 5th November 2022