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Official site of the writer and documentary film maker whose books include Them: Adventures with Extremists. Includes video clips, news, projects and links. [RealPlayer]
Jon Ronson followed the original Big Brother crew for nine months after their eviction and the show's finale to find out if their 15 minutes of fame were really worth it.
Includes extract from Jon Ronson's Them: Adventures With Extremists about following David Icke, whose fans turn out to be mostly concerned with the perils of global capitalism. How "we" can turn into the villains, the hidden hand - "them".
Louis Theroux reviews Jon Ronson's Them: Adventures with Extremists. The book was written after spending several years in the company of a few of these fringe-dwellers, in an attempt to understand their mindset and to see to what - if any - extent their fears were founded in fact.
Includes extract from Them: Adventures With Extremists by Jon Ronson, about tracking down the Bilderberg Group with Big Jim Tucker of Washington DC.
Reviewer Jason Cowley asks if Jon really cares about these extremists from all over the world: Omar Mohammed, a member of the Ku Klux Klan, Dr Ian Paisley, David Icke, the Illuminati, the Bilderberg Group, or the Weavers.
Joanna Smith Rakoff interviews the author of "Them: Adventures With Extremists" who discusses his time with Osama's London cohort, close calls with neo-Nazis, and the undeniable humanity of the world's would-be monsters.
Encyclopaedia entry offers biography and bibliography of books written.
US National Public Radio audio, discussing his research for his book "Them: Adventures with Extremists".
(February 21, 2002)
Official site of the writer and documentary film maker whose books include Them: Adventures with Extremists. Includes video clips, news, projects and links. [RealPlayer]
Joanna Smith Rakoff interviews the author of "Them: Adventures With Extremists" who discusses his time with Osama's London cohort, close calls with neo-Nazis, and the undeniable humanity of the world's would-be monsters.
Includes extract from Them: Adventures With Extremists by Jon Ronson, about tracking down the Bilderberg Group with Big Jim Tucker of Washington DC.
Reviewer Jason Cowley asks if Jon really cares about these extremists from all over the world: Omar Mohammed, a member of the Ku Klux Klan, Dr Ian Paisley, David Icke, the Illuminati, the Bilderberg Group, or the Weavers.
Louis Theroux reviews Jon Ronson's Them: Adventures with Extremists. The book was written after spending several years in the company of a few of these fringe-dwellers, in an attempt to understand their mindset and to see to what - if any - extent their fears were founded in fact.
Jon Ronson followed the original Big Brother crew for nine months after their eviction and the show's finale to find out if their 15 minutes of fame were really worth it.
Includes extract from Jon Ronson's Them: Adventures With Extremists about following David Icke, whose fans turn out to be mostly concerned with the perils of global capitalism. How "we" can turn into the villains, the hidden hand - "them".
Encyclopaedia entry offers biography and bibliography of books written.
US National Public Radio audio, discussing his research for his book "Them: Adventures with Extremists".
(February 21, 2002)