The Sunday Times Magazine ran a full 5-page feature on Tim Samuels' book 'Who Stole My Spear'?
Called 'How to Be a 21st-century Caveman', the piece followed writer Matt Rudd manning up with Tim for the day.
'Commitment Industry' laid bare in Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph have run a piece by Tim Samuels - drawing on the 'Commitment Industry' he talks about in Who Stole My Spear?
A $431 billion industry dedicated to getting men to commit their penises to one lifelong vagina... picking up where the church left off.
"A much-needed manual for modern man" - Sunday Independent
Ireland's Sunday Independent has reviewed Who Stole My Spear? - calling it 'a much-needed manual for modern man'. The review notes:
"How are men in 2016 supposed to act now that the pipe and slippers have been snatched away - the media, technology, failures of organised religion to provide answers, wildly unrealistic dating standards, marriages and monogamy - what's a boy to do?
"Samuels sets out many questions, and attempts to answer them with his fair share of soul searching as well as stats. And he lays it all bare - the frustrations, the humiliations, crying in the office, porn, paternity leave - with honesty and humour."
http://www.independent.ie/life/a-muchneeded-manual-for-modern-man-34691889.html
BBC Newshour - is there a crisis in masculinity?
Tim Samuels appeared on the BBC World Service, to talk to Razia Iqbal about Who Stole My Spear? - and whether there was a global crisis in masculinity. Here's an excerpt from the Newshour show, which was also broadcast on NPR in the US...
Tim appears on 'Loose Ends' on Radio 4 to talk about Who Stole My Spear?
Tim Samuels appeared on the BBC Radio 4 show Loose Ends - talking to host Clive Anderson about his book, Who Stole My Spear?
They managed to cover man vs ape testes size, mental health rates and how Corn Flakes was invented as an anti-masturbation aid....
Listen at 37:35 - at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b079lt8n
Daily Telegraph comments on 'Who Stole My Spear?'
In an article on sexism, Telegraph columnist Celia Walden refers to Tim Samuels' book on modern masculinity. She writes:
"Author and filmmaker Tim Samuels, who has written a brilliant response to these modern girl guides, Who Stole My Spear? in which he explains why 2016 is “the most absurd and challenging time to be a man” assures me that men don’t see themselves as fighting some great ideological battle against women. “The vast majority (in the West) embrace the notion of equality – and, above all, are pragmatic (especially in this economy).”
Because, he maintains, by and large men want to be liked, and value their reputations and jobs. However, Samuels does feel that there has been a shift in tone. “Now we self-censor and play a straight bat. Better to just avoid telling that joke or complimenting a colleague rather than risk being hauled over the coals like Sir Tim Hunt or that LinkedIn lawyer."
Economist review of Who Stole My Spear?
Read a review of Who Stole My Spear? in the Economist magazine - entitled, Hunting a New Model For Masculinity.
The article starts:
"TIM SAMUELS has been on lots of dates. Near the beginning of “Who Stole My Spear?”, his investigation of 21st-century masculinity, he describes some of them: disastrous dates, comical dates, scary and baffling dates (“Why do I keep attracting fascists?”, he wonders). He is a Tinder aficionado: in five minutes on the app, he notes, “I can view more single women than my great-grandfather would have seen in his entire lifetime in his village.” Judging by these opening chapters, you might expect his book to be an amusing take on big-city single-manhood in the online age. But, while it is often very funny, it is also insightful, both independently and in the context of broader thinking about the predicament of contemporary men..."