- Guardian Hay Festival 2002 - Jon Ronson - http://windows.streamuk.com/hayonwye/2002/52.wma
Jon Ronson discusses and reads from the picaresque travels recorded in Them: Adventures with Extremists. 60 minutes, Windows Media Player.
- Jon Ronson - http://www.jonronson.com/
Official site of the writer and documentary film maker whose books include Them: Adventures with Extremists. Includes video clips, news, projects and links. [RealPlayer]
- Guardian Unlimited Books - Stranger than Fiction - http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/politicsphilosophyandsociety/0,6121,469460,00.html
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.
- Guardian Unlimited Books - Who Pulls the Strings? - http://books.guardian.co.uk/extracts/story/0,6761,449284,00.html
Extensive extract from Them: Adventures With Extremists by Jon Ronson, about tracking down the Bilderberg Group with Big Jim Tucker of Washington DC.
- Observer Review - Them by Jon Ronson - http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/politicsphilosophyandsociety/0,6121,476368,00.html
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.
- Guardian Unlimited Books - Beset by Lizards - http://books.guardian.co.uk/extracts/story/0,6761,457988,00.html
Extensive 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".
- Salon - Jon Ronson - http://www.salon.com/people/conv/2002/03/14/ronson/
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.
- Guardian Unlimited - Stars in Their Eyes - http://www.guardian.co.uk/bigbrother/story/0,7369,521381,00.html
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.
- Northern Rivers Echo Word on Books - Them: Adventures with Extremists - http://www.echonews.com/818/book_reviews.html
Jeremy Fenton, reviewer. Journalist-by-day Jon Ronson has linked the dots together to come up with a startling and humorous - and not completely unsympathetic - picture of people who believe the world is controlled by a secret group of elites for their own nefarious purposes.
- Flak Magazine Review - Them: Adventures With Extremists - http://www.flakmag.com/books/advwthem.html
Paul McLeary reviews Jon Ronson's book, which he finds to be a very human look into the lives and motivations of those often dismissed as "extremists" but who think of themselves as the sane ones.
- Wikipedia - Jon Ronson - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Ronson
Encyclopedia entry offers biography and bibliography of books written.
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