Richard Simon 5/9/25 Richard Simon 5/9/25

Time Taken to Walk a Thousand Miles to the Tempo of 500 Miles

All measurements given in miles (mi) for public convenience.

ASH Smyth 4/23/25 ASH Smyth 4/23/25

JMW Turner: An Alternative View

ASH Smyth takes a leaf out of JMW Turner’s sketchbook.

Ronnie MacLennan Baird 3/11/25 Ronnie MacLennan Baird 3/11/25

A Terminal Case

Ronnie MacLennan Baird watches the world go by.

Richard Simon 3/3/25 Richard Simon 3/3/25

Daggers at the Font

An outtake from Thomia: The Entangled Histories of Lanka & Her Greatest Public School, out today.

RS Burnett 2/13/25 RS Burnett 2/13/25

Total Whiteout

ASH Smyth talks to RS Burnett about his Antarctic thriller debut, and the long road to publication.

ASH Smyth 2/10/25 ASH Smyth 2/10/25

In Memoriam: Willie Loughlin

ASH Smyth ‘remembers’ the Singing Laundryman.

Philip Womack 2/7/25 Philip Womack 2/7/25

On Will-fullness

Why are we so desperate to believe that William Shakespeare wasn’t William Shakespeare?

Peter Foggitt 1/15/25 Peter Foggitt 1/15/25

Il Zoofiliaco (The Zoophiliac)

A recently discovered opera by G.F. Handel.

Martin Rowson 12/18/24 Martin Rowson 12/18/24

Where Was I?

Martin Rowson on the original unfilmable (and indeed unreadable) ‘anti-novel’, Tristram Shandy.

Nathan Koblintz 12/10/24 Nathan Koblintz 12/10/24

Knopper gall, ZX Spectrum

‘The gall sprawls like a thought bubble coming out of the acorn head.’ A new poem by Nathan Koblintz.

Jon Courtenay Grimwood 11/21/24 Jon Courtenay Grimwood 11/21/24

Some Jelly Fish Are Immortal

A new poem by Jon Courtenay Grimwood.

Becky Clark 11/19/24 Becky Clark 11/19/24

How To Make People Like You In 90 Seconds... and Hate You Forever

How to push for more, beam more… or just carry on being your cheese-eating self.

The Yeti 10/31/24 The Yeti 10/31/24

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! Yeti With A Machete

Three exclusive scenes from the indie horror/adventure movie the world needs to see!

ASH Smyth 10/13/24 ASH Smyth 10/13/24

Cougar Adventure

In affectionate remembrance of Willard Price, 28.7.1887—14.10.1983

Nathan Koblintz 8/31/24 Nathan Koblintz 8/31/24

Twelve Sinhala Sayings Rendered into English

ඉබි පිහාටු : Nathan Koblintz indulges in the proverbial.

ASH Smyth 8/25/24 ASH Smyth 8/25/24

Briefs From the Field

To his distress, ASH Smyth realises it’s been five years since his last cricket match (which, even more distressingly, he was allowed to captain).

Dominic Hilton 7/26/24 Dominic Hilton 7/26/24

Something to Say

On their 10th wedding anniversary, Dominic Hilton dusts off his roast wedding speech for fellow Emigre editor ASH Smyth and his bride.

Dominic Hilton 7/21/24 Dominic Hilton 7/21/24

[pause for applause]

A masterclass in speech-making, by the Best Man. In the World.

Seth Burkett 7/14/24 Seth Burkett 7/14/24

Spotify Sundays: Seth Burkett on a Footballing Life

Can England beat Spain in the Euros final? Seth Burkett takes soundings from a personal history of footballing optimism.

Nicholas Lezard 7/12/24 Nicholas Lezard 7/12/24

Soul Limbo

As they capitulate to England once again at Lord's, Nicholas Lezard asks whatever happened to West Indies cricket.