Less of that!
Emigre writers tell us about the gifts they wish would just stop giving. *UPDATED DAILY FROM DECEMBER 1 THROUGH TO DECEMBER 24*
Insanetiago
“The riot police started firing tear gas from their guns.” Dominic Hilton remembers an ill-fated city break he took to Santiago, a few weeks before the start of the global pandemic.
The Counterfeiting of Robert Gray
An extract from Spycraft: Tricks and Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration, out this week in paperback.
News At A Glance #40
Homeless actors, breeding programmes, Humpty-Dumpty, and anxious readers. The Emigre’s latest round-up of world news.
Stella Rimington BA DG DCB PhD (but not KGB) RIP
Philip Ardagh on a memorable evening spent in the company of the late spy chief.
Time Taken to Walk a Thousand Miles to the Tempo of 500 Miles
All measurements given in miles (mi) for public convenience.
Daggers at the Font
An outtake from Thomia: The Entangled Histories of Lanka & Her Greatest Public School, out today.
Total Whiteout
ASH Smyth talks to RS Burnett about his Antarctic thriller debut, and the long road to publication.
On Will-fullness
Why are we so desperate to believe that William Shakespeare wasn’t William Shakespeare?
Where Was I?
Martin Rowson on the original unfilmable (and indeed unreadable) ‘anti-novel’, Tristram Shandy.
Knopper gall, ZX Spectrum
‘The gall sprawls like a thought bubble coming out of the acorn head.’ A new poem by Nathan Koblintz.
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.
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! Yeti With A Machete
Three exclusive scenes from the indie horror/adventure movie the world needs to see!