James Morrison 12/12/22 James Morrison 12/12/22

The A.I. is Not Wrong: Five Poems by James Morrison (and—he would like it to be stressed—OpenAI)

On losing the elastication in one’s trousers / Death by Vegemite poisoning / Some lost Shakespearean sexiness / An awful book cover / A poem about having one or more bar stools up my bum

David Smith 12/5/22 David Smith 12/5/22

World Cup activism? Whateva, but…

The activism that so nearly disrupted the 1978 World Cup Final between Argentina and the Netherlands can help us better handle Qatar 2022, says David Smith.

ASH Smyth 12/5/22 ASH Smyth 12/5/22

News At A Glance #30

Hildegard von Bingen, Cara Delevingne, orgasms, and adultery. The Emigre’s latest round-up of world news.

ASH Smyth 11/13/22 ASH Smyth 11/13/22

Brothers in Arms

ASH Smyth looks out over mist-covered mountains, on Remembrance Sunday.

ASH Smyth 11/8/22 ASH Smyth 11/8/22

News At A Glance #29

The Queen, Steve McQueen, Butterflies, and the Bishop of Worcester. The Emigre’s weekly round-up of world news.

Joanna Maidment 11/3/22 Joanna Maidment 11/3/22

Unfortunate Lovers

“Naked in bed, we lie at contorted angles to each other.” Erotic flash fiction by Joanna Maidment.

ASH Smyth 10/28/22 ASH Smyth 10/28/22

News At A Glance #28

Breasts, Bolsheviks, Goethe, and Gayle King. The Emigre’s weekly round-up of world news.

ASH Smyth 10/21/22 ASH Smyth 10/21/22

News At A Glance #27

Misunderstood women, unstable regimes, psychoanalysts, and lost IQ. The Emigre’s weekly round-up of world news.

Jack Shamash 10/19/22 Jack Shamash 10/19/22

Three More Poems About ASDA

Bag for Life / Fair Trade tea / Christ – crucified, resurrected and exalted… at ASDA

Dominic Hilton 10/18/22 Dominic Hilton 10/18/22

A Hologram for a King

Thunderstorms, tapping out, and The Crown. The Queen’s death hit different in Buenos Aires, writes Dominic Hilton.

Jack Shamash 10/11/22 Jack Shamash 10/11/22

Three Poems About ASDA

The housewarming / ASDA terror attack / The tinned meat aisles

Yudhanjaya Wijeratne 10/8/22 Yudhanjaya Wijeratne 10/8/22

A Letter from the Apocalypse

An extract from Yudhanjaya Wijeratne’s email novel about a Kafkaesque, near-future Sri Lanka, and about the stupidity of it all.

ASH Smyth 10/8/22 ASH Smyth 10/8/22

News At A Glance #26

Wormholes, Nando’s, Dire Straits, and Norwegian literature. The Emigre’s weekly round-up of world news.

Howard Male 10/4/22 Howard Male 10/4/22

The KUUincidental Case of the Three-Legged Greyhound

“That was a three-legged greyhound!” Claire exclaims. Novelist Howard Male is dogged by another barking coincidence.

ASH Smyth 10/3/22 ASH Smyth 10/3/22

News At A Glance #25

Knock knock jokes, hot communists, undertakers, and rats. The Emigre’s weekly round-up of world news.

Anthony McGowan 9/29/22 Anthony McGowan 9/29/22

An Ode to Autumn

“Puffed up Autumn ain’t so great” — New poetry by award-winning author Anthony McGowan.

Peter Foggitt 9/21/22 Peter Foggitt 9/21/22

Paddington Who?

Proposed collaborations for His New Majesty: from Thomas the Tank Engine to The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

ASH Smyth 9/17/22 ASH Smyth 9/17/22

News At A Glance #24

Birdsong, long sonnets, stinkbugs, and Facebook disinformation. The Emigre’s weekly round-up of world news.

Richard Simon 9/11/22 Richard Simon 9/11/22

#NFThankyou! Working on the Blockchain Gang

Richard Simon on the machine in art, computerised poetry, and trying to earn a living in the Catch-22 NFT market.

Joel Rapp 9/11/22 Joel Rapp 9/11/22

Spotify Sundays: Joel Rapp on/in Uzbekistan

“One time I hallucinated an entire Denny’s.” Joel Rapp presents a unique playlist of songs that got him through a 700km stretch of desert in Uzbekistan.